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Amazon MP3 launches in the UK
10:59 | Wednesday December 3, 2008
Amazon has soft launched its long-awaited MP3 store in the UK, offering MP3 downloads from all four of the majors and several independent labels at bargain prices.
Amazon launched its MP3 store in the US late in 2007 and promised at Midem 2008 that it would roll this out globally by the end of the year.
The launch has been long rumoured, with early reports suggesting that it would launch in September.
The site, which operates off the main Amazon.co.uk site, is competing on price, with albums such as Take That’s The Circus available for just £3. Hits such as Girls Alouds’ Promises are available at 59p.
Tracks on the site are encoded using variable bit rates for maximum audio quality and smaller file sizes, aiming at an average of 256kbps.
Readers' comments
This sounds great, I have been waiting quite a while for this. I am definitely going to use it.
This is disgusting, 3 an album? When people are paying 40 for a blue ray movie or video game? I'm not convinced that this is the future, it is the end.
It's far better than iTunes in terms of useability and, of course, price! Lack of music videos still means i'll be visiting iTunes occasionally though!
Look forward to using this ... will surely put them ahead of itunes ...
iTunes claims to make no money and to run merely as marketing for iPods - if this is true, how can Amazon make money? Unless someone isn't being entirely truthful, of course.....