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Apple Music expands into 52 new countries
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 21 April 2020
Apple Music has announced that it has newly expanded into 52 more countries. 52! Who’d have thought it possible? But this isn’t some classic old-days-Deezer-style posturing. All of these countries actually exist. There’s a list and everything.
The bulk of the new territories – just under half, in fact – are within the continent of Africa. While it’s still early-days in most African markets, many in the industry reckon there is real potential for growth in the region in the next decade.
With that in mind, global music companies have been rushing to do deals with local companies – just last week Warner Music invested in distribution firm Africori. The arrival of Apple Music in more African countries, with various localised playlists, feeds into that trend.
Beyond Africa, ten of the new territories where Apple Music is arriving are in Latin America and the Caribbean, plus there are launches in some former states of Yugoslavia and a number of former Soviet countries.
This is all part of a wider push by Apple to expand its services business – which also includes Apple Podcasts, the App Store and iCloud – into more of the world. It’s Apple Music that gets by far the widest expansion though.
“We’re delighted to bring many of Apple’s most beloved services to users in more countries than ever before”, says Oliver Schusser, VP of Apple Music and International Content. “We hope our customers can discover their new favourite apps, games, music and podcasts as we continue to celebrate the world’s best creators, artists, and developers”.
Here’s the full list of new places where Apple Music can now be accessed:
Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Tunisia, Zambia.
Asia-Pacific: Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar.
Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Iceland, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia.
Latin America and the Caribbean: The Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Turks and Caicos, Uruguay.
Middle East: Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen.
Oceania: Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu.
Apple Music is now available in a total of 167 countries and regions worldwide.
