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List of Countries Where Apple Music and Beats 1 Radio Are Now Available

I wanna try Google's free offering and it's only available in the US. they're not even trying and obviously a knee-jerk reaction to Apple
 
Mactendo said:
This radio will now spread the U.S. rap trash among world teens. They should've make a more variable music choice for the "world radio". If it's really world radio then it should include current European, Asian etc hits. That one would be truly great and uniting station.
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how you would handle licensing for those Asian music? nightmare if you ask me
 
LOL, rap and hip hop are already very popular around the world and not just among teenagers. I'm surprised we don't have Classic Rap stations the way we have Classic Rock stations, maybe larger cities do? And from my experience listening on and of over the last 26 hours they have played music from all over. The music varies a lot between the DJs. Ebro was clear about his intention to represent NYC, so he obviously played a lot of hip hop as NYC is a mecca for it. But he also played music by Caribbean immigrants to NYC. On the other side, I don't remember St. Vincent playing anything that could be mistaken for rap, but I didn't listen to her entire show.

I too hope they expand their DJs to more places around the world, but it's also been one day. I expect Beats 1 to be successful and to grow. Personally, I think a DJ out of Jozi would be pretty cool.
 
MH01 said:
I've been listening this morning, yet to hear a classic rock song. Seems very teenage oriented to me...... I'll listen to it today to give it a go, though unless they play an assortment of tunes, this is not for me.
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I'm been using the genre specific "stations". In fact, I haven't heard or seen the Beats1 station yet
 
Apple Music available in India! Also it is very cheap at Rs.130/month for single account, which equates to $2/month.

Are the Music libraries for all countries the same? Or does USA have a wider collection of songs available?
 
Creek0512 said:
I just went to apple.com and switched the "country" to Puerto Rico, although I now notice that this directs you to Apple's generic Latin America website.

It is interesting to me to see the different pricing between countries. Some countries being cheaper, like India is expected. But, for instance within the Eurozone, in Germany it cost €9.99 but directly East in Poland it is only €4.99. I assume Apple is just matching competitors pricing.
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Ah! Well, just remember that everything on Apple.com (except for some support stuff) it's always the US Apple website. That's why you get the US page when you type in Apple.com, and not the UK page or similar.
 
Creek0512 said:
LOL, rap and hip hop are already very popular around the world and not just among teenagers. I'm surprised we don't have Classic Rap stations the way we have Classic Rock stations, maybe larger cities do? And from my experience listening on and of over the last 26 hours they have played music from all over. The music varies a lot between the DJs. Ebro was clear about his intention to represent NYC, so he obviously played a lot of hip hop as NYC is a mecca for it. But he also played music by Caribbean immigrants to NYC. On the other side, I don't remember St. Vincent playing anything that could be mistaken for rap, but I didn't listen to her entire show.

I too hope they expand their DJs to more places around the world, but it's also been one day. I expect Beats 1 to be successful and to grow. Personally, I think a DJ out of Jozi would be pretty cool.
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Maybe it's a new current trend, but rap is not the most popular genre even in U.S. And I'd bet guys in China or India don't give a damn about American rap. And it's already a 1/3 of the world population. Rap is intentionally being pushed and pushed very hard in my opinion. Someone just makes huge money on it.

http://www.statista.com/chart/1783/album-sales-in-the-us-by-genre/
 
MacRumors said:
[...]
To check the availability of Apple Music, Apple Music Radio, Beats 1 Radio, and iTunes Match in your region, be sure to look at the full list of countries on Apple's website. Apple has also posted a similar list of regions where Apple Music will be available across the U.S. and Canada, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Not all features of Apple Music will be available in each country.[...]
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Ok, let me get this straight. In most of those countries, Apple Radio is available *but only* with an Apple Music subscription... great! ;)
 
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