| Website | shazam.com |
| Category | Games, Video and Entertainment |
| Employees | |
| Description | Music Identification Technology |
| Unattributed, 10/09 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
Shazam has built a technology that catalogs and identifies music and songs. Shazam is the world’s leading mobile music discovery application - enabling consumers to experience and share music with others across mobile devices and the internet. Since its launch as the first mobile-specific service to help users discover new music seven years ago,
Shazam has created a new way for users to connect to each other through their music tastes and preferences.
Headquartered in London England, Shazam’s solutions enhance the music strategies of carriers in more than 150 countries, including AT&T, T-Mobile and Vodafone. It has deployed across multiple platforms such as iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Symbian and Java.
The Shazam Tag Chart, generated by the company’s mobile music recognition service, is constantly referenced by the music industry as a true indicator of market interest in pre-release material and a monitor of the hit potential of a track or artist.
Shazam’s successes have been recognised through numerous awards, including the Mobile Entertainment Award for Best Music Service Provider.