Amazon Music now has 55 million subscribers as it gains ground on Spotify and Apple Music

[Yoni Heisler]

When you think of the music streaming wars, two big names come to mind: Spotify and Apple, in that order. And for good reason -- between them, the two companies have nearly 175 million paid subscribers. Spotify alone, if you include users who take advantage of the company's free ad-supported tier, has upwards of 248 million monthly active users.

There is, however, a third streaming service that is slowly but surely picking up steam. In a revelation that is somewhat surprising, Amazon today revealed that Amazon Music now boasts more than 55 million users, a figure which includes users on the service's free tier.

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