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Amazon Hikes Prices on Unlimited Music Plans

Amazon is raising prices on its Music Unlimited plans, coming two months after it added access to Audible’s collection of audiobooks.

In a section of Amazon Music FAQs titled “2025 Subscription Plan Pricing Changes,” the ecommerce giant says, “In order to bring you even more content and new features, we’re updating the price of select Amazon Music Unlimited plans.”

The ad-free Amazon Music Unlimited includes 100 million songs and “thousands of expert-programmed playlists and stations,” the company says. The service competes with Spotify Premium and Apple Music.

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The cost of an Amazon Music Unlimited individual plan for Prime members is rising from $9.99 to $10.99 per month (or $99 to $109 per year). For customers without Prime, the price is going from $10.99 to $11.99 per month. In addition, the price of the Amazon Music Unlimited Family plan (which offers up to six accounts) is going from $16.99 to $19.99 per month (or $169 to $199 per year).

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For new customers signing up for Amazon Music Unlimited, the updated prices went into effect Jan. 29. For existing customers, the new pricing will go into effect on the next monthly renewal billing date (on or after March 5, 2025). Amazon last raised prices for its streaming music services in August 2023. The company offers a 30-day free trial of Music Unlimited.

Last November, Amazon Music Unlimited added a new perk: Subscribers can now to listen to one audiobook per month from Amazon-owned Audible’s 1 million-plus catalog of titles.

There’s still a version of Amazon Music available to Prime members for no extra cost. That includes the full catalog of 100 million tracks, plus added hundreds of thousands of podcast episodes ad-free. But that tier is mostly limited to shuffle-play mode based on artist, album or playlist. Meanwhile, Amazon also offers an ad-supported free music tier.

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