Can you recall the times when you used to hum the half-remembered songs and ask your friends to recognize them? Or the moments when you google the lyrics to find out the name of the song? Or maybe you still google them? If you do, you must know about Shazam.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could identify any song you hear? Well, Chris Barton and his co-founders have made this possible for everyone who has some lyrics or music stuck in their head but don’t know the song.
The idea to develop an app that can identify music (an app like Shazam) was not brand new. Before Shazam, many companies were trying to implement this idea but their approach was not as efficient as Shazam. They limited their song identification ability to a certain number of radio stations. As a result, users had to enter the exact time they heard a song and the radio station’s name to identify it.
Shazam was launched in 2002 and it was known as a 2580 service. Now, you might be wondering what is this 2580? It is the phone number that people used to dial to get their music recognized. The call lasts 30 seconds after which the user receives an SMS with the song and artist name. After the launch of Google Play Store and Apple Store, the Shazam app was available for mobiles and catered to many users worldwide.
This blog will help you learn about the magic (business plan and model) behind Shazam and what it takes to develop an app like Shazam.
