Award winning social music service, Spotify is finally heading state side. The announcement has been highly expected after the company completed a $100MM round of funding and secured music rights deals with EMI and SONY in recent months.
The service provides streaming music on consumers’ PC’s and mobile devices in a radio-like fashion while at the same time integrating social elements. Spotify already has 10MM users in Europe (1MM of which are paid subscriptions). In addition, the company is rumored to be working on a streaming music deal with Facebook.
“We have updated our landing page in advance of launch. Still no specifics on the launch I’m afraid, just We’re working hard to launch the service in the US as soon as possible. All we can say right now is watch this space!” said a Spotify representative according to Mashable.com