Garth Brooks Now Streaming - For the First Time in His Career, Music from the Best-Selling Solo Artist in U.S. History Is Now...
October 19 2016 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Starting today, fans can listen to hit songs
and popular albums from the country music icon on Amazon Music
Unlimited, including the latest single—“Baby, Let’s Lay Down and
Dance”—off his highly anticipated new studio album, Gunslinger
In addition to unlimited streaming, Garth
Brooks albums and songs are available for purchase and digital
download on Amazon Music
Amazon Music Unlimited is an on-demand music
streaming service with a catalog of tens of millions of songs and
thousands of hand-curated playlists and personalized stations
available for Prime members at a breakthrough price of $7.99/month
or $79/year, $9.99/month for non-Prime customers or for only
$3.99/month with a ‘for Echo’ subscription plan
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced that music from the
best-selling solo artist in U.S. history, Garth Brooks, is now
available to stream exclusively on Amazon Music. This is the first
time ever that music from the first and only artist to receive
seven Diamond awards for seven individual albums from the Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA) is available to stream
on-demand. Starting today, Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers can
stream the latest single, “Baby, Let’s Lay Down and Dance,” from
his upcoming new studio album, Gunslinger (Pearl Records, Inc.), in
addition to Garth’s Diamond-selling album, The Ultimate Hits and
the two-time Diamond-selling album, Double Live, which includes
“Friends in Low Places,” "The Dance," "Papa Loved Mama," "Callin'
Baton Rouge," "Unanswered Prayers," “The River," "Ain't Goin' Down
('Til the Sun Comes Up)," "Two Pina Coladas," “Shameless,” and “The
Thunder Rolls.” All songs on Double Live will also be available on
Prime Music.
More music from the multi-GRAMMY award-winning and Billboard
award-winning artist will be added to Amazon Music Unlimited later
this year, including his upcoming new holiday album with his wife
and country star Trisha Yearwood titled, Christmas Together (Pearl
Records, Inc.), and his highly anticipated upcoming studio album,
Gunslinger, the first since 2014, which features the new single,
“Baby, Let’s Lay Down and Dance,” released just last week. Rolling
Stone called the single an “upbeat country tune with Southern
rock-inspired guitar riffs has a timeless sound.” The new song is
streaming, as of today, exclusively on Amazon Music Unlimited.
"It is a joy to work with a company that is all about the
customer when it comes to service, and all about the music and its
creators when it comes to the music,” stated Garth Brooks. “I
applaud Amazon on their commitment to quality and thank them for
this opportunity.”
“This is a landmark moment for both Amazon Music and Garth
Brooks,” stated Steve Boom, VP of Amazon Music. “Garth Brooks is a
legendary country music superstar who continues to shatter industry
records and amaze fans three decades into his career. We are
honored to make his music available for streaming for the first
time ever, exclusively on Amazon Music.”
The genre-spanning collection of Garth’s music, including studio
and compilation albums, are also available for purchase and digital
download in MP3 format on Amazon Music. Amazon Music Unlimited will
also be the official sponsor of Garth Brooks current
record-breaking tour, which will go worldwide in 2017.
Garth Brooks has received seven Diamond awards for seven
individual albums from the RIAA for selling over ten million units
each, a feat only he can claim, and is the No. 1 selling solo
artist in U.S. history certified by the RIAA with over 138 million
album sales. Throughout his illustrious career he has won the
Billboard Music Artist Achievement Award, NACCP Image Award and has
been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the International Songwriters Hall of
Fame in New York. Garth also just received his 11th nomination for
Entertainer of the Year from the CMA Awards.
Listeners can also experience the magic of innovative new Alexa
voice controls when listening to Garth’s music on Echo—no search or
browse required. Just ask.
- Ready to listen? Just ask, “Alexa, play
Garth Brooks”
- Want to hear the latest Garth Brooks
single? Just ask, “Alexa, play the new Garth Brooks song” and Alexa
will play “Baby, Let’s Lay Down and Dance”
- Can’t remember the name of a song from
Garth, but know the lyrics? Just ask, “Alexa, play the song that
goes ‘Swore I'd never compromise, but you convinced me otherwise’”
and Alexa will play “Shameless”
- Having a quiet weekend and want to
listen to Garth and other country artists? Just ask, “Alexa play
relaxing country music” and Alexa will choose a personalized
playlist like “Cool Down: Country,” “Relaxing Garth Brooks” or
“Acoustic Garth Brooks”
- Want to only listen to Garth’s music
from a specific time period? Just ask, “Alexa, play Garth Brooks
90s music” and Alexa will play tracks released by the star in that
decade
- Want to have fun while listening? Just
ask, “Alexa, what’s the weather like in her heart?”
Launched last week, Amazon Music Unlimited is available on all
Amazon Music compatible devices at a breakthrough price of
$7.99/month or $79/year (which is $6.58/month) for Prime members or
$9.99/month for non-Prime customers. In addition, Amazon Music
Unlimited is available with an exclusive “for Echo” subscription
plan for only $3.99/month for listening on a single Echo, Echo Dot
or Amazon Tap.
To start listening today on Amazon Music Unlimited visit
www.amazon.com/amazonmusicunlimited.
About Amazon Music
Amazon Music is the destination for customers to have the most
choice in how to access and listen to all their favorite music. In
addition to streaming with Amazon Music Unlimited and Amazon Prime,
Amazon Music offers the world’s largest selection of CD and Vinyl,
including AutoRip on more than a hundred thousand albums, and tens
of millions of MP3 songs to purchase and own. For more information
on Amazon Music visit www.amazon.com/amazonmusic.
About Amazon
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