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Line streams music in Japan
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THE new business, which comes weeks before Apple is expected to enter the Japanese market with its own streaming service, offers unlimited access to a collection of more than 1.5 million songs for 1,000 yen (US$8) a month. For those on a budget, a 500 yen fee buys 20 hours of listening time.
Line said it would expand its music library to 5 million tunes by the end of the year, and to 30 million in 2016.
The service will feature top-selling artists, from Sam Smith to Michael Jackson, as well as Japanese diva Ayumi Hamasaki and Korean band Big Bang.
Line Music said it plans to set up accounts for artists where they can send messages and offer a glimpse of their lives to their fans.
Japan is the world’s second largest music market, estimated to be worth US$2.6 billion in 2014, after the US$4.8 billion US market, according to the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
But packaged media such as compact discs account for about 78 percent of Japanese music sales, contrasting sharply with the US market where digital downloads are soaring.
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