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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen LiGouHai for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com August 21 news, Apple completed the acquisition of Shazam for $400 million as early as 2018. Shazam celebrates its 20th birthday and officially topped 70 billion song identifications this week. Apple says the platform is now an important part of popular culture, changing the way people interact with music by making it easy for everyone to identify songs. For more than 225 million monthly active users worldwide,"Shazam" means new discoveries.

To commemorate this milestone, Apple Shazam created a special song list featuring the songs Shazam has recognized the most in each of the past 20 years, inviting fans to take a trip back. From Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" to Sia's "Cheap Thrills," this list truly reflects the music choices that fans around the world have actively sought out over the past 20 years. Listen exclusively to Apple Music today.

Over the years, Shazam's global charts have played an important role in helping fans discover new stars. Masked Wolf, for example, was named Shazam's "5 Most Noteworthy Artists of 2021." His "Astronaut In The Ocean" became the most recognized Shazam song worldwide that year.

CTOnews.com learned that the following is a review of important moments and milestones in Shazam's 20-year history.

important dates

August 2002: Shazam is launched in the UK as an SMS service. At that time, users needed to dial "2580" on the phone and then point the handset at the sound source. Soon after, they would receive a text message with the name of the song and artist.

July 2008: The Shazam App is released on a brand new App Store. In October 2008, Shazam released an Android version.

April 2015: The Shazam App is released on the first Apple Watch.

September 2018: Shazam joins the Apple family.

June 2021: Shazam monthly identifications exceed 1 billion for the first time.

May 2022: Shazam App installed more than 2 billion times.

August 2022: Shazam celebrates 20 years of music discovery and breaks 70 billion song identifications.

Important first time.

The first song Shazam recognized: T. Rex's Jeepster (April 19, 2002) 1

First song recognized by Shazam App for iOS: Aimee Mann's "How Am I Different"(July 10, 2008)

First song to reach 1,000 recognition times: Eminem's "Cleanin' Out My Closet"(September 2002)

First song to reach 1 million recognition times: Ke$ha's "TiK ToK"(February 2010)

First song to reach 10 million recognition: Gotye and Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know"(December 2012)

First song to reach 20 million hits: Lilly Wood, The Prick, Robin Schulz-Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)(October 2015)

Number one artist with 1 million hits: Lil Wayne (February 2009)

Top artist with 10 million hits: Lil Wayne (June 2011)

Number one artist with 100 million hits: David Guetta (May 2015)

Shazam identifies the fastest rising song

Fastest song to reach 1 million views: BTS's "Butter"(9 days)

Fastest song to reach 10 million views: Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You"(87 days)

Fastest song to reach 20 million views: Dance Monkey by Tones And I (219 days)

Most recognized artists and songs by Shazam in history

Drake is the most recognized artist in Shazam history, with songs featuring the artist as lead vocals or guests recognized more than 350 million times. "One Dance" is Drake's most popular song, recognized more than 17 million times.

Tones And I's "Dance Monkey" is the most recognized song by Shazam in history, with over 41 million hits.

Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" is Shazam's most recognized song via the "2580" SMS service.

Most recognized songs by Shazam by genre

Rap/Hip Hop: Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Ray Dalton-"Can't Hold Us"

Lilly Wood, The Prick and Robin Schulz-Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)

R&B: John Legend's "All of Me"

Latin music: J Balvin and Willy William "Mi Gente"

Pop music: Passenger's "Let Her Go"

Dance Monkey by Tones And I

Hozier's "Take Me to Church"

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