Mobile music discovery provider Shazam has added 25m new users in the past six months, taking the total number to 75m. The service has also identified more than 1bn songs. Shazam’s 1 billionth track was Gettin’ Over by David Guetta, featuring Chris Willis. The company says it expects to pass 100m users by the end of the year.

Shazam has established a footprint in over 200 countries across six continents, through partnerships with leading operators and handset makers. Shazam was also recently named the most popular mobile application in Europe in a survey conducted by comScore. 

“2010 marks 10 years of Shazam’s innovation and leadership,” says Shazam CEO, Andrew Fisher. “During this time, Shazam has become synonymous with music recognition and discovery on mobile phones. Shazam is now a brand that consumers know and trust, and our 1 billionth tag is testament to our ever growing fan base of users that enjoy Shazam’s unrivalled music experience. In the future our fans will continue to see further innovation from Shazam as we continue to expand our service.”

Shazam enables users to identify and ‘tag’ any song playing in a bar, record shop, or anywhere else where the music can be clealy heard. Users can also preview 30-second clips, buy tracks, find local and international tour dates for the tagged artist and purchase tickets to the gigs. In addition Shazamers can find out what’s hot and popular through the Shazam Tag Charts, get track recommendations and share music moments by sending Tags as a Tweet, to a Facebook mini-feed or by email.