Mobile music discovery provider Shazam has revealed that its application has been downloaded by over 1 million Nokia users since its launch on the Ovi Store by Nokia. Shazam was the number one downloaded app on the day of launch and continues to be one of the most popular apps in Ovi Store. The app has been downloaded in over 200 markets onto over 40 different Nokia handsets. The success of the More than 50 million people around the world have used the Shazam service, which now has over 8 million tracks on its database. Comscore also recently named Shazam as the most popular mobile application in Europe.
The Shazam app enables users to identify music tracks, watch artists videos and other music content, and share music moments by sending Tags as a Tweet, to a Facebook mini-feed or by email. Users can also share music memories with friends, by taking and adding a photo to Tags, which are seamlessly added to the Nokia photo album.
Shazam is available for download here. Users are provided with a 30-day free trial of the fully featured application from the first time they use it on a device. After 30 days, users can continue Shazaming for free on a limited feature and tagging basis, or upgrade to the fully-featured, unlimited usage version for a one-off fee of $4.99, 3.99 or 2.99, depending on location.