Rhapsody Ranked Top On-Demand Premium Music App in iTunes Store

Ranked ninth overall across all music apps, Rhapsody handily outperforms all on-demand streaming players

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Sep 15, 2010, 09:00 ET

SEATTLE, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- More consumers download the Rhapsody® for iPhone app than any on-demand premium music application in the iTunes® Store, according to the latest metrics from PositionApp. Ranked ninth overall in the free music category, Rhapsody has maintained a sizable lead over all on-demand music streaming apps; following Rhapsody is Thumbplay, ranked 43rd overall.

Ranking of On-Demand Streaming Music Apps in iTunes Store
	September 14	Week of September 5
Rhapsody	9	9
Thumbplay	43	51
Rdio	181	150
Mog	158	154
Source: PositionApp

Since its debut as the first on-demand premium music app, Rhapsody for iPhone® has been popular in the iTunes Store, consistently ranking in the top five percent of the 300 free music applications measured each month by PositionApp. The application—which is the first to enable offline playback on the iPhone—allows Rhapsody subscribers to play, stream and download playlists directly to their iPhones, anywhere, even where a mobile connection is unavailable.

"Consumers are verifying what we have worked diligently to achieve: the Rhapsody experience on mobile is second to none," said Jon Irwin, president, Rhapsody. "Our ten years of experience delivering a superior digital music service is serving us well in our mobile innovations. Mobile will continue to be a major area of focus for Rhapsody as we launch more groundbreaking products this year."

With Rhapsody for iPhone, subscribers can stream and download music from Rhapsody's catalog of more than 10 million songs, listen to Internet radio stations, create new playlists on the go or access the playlists they have already created through Rhapsody. The app is also available on Android devices and will soon be coming to BlackBerry.

It’s free to trial the Rhapsody mobile app for 7 days, after which fans can purchase a Rhapsody subscription for only $9.99-per-month. More information on plans is available at http://www.rhapsody.com/-discover/plans

About Rhapsody

The Rhapsody® digital music service (www.rhapsody.com) gives subscribers unlimited on-demand access to more than ten million songs, whether they're listening on a PC, laptop, internet connected home stereo or TV, MP3 player or mobile phone. Rhapsody allows subscribers to access their music through more touch-points than any other digital music service, including mobile phones from Verizon Wireless, through Rhapsody applications on the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and Android mobile platform and through devices from Vizio, SanDisk, HP, Sonos and Philips. Rhapsody, and the Rhapsody logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Rhapsody International Inc.

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