Amazon Music UnlimitedPay, got worseUS
Individual (without Prime) and Student prices raised
Amazon Music Unlimited Individual without Prime rose from $9.99 to $10.99 a month; Student from $4.99 to $5.99
What changed
- Individual
- Was Before: $9.99/mo
- After: $10.99/mo
- +$1 · +10%
- Student
- Was Before: $4.99/mo
- After: $5.99/mo
- +$1 · +20%
- Individual (Prime members)
- Before: $8.99/mo
- After: $8.99/mo
- Unchanged
When it hits your bill
- New subscribers
- Existing subscribers
- New price on the first bill after February 21, 2023 (Amazon help page)
What this means for you
Without Prime, Individual costs $1 more a month; Student also costs $1 more. Prime members' Individual price stayed at $8.99.
Context
2022$10.99
this change$11.99
2025$12.99
2026$12.99
now
How we know
Amazon's help page said Individual goes from $9.99 to $10.99 a month and Student from $4.99 to $5.99.
It said the updated pricing starts on February 21, 2023, from the first bill after that date.
An archived copy of the Amazon Music Unlimited page from Dec 1, 2022 shows $9.99 ($8.99 for Prime members).
By Jul 4, 2023, an archived copy shows $10.99 ($8.99 for Prime members).
Sources
- Amazon help: 2023 Music Subscription Plan Pricing Changes (captured Jan 20, 2023) · archived copy
- Amazon Music Unlimited page, US: before, $9.99 ($8.99 for Prime members) (Dec 1 2022) · archived copy
- Amazon Music Unlimited page, US: after, $10.99 ($8.99 for Prime members) (Jul 4 2023) · archived copy
- Amazon Music Unlimited Student page, US: “$5.99/month after” (Jun 10 2023) · archived copy
- TechCrunch: Amazon's Music Unlimited gets a price hike in the US and UK (Jan 20, 2023) (secondary)
Full research notes
Amazon's help page "2023 Music Subscription Plan Pricing Changes" (captured January 20, 2023) says the Amazon Music Unlimited Individual Plan changes from $9.99 to $10.99 per month and the Student Plan from $4.99 to $5.99 per month. "The updated pricing starts on February 21, 2023"; subscribers see the new price on their first bill after that date. The Prime-member Individual price ($8.99) was not listed as changing. The US Amazon Music Unlimited page's trial terms say "$9.99 ($8.99 for Prime members)" in the December 1, 2022 capture and "$10.99 ($8.99 for Prime members)" in the July 4, 2023 capture; the Student page shows "$5.99/month after" by June 10, 2023.
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