Amazon Music UnlimitedPay, got worseUS
Prime-member Individual and Single-Device prices raised
Amazon Music Unlimited Individual for Prime members rose from $7.99 to $8.99 a month; Single-Device from $3.99 to $4.99
What changed
- Individual (Prime members)
- Was Before: $7.99/mo or $79/yr
- After: $8.99/mo or $89/yr
- Single Device
- Was Before: $3.99/mo
- After: $4.99/mo
- +$1 · +25%
- Individual
- Before: $9.99/mo
- After: $9.99/mo
- Unchanged
When it hits your bill
- New subscribers
- Existing subscribers
- New price on the first bill after May 5, 2022 (Amazon help page)
What this means for you
Prime members pay $1 more a month (or $10 more a year) for Individual, and the Echo/Fire TV Single-Device plan costs $1 more. The $9.99 price without Prime did not change.
Context
2022$8.99
this change$9.99
2023$10.99
2025$11.99
2026$11.99
now
How we know
Amazon's help page said Prime-member Individual goes from $7.99 to $8.99 a month and Single-Device from $3.99 to $4.99.
It said the updated pricing starts on May 5, 2022, from the first bill after that date.
An archived copy of the Amazon Music Unlimited page from May 3, 2022 still says it starts at $7.99 a month.
By Jun 4, 2022, an archived copy says it starts at $8.99 a month.
Sources
- Amazon help: 2022 Music Subscription Plan Pricing Changes (captured Apr 6, 2022) · archived copy
- Amazon Music Unlimited page, US: before, “Starts at $7.99/month” (May 3 2022) · archived copy
- Amazon Music Unlimited page, US: after, “Starts at $8.99/month” (Jun 4 2022) · archived copy
- TechCrunch: Amazon is increasing Music Unlimited plan prices for Prime members (Apr 6, 2022) (secondary)
Full research notes
Amazon's help page "2022 Music Subscription Plan Pricing Changes" (captured April 6, 2022) says the Single-Device Plan changes from $3.99 to $4.99 per month and the Individual Plan (discounted price for Amazon Prime members) from $7.99 to $8.99 per month, or from $79 to $89 per year. "The updated pricing starts on May 5, 2022"; subscribers see the new price on their first bill after that date. The non-Prime Individual price was not listed as changing. The US Amazon Music Unlimited page says "Starts at $7.99/month after" in the May 3, 2022 capture and "Starts at $8.99/month after" in the June 4, 2022 capture.
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