Spotify, the biggest music streaming subscription service in the world, officially launches Wednesday in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), offering a revolutionary and unrivalled fully Arabic music experience tuned to personal taste. With a worldwide community of over 191 million music fans, Spotify offers users the choice of a Free ad-supported service, or an ad-free Premium subscription service. Users can listen for free forever, or alternatively can upgrade to Spotify Premium for the ultimate Spotify experience for only EGP 49.99 per month, in Egypt. The Swedish company announced that its services would be available in 13 Arab markets, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Morocco but not Yemen, Libya, Iraq or Syria, as per Al-Ahram. It would serve as competition for the MENA region’s Anghami, a Lebanese music streaming platform and digital distribution company which launched in November 2012. Spotify allows users to browse, discover, curate playlists, build their own music collection and share music with friends. With a catalogue of over 40 million songs and over 3 billion playlists all available to both free users and Premium subscribers, Spotify comes to MENA offering a comprehensive…
