Amazon Music Unlimited Gets a Price Increase in the US, UK, and Canada

Amazon has quietly raised the price of Amazon Music Unlimited in the US, the UK, and Canada. While Amazon Prime members still get a small discount on individual plans, non-Prime members will now have to pay $11.99 per month to access the music streaming service, and this matches the price of Spotify Premium in the US.

Amazon detailed these latest pricing changes in an FAQ spotted by Music Business Worldwide. Here’s what’s happening in the US:

• Amazon Music Unlimited Individual plan for Prime members now costs $10.99/month (previously $9.99) or $109/year (previously $99)
• Amazon Music Unlimited Individual plan for non-Prime members now costs $11.99/month (previously $10.99)
• Amazon Music Unlimited Family plan now costs $19.99/month (previously $16.99) or $199.00/year (previously $169.00)

This new price structure went live for new subscribers yesterday, and it will apply to existing customers on the next monthly renewal billing date, on or after March 5, 2025. Overall, the Amazon Music Family plan is getting the biggest price hike, as it now matches the $19.99/month of the Spotify Premium Family plan. In comparison, the Apple Music Family plan is still priced at $16.99/month.

Amazon Music Unlimited probably doesn’t get a lot of attention these days, but audiophiles may want to know that it offers 100 million tracks in lossless High Definition and millions of songs in Ultra High Definition (Ultra HD). There’s also a growing number of tracks mastered in Dolby Atmos and 360 Reality Audio.

Overall, the service is still a good alternative to Spotify if you care about audio quality, and the app also has a podcast library built in. In November, Amazon also added a new audiobook perk for subscribers in the US, UK, and Canada, and it may well be why the company is now raising the price of the service in these markets.