Songza
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Songza was a free music streaming and recommendation service for Internet users in the United States and Canada.
Type of site | Free internet radio |
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Available in | English |
Headquarters | Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, United States |
Owner | Alphabet Inc. |
Created by | Aza Raskin and Scott Robbin |
URL | songza.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-07-01) |
Launched | November 8, 2007 (16 years ago) (2007-11-08) |
Current status | Discontinued (Merged into Google Play Music and subsequently into YouTube Music) |
Stating that its playlists are made by music experts, the service would recommend its users on various playlists based on time of day and mood or activity.[1][2] Songza offered playlists for activities such as waking up, working out, commuting, concentrating, unwinding, entertaining, and sleeping.[3] Users would vote songs up or down, and the service will adapt to the user's personal music preferences.[3] Users would find playlists not just based on artists, songs, or genres, but also based on themes, interests, and eras, such as "90s One-Hit Wonders", or "Music of Fashion Week".[4]
Songza was headquartered in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City, New York.[5]
Songza was purchased by Google on July 1, 2014, and on December 2, 2015, Google announced Songza would merge into Google Play Music on January 31, 2016.[6] As of September 24, 2021, the main site is offline, displaying a redirect to YouTube Music.