TikTok Music rolled out to a small number of users in Australia, Singapore and Mexico on Wednesday.
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TikTok will roll out its subscription-based music streaming service to a small number of test users in Australia, Mexico and Singapore on Wednesday.
The popular short video app TikTok Music launched in 2019 and has since expanded. Indonesia and Brazil early this month.
“We are inviting users in Australia, Mexico and Singapore to participate in the TikTok Music private beta starting today,” the company said in a statement. Participants will get a three-month free trial to test the service.
mexico is TikTok’s fourth largest market According to DataReportal, there are 62.4 million active users aged 18 and over, trailing only the United States (116.5 million), Indonesia (113 million) and Brazil (84.1 million).
Montana became the first state to ban TikTok as it plans to boost growth outside of its largest market, the United States. The app is also banned in India. TikTok’s chief executive previously said the company would inject “billions of dollars” into Southeast Asia over the next few years.
TikTok Music allows users to sync the music streaming service to their TikTok account.
“TikTok Music is a new kind of music service that combines the power of music discovery on TikTok with a music streaming service offering millions of tracks from thousands of artists,” a spokesperson said.
The company added that TikTok Music will “help users listen, share and download the music they discover on TikTok, and share their favorite tracks and artists with the TikTok community.”
TikTok Music will compete with Spotify and Apple Music, the dominant services in these markets.For example, Spotify accounts for 80% of music subscriptions in Mexico.
Wednesday’s announcement is the latest in TikTok’s growing push into music streaming.
On Tuesday, the company announced Extended License Agreement In partnership with Warner Music Group.
Earlier this month, TikTok parent ByteDance said it would shut down its music streaming service Resso in Indonesia and Brazil following the launch of TikTok Music. Resso users can transfer their accounts to TikTok Music, the company said.
