Will Spotify revolutionize the way we listen to music?

10 million European users have been raving about the free music streaming service for years. A guide to why you may want to get excited, too

Spotify is streamed onto a mobile phone: Europe's popular online music service is coming to the U.S., and may mean serious competition for iTunes.
(Image credit: CC BY: Johan Larsson)

"Any track, any time, anywhere. And it's free!" That's the mantra of one of Europe's most popular — and praised — music streaming services, the Sweden-based Spotify. And now, the service, which has 10 million users across Europe, is coming stateside, though no specific launch date has been set. Spotify allows users to stream almost any widely released song online for free, and American music fans have been rabid for its debut in the U.S.—which has been almost two years in the making. Here, a brief guide:

What makes Spotify so great?

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