Shazam releases new feature aimed at musicians and their fans

Music discovery platform Shazam has released a new feature in partnership with over two dozen artists that will allow Shazam users to see which songs their favorite musicians are listening to on the service

According to Shazam, the company has signed up over 30 top artists to participate in its new song-sharing feature, including well-known names like Pitbull, Calvin Harris, Maroon 5, Meghan Trainor, Coldplay, Usher, One Direction, Alicia Keys, Shakira, Mariah Carey, Imagine Dragons, Linkin Park and many others.

These artists have a total of 600 million-plus Shazam followers combined. Shazam says it will increase the number beyond the initial 30 artists to include hundreds of others from around the world.

According to the techcrunch.com, the company will also reveal 'Shazam Counts', which will show the number of times a song has been Shazamed for the first time ever.

The feature will be made available in the updated versions of the iOS and Android mobile applications.

Users will have to follow their favorite artists on the app in order to see what they are 'shazaming'.

Artists on Shazam will have a new page on the service that shows their Shazam discoveries, their top tracks, videos and their follower count.