Whole lotta zeros: Apple Music crosses 100 million song barrier

Apple Music says the milestone cements it as the world's largest catalog of music, more than YouTube Music's 80 mn songs, Spotify's 82 mn tracks and podcasts, and Amazon Music's 90 mn songs

Apple Music is about to cross a huge milestone, offering its eye-and-ear-popping 100 millionth song on the streaming service.

The music giant tells The Associated Press that internal data indicates Apple Music will reach the heady mark on Monday. Every day, 20,000 singers and songwriters release music on the service.

“It’s a huge, huge number,” Rachel Newman, Apple’s global head of editorial and content, told the AP. “It really is possible to create music and record it and release it more than ever before in the history of music, which we think is pretty incredible.”

Apple Music says the milestone cements it as