Apple and Music: A History

Daniel Bean
·Assistant Editor
Updated

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is next week, and the big rumor holds that Apple will announce a Spotify-like music-streaming service, building on its recent $3 billion purchase of Beats.

And why not? Not only is iTunes long overdue for a replacement, Apple also has a long, and mostly successful, history with music apps and hardware.

To prove it, we’ve created this video compilation of all of Apple’s most important music-related announcements of the past 15 years. From the rousing introduction of iTunes to the thud of Ping, hip, hop, or rock your way to the play button above to follow along.

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