Spotify was launched in 2008 and has become the world’s largest and fastest growing music service of its kind. After launching in the U.S. in July 2011, the company reached its 2.5 million subscriber milestone during the autumn and released an iPad app earlier in May. The company now boasts more than 10 million active users and more than three million paying subscribers. Spotify is currently available in 15 countries around the world: Germany, U.S., UK, Sweden, France, Spain, Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand.