Last.fm

Last.fm
Type of site	Online music database, music recommendation, events, statistics, social networking service
Available in	Multilingual; (12)
Owner	Paramount Global
Created by	Felix Miller, Martin Stiksel, Michael Breidenbruecker, Thomas Willomitzer, Richard Jones
URL	last.fm
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Free, with optional subscription
Launched	20 March 2002
Current status	Active

Last.fm Limited is a music website founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. Using a music recommender system called "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste by recording details of the tracks the user listens to, either from Internet radio stations, or the user's computer or portable music devices. This information is transferred ("scrobbled") to Last.fm's database either via the music player (including, among others, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, Qobuz, MusicBee, SoundCloud, and Anghami) or via a plug-in installed into the user's music player. The data is then displayed on the user's profile page and compiled to create reference pages for individual artists.

On 30 May 2007, it was acquired by CBS Corporation via its streaming division CBS Interactive, today a part of Paramount Global, for £140 million (US$280 million, equivalent to $396,500,000 in 2023).^[2]

The site formerly offered a radio streaming service, which was discontinued on 28 April 2014.^[3] The ability to access the large catalogue of music stored on the site was later removed entirely, replaced by links to YouTube and Spotify where available.^[4]

^ "Last.fm WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
^ "CBS ups social networking ante with Last.fm acquisition". Computerworld. 30 May 2007. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
^ Cite error: The named reference 2014change was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Artists and Labels: How to make the most of Last.fm | Last.fm Support Community". getsatisfaction.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[1] "Last.fm WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

[2] "CBS ups social networking ante with Last.fm acquisition". Computerworld. 30 May 2007. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2008.

[2014change-3] Cite error: The named reference 2014change was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[auto-4] "Artists and Labels: How to make the most of Last.fm | Last.fm Support Community". getsatisfaction.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

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