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"Songza, the NY-based music streaming startup that emphasizes expert-curated playlists instead of algorithmic recommendations, has passed\u00A01M registered users in Canada and even managed to land Justin Bieber as a &amp;quot;guest curator,&amp;quot;\u00A0since expanding there less than three months ago.\r\n\r\nThe service, which hit\u00A02M unique US users last July, is being used by more than 4% of all Canadians online -- according to\u00A0Songza\u2019s CEO and co-founder\u00A0Elias Roman. As we explained when the Canadian launch was announced, moving into Canada was a major milestone when you consider that, at the time, Spotify and Pandora were not available in the country (Pandora still isn't).\r\n\r\nHopefully, Songza's success in Canada will lead to additional expansion, but the company tells TNW that it currently has no &amp;quot;definitive timeline&amp;quot; for further expansion.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLooking at the numbers, Songza has passed\u00A0900,000 iOS installs in Canada since launch and its 1M users have led to an impressive\u00A0160M streams in the country -- possibly in part due to the Biebs. The company is certainly seeing success abroad, but hopefully is also seeing growth in the US, where recent growth stats have not been revealed.\r\n\r\n\u27A4\u00A0Songza\u00A0(Available in the US &amp;amp;amp; Canada)\r\n\r\nImage credit:\u00A0Thomas Northcut / Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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