Last.FM
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Type of site
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Online music database, music recommendation, events, statistics, social network |
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| Available in |
Multilingual (12) |
| Owner | CBS Interactive |
| Created by | Felix Miller, Martin Stiksel, Michael Breidenbruecker, Thomas Willomitzer, Richard Jones |
| Parent | CBS Corporation |
| Website | Last |
| Alexa rank |
 1,676 (December 2016[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Free, with optional subscription |
| Launched | March 20, 2002 |
| Current status | Active |
Screenshot of the Windows client from 1.4.2.58893 Version (Early 2008).
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| Developer(s) | Last.fm |
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| Stable release |
2.1.37 / 22 March 2016
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| Preview release |
2.1.35 / 6 March 2013
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| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix |
| Type | Media player |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://www.last.fm/download |
Last.fm 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 many portable music devices. This information is transferred ("scrobbled") to Last.fm's database either via the music player itself (Spotify, Deezer, Clementine, Amarok, MusicBee) or via a plugin 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 Interactive for UK£140 million (US$280 million).
The site features a analogous to , wherein registered users can collaborate on hyperlinked information about tracks, releases (albums, etc.), artists, bands, and record labels.
The site formerly offered a radio streaming service, which was discontinued on 28 April 2014. 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.
The current Last.fm website was developed from two separate sources: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler, which were merged in 2005. Audioscrobbler began as a computer science project of Richard Jones when he attended the University of Southampton School of Electronics and Computer Science in the United Kingdom. Jones developed the first plugins, and then opened an API to the community, after which many music players on different operating system platforms were supported. Audioscrobbler was limited to recording music its users played on a registered computer, which allowed for charting and collaborative filtering.
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