What music streaming costs a year
Seven services priced per year rather than per month, plus the annual prepay options three of them sell and four of them do not.
Spotify
Spotify Premium plans page (spotify.com/us/premium) — read on 24 August 2026.
$12.99 a month · list price
$12.99 a month · on renewal, per the vendor
- Billed
- $12.99/mo — $155.88 a year
- Renews at
- Same — $12.99/mo
- Free tier
- Yes — ad-supported, no expiry, no card.
- Price read from
- Spotify Premium plans page (spotify.com/us/premium)
- Checked
- Vendor
- spotify.com
Spotify Premium Individual is $12.99 a month, and the page states it plainly: one month at $0, then $12.99 a month after. Duo is $18.99, Family $21.99 for up to six accounts at one address, Student $6.99 after three free months.
There is no annual plan in the United States. Twelve charges at $12.99 make $155.88 a year, which ties Spotify with Amazon Music Unlimited as the most expensive way on this ledger for one person to stream music at list price.
Prepaid 12-month gift cards exist at retail and are sometimes discounted, but a gift card is a workaround rather than a plan, and its price is set by the shop rather than by Spotify, so it is not a figure this desk can print.
Lossless up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz is now included in Premium at no extra cost.
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