Prime welcomed more members worldwide this
year than any year before
Members worldwide enjoyed more moments than
ever before with their video, music, reading and gaming
benefits
Ed Sheeran was
the most streamed artist worldwide and listeners' favourite albums
included Lover by Taylor
Swift and WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO by
Billie Eilish
SEATTLE, Dec. 5, 2019 /CNW/ - (NASDAQ: AMZN) What a year
for Prime members! Today, Amazon is celebrating the Best of Prime
2019, revealing how Prime members chose to enjoy the best of
shopping and entertainment from Amazon this past year. The
most purchased items this past year by Prime members globally were
Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa
Voice Remote and Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote.
Best of Shopping
Prime members saved time and money
this year with speedy delivery and exclusive deals:
- Members in Canada saved time
by avoiding millions of trips to the store with their shipping
benefits.
- Members delivered smiles all year long. In Canada alone, members sent millions of gifts
this past year.
- Members gobbled up tons of savings…and ice cream. Turkeys,
roses and ice cream were the three best-selling Whole Foods Market
deals in Canada this past year for
Prime members.
Best of Entertainment
Members worldwide enjoyed more
moments than ever before with their video, music, reading and
gaming benefits. Here's a look at the entertainment they loved
most:
Prime Video
Members kept up with the hottest Amazon
Originals:
- Members love Jack Ryan. This
year, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan returned to Prime Video for its
second season and had the biggest global premiere of any Amazon
Original series.
- Fleabag is Certified Fresh, holding a 100 per cent
critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is our most awarded original
series ever with a total of 16 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, 5 Critics
Choice and 3 SAG Awards.
- This just in - The Report had the biggest global
premiere of any Amazon Original movie this year.
Amazon Music
Prime members worldwide enjoyed Amazon
Music with listeners streaming the hottest new releases over the
last year:
- The most streamed artist worldwide was Ed Sheeran.
- Listeners' favourite albums included Lover by
Taylor Swift, WHEN WE ALL FALL
ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish and the No.6
Collaborations Project by Ed
Sheeran.
- Top streamed songs across the year were "I Don't Care" by
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber, "Old Town Road (Remix)" by Lil
Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus,
"Señorita" by Shawn Mendes and
Camila Cabello, "Sucker" by
Jonas Brothers, and "Bad Guy" by
Billie Eilish.
- The most requested song on Alexa via Amazon Music was "Old Town
Road (Remix)" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy
Ray Cyrus.
Twitch Prime
Members around the world upped their
game with Twitch Prime this past year:
- The most popular Twitch Prime in-game loot this year was for
League of Legends, Apex Legends, Grand Theft Auto Online and Red
Dead Online. Plus, Prime members enjoyed a year's subscription to
Nintendo Switch Online.
- Prime members can also enjoy a selection of free games each
month. Some of the most popular free games with Twitch Prime this
year were Pikuniku, Downwell, Dear Esther and Hyper Light
Drifter.
Prime Reading
Members embraced their inner bookworm
with Prime Reading:
- The top five most read titles across Canada were "The Bad Seed", "The Boy I Hate",
"Only You", "Evidence of the Affair" and "My Best Friend, the Billionaire (The Billionaire
Kings Book 1)".
- Some of the most borrowed titles by genre in Canada included, "The 7 Habits of Highly
Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change" (Business
& Investing); "A Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence"
(Health, Family & Lifestyle); "A Case of Need" (Mystery &
Thriller); "The Man in the High Castle" (Science Fiction &
Fantasy); and "Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone" (Young Adult).
Every Day Made Better with Prime
Prime was designed
to make your life better every single day. Over 100 million paid
members around the world enjoy the many benefits of Prime,
including shopping and entertainment. In Canada, that includes unlimited access to
award-winning movies and TV episodes with Prime Video, Prime Video
Channels, access to over one million songs on Prime Music, free
unlimited photo storage with Amazon Photos, Prime Reading, Twitch
Prime, early access to select Lightning Deals, and more. Prime was
built on the foundation of unlimited fast, free shipping and
members receive Prime FREE Same-Day Delivery in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary, Prime FREE One-Day Delivery in 33
cities and towns, and unlimited FREE Two-Day Shipping on millions
of items. Eligible customers can start a free trial of Amazon Prime
at www.amazon.ca/prime.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four
principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus,
passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and
long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping,
personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon,
AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV,
Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services
pioneered by Amazon. For more information,
visit amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.
Methodology
The Best of Prime 2019 analyzed how Prime
members enjoyed their Prime benefits from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019, unless otherwise noted.
Amazon Music data was analyzed from November
1, 2018 through November 1,
2019 and includes all Amazon Music listeners, not limited to
Prime members. Data for Tom
Clancy's Jack Ryan and
The Report was collected from October
31, 2019 – December 1, 2019.
Information included in these results examines data at a collective
level, without viewing personal information by specific Prime
members.
SOURCE Amazon Canada