<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
Limited	O
is	O
a	O
music	O
website	O
founded	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
a	O
music	O
recommender	B-Application
system	I-Application
called	O
"	O
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
"	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
builds	O
a	O
detailed	O
profile	O
of	O
each	O
user	O
's	O
musical	O
taste	O
by	O
recording	O
details	O
of	O
the	O
tracks	O
the	O
user	O
listens	O
to	O
,	O
either	O
from	O
Internet	O
radio	O
stations	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
or	O
many	O
portable	O
music	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
information	O
is	O
transferred	O
(	O
"	O
scrobbled	B-Application
"	O
)	O
to	O
fm	O
's	O
database	O
either	O
via	O
the	O
music	O
player	O
(	O
including	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
,	O
Spotify	B-Application
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
,	O
Tidal	B-Application
,	O
MusicBee	B-Application
,	O
SoundCloud	O
,	O
and	O
Anghami	B-Application
)	O
or	O
via	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
installed	O
into	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
music	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
large	O
catalogue	O
of	O
music	O
stored	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
was	O
later	O
removed	O
entirely	O
,	O
replaced	O
by	O
links	O
to	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
and	O
Spotify	B-Application
where	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
Last.fm	B-Application
website	O
was	O
developed	O
from	O
two	O
separate	O
sources	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
and	O
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
merged	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
began	O
as	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
project	O
of	O
Richard	O
Jones	O
when	O
he	O
attended	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Southampton	O
School	O
of	O
Electronics	O
and	O
Computer	B-General_Concept
Science	I-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
term	O
scrobbling	B-Application
defined	O
as	O
the	O
finding	O
,	O
processing	O
,	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
information	O
involving	O
people	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jones	O
developed	O
the	O
first	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
opened	O
an	O
API	B-General_Concept
to	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
many	O
music	O
players	O
on	O
different	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
platforms	O
were	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
was	O
limited	O
to	O
keeping	O
track	O
of	O
which	O
songs	O
its	O
users	O
played	O
on	O
a	O
registered	O
computer	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
for	O
charting	O
and	O
collaborative	B-Algorithm
filtering	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
Felix	O
Miller	O
,	O
Martin	O
Stiksel	O
,	O
Michael	O
Breidenbruecker	O
and	O
Thomas	O
Willomitzer	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
them	O
from	O
Germany	O
or	O
Austria	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
Internet	O
radio	O
station	O
and	O
music	O
community	O
site	O
,	O
using	O
similar	O
music	O
profiles	O
to	O
generate	O
dynamic	O
playlists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
name	O
takes	O
advantage	O
of	O
a	O
domain	B-Application
hack	I-Application
using	O
.fm	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
top	O
level	O
domain	O
of	O
Micronesia	O
,	O
popular	O
with	O
FM	O
radio	O
related	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
won	O
the	O
Europrix	O
2002	O
and	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
Prix	O
Ars	O
Electronica	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
and	O
Last.fm	B-Application
teams	O
began	O
to	O
work	O
closely	O
together	O
,	O
both	O
teams	O
moving	O
into	O
the	O
same	O
offices	O
in	O
Whitechapel	O
,	O
London	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
2003	O
Last.fm	B-Application
was	O
fully	O
integrated	O
with	O
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Input	O
could	O
come	O
through	O
an	O
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
or	O
a	O
Last.fm	B-Application
station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
old	O
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
site	O
at	O
the	O
audioscrobbler.com	B-Application
domain	O
name	O
was	O
wholly	O
merged	O
into	O
the	O
new	O
Last.fm	B-Application
site	O
on	O
9	O
August	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audioscrobbler.net	O
was	O
launched	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
development-oriented	O
site	O
on	O
5	O
September	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
very	O
bottom	O
of	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
pages	O
there	O
was	O
an	O
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
"	O
slogan	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
changes	O
each	O
time	O
the	O
page	O
is	O
refreshed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
well-known	O
sayings	O
or	O
advertisements	O
,	O
these	O
originally	O
appeared	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
website	O
pages	O
and	O
were	O
all	O
created	O
and	O
contributed	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
site	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
site	O
was	O
made	O
on	O
14	O
July	O
2006	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
for	O
playing	O
Last.fm	B-Application
radio	O
streams	O
and	O
for	O
logging	O
of	O
tracks	O
played	O
with	O
other	O
media	B-Device
players	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
changes	O
included	O
the	O
improvement	O
of	O
the	O
friends	O
system	O
and	O
updating	O
it	O
to	O
require	O
a	O
two-way	O
friendship	O
,	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
"	O
Dashboard	O
"	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
see	O
on	O
one	O
page	O
relevant	O
information	O
for	O
their	O
profile	O
,	O
expanded	O
options	O
for	O
purchasing	O
music	O
from	O
online	O
retailers	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
visual	O
design	O
for	O
the	O
web	O
site	O
(	O
including	O
an	O
optional	O
black	O
colour	O
scheme	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
also	O
teamed	O
with	O
EMI	O
on	O
Tuneglue-Audiomap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
April	O
2007	O
,	O
rumours	O
of	O
negotiations	O
between	O
CBS	O
and	O
Last.fm	B-Application
emerged	O
,	O
suggesting	O
that	O
CBS	O
intended	O
to	O
purchase	O
Last.fm	B-Application
for	O
about	O
£225	O
million	O
( $449	O
million	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2007	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Channel	O
4	O
Radio	O
was	O
to	O
broadcast	O
a	O
weekly	O
show	O
called	O
Worldwide	O
Chart	O
reflecting	O
what	O
Last.fm	B-Application
users	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
were	O
listening	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Last.fm	B-Application
had	O
been	O
bought	O
by	O
CBS	O
for	O
£140	O
million	O
with	O
fm	O
's	O
current	O
management	O
team	O
staying	O
in	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
new	O
generation	O
"	O
Last.fm	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
featuring	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
layout	O
,	O
color	O
scheme	O
,	O
and	O
several	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
some	O
old	O
ones	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
22	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
Techcrunch	O
claimed	O
that	O
"[the]	O
RIAA	O
asked	O
social	O
music	O
service	O
Last.fm	B-Application
for	O
data	O
about	O
its	O
users	O
 '	O
listening	O
habits	O
to	O
find	O
people	O
with	O
unreleased	O
tracks	O
on	O
their	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
Last.fm,	O
which	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
CBS	O
,	O
allegedly	O
handed	O
the	O
data	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
RIAA.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
several	O
public	O
postings	O
from	O
both	O
Last.fm	B-Application
and	O
Techcrunch	O
,	O
with	O
Last.fm	B-Application
denying	O
passing	O
any	O
personal	O
data	O
to	O
RIAA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
request	O
was	O
purportedly	O
prompted	O
by	O
the	O
leak	O
of	O
U2	O
's	O
then-unreleased	O
album	O
No	O
Line	O
On	O
The	O
Horizon	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
subsequent	O
widespread	O
distribution	O
via	O
peer-to-peer	O
file	O
sharing	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
22	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
Techcrunch	O
claimed	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
CBS	O
,	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
of	O
Last.fm,	O
that	O
handed	O
over	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
again	O
denied	O
that	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
case	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
CBS	O
could	O
not	O
have	O
handed	O
over	O
the	O
data	O
without	O
fm	O
's	O
knowledge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
change	O
in	O
free	O
stream	O
listening	O
policy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
all	O
other	O
countries	O
,	O
listening	O
to	O
Last.fm	B-Application
Radio	O
will	O
soon	O
require	O
a	O
subscription	O
of	O
€3.00	O
per	O
month.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
11	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
CBS	O
Radio	O
announced	O
that	O
Last.fm	B-Application
programming	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
in	O
four	O
major	O
market	O
FM	O
stations	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
on	O
their	O
HD	O
Radio	O
multicasts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
programming	O
,	O
which	O
consisted	O
mostly	O
of	O
music	O
aggregated	O
by	O
fm	O
's	O
user-generated	O
weekly	O
music	O
charts	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
live	O
performances	O
and	O
interviews	O
from	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
studios	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
debuted	O
on	O
5	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
removing	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
preview	O
entire	O
tracks	O
,	O
instead	O
redirecting	O
to	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
free	O
Hype	O
Machine	O
and	O
pay-to-listen	O
MOG	O
for	O
this	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
provoked	O
a	O
large	O
negative	O
reaction	O
from	O
some	O
in	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
user	O
community	O
who	O
perceived	O
the	O
removal	O
as	O
hindering	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
lesser-known	O
and	O
unsigned	O
artists	O
to	O
gain	O
exposure	O
for	O
their	O
music	O
and	O
general	O
enjoyment	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
stated	O
that	O
the	O
move	O
was	O
for	O
licensing	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
was	O
breached	O
by	O
hackers	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
43	O
million	O
user	O
accounts	O
were	O
compromised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full	O
extent	O
of	O
the	O
hack	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
connection	O
to	O
similar	O
attacks	O
against	O
Tumblr	B-Application
,	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
and	O
Myspace	B-Application
in	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
frame	O
,	O
were	O
not	O
confirmed	O
until	O
August	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
passwords	O
were	O
encrypted	O
using	O
an	O
outdated	O
,	O
unsalted	O
MD5	B-Algorithm
hash	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
made	O
users	O
aware	O
of	O
the	O
attack	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
14	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
a	O
new	O
beta	O
desktop	O
client	O
had	O
been	O
launched	O
for	O
public	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
scrobbler	B-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
all	O
users	O
on	O
15	O
January	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
new	O
website	O
redesign	O
was	O
also	O
open	O
to	O
public	O
beta	O
and	O
would	O
rely	O
on	O
feedback	O
from	O
testing	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
launched	O
Last.fm	B-Application
Originals	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
website	O
featuring	O
exclusive	O
performances	O
and	O
interviews	O
from	O
various	O
musical	O
artists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Last.fm	B-Application
would	O
discontinue	O
radio	O
service	O
after	O
January	O
2013	O
to	O
subscribers	O
in	O
all	O
countries	O
except	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
Ireland	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
New	O
Zealand	O
and	O
Brazil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
announced	O
on-demand	O
integration	O
with	O
Spotify	B-Application
and	O
a	O
new	O
YouTube-powered	O
radio	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
player	O
,	O
the	O
standard	O
radio	O
service	O
became	O
a	O
subscriber-only	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
26	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
announced	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
discontinuing	O
their	O
streaming	O
radio	O
service	O
on	O
28	O
April	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
statement	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
said	O
the	O
decision	O
was	O
made	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
"	O
focus	O
on	O
improving	O
scrobbling	B-Application
and	O
recommendations	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
released	O
a	O
subscriber-exclusive	O
beta	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
website	O
redesign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Music	O
Manager	O
was	O
discontinued	O
and	O
music	O
uploaded	O
to	O
the	O
site	O
by	O
musicians	O
and	O
record	O
labels	O
became	O
inaccessible	O
;	O
post-Spotify	O
integration	O
they	O
could	O
still	O
be	O
played	O
and	O
downloaded	B-Application
where	O
the	O
option	O
was	O
given	O
,	O
but	O
following	O
the	O
change	O
artists	O
themselves	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
access	O
their	O
songs	O
in	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
catalogue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
experienced	O
a	O
slight	O
revival	O
during	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
beginning	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
tied	O
to	O
its	O
popularity	O
within	O
music	O
communities	O
on	O
the	O
communication	O
platform	O
Discord	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
celebrated	O
its	O
twentieth	O
anniversary	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
developers	O
have	O
built	O
programs	O
that	O
integrate	O
users	O
 '	O
listening	O
statistical	O
data	O
with	O
Discord	B-Application
,	O
including	O
a	O
popular	O
bot	O
from	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
which	O
has	O
over	O
400,000	O
total	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
Ltd	O
is	O
funded	O
from	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
online	O
advertising	O
space	O
and	O
monthly	O
user	O
subscriptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
the	O
company	O
received	O
the	O
first	O
round	O
of	O
venture	O
capital	O
funding	O
from	O
European	O
investors	O
Index	O
Ventures	O
,	O
whose	O
General	O
Partners	O
Neil	O
Rimer	O
and	O
Danny	O
Rimer	O
also	O
joined	O
fm	O
's	O
board	O
of	O
directors	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
Felix	O
Miller	O
,	O
Martin	O
Stiksel	O
and	O
Stefan	O
Glaenzer	O
(	O
chair	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newly	O
launched	O
last	B-Application
fm	I-Application
pro	O
user	O
account	O
adds	O
additional	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
free	O
tier	O
,	O
most	O
notable	O
being	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
change	O
username	O
and	O
early	O
access	O
to	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Last.fm	B-Application
user	O
can	O
build	O
a	O
musical	O
profile	O
using	O
any	O
or	O
all	O
of	O
several	O
methods	O
:	O
by	O
listening	O
to	O
their	O
personal	O
music	O
collection	O
on	O
a	O
music	O
player	O
application	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
or	O
an	O
iPod	O
with	O
an	O
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
,	O
or	O
by	O
listening	O
to	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
Internet	O
radio	O
service	O
,	O
either	O
with	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
client	O
,	O
or	O
with	O
the	O
embedded	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
songs	O
played	O
are	O
added	O
to	O
a	O
log	O
from	O
which	O
personal	O
top	O
artist/track	O
bar	B-Application
charts	I-Application
and	O
musical	O
recommendations	O
are	O
calculated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
automatic	O
track	O
logging	O
is	O
called	O
scrobbling	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
automatically	O
generates	O
a	O
profile	O
page	O
for	O
every	O
user	O
which	O
includes	O
basic	O
information	O
such	O
as	O
their	O
user	O
name	O
,	O
avatar	O
,	O
date	O
of	O
registration	O
and	O
the	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
tracks	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
features	O
a	O
personal	B-Application
recommendations	I-Application
page	O
that	O
is	O
only	O
visible	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
concerned	O
and	O
lists	O
suggested	O
new	O
music	O
and	O
events	O
,	O
all	O
tailored	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
own	O
preferences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recommendations	O
are	O
calculated	O
using	O
a	O
collaborative	B-Algorithm
filtering	I-Algorithm
algorithm	O
so	O
users	O
can	O
browse	O
and	O
hear	O
previews	O
of	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
artists	O
not	O
listed	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
profiles	O
but	O
which	O
appear	O
on	O
those	O
of	O
others	O
with	O
similar	O
musical	O
tastes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
an	O
artist	O
has	O
had	O
a	O
track	O
or	O
tracks	O
"	O
scrobbled	B-Application
"	O
by	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
user	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
automatically	O
generates	O
a	O
main	O
artist	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
music	O
videos	O
and	O
other	O
videos	O
imported	O
from	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
may	O
also	O
be	O
viewed	O
on	O
the	O
relevant	O
artist	O
and	O
track	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
submitted	O
content	O
is	O
licensed	O
for	O
use	O
under	O
the	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
Attribution	O
Share-Alike	O
License	O
and	O
GNU	B-Application
Free	I-Application
Documentation	I-Application
License	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
currently	O
cannot	O
disambiguate	O
artists	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
;	O
a	O
single	O
artist	O
profile	O
is	O
shared	O
between	O
valid	O
artists	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
Last.fm	B-Application
and	O
its	O
users	O
currently	O
do	O
not	O
differentiate	O
between	O
the	O
Composer	O
and	O
the	O
Artist	O
of	O
music	O
which	O
serves	O
for	O
confusion	O
in	O
classical	O
music	O
genres	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
particular	O
feature	O
of	O
Last.fm	B-Application
is	O
the	O
semi-automatic	O
weekly	O
generation	O
and	O
archiving	O
of	O
detailed	O
personal	O
music	O
charts	O
and	O
statistics	O
which	O
are	O
created	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
profile	O
building	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
of	O
these	O
charts	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
actual	O
number	O
of	O
people	O
listening	O
to	O
the	O
track	O
,	O
album	O
or	O
artist	O
recorded	O
either	O
through	O
an	O
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
or	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
radio	O
stream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
charts	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
top	O
tracks	O
by	O
each	O
artist	O
in	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
system	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
top	O
tracks	O
for	O
individual	O
albums	O
(	O
when	O
the	O
tagging	O
information	O
of	O
the	O
audio	O
file	O
is	O
available	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
information	O
generated	O
is	O
largely	O
compiled	O
from	O
the	O
ID3	O
data	O
from	O
audio	O
files	O
"	O
scrobbled	B-Application
"	O
from	O
users	O
 '	O
own	O
computers	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
incorrect	O
or	O
misspelled	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
many	O
errors	O
in	O
the	O
listings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
generates	O
weekly	O
"	O
global	O
"	O
charts	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
400	O
artists	O
and	O
tracks	O
listened	O
to	O
by	O
all	O
Last.fm	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
charts	O
are	O
less	O
volatile	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
album	O
's	O
release	O
may	O
be	O
reflected	O
in	O
play	O
data	O
for	O
many	O
months	O
or	O
years	O
after	O
it	O
drops	O
out	O
of	O
commercial	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Beatles	I-Application
have	O
consistently	O
been	O
a	O
top-five	O
band	O
at	O
Last.fm,	O
reflecting	O
the	O
continued	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
band	O
's	O
music	O
irrespective	O
of	O
current	O
album	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
times	O
the	O
tag	O
has	O
been	O
applied	O
by	O
Last.fm	B-Application
users	O
since	O
the	O
tagging	O
system	O
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
necessarily	O
reflect	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
users	O
currently	O
listening	O
to	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
related	O
"	O
global	O
tag	O
radio	O
"	O
stations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
previously	O
offered	O
customized	O
virtual	O
"	O
radio	O
stations	O
"	O
consisting	O
of	O
uninterrupted	O
audio	O
streams	O
of	O
individual	O
tracks	O
selected	O
from	O
the	O
music	O
files	O
in	O
the	O
music	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
introduced	O
Visual	O
Radio	O
,	O
an	O
improved	O
version	O
of	O
Last.fm	B-Application
radio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
radio	O
stream	O
uses	O
an	O
MP3	B-Application
stream	O
encoded	O
at	O
128	O
kbit/s	O
44.1kHz	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
played	O
using	O
the	O
in-page	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
player	O
or	O
the	O
downloaded	B-Application
Last.fm	B-Application
client	O
,	O
but	O
other	O
community-supported	O
players	O
are	O
available	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
proxy	O
which	O
allows	O
using	O
a	O
media	B-Device
player	I-Device
of	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Last.fm	B-Application
Radio	O
would	O
require	O
a	O
subscription	O
of	O
€3.00	O
per	O
month	O
for	O
users	O
living	O
outside	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
and	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
decision	O
resulted	O
in	O
over	O
1,000	O
comments	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
them	O
negative	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Streaming	O
and	O
radio	O
services	O
were	O
discontinued	O
by	O
Last.fm	B-Application
on	O
28	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
"	O
focus	O
on	O
its	O
core	O
product	O
,	O
the	O
scrobbling	B-Application
experience	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
"	O
in-page	O
"	O
player	O
is	O
provided	O
automatically	O
for	O
all	O
listeners	O
with	O
HTML5-enabled	O
browser	O
or	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
installed	O
on	O
their	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
necessary	O
to	O
download	B-Application
and	O
install	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
client	O
if	O
a	O
user	O
also	O
wishes	O
information	O
about	O
played	O
tracks	O
from	O
their	O
own	O
digital	O
music	O
collection	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
their	O
personal	O
music	O
profile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
August	O
2005	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
generated	O
an	O
open	O
stream	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
music	O
player	O
of	O
choice	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
browser-based	B-Application
player	O
control	B-Application
panel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Last.fm	B-Application
client	O
is	O
currently	O
the	O
only	O
officially	O
supported	O
music	O
player	O
for	O
playing	O
customized	O
Last.fm	B-Application
radio	O
streams	O
on	O
desktop	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
combines	O
the	O
functions	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
player	O
with	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
that	O
transmits	O
all	O
track	O
data	O
to	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
server	O
,	O
and	O
effectively	O
replaces	O
the	O
separate	O
Last.fm	B-Application
Player	O
and	O
the	O
standalone	O
track	O
submission	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
and	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
also	O
open	O
their	O
full	O
Last.fm	B-Application
profile	O
page	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	O
also	O
enables	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
install	O
player	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
these	O
integrate	O
with	O
various	O
standalone	O
media	B-Device
players	I-Device
to	O
allow	O
the	O
submission	O
of	O
tracks	O
played	O
in	O
those	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
Player	O
application	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
select	O
to	O
use	O
an	O
external	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
this	O
is	O
done	O
,	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
Player	O
provides	O
the	O
user	O
with	O
a	O
local	O
URL	O
,	O
through	O
which	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
music	O
stream	O
is	O
proxied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
then	O
open	O
the	O
URL	O
in	O
their	O
preferred	O
media	B-Device
player	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
has	O
also	O
developed	O
client	O
software	O
for	O
mobile	O
phones	O
running	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
OS	O
,	O
BlackBerry	O
OS	O
and	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
has	O
only	O
released	O
these	O
apps	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
and	O
Germany	O
,	O
claiming	O
for	O
four	O
years	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
negotiating	O
licenses	O
for	O
making	O
the	O
streaming	O
available	O
in	O
other	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
remained	O
out	O
of	O
service	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
22	O
hours	O
on	O
10	O
June	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
Last.fm	B-Application
automatically	O
tracking	O
music	O
played	O
via	O
fm	O
's	O
radio	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
also	O
contribute	O
(	O
scrobble	O
)	O
listening	O
data	O
to	O
their	O
Last.fm	B-Application
profile	O
from	O
other	O
streaming	O
sites	O
or	O
by	O
tracking	O
music	O
played	O
locally	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
personal	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scrobbling	B-Application
is	O
possible	O
with	O
music	O
stored	O
and	O
played	O
locally	O
via	O
software	O
on	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
PCs	O
,	O
mobile	O
phones	O
,	O
tablets	O
,	O
and	O
standalone	O
(	O
hardware	O
)	O
media	B-Device
players	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indeed	O
,	O
these	O
were	O
the	O
only	O
methods	O
of	O
scrobbling	B-Application
listening	O
data	O
both	O
before	O
and	O
after	O
the	O
existence	O
of	O
the	O
Last.fm	B-Application
radio	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
sites	O
and	O
media	B-Device
players	I-Device
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
upload	O
(	O
scrobble	O
)	O
listening	O
data	O
built-in	O
,	O
for	O
others	O
users	O
must	O
download	B-Application
and	O
install	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
for	O
their	O
music	O
player	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
automatically	O
submit	O
the	O
artist	O
and	O
title	O
of	O
the	O
song	O
after	O
either	O
half	O
the	O
song	O
or	O
the	O
first	O
four	O
minutes	O
have	O
played	O
,	O
whichever	O
comes	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
track	O
is	O
shorter	O
than	O
30	O
seconds	O
(	O
31	O
seconds	O
in	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
)	O
or	O
the	O
track	O
lacks	O
metadata	O
(	O
ID3	O
,	O
CDDB	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
accommodate	O
dial-up	O
users	O
or	O
those	O
listening	O
to	O
music	O
while	O
offline	O
,	O
caching	B-Protocol
of	O
the	O
data	O
and	O
submitting	O
it	O
in	O
bulk	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
partnered	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
SXSW	O
festival	O
by	O
creating	O
an	O
application	O
embedded	O
in	O
the	O
corresponding	O
group	O
page	O
that	O
filters	O
the	O
various	O
artists	O
at	O
the	O
festival	O
by	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
listening	O
statistics	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
uses	O
fm	O
's	O
recommendation	O
service	O
to	O
also	O
suggest	O
other	O
performing	O
artists	O
that	O
said	O
user	O
has	O
not	O
listened	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
recent	O
tracks	O
widget	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
displays	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
most	O
recently	O
played	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
widget	O
for	O
Opera	B-Application
also	O
displays	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
most	O
recently	O
played	O
tracks	O
,	O
but	O
works	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
Opera	B-Application
runs	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last.fm	B-Application
dashboard	O
widget	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
displays	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
last	O
messages	O
in	O
his/her	O
shoutbox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
last.tweet	O
widget	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
displays	O
the	O
cover	O
art	O
of	O
the	O
recently	O
played	O
track	O
,	O
with	O
Twitter	B-Application
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FoxyTunes	O
Firefox	O
extension	O
places	O
Last.fm	B-Application
player	O
controls	O
and	O
current	O
song	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
browser	O
status	O
bar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
4u2Stream	O
can	O
play	O
Last.fm	B-Application
content	O
on	O
UPnP	O
equipped	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExitAhead	O
finds	O
music	O
on	O
eBay	B-Application
matching	O
a	O
Last.fm	B-Application
profile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last-Stats	O
shows	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
stats	O
and	O
creates	O
dynamic	O
profile/chart	O
images	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
Last.fm	B-Application
profile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SongStory	O
is	O
an	O
App	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
which	O
shows	O
useful	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
currently	O
playing	O
track	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tastebuds.fm	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
music-oriented	O
dating	O
site	O
that	O
imports	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
profile	O
from	O
Last.fm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	O
Scrobbler	B-Application
is	O
a	O
browser	O
plugin	B-Application
with	O
wide	O
community	O
support	O
that	O
offers	O
scrobbling	B-Application
for	O
many	O
web	B-Application
based	I-Application
player	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
favorite	O
tracks	O
and	O
edit	O
scrobble	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
