Apple Music in 113 countries. The publication further wrote that those countries accounted for 59 regions that competing service Spotify did not. In August 2016, Apple Music was launched in Israel and South Korea. In January 2016, "Fortune" reported that, six months after launching, Apple Music had reached 10 million paying subscribers, having spent six months reaching the same customer base that took competing music streaming service Spotify six years. This customer base increased to 11 million subscribers in February, 13 million in April, 15 million in June, 17 million in September, 20 million in December, 27 million in June 2017, 36
One in a Million (Aaliyah album) Hankerson, Aaliyah's uncle, obtained a distribution deal with Jive Records, he signed her to his Blackground Records label at the age of 12. He introduced her to R. Kelly, who became her mentor, as well as the lead songwriter and producer for her debut album "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number". The album was certified double Platinum by the RIAA, and it sold three million copies in the United States and six million copies worldwide. For promotion of the album, Aaliyah embarked on a world tour that lasted from 1994 to 1995, she toured throughout the US, Europe, Japan and