iHeartRadio celebrated five years in Australia with special playlist, “the audio platform of choice for many Australians”

The Australian Radio Network’s iHeartRadio Australia yesterday celebrated five years of operation with a 5th birthday playlist which you can hear HERE.

The combined free, all-in-one digital music, live radio streaming, podcast and entertainment platform has been embraced by 1.2 million registered users and 1.7 million downloads of the app.

The milestone comes ahead of the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas this weekend.

Performing on Friday, September 21 will be Fleetwood Mac, Jack White, Mariah Carey, Jason Aldean, Sam Smith, Panic! At The Disco, Kygo, Rae Sremmurd and Childish Gambino.

Justin Timberlake, Carrie Underwood, Imagine Dragons, Luke Bryan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kelly Clarkson, Shawn Mendes and Logic are on Saturday, September 22.

The festival will be streamed to Australia via iHeartRadio.com.au

iHeartRadio Australia also claims the country’s largest podcast library.

It has 1.4 million episodes available from almost 12,000 contributors globally, live radio from ARN, SBS, ABC, ACE and Fairfax radio networks, and curated genre and seasonal stations including the Christmas station Elf Radio.

2017 saw major product upgrades with the launch of the global iHeartRadio app in Australia, giving audiences more ways to customise, explore and discover new music, podcasts and entertainment.

It has added targeted advertising technology and integration into Google Home, Amazon Echo and HEOS by Denon home smart speakers.

Over the past five years iHeartRadio Australia has also given thousands of music lovers money-can’t-buy experiences with iHeartRadio Live performances by Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Noah Cyrus, Jennifer Hudson, Halsey, Zara Larsson, Alessia Cara, Rag’n’Bone Man, Culture Club and the Bieber Island event with Justin Bieber.

ARN CEO Rob Atkinson said: “iHeartRadio Australia has managed to both adapt and thrive in an ever-changing audio landscape over the past five years.

“We’ve positioned iHeartRadio Australia as the audio platform of choice for many Australians and created some incredible content for through our iHeartRadio Live events.

“The plans for the next five years will see iHeartRadio Australia be our key vehicle in delivering on ARN’s promise to create the future of audio entertainment in Australia.”

iHeartRadio Australia’s content director Brett ‘Nozz’ Nossiter added: “I am immensely proud of all iHeartRadio has achieved in only five years in an ever-changing and dynamic landscape.

“We have launched 125 new stations to the platform and countless pop-up stations.

“We have created some incredible content for music fans, and over 30 iHeartRadio Live events – the biggest being the incredible Bieber Island performance.

“And we have even bigger plans in place for the future. The next five years are going to be next level.”

COO of iHeartRadio Australia Geraint Davies commented: “It is amazing to see the continued rapid growth of iHeartRadio in Australia year after year, and we are really only just getting started.

“I want to thank the huge team in the U.S. at iHeartMedia who go above and beyond to support us, and locally I want to thank the publishers and labels for all their support since day one of launch.

“In partnership with them, we have flourished in this very competitive music space.

“The biggest highlight for me over these five years, apart from some of the amazing performance I have seen, is meeting listeners who love what we are doing at iHeartRadio Australia – it’s really rewarding to hear their stories.”