Hear Music is the brand name of Starbucks' retail music concept. Hear Music began as a catalog company in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1990 before being purchased by Starbucks in 1999. For other meanings of the name Starbuck, see Starbuck. ... Harvard Square, May 2000 Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. ...

The Hear Music brand currently has three components: the music that each location plays and accompanying XM radio channel (XM 75); in-store CD sales, including Starbucks exclusives; and specially-branded retail stores (which opened shortly after the catalog was formed). XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR) is a satellite radio (DARS) service in the United States based in Washington, DC and controlled by News Corporations DirecTV, General Motors, American Honda, Hughes Electronics, and several private investment groups. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s...

As of May 2005, there are two Starbucks Hear Music Coffeehouses: Santa Monica, California on the Third Street Promenade and Miami, Florida in South Beach. There is also a Hear Music Store in Berkeley, California. Forty-five Starbucks locations also have a Hear Music "media bar," a service which uses tablet-based PCs to allow customers to create their own mix CDs. The media bars are currently located in Seattle and in Austin, Texas. Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city located in Los Angeles County, California, USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, west of Westwood, Los Angeles, and north of Venice. ... The Third Street Promenade is a pedestrian street in Santa Monica, California. ... The Miami skyline, as it is seen from the northeast on Biscayne Bay. ... This article is about the section of Miami known as South Beach. ... Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon reserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, United States. ... Skyline from Town Lake City nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas County Travis County Mayor Will Wynn Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 669. ...

Currently, Starbucks is one of the top 40 music-oriented retailers and has flourished selling music. Its biggest success was Ray Charles' Grammy-winning "Genius Loves Company," where 2.86 million records were sold in total; 25% of those were sold at Starbucks locations. Ray Charles at the piano. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The cover of Genius Loves Company. ...

In 2005, Starbucks announced a partnership with singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette. In an exclusive six-week deal, Morissette announced that she would retail an acoustic version of Jagged Little Pill in Starbucks stores only. The acoustic version was released on June 13, 2005 in order to celebrate the groundbreaking album's tenth anniversary. Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a successful Canadian/American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ... Jagged Little Pill was Canadian singer/songwriter Alanis Morissettes third album, released on June 13, 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

In response to this move, HMV stores launched a boycott against Morissette, removing all of her music from their catalogue and returning it to Maverick Records. The boycott is expected to end after Starbucks' exclusive six-week contract ends on July 26, 2005. His Masters Voice, often abbreviated to HMV, is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record company. ... A boycott is a refusal to buy, sell, or otherwise trade with an individual or business who is generally believed by the participants in the boycott to be doing something morally wrong. ... Maverick Records is a formerly-independent record label (now owned by Warner Music Group) that was founded by Madonna in 1992. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ...

The music section in Chapters, a Canadian retail chain, was at one time a licensed version of the Hear Music concept. The company no longer uses the brand name. Chapters is a bookstore chain throughout Canada. ...

External Links

• Hear Music
• Hear Music on XM Radio