Chris Barton Biography

Chris Barton is the co-founder of Shazam, a concept and technology he created in 1999. Chris led his team’s creation of Shazam with the use of new pattern recognition technology. He used these new technologies in order to create the first mobile music recognition service in the world. Barton established the company in the United Kingdom and expanded to several markets abroad, including the United States, Germany, Japan, and Australia. Shazam has become a commercial success with over 350 million users and over $300 million in downloads.

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