Windows 10: MP3 Download from Amazon

I downloaded an MP3 - it's a zip file and I can't play it on Windows Media Player. Would someone assist a not-too-tech savvy user? Thanks!

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Windows Media Player 12 and MP3 files downloaded from Amazon

Please see below:

• What file format does the music you're trying to play have? - MP3, downloaded from Amazon.
• What steps (update, system upgrade, etc.) have you done prior to the issue? - I made some privacy related changes within the timeframe, but I am fairly certain that I changed them all back. I am running Windows 10 (upgraded from Windows 7) if that helps.
• Have you tried playing videos and see if it works? - Not applicable, I have no downloaded videos from Amazon.
• Which version is Windows Media Player on? - 12.0.14393.321

I can play files that did not come from Amazon, so I am fairly certain that the issue is localized with regards to Amazon downloads. The question is, did something change on Amazon's end that somehow propagated onto my computer and affected files from several
years ago (highly unlikely) or did something change on Microsoft's end that now no longer recognizes MP3 files from Amazon? Or, is there some security setting in Win 10 that I may have inadvertently changed and missed...

 

Amazon to Begin International Rollout of Amazon MP3 in 2008

Amazon.com today announced that in 2008 the company will begin an international rollout of Amazon MP3, Amazon's DRM-free MP3 digital music store where every song is playable on virtually any digital music-capable device, including the PC, Mac, iPod, Zune, Zen, iPhone, RAZR, and BlackBerry. Amazon MP3 is the only retailer to offer customers DRM-free MP3s from all four major music labels as well as over 33,000 independent labels.


"We have received thousands of e-mails from Amazon customers around the world asking us when we will make Amazon MP3 available outside of the U.S. They can't wait to choose from the biggest selection of high-quality, low-priced DRM-free MP3 music downloads which play on virtually any music device they own today or will own in the future," said Bill Carr, Amazon.com Vice President of Digital Music. "We are excited to tell those customers today that Amazon MP3 is going international this year."

Launched on Amazon.com in September 2007, Amazon MP3 offers Earth's Biggest Selection of a la carte DRM-free MP3 music downloads, which now includes over 3.3 million songs from more than 270,000 artists. Every song and album in the Amazon MP3 music download store is available exclusively in the MP3 format without digital rights management (DRM) software and is encoded at 256 kbps to deliver high audio quality. Amazon MP3 customers are free to enjoy their music downloads using any hardware device; organize their music using any music management application, such as iTunes or Windows Media Player; and burn songs to CDs for personal use.

Most songs available on Amazon MP3 are priced from 89 cents to 99 cents, with more than 1 million of the over 3.3 million songs priced at 89 cents. The top 100 bestselling songs are 89 cents, unless marked otherwise. Most albums are priced from $5.99 to $9.99. The top 100 bestselling albums are $8.99 or less, unless marked otherwise. Buying and downloading MP3s from Amazon MP3 is easy. Customers can purchase downloads using Amazon 1-Click shopping, and with the Amazon MP3 Downloader, seamlessly add their MP3s to their iTunes or Windows Media Player libraries.

The company is not disclosing a specific launch timeline for individual Amazon international websites.

Source: Amazon

 

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