Zune Marketplace
Microsoft's music store outlived the Zune players that gave it a name, then shut as subscriptions migrated through Xbox Music and Groove.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
Microsoft's music purchasing, subscription and media-discovery service for Zune devices and software.
Microsoft's music purchasing, subscription and media-discovery service for Zune devices and software. The Marketplace sold downloads and offered the Zune Pass subscription, tying music discovery and social features to Microsoft's portable players and desktop client.
Existence timeline
Zune players and software gain Microsoft's new music store.
Microsoft stops producing new Zune players while services continue.
Microsoft begins migrating music activity to a new platform identity.
Remaining subscribers receive migration guidance.
Streaming and marketplace functions stop under the original system.
Why it ended
Microsoft ended device manufacturing, moved active music services through successor brands and retired the final Zune music service in November 2015.
Last confirmed trace
Purchased local files and working players survive, while streaming, marketplace browsing and social functions no longer connect.
What it left behind
Zune's subscription and interface ideas influenced Microsoft's later media products even as the original ecosystem fragmented into unsupported hardware and local libraries.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.