The Magic Behind Amazon Music's Marketing

Amazon Music’s marketers wanted to make their email experience feel as personal as the playlists their listeners love. But with five million newsletter subscribers and more than 100 million songs in the catalogue, curating relevant recommendations at scale was a serious challenge. The team needed a way to turn each subscriber’s listening habits into tailored and timely content without adding manual work or slowing down their campaign calendar.

Partnering with Movable Ink, Amazon Music swapped out static modules for fully automated, 1:1 creative powered by real-time listening data. With dynamic content, API integrations, and flexible campaign scheduling tools, the team found new ways to deliver value in every send, all while dramatically reducing production effort behind the scenes.

Recommendation & API Automations: Turning Data into Discovery

Amazon Music swapped out their one-size-fits-all “New Releases” module for something smarter: hyper-relevant recommendations tailored to each listener.

With Movable Ink and a custom API integration, they served up millions of dynamic variations featuring fresh tracks and albums—right at the moment of send, no manual lift required.

Year-in-Review: Recapping a Year of Listening

To bring their annual recap to life, Amazon Music used Movable Ink to highlight each subscriber’s top song, artist, and podcast of the year. Dynamic visuals and personalized links to replay content were the finishing touch to this successful send.

By tapping into first-party data and creative automation, the team transformed listening history into a memorable, made-for-you email that drove deep engagement.

Dynamic Scheduling & Automatic Updates: Always Fresh, Always On

For their holiday promo, Amazon Music wanted to rotate background visuals every two days—from late October through early January—in their in-app messages to keep things fresh and festive. But manually updating the image file each time would’ve been a heavy lift for their marketers.

Instead, they used Movable Ink to automate the updates. By pulling in the right creative based on date and screen size, the campaign delivered a stream of timely, tailored visuals, no extra effort required.