14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 users, rejoice! Microsoft has decided to give away not one, not two, but ten different music albums launched in 2015 to those who have already upgraded to the new operating system.
The music albums, which are available in the Windows Store right now and can be played in Groove Music app, include some of the popular hits of the year, and according to Microsoft, have been selected because they belong to artists that have been nominated for multiple Grammys at the upcoming 58th annual event that will take place in February in Los Angeles.
Here's the full list of albums (you can click any of them to go directly to the store and download them, but additionally, you can fire up the store and look in the Music section to find them manually):
A special “thank you”
In case you're wondering how come Microsoft is giving away music albums to Windows 10 users, the company says it's because it wants this to be a special “thank you” to all those who have already installed the new OS. And obviously, it's a way to show those who are still running Windows 7 or 8.1 what they're missing by not upgrading to Windows 10.
“We’re making 10 of the top albums from 2015 available in the Windows Store, for free for our Windows 10 fans as a gift from us for the holidays, and to say thank you for the support!” Christina Calio, member of the Groove team, said.
The giveaway runs for a limited time, so you should really hurry up to get the albums while you still can.
Update: as some of our readers pointed out, this offer is only available for those in the United States, so not everyone can download those albums. And yet, changing the region settings to the United States could be a vey simple workaround for users who really want the free music.
Thank you for the tip, Mohamed Yaser! And thanks everyone for mentioning the download restriction to the United States!