Which music streaming platform first introduced 'Audio Fingerprinting' technology that revolutionized music retail analytics by tracking exactly when listeners skip, replay, or abandon songs?

The music industry has undergone massive transformation in how consumer data is collected and analyzed. From physical album sales tracking to sophisticated streaming metrics, retail data analytics has revolutionized how music companies make decisions about everything from artist promotion to release strategies. This trivia question explores a pivotal moment in music retail analytics that changed how the industry understands listener behavior.

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Spotify, with its 2014 acquisition of The Echo Nest analytics platform
Apple Music, through its 2015 implementation of the Genius algorithm system
Pandora, via its 2012 Music Genome Project extensions
SoundCloud, through its 2016 Next Wave analytics suite