Shazam has localised its Android mobile app for five more countries following a debut in the US and UK last October.

The software allows users to identify music by holding their mobile phone towards an unknown song and ‘tagging’ a track.

Users can then go on to purchase tracks through the Amazon MP3 store, automatically access more information and become ‘friends’ with artists through their MySpace pages.

Shazam says its app was the third most popular when the Android Marketplace launched, and since has generated more than 6,000 reviewers giving it a 4.5 star out of five star rating.

Andrew Fisher, CEO of Shazam, said: “We’ve enabled huge numbers of  users to shape their own unique music experience through Shazam on Android, and extending our top rated service into new markets across Europe brings Shazam to an even wider audience.”