In 2011, Billy Chasen as CEO, Joseph Perla as VP of Technology, and the team at Stickybits, together developed and launched the first version of a social music service named Turntable.

[7] The company used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to license the music that was played on the website; because of this, only individuals from the United States were allowed to use the service.

Turntable.fm combined "music-streaming, chat rooms, and voting" by simulating a virtual environment filled with audience members and DJs represented by player avatars.

If a user decided to click the "awesome" button, their character began to sway their head back and forth, simulating how a fan would react to a song they liked in a club.

Turntable.fm was created as a pivot in January 2011 by Billy Chasen as CEO, Joseph Perla as VP of Technology,and Seth Goldstein, after the failure of the company's first product, known as Stickybits.

[citation needed] On July 28, 2011, a turntable.fm dance party was held at The Canal Room in New York City which simulated the features of the website in real life.

DJs were chosen from an applicant pool prior to the party and were allowed to play songs in turns during the celebration.

[17] The Australian electronic music act Knife Party notably made a surprise appearance to play on the site, attracting over 20,000 listeners.

[18] On November 22, 2013, it was announced that Turntable.fm would be shut down in December 2013 in order to focus on its Turntable Live service, which allowed musicians to perform interactive online concerts.

[20] Following this period of operating in a "legally dubious gray area" and relying on DMCA protections, the site officially signed a deal with ASCAP in July 2011 that ensured songwriters, composers and publishers would be appropriately compensated for their works being used on Turntable, effectively making the site completely legal.

[26] While listening to a song, users could hover over the DJ panel booth to see connections to other music services such as Spotify, iTunes, and Last.fm and click on the icon to add the current track to their account with that program.

In 2021, former Turntable.fm CEO Billy Chasen launched a social music streaming offering on the domain Turntable.fm, under the company Testcode, requiring a password to access the site.