Dr. Dre gave us headphones and now the mogul is giving us a new music streaming service, Beats Music. Previously announced back in 2012, CEO Ian Rogers took to his personal blog to provide an update on the new service.

“If you’ve spent any time around me in the past six months you’ve surely seen me buried in my phone making playlists, poking, prodding, and testing our forthcoming service, Beats Music. Sincere thanks to those who have been testing the private Alpha-turned-Beta along with me. We’re nearly ready for liftoff. Thanks to your diligent testing and feedback we are locked and loaded, ready to launch here in the US in January, 2014,” he posted.

Though few details have been revealed about the new service, Rogers did announce that users can begin reserving their personal, preferred handle via BeatsMusic.

“But starting today, you can visit BeatsMusic.com and reserve your username so when Beats Music launches your preferred handle will be ready for you and not competing with everyone else with the same name. Pass this along so your friends aren’t the equivalent of @iancr42,” according to the blog post.

In an already crowded marketplace with Spotify, Pandora and the new iTunes Radio, there is still no word on how Beats Music will set itself apart from the rest. – Alley Olivier