Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods

A digital jukebox device, comprising:

• a display;
• and
• processing resources including at least one processor and a memory, the processing resources being configured to control the digital jukebox device to present, in connection with the display, a user interface, the user interface including separate screens that are selectively presentable in response to user manipulations of the user interface, the screens being divided into a set of standard interface screens and a set of simplified interface screens;
• wherein the user interface is programmed to enable songs to be selected and played back at a venue on a pay-for-play basis;
• wherein a first one of the standard interface screens is a home screen, the home screen including:
• a plurality of user-operable control elements arranged along a first axis, at least a first one of these user-operable control elements being selectable to initiate display of a search screen, at least a second one of these user-operable control elements being selectable to initiate display of a curated list of songs and/or artists via a first selection screen, and at least a third one of these user-operable control elements being selectable to initiate display of a curated list of curated lists of songs via a second selection screen;
• a plurality of user-selectable song objects arrangeable along a second axis, the second axis being generally perpendicular to the first axis;
• a plurality of user-selectable song list objects arrangeable along a third axis, the third axis being generally parallel to the second axis;
• and
• a status area extending along a peripheral edge of the home screen;
• wherein the search screen, first selection screen, and second selection screen correspond to different respective standard interface screens.