Earlier this week, it was reported that artists signed to indie labels, like Adele and the Arctic Monkeys, had still not signed on to appear on Apple Music. BuzzFeed now reports that Taylor Swift’s hit album ‘1989’ will not be available on Apple Music either. This is not a big surprise seeing that ‘1989’ is currently not available from any existing streaming services like Beats and Spotify.
BuzzFeed says that both Apple and Taylor Swift’s label Big Machine Records confirmed that ‘1989’ will not be available and that Swift has no plans to make it available via any services in the near future. Swift’s back catalog, however, will be available on Apple Music, similar to what is currently available on Beats and Tidal. The artist infamously pulled all of her content from rival service Spotify last year.
Apple and Taylor Swift’s relationship has been good in the past, with the artist making her ‘1989’ bonus tracks available on iTunes after an exclusivity period with Target. Many saw this as the artist being willing to cooperate with Apple, but apparently that’s not as true as many would have hoped……..
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