Platinum-promoting pop superstar Taylor swift will no longer be bringing her cutting-edge album to Apple track, BuzzFeed news reviews, depriving Apple’s quickly-to-be-stay streaming service of the most important record of the last two years. However while quick’s most latest full-duration release, closing year’s 1989, gained’t seem on Apple tune, the provider has secured the rights to her back catalog, giving it one up over key rival Spotify
The pop icon removed her entire back catalog from the Swedish company’s streaming service last year. Taylor swift been outspoken about her disapproval for Spotify, claiming that it doesn’t pay artists fairly, and arguing that “music should be consumed as albums.” Swift kept her older music on paid-subscription services such as Rdio and Tidal, but ensured that her latest album was only available as a CD or paid download, a business decision that ensured she sold more than 1 million copies of 1989 in its first week.
Apple’s failure to get the rights to 1989 won’t help it stand out in a crowded music streaming market, but Taylor decision is hardly a surprise. The pop star maintains that free music is devaluing her art form, and Swift’s label Big Machine records says that it has still has no plans to release 1989 on any streaming service in the near future.