Taylor Swift has decided to pull her albums from streaming service Spotify. The country singer didn’t allow her last album 1989 to appear on the popular streaming site and also for her previous release RED it took a while after the initial release until fans were able to listen to the record. But all this is in vain now as only three songs are showing on her Spotify artist page.
Spotify apparantly was informed about the move just last week and is trying to convince Taylor to put her catalog back:
We love Taylor Swift, and our more than 40 million users love her even more – nearly 16 million of them have played her songs in the last 30 days, and she’s on over 19 million playlists.
We hope she’ll change her mind and join us in building a new music economy that works for everyone. We believe fans should be able to listen to music wherever and whenever they want, and that artists have an absolute right to be paid for their work and protected from piracy. That’s why we pay nearly 70% of our revenue back to the music community.
PS – Taylor, we were both young when we first saw you, but now there’s more than 40 million of us who want you to stay, stay, stay. It’s a love story, baby, just say, Yes.
Spotify also created two playlists in honor of the happening:
A little Playlist Poetry for Taylor Swift
What To Play While Taylor’s Away
Interestingly enough: Taylor Swift’s music is still available on other music-streaming services.
