Like flies dropping, many digital holdouts — who once refused to allow their music to be streamed or downloaded — have changed their minds over the years
Spotify converted legacy acts like Metallica, Pink Floyd and Red Hot Chili Peppers to the streaming side. Meanwhile, newer big guns including Beyoncé, Coldplay, Adele and Björk have waited months after releasing their albums before unleashing them on Spotify, obviously to spur album sales — a strategy Taylor Swift also used for Red in 2012
Swift later removed all of her music from Spotify and didn't make her latest record, 1989, available there. "I'm not willing to contribute my life's work to an experiment that I don't feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music," she explained. Read more...
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