Back in 2014, streaming services were just starting to gain traction and wasn’t recognized as a prominent source among the industry. Back then, Taylor Swift felt that the same was just another grand experiment and didn’t require her attention. She defended her decision for the departure complaining that Spotify wasn’t compensating artists fairly for their art.
She moved away from the widely popular music streaming service in 2014, deciding to remove her previous album– 1989, 2012’s Red and breakout hit Fearless from Spotify. The said development was confirmed by Taylor Swift’s management team on Twitter whereas industry sources say that the catalog would be available on both free, as well as premium tiers, of Spotify ( via Recode). The renowned songwriter and singer made her albums available exclusively on Apple Music - Cupertino’s streaming service - after signing a deal with them back in 2015.
To celebrate the achievement of her last album– 1989 selling more than 10 million copies worldwide, her full back catalog has been uploaded to everything ranging from Amazon Amazon Prime Music and Tidal to Spotify, Pandora Premium and Google Play Music. She is even fixing her broken relationship, a very common theme in her songwriting, with Spotify after almost three years. Swifties, here’s some super exciting news for you guys! Taylor Swift has today announced that her entire catalog of albums is finally making its way to every major music streaming platform - you name it.