Christmas Eve 2015 – After years and years of boycotting the act of streaming of their music, at 12:01AM the world’s most iconic band, The Beatles, have allowed their music to be streamed online for the first time, ever. Despite the group has sold more than 600 million records in their prime, CD sales have taken a plunge over the last 5 years and the remaining members of the Fab Four are ready to evolve with the times yet again.
For the moment, music by The Beatles can be found on nine streaming sites. The current nine include: Spotify, Tidal (Jay Z’s website), Apple Music, Deezer, Google Play, Amazon’s Prime Music, Rhapsody, Slacker Radio, and Microsoft Groove. In case your favorite streaming site isn’t on the list yet, don’t worry because the number of companies streaming The Beatles will be on the rise soon enough. Not only will companies want to be able to boast a Beatles stream on their platform, but when streaming represents 23% of the digital market’s overall revenue, you better believe they’ll want to feature the most talked-about band in the world.
Although some performers won’t budge on allowing their music to be streamed because the believe these streaming companies are making too much money of the artist’s music, most artists are fine with it and this decision will probably send streaming to new heights. Taylor Swift and Adele are two artists who have not given their full blessing on the issue, however, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are willing to give it a try. AC/DC & Led Zepplin reportedly have gone back to streaming after going without for similar reasoning to Swift and Adele.
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