Ondrej Holzman It's been quite a turbulent week for Apple Music and the entire California company. But the result of intense negotiations is ultimately a great success for Apple - Taylor Swift just announced on Twitter that her latest album 1989 will be available for streaming on Apple Music. No other streaming service has these rights.
Apparently, a few days before the start of Apple Music, which is scheduled for Tuesday, June 30, the popular singer definitely put an end to the big media case she had already started. That when at the end of last week wrote an open letter to Apple, in which she complained that the Californian giant would not pay artists any royalties during the trial period.
After the events of this week, I've decided to put 1989 on Apple Music...and happily so.
- Taylor Swift (@ taylorswift13) June 25, 2015
Apple immediately responded to this through the head of the new music service, Eddy Cue, saying that changes plans and finally to the artists will pay even during the initial three months, when customers can use Apple Music completely free. When then thanks to this change he also got independent publishers and artists on board, the only question remained: will Taylor Swift be convinced?
In the end, she decided that Apple Music's new terms were fair enough, and so the Apple music service will be the first to stream the successful album 1989. "This is simply the first time that I felt it was right to let stream my album. Thank you, Apple, for changing your approach.” she explained on Taylor Swift's Twitter.
Although the pop singer has not yet released her latest album to stream to other companies, in another tweet she pointed out, that it's not "some kind of exclusive deal like Apple has with some other artists." This means that in the future, for example, the album 1989 could also appear elsewhere.
But it's a clear win for Apple at this point. Gaining the full catalog of one of today's most successful singers, especially after the escapades we've seen in the last week, could put Apple Music in a much better place to start. After all, Swift's fifth studio album has sold millions of copies and remains in the top ten best-selling albums on iTunes.
Hello, how will it actually be with the 3-month free trial? I still have spotify prepaid until the end of August, it will be possible from 1.9. still try the 3 month trial before the first payment? Or the trial starts on 30.6. and since then the data runs for 3 months to try? Thanks a lot for the reply
3 months from the day you activate it :) But it is questionable when Apple will stop providing it or shorten its duration, but I don't expect it to be canceled or shortened until September 1.
Subscribe to both. You can't be without it. Music needed a home and now it has one. And you can also play the album 1989. I almost shriveled from that. That's a fix. I didn't almost chirp, but really. Correction: It wasn't a sneeze, but I normally peed on it regularly. Correction: He didn't just poo, he did a little shit. Correction: Not a little, but I screwed up like Alík.
beautiful, young, talented ♥
You have enough too.
In the last 10 days, this is already the fifth article about Taylor Swift, and whether or not her album will be on Apple Music... Really incredibly important information that I can't come up with in any case.
she went so hard for the wind that it must be evident everywhere, right? :P
At least I "finally" learned that a Taylor Swift exists :)
Also, the article is, how to say, "objective". It's no coincidence that Apple's loss and Taylor Swift's win, respectively rather smaller studios and independent performers and authors? Of course, it's great that her album will be there (well, in general, I didn't know about her until this "farce") and maybe everyone will make money from it, but Apple had to back down and he doesn't like to do that, even if it's sometimes beneficial.
From the beginning of the case, I rather think that it is all a genius game of the Apple PR team
Now dre announces that he will release detox on apple music :)
That would be great :D but he will never release it again :(
What's so awkward about genius. One day no, the next yes. What kind of troll can this get to subscribe to Apple Music? Some simple nonsense. Songs from that album have been on YouTube for a long time. No glory. If this case has made anyone subscribe to Apple Music, what a shame. Nothing more.
What's brilliant is that it's being written about everywhere now = huge advertising basically for free. I don't listen to Taylor Swift but she has a huge fan base so it's going to draw crowds now.
Not a single fuck was given.
There is no talent, a dozen without individuality, unfortunately in today's world of show business it is not important.
Your NICK says it all...
They like me a lot too.
it's obvious that I'm becoming a legend just like Taylor
It's not funny at all, see for example another affair commented on http://www.dpreview.com/articles/1678652001/a-commerical-photographer-calls-out-taylor-swift-for-being-a-hypocrite ...
Personally, I have the impression that in the first phase it was really mainly a display of arrogance on the part of the person in question, but then someone in Apple's PR team thought that the resulting uproar could actually be a marketing benefit and so it started in a style that we could follow...