Imagine – the Beatles are finally streaming and can be heard on Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)-owned Google Play, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Music, Spotify, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Prime Music and Tidal, starting on Christmas Eve. On December 24 at 12:01am local time – here, there and everywhere – The Beatles’ music is available for streaming worldwide via the following nine services …
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Beatles’ songs had been available on free streaming radio services like Pandora because you can’t listen to song on-demand on those services.
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The Beatles’ music has never been available for streaming until now and includes 13 studio albums as well as other collections such as 1 and Past Masters.
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If you’ve been using streaming services as your main means of consuming music, you’ve surely noticed, and mourned, a Beatles-shaped hole.
The move shouldn’t be too surprising, given that the group’s music has been available via iTunes since 2010.
LONDON-Fans of the Beatles around the world are getting a big Christmas present this year, as the iconic band’s full catalog is scheduled for release on major streaming services Thursday morning.
If you’re a Beatles fan, Chistmas comes a day early.
While a similar argument could be directed at the streaming services – they do not generate as much money as iTunes Store purchases – clearly Apple Corps has had a change of mind.
The interesting thing is that they’ve made their music accessible across all platforms at a time when key players in music-Taylor Swift, Rihanna-are limiting their availability in restricted deals to one or two services.
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British diva Adele’s brand-new 25 smashed first-week sales records after she refused to allow streaming, selling almost 6 million copies in the United States alone since its release November 20, according to Billboard.
