The Beatles Finally Make Their Music Available for Streaming

The Beatles fans all over the world are rejoicing about their Christmas present from the music industry as the classic albums by the group will be available on streaming services.

Rumors from last week regarding the availability of legendary boy-band’s music, The Beatles, on streaming services have finally been confirmed.

The Beatles’ release on streaming services is another sign that on-demand music streaming is dominating the industry, despite continuing pockets of resistance.

Thirteen remastered studio albums and four collection albums make up The Beatles’ streaming debut.

The iconic band announced the news on their official Twitter page with a photo of members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison and the slogan “now streaming”. The Beatles also refused to sell digital downloads for years, with the group’s catalogue appearing on Apple’s iTunes only in 2010. Swift was insistent that Spotify limit access to her songs to paid subscribers only, and when Spotify refused, she pulled her catalog and lashed out at streaming in general as a “grand experiment”.

Streaming services have suffered a few high-profile setbacks in the past year.

Come back to Oregonlive’s music blog tomorrow morning to see which 11 songs music critic David Greenwald tabbed as some of the Beatles’ best. The vast difference among those numbers may be what persuaded Universal Music to release the catalog to streaming. And they are the biggest-selling act in the U.S., with 178million sales.

Streaming services, such as Apple Music have already been flourishing after securing rights with mainstream music icons, including Taylor Swift for exclusive streaming privileges of her album 1989.

“The Beatles will be LIVE at 00:01 AM YOUR TIME and you can track its progress around the world, from east to west, on the globe here at thebeatles.com”, the statement said.