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Apple Music, which will launch at the end of June, will offer
subscribers a large catalog of songs for a subscription fee of
$10 a month, but Swift's "1989," her fifth studio album, will
not be offered on any streaming service, her label Big Machine
Group said.
Representatives for Apple did not respond to requests for
comment.
Swift pulled her entire catalog of music from online streaming
platform Spotify last November and refused to offer her latest
record "1989" on streaming services, saying the business had
"shrunk the numbers of paid album sales drastically."
The move, while risky, paid off for the 25-year-old singer as
"1989" became the biggest debut of 2014. It has sold more than
4.9 million albums in the U.S. since its October release.
Swift's back catalog remains available on streaming services
that require a paid subscription, her label said.
Apple Music, unveiled earlier this month, will not offer a free,
ad-supported on-demand streaming service like Spotify or
Pandora.
The music industry has supported Apple bringing its vast music
library to paid streaming, and the company said it will pay 70
percent of the music subscription revenue to music owners.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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