TAYLOR SWIFT returns to streaming

Taylor Swift, long recognided as one of the great streaming service holdouts, allowed her music back onto all major streaming services as the clock struck midnight, East Coast Time, USA on Thursday. The news was announced via an Instagram message on the site TaylorNation.

A source close to the situation confirmed the authenticity of the message to Variety.

Swift famously removed her music from all streaming services shortly before the release of her 2014 album “1989”, decrying the services' royalty payments. In 2015, she called out Apple Music for failing to pay royalties on streaming during free trial periods for the service. She later relented with Apple Music after a Fathers' Day 2015 conversation with Apple SVP Eddy Cue.

Swift's decision on Thursday applies to all streaming services.