Beatles to Stream on Apple Music, Spotify for First Time

Years of waiting are over for Beatles fans wanting to listen to the Fab Four's music on streaming services such as Apple Music and Spotify. Beatles songs will be available at one minute past midnight local time around the world on nine streaming services including Apple, Spotify, Deezer and Google Play, the band's record company, Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, said Wednesday in a statement. Even as artists such as Taylor Swift and Adele have withheld new music from streaming sites, the services' popularity has soared as consumers were attracted to the ease of use and instant access to millions of songs without having to own the collection. The other streaming services to include Beatles in the catalogs are Microsoft Groove, Napster, Amazon Prime Music, Slacker Radio and Tidal.