Music streaming under fire, but soaring

Can't put my finger on it but when an artist, particularly an extremely wealthy artist with millions of album sales, refuses to make their music available on streaming services it just smacks of arrogance, stubbornness and greed. The technology enables millions to hear your music who otherwise wouldn't take the risk of spending $10-15 on a particular album. For an artist to insist that the public take such a leap is selfish. Their shows are so rare and so expensive it's not like you can just use the live setting to learn about an artist. And the argument that radio is a fairer alternative doesn't work - commercial radio is horrible and plays one song from an artist - in this case "Shake it Off" - ad nauseam. If I hear a few other songs from an artist on Spotify and like it, I will spend the money on that artist and buy the album - many times even their past work as well. And like it or not streaming services will be here forever - it's the Internet, stupid!

Gee, how did I guess that the headline wasn't referrimg to the Japanese market before I even clicked on it..

Is she going to pull her songs from radio, you can record from radio just as easy.

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Removing her music from Spotify will most likely increase free downloads rather than sales. It will be interesting to see if there is a bump in sales after this move.