JAY-Z’s Catalog Returns to Spotify on His 50th Birthday
In April 2017, nearly all of JAY-Z’s albums vanished from Spotify. At the time, a representative for the streaming service told Pitchfork, “Some of JAY-Z’s catalog has been removed at the request of the artist.” Now, over two years later, on JAY-Z’s 50th birthday, his albums are back on Spotify. Check out Spotify’s announcement below.
JAY-Z’s catalog has been available intermittently on streaming services and digital music stores. For example, he returned his music to Apple Music in 2017 (but still kept it off Spotify). For years, he also kept his Blueprint albums off Spotify, Apple Music, and iTunes. Of course, his catalog has always been available on TIDAL, the streaming service he co-owns.
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