Spotify

Shortly after releasing her hit album 1989, Taylor Swift decided to pull her album off Spotify. I am not surprised by the move, because Taylor is trying to accumulate the most amount of money possible and she can't do that if her music can stream freely on music providers that don't charge listeners for service. What's surprising is the amount of revenue she has made off of her albums, which is well into the millions after winning a platinum award.
      Her album 1989, had 1.3 million copies sold in one week, which is more than Eminem had back in 2002, which featured songs like curtain call and not so slim shady that changed the whole rap industry for music.
    The real debate is if streaming should be free to listeners of big name radio providers, and other streaming sites such as YouTube because it allows new musicians the opportunity to gain new followers, and promote songs through fans. In other words, they benefit from viewers because they have the ability to try their own music and hopefully get discovered by big name music labels. It happens all the time in the music industry, people called Youtubers, have their songs heard in videos, inspire the world and then get signed by a big name record label. I believe it's the easiest way to help develop new performers, and if there is a charge to stream, than new musicians would never be found.
    However, I can also make the case for monthly memberships. If I were to purchase a membership to spotify, I'd have the ability to access millions of songs at my fingertips. It be the perfect solution, although the musicians would disagree.