Prepare to stop having to party like it’s 1999, what with having to pull out your Diamonds and Pearls CD anytime you wanted to listen to the purple one, and get ready to start partying like it’s 2017.
Yes, it would appear that Prince’s estate has finally reached a deal with streaming services. There have been recent reports in industry magazines that talks were being finalised, and now a series of New York subway advertisements from Spotify certainly seem to be hinting that Prince’s music will be coming to the service.
Billboard are reporting a possible tie-in release date with the Grammys – a Prince tribute is planned for the ceremony- and suggest deals with Apple Music and Tidal have also been reached.
The music that will be released to streaming services will be from his Warner catalogue – in other word, everything released prior to 1996.
