Rumours have emerged today that pop icon Prince’s discography may soon be making a sensational return to streaming services worldwide.
The singer’s music has been absent from most streaming sites for nearly two years, and was only available on Jay-Z’s site Tidal. However, the exclusivity deal that Tidal have in place is due to expire in February, around the time of the Grammys, and Billboard reports that Prince’s estate are close to agreeing a deal to reinstate his music to sites like Spotify. Indeed, it is thought that the Grammys themselves may be used as a platform to make the announcement, coupled with the ceremony’s tribute to Prince. Sources close to billboard report that so far The Weeknd, Rihanna, and Bruno Mars have been approached to perform during the tribute to the Purple one.
Amid the speculation that these reports have caused, Spotfiy themselves has stoked the rumours, by releasing an all purple advert, clearly alluding to Prince, in Manhattan today, as seen in the tweet below.
Do these purple Spotify ads mean what everyone thinks they mean? (That would be, Prince). https://t.co/lfF8JYp1v0 pic.twitter.com/kcqNLqaY6H
— GoMN (@GoMNNews) January 30, 2017
As well as this, Pitchfork and their sources also report that Prince’s estate could well allow his music to return to Apple’s services “very soon”. In November, it was confirmed that Prince’s estate had cleared the way for a potential return to streaming services, when they signed a deal with Universal music, for the singer’s entire catalogue.
