Spotify, a five-year-old digital service from Sweden, surprised the music world today by announcing an exclusive deal with legendary rock act LED ZEPPELIN. Spotify announced at a news conference in Manhattan this Wednesday morning that Led Zeppelin — which has so far refused to license its music for streaming — will be joining its catalog.
According to the NYTimes.com, Led Zeppelin’s representatives have reportedly been in negotiations with various streaming services since at least January. Spotify, which has more than six million paying subscribers around the world, is believed to have beaten smaller competitors like Rdio and Rhapsody for the deal.
Led Zeppelin, which has sold more than 111 million albums in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, was relatively slow to adapt to digital music, holding out until 2007 to join iTunes. Among the few major acts still absent from on-demand streaming services like Spotify are AC/DC, Tool, Garth Brooks and the Beatles.
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