Why is Prince's Black Album not on Spotify?

Though he was typically enthusiastic about new technology, Prince was suspicious of streaming, and in 2015 he removed his music from all streaming services except Tidal. After his death last year, Tidal added another 15 of his albums to its catalog, including The Black Album and live releases from the 1990s and 2000s.
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Is The Black Album on Spotify?

The Black Album - Album by JAY-Z | Spotify.
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Why is an album no longer available on Spotify?

If the music is gone, the artist or their music label has likely decided to remove it from Spotify. Sometimes the music is only available in certain countries, while access is blocked to others. Sometimes the album or song will be unavailable temporary, and come back again later.
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How much is The Black Album by Prince worth?

A vinyl copy of Prince's fabled 1987 LP known as The Black Album has sold for $27,500, making it the most expensive record ever sold on online music marketplace Discogs.
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Why did Prince take his music off Spotify?

Artists including Taylor Swift and Prince have pulled music from Spotify because of reservations about digital streaming, while Radiohead's Thom Yorke in 2014 elected to pull his music because he felt the platform did not adequately compensate new artists.
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Who has left Spotify over Rogan?

Graham Nash and India Arie join Neil Young's Spotify boycott over 'problematic' Rogan. “Likewise, there is a difference between misinformation, in which one is unaware that what is being said is false, versus disinformation which is knowingly false and intended to mislead and sway public opinion.
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Who has left Spotify 2022?

Nils Lofgren - the guitarist has stated his wish to remove 27-years of music from Spotify. Brené Brown - the bestselling author has suspended recording her podcasts on the streaming platform. India Arie - the signer-songwriter pulled her music and podcast in the aftermath of Young's statement.
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What is the rarest Prince album?

A former record pressing plant employee has recently come forward to reveal that he has a previously unknown original Canadian pressing of Prince's 'The Black Album', the artist's rarest album and one of the most expensive records of all time.
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What is the rarest vinyl record?

Rarest Vinyl Ever: A Guide To 10 Of The Most Expensive Records
  • 4: Prince: 'The Black Album' (LP, 1987) ...
  • 3: The Beatles: 'The Beatles' (2LP, 1969) ...
  • 2: Sex Pistols: God Save The Queen (7” single, 1977) ...
  • 1: The Quarrymen: That'll Be The Day/In Spite Of All The Danger (10” acetate, 1958)
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How much is Purple Rain vinyl worth?

Excellent condition Purple Rain albums were asking $200 - $400. Average used versions were popping up with Buy it Now prices of $100.
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Why do some songs become unavailable on Spotify?

The greyed out tracks just mean that for whatever reason, they are unavailable in your country. This could be due to licensing or the request of the record label or artist. Unfortunately, this is something that Spotify doesn't have control over as it is up to the individual music companies.
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Why is a song suddenly unavailable Spotify?

Whenever there's a song greyed out on Spotify, it simply means that Spotify failed to connect to the resource as it's supposed to. The reason could be one of the followings: 1. Country Restriction/Regional Block: Those greyed out tracks just mean that for whatever reason, they are unavailable in your country or region.
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Why do some songs disappear from Spotify?

Spotify automatically hides songs that artists have pulled from the streaming service without notifying you.
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What is an enhanced album on Spotify?

The enhanced album, available only on Spotify, includes never-before-seen content. Fans have access to new videos, storylines (which are personal written commentaries from the band on each track), and audio liners, where the band members give insight into the songs.
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Who was the bassist on The Black Album?

Jason Newsted is certainly busy these days launching his new, acoustic-oriented Chophouse Band and the adjunct duo Would & Steal. But you can bet the former Metallica bassist is as attuned to this week's 25th anniversary of the group's Metallica, aka The Black Album, as anyone else in the world.
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Are Beatles CDS worth anything?

For your $340, you get all 10 Beatles albums — in mono — encased in a nice red presentation box. This set was pressed in 1982. Mint copies of the standard one-band U.K. pressing in mono or stereo are worth $170/$185, but this curious pressing from 1969 fetches up to $340.
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Are old Beatles 45s worth anything?

That record is probably worth about 2,500 dollars.
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What is the rarest 45 record?

There are only two known copies of Do I Love You (Indeed I Do), a rare 45-rpm Northern soul track by Frank Wilson, one of which sold for $37,000 in 2009. But the fact that only two copies of the original 7” on the Soul label have ever materialised has long made it the holy grail of Northern soul collecting.
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Are vinyls valuable?

The average eBay selling price for vinyl records is around $15, though vinyl record values vary significantly: from 50 cents to $50 or more. You need to do some research to determine exactly how much your vinyl records are worth. Here are some highly-valuable vinyl records.
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What are the most valuable 45 vinyl records?

The 10 most expensive vinyl records ever sold
  • The Beatles: Yesterday & Today - $125,000. ...
  • John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy - $150,000. ...
  • The Beatles: Sgt. ...
  • Elvis Presley: 'My Happiness' - $300,000. ...
  • The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album) - $790,000. ...
  • Wu-Tang Clan: Once Upon a Time in Shaolin - $2 million.
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How much money has Spotify lost?

For all of 2021, Spotify narrowed its net loss to 34 million euros (US$38.8 million), or 1.03 euros (US$1.18) a share, from 581 million euros, or 3.1 euros a share, in 2020. Revenue for the year rose 23% to 9.67 billion euros (US$11.05 billion) from 7.88 billion euros.
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How many subscribers has Spotify lost?

In Q1, Spotify netted 2 million Premium subscribers, to reach 182 million (up 15% year over year). That included approximately 1.5 million disconnects due to the company's ceasing operations in Russia.
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Who is Spotify owned by?

The multi-billion music streaming company Spotify is primarily owned by its founders, Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.
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