Are streaming services killing music? Listeners are faced with a decision. Should they stream their music on Spotify? Or buy it in stores or on iTunes? Taylor Swift made news recently by pulling her music off Spotify, the world’s biggest streaming music service. Back in July, Swift was plotting her current pop-music takeover with her album, "1989. " In its first week, Swift sold 1.3 million copies of her new album. Even with the chaos of her album launch, she took time out to write an opinion article for the Wall Street Journal.
Easy for her to say, some grumbled. Swift's "1989" Sales To get a sense of her success, consider this: In the week before the release of "1989," the top 200 albums on the Billboard chart sold a combined total of 1.53 million copies, barely outpacing "1989. " Swift’s upbeat attitude surely comes from her own position, not to mention her sharp focus on achieving sales goals through bonding with her fans on social media like Instagram and Twitter. “Music should not be free,” she insisted. A Thorny Problem. Ed Sheeran - Sing. Britain Isn't Eating: a microplay by the Guardian and the Royal Court – video | Stage. A politician learns an uncomfortable truth about food-bank Britain. Katherine Parkinson stars in a microplay written by Laura Wade and directed by Carrie Cracknell, after conversations with social affairs writer Amelia Gentleman and food blogger Jack Monroe.
Britain Isn't Eating is the first in a series of plays made in collaboration between Guardian journalists and Royal Court theatre-makers •The second microplay, on the subject of music, goes online on Thursday 20 November •Carrie Cracknell and Amelia Gentleman: how we made Britain Isn't Eating •Off the Page: go behind the scenes of our new series – video •Guardian Membership live event: watch all the microplays at the Royal Court.
Noah and the Whale - 5 Years Time - Official. Amanda Palmer: The art of asking. Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - The Bed Song. MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON.