![]() ![]() than anyone except the Beatles - and Amazon may be correct in betting that many Garth Brooks fans have yet to sign up for a streaming music service. But we do know that it’s different from the Tidal and Spotify exclusives with acts like Beyoncé and Drake, because it’s with an artist that hit his commercial peak a couple decades ago.īut Brooks is still a very big deal with a very large fan base - he has sold more albums in the U.S. ![]() We don’t know whether this deal will be the first of many for Amazon or a one-off. “For us, the jury is out,” he said, which in retrospect seems to be not entirely truthful. ![]() It says almost all of Brooks’s back catalog will be for sale via its Amazon music store.Īmazon isn’t announcing the terms of the deal, but it appears to be a long-term one the company will also sponsor a Brooks concert tour next year.Įarlier this month, I asked Amazon music boss Steve Boom whether his company was interested in signing up artists for exclusive deals, as rival services Tidal and Apple Music had done. Amazon says Brooks’s upcoming album “ Gunslinger” will also stream on the service, as well as future projects like a Christmas album with his wife, Trisha Yearwood.Īmazon will also be the only digital service to sell digital downloads of Brooks’s music. You won’t be able to stream all of Brooks’s music today - just his new single, “ Baby, Let’s Lay Down and Dance” and two greatest hits albums. Last week, Amazon launched a new streaming music service and tried to differentiate itself from the competition by using lower prices.Īmazon Music Unlimited - the service Amazon sells for $10, $8 and $4 a month - will be the only service streaming songs from the country star, who until today was one of the last big music acts who didn’t stream their work. ![]()
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