Beatles catalogue to hit streaming services worldwide on Dec. 24

The Beatles, long one of music's digital distribution holdouts, are giving fans an early holiday gift: their catalogue via the world's most popular streaming services.

9 most popular services to begin streaming the Beatles as of 12:01 a.m. on Christmas Eve

Jessica Wong CBC News Posted: Dec 23, 2015 10:05 AM EST | Last Updated: December 23, 2015

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Google Play Music, Tidal and similar services are getting a big boost after The Beatles, a band traditionally reticent about new technology, agrees to allow its music to be streamed

The Beatles, long one of music's digital distribution holdouts, are giving fans an early holiday gift: their catalogue via the world's most popular streaming services.

The beatles.comwebsiterevealedWednesday morningthat the iconic British group'smusic cataloguecould be streamed as of Christmas Eve onThursday,at 12:01 a.m. local time, around the globe.

"HappyCrimble, with love from us to you," the band said in a statement.

December 24 at 12:01am local time, The Beatles music is available for streaming worldwide: https://t.co/99cigizLza pic.twitter.com/42vZSNGVHG
—@thebeatles

The catalogue of involves the Beatles' 13remasteredstudio albums and four compilation albumswill stream via the services:

Apple Music
Deezer
Google Play
Microsoft Groove
Amazon Prime
Rhapsody
Spotify
Slacker
Tidal

As more and more musicians made their music and back catalogues available on digital services, Apple Corps Ltd. which manages the affairs of the legendary group delayed allowingany onlinemusic service access to any Beatles music.

However, the group which disbanded 45 years ago, but isrepresented today by survivingmembers Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr,as well as Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, widows of John Lennon and George Harrison, respectively relented in 2010, announcing a deal with Apple Inc.'s iTunes that thenCEO Steve Jobs called "a dream we've had since we launched iTunes."

As streaming music services grew tobecome the preferred method ofmusic distribution today, the Beatles were once again holdouts.

However, in recent days, reports emerged that the band might be considering a change at a time when some major recording artists (most recently andprominently Adele) have shunned streaming to focus on album sales and others (like Taylor Swift) have disputed whether artists receive propercompensation from streaming services.

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Beatles catalogue to hit streaming services worldwide on Dec. 24

9 most popular services to begin streaming the Beatles as of 12:01 a.m. on Christmas Eve

The Beatles OK music for streaming

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