Universal wasn’t joking: Lady GaGa’s upcoming new album won’t be an Apple Music-exclusive
As you know, the major record label Universal Music Group is apparently done with streaming exclusives on Apple Music, Spotify and other services. Sources whospokewith HITS Daily Double caution that the repercussions stemming from the music industry’s disdain for exclusives have forced Universal’s label Interscope to release Lady GaGa’s fifth studio album on a non-exclusive basis. Now even the album’s dance floor anthem, titled “Perfect Illusion,” would launch as an Apple Music exclusive in light of the industrykerfuffle over digital exclusives—despite the fact that a deal had been in place between Apple, Lady Gaga and Interscope....