Spotify makes it Purple Rain (Picture: Getty/ spotify)

The moment is finally here, as of today you can listen to all of Prince’s albums from 1978 to 1996 on Spotify.

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On Friday we reported that Prince’s music would be available to stream on Spotify ahead of the Grammys, and now the moment has arrived and songs such as Purple Rain and Raspberry Beret are officially available on the streaming site.

The move comes after the streaming site struck a deal with Warner Bros, who the singer reunited with in 2014.


His renowned albums Dirty Mind, 1999, Purple Rain, 1984, and Sign O’ The Times, 1987, will be available as part of the deal.



Since the singers death his estate have begun making licensing deals to get his music returned to streaming services, which offer one of the biggest generators of revenue in the music industry.

The singer was famously guarded about his copyright and had a basement of recorded music in his Minnesota home which only he could access.

The star whose music was, up until now, only available on Jay Z’s streaming site Tidal, played around with the idea of online streaming.

In 2015 the When Doves Cry artist, who had previously vowed he would only allow Tidal access to his music, dropped his new single Stare on Spotify.

The renowned performer had a conflicted relationship with streaming sites (Picture: Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Rumours of a new streaming opportunity for Prince’s music hit fever pitch after purple billboards with the Spotify logo on started appearing in New York and London this past week.

The boards were part of their ‘Purple campaign’ in collaboration with Warner Bros.

Purple Spotify billboards in NYC and London suggest Prince's catalog could return to streaming music services during Grammys this weekend! pic.twitter.com/Z3Lys9rW0B — Samuel Burke (@samuelcnn) February 8, 2017

A tribute to the artist has been planned for the Grammys taking place in LA on Sunday night

Prince was found dead in his home in Minnesota in April at the age of 57.

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