FILE – In a May 17, 2015 file photo, Taylor Swift poses in the press room with the awards for top
Billboard 200 album for “1989”, top female artist, chart achievement, top artist, top Billboard 200
artist, top hot 100 artist, top digital song artist, and top streaming song (video) for “Shake It Off”
at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas. In an open letter to Apple,
on Sunday, June 21, 2015, Swift criticized the company’s new streaming music service for failing to pay
artists for a free three-month trial. Swift said she would withhold her 2014 album “1989” from Apple
Music, which launches June 30.