Taylor Swift removes all her music from Spotify as new album remains on course to break 12-year sales record

With her latest album on course to achieve record-breaking first week sales, Taylor Swift has removed her entire back catalog from the popular music-streaming service Spotify.

While the 24-year-old singer underwent a promotional frenzy last week to promote the release of her fifth album, one place where fans couldn't hear 1989 was on Spotify.

Now the singer has gone even further and removed all her songs including current single Shake It Off, which had been the most streamed track on the service in the U.S., the U.K. and globally.

In a statement posted on Spotify’s website, the company said it was trying to get the hit maker to change her mind.

‘We love Taylor Swift, and our more than 40 million users love her even more – nearly 16 million of them have played her songs in the last 30 days, and she’s on over 19 million playlists.

‘We hope she’ll change her mind and join us in building a new music economy that works for everyone. 

'We believe fans should be able to listen to music wherever and whenever they want, and that artists have an absolute right to be paid for their work and protected from piracy. 

'That’s why we pay nearly 70 percent of our revenue back to the music community.'  

The decision may have been instigated by Swift's record label, reports Billboard. Big Machine Label Group is up for sale and a source said the decision to leave Spotify was aimed at driving up the sales price.

New album 1989, which wasn't available on Spotify, looks set to earn the largest first week sales of any album since Eminem in 2002