1989, the biggest selling album of the last two years, will not be appearing on Apple Music, which is due to launch at the end of the month.

Buzzfeed reports that representatives from both Apple and Swift's record label 'Big Machine' confirmed that the mega-selling hit wouldn't be playable on the new service.

Swift's back catalog will be available as it is so on competing services, Rdio and Tidal. The pop singer puller all her music from Spotify in November of last year because she believes that their free service 'devalues the art form'.

The singer's back catalog will appear on the new streaming service as it has done on Rdio and Tidal. Swift made headlines after she pulled her music from Spotify saying that she believed their free service 'devalued the art from'.

A rep for Big Machine says that the label have no intentions of releasing 1989 to any streaming service in the near future in what has been a successful bid to encourage fans to buy the album.

Since November of last year Swift's 1989 has shipped 5 million copies worldwide.