New British invasion: Streaming Beatles

The Beatles have finally landed on streaming services, just in time for Christmas.

Starting Thursday at 12:01 a.m. wherever you are around the globe, the world’s most famous band will finally be available on streaming music services.

The Fab Four’s website announced Wednesday that the band will be on Spotify, Apple Music, Slacker, Tidal, Microsoft Groove, Rhapsody, Deezer, Google Play and Amazon Prime.

According to the BBC, the deal involves rights to stream 224 songs from the original 13 studio albums released in the UK as well as "essential" collections including Past Masters.

The Beatles released albums from 1963 (”Please Please Me”) to 1970 (”Let It Be”), racking up more than a billion records sold worldwide. Beatles releases continued after their breakup; the most recent, a reissue of “The Beatles 1” compilation, came out in November.

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Solo works by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr have been available on streaming services for some time.

This story was originally published December 23, 2015 at 8:21 AM with the headline "New British invasion: Streaming Beatles."