British band Coldplay will be releasing their latest album "A Head Full of Dreams" in a few hours as they are scheduled for release on Friday, Dec. 4. However, reports suggest that the band chose not to make the album available on Spotify.

Although Coldplay has yet to release an official statement regarding the circulating news that their album won't be readily available on the giant free streaming service Spotify, rumors, however are claiming that the decision was based on their dislike of Spotify's free tier.

Sources from Wall Street Journal claim that "A Head Full of Dreams" "won't be immediately available on Spotify" since the service offers free listening. Furthermore, the album will be available on other paid music streaming services like Apple Music and Tidal, The Verge reports.

"A Head Full Of Dreams won't be on Spotify at launch, not unless there's a last-ditch change of heart within the next couple of hours," said Music Business Worldwide's source. "The band's team aren't anti-Spotify, they're just not in love with 'free' -- you can probably expect it to drop on the service after a few weeks," the source adds.

Engadget reports that Spotify's stance that ad-supported users will remain to have access to exactly the same music library as those paying for the premium tier further makes the decision of Coldplay even more understandable.

The decision of the band to withhold their album from Spotify comes after just a week after Adele released her latest album "25" and gained record-breaking sales, also without making it available on free streaming services.

This has become a trend to big artists including Taylor Swift when she released her album "Red" and "1989." However, The Verge speculates that Coldplay might be traditional and follow what they did on their previous two albums "Ghost Stories" and "Mylo Xyloto" where both were available on Spotify weeks after their release.

Music Business Worldwide has already reached out to Warner Music Group-owned Parlophone, where Coldplay is currently signed, as well as Warner's Atlantic in the U.S., but both haven't given out their comments on the circulating news.

However, The Verge says that Coldplay fans can simply purchase the albums, which is speculated to be what the band wanted all along. However, it is still unknown if they will be able to break Adele's record selling more than three million in the opening week of "25" alone.

Music Business Worldwide reveals that Coldplay's album will be available around the world on paid music services like Tidal and Apple Music by midnight on Friday, Dec. 4.