Alanis Morissette released her latest CD through Starbucks which resulted with boycott from traditional music retailers.
Seems like Alanis Morrisette can’t get a coffee fix big enough.
Alanis Morissette's label, Maverick Records, chose to give the Starbucks exclusive rights to her 10th anniversary acoustic edition of Jagged Little Pill for the first six weeks of its release.
As a result, HMV, the largest music chain in Canada, pulled the singer's records from its shelves in protest.
"As of June 13, HMV will be removing all Alanis products from our stores, consistent with the views of the majority of our customers, and will be returning all Alanis product to the record company," the U.K.-based retailer's CEO, Humphrey Kadaner, wrote in an email to Canadian news outlets last week.
Alanis Morissette said that she was not trying to offend traditional retailers by offering her album through Starbucks.
"My intention certainly was not to ruffle feathers in that department although it's inevitable obviously," Alanis Morissette told the Boston Herald. "I have had a really sweet and positive relationship with retailers my entire career."
However, the singer said she believes Starbucks is the right place for her fans to access her latest album.
The Rolling Stones faced a similar backlash in 2003, when they offered their DVD Four Flicks exclusively through Best Buy for the first four months of its release.