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Music streaming service Last.fm appears to be making plans to make a full-scale comeback in 2014, with the help of Spotify and YouTube. 

Once one of the main sources for accessing music and discovering new artists, Last.fm has been pushed to the back-burner in recent years due to the popularity of other services such as Spotify. Now though, the current owners of the company are making plans to regnerate the service, with the help of some of its biggest rivals. 

The collaboration between Last.fm and Spotify will now allow Last.fm users to stream the 20million songs that are available through Spotify, including full albums, playlists and recommendations, by syncing both accounts together. 

This means that Last.fm's play-on-demand service will be restored, after shutting down in 2010. Managing Director of Last.fm Simon Moran spoke about the collaboration, stating "This collaboration with Spotify brings together the best qualities of both services, creating a stronger listening and discovery experience for music lovers across the globe."

Earlier on this month, Last.fm also restored its personal radio service using YouTube videos as the source of music in a new, beta version of its music player. It's reported that after Last.fm suffering enormous losses over the past few years, these decisions will mean paying royalties to artists will be shifted onto Spotify and YouTube, which will aid in minimising the net losses for Last.fm.