Retail giant HMV has yanked all of Alanis Morissette's albums and DVDs off its shelves to protest an exclusivity agreement with the coffee giant Starbucks.

The singer has given the coffee chain exclusive rights to sell her new album in the U.S. and Canada for the first six weeks of release. In response, HMV Canada has removed all of her music from its stores.

The album, an acoustic version of her 1995 breakthrough album "Jagged Little Pill," was released in North America on Monday.

The Ottawa-born singer said she had not intended to offend retailers, but she defended her decision to give the coffee chain exclusive rights to sell her album.

"When people walk into Starbucks, there's a real openness and a focus to behold and take in whatever may be on that counter," Morissette told the Boston Herald.

The move by HMV is not the first time a retailer has protested and pulled an artist's music off their shelves.

In 2003, retailers Sunrise, HMV and Music World removed Rolling Stones albums to protest an exclusive deal the band made with Best Buy and Future Shop to sell their "Four Flicks" DVD.