With Google also waving its own chequebook – it struck a deal forĪ month-long exclusive on Take That’s latest album for its Google Play Music service in November 2014 – there is set to be a bidding war for new albums by prominent artists. Apple is planning to relaunch its currently US-only Beats Music streaming service worldwide later in 2015, and has been courting artists and labels intensely to secure exclusives. Less profit for our bottom line, more money for the artist fantastic.” Will artists make more money? Even if it means less profit for our bottom line, absolutely. He told Billboard: “We didn’t like the direction music was going and thought maybe we could get in and strike an honest blow.
Under Jay Z, Tidal’s strategy will include encouraging artists to lobby their labels to “window” new releases for at least a week, meaning they will be exclusive to Tidal for that period.
It will launch a £9.99 subscription model alongside its existing one. It is available in 31 countries, with six more to follow by the end of June.īy the end of 2014, Tidal had 500,000 paying users. Tidal’s key selling point so far has been its “lossless” quality streams, for which the company charges a monthly subscription of £19.99 – double its rivals. Start by turning your profile picture blue,” Kanye West tweeted ahead of the event.Īlicia Keys described Tidal as “the first artist-owned global music and entertainment platform” and promised to “create a better service and a better experience for both fans and artists … where we will deliver exclusive experiences that cannot be found anywhere else”. “Together, we can turn the tide and make music history. Musicians including Beyoncé, Deadmau5, Nicki Minaj and Jack White replaced their Twitter profile pictures with blank blue images while tweeting the #TIDALforALL hashtag ahead of the event in a show of online support. Read “ The Rap Pact: How Jay Z and Hot 97 Combined Forces to Take Over Hip-Hop.It is planned that Tidal will compete with Spotify and upcoming streaming services from Apple and YouTube by offering exclusive music from prominent artists, including studio sessions and demo tracks, while giving them new ways to communicate with fans. Over the weekend, he and Tyler, the Creator appeared on Frank Ocean’s new song “ Biking.”
#JAY Z ALBUMS NOT ON SPOTIFY SERIES#
He’ll be producing a film and documentary series about Trayvon Martin, as well as Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new film In the Heights. Jay has been busy with other projects of late. A Spotify representative told Pitchfork that “some of Jay Z’s catalog has been removed at the request of the artist.” Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Jay Z and Apple Music for comment. Kelly (2002’s The Best of Both Worlds, 2004’s Unfinished Business ) and his 2004 collaboration with Linkin Park. The only Jay Z albums available on the service are his collaborative records with R. His Blueprint albums remain unavailable on any streaming service other than Tidal. Notably, his 2011 album with Kanye West, Watch the Throne, is back on the service.
Jay Z’s albums disappeared from Apple Music and Spotify on April 7, but today, it appears that they have been reinstated on Apple Music.