News | Jay Z launches Tidal

Jay Z launches Tidal

With superstar partners!

You may have seen a few international artists that you follow on social media all with blue display pictures, from the likes of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Chris Martin and Madonna, were all signifying the change that is coming in the form of Tidal.

Tidal is a music streaming service that was relaunched by rapper and business mogul Jay Z on Monday (30 March), the service is set to shift the music industry landscape as it promises to focus on the quality of music being streamed online and giving power back to the artists.

Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Jason Aldean, Jay Z, Kanye West, Chris Martin, J. Cole, Usher, Daft Punk, Calvin Harris, Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Deadmau5, Beyoncé, Usher, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, and Jack White have all been announced as co-owners of Tidal.

Tidal has a partnership with Sprint, and will offer offline streaming, comparable to Spotify.

Expertly curated playlists, high quality sound, high quality video have all been announced as specialty features.

As per the site, "TIDAL has agreements with all major record companies, Universal, Warner and Sony, as well as many of the smaller independent companies."

According to Billboard, "each artist was offered a 3 percent stake in the company in order to secure exclusives."

CLICK HERE to watch the launch event.

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