Madonna, Beyoncé, Nicki, Rihanna, Kanye, Jay Z & others - new owners of Tidal

[hmm 979]

​Oh yes it is! I will now leave this thread, it got me all furious and acting immature and I apologize for my harsh comments to everyone. But please know that piratism DOES affect quite a lot of us musicians in many ways. Should I then from now on get hair cuts for 10 cents? Free doctor's appointments? I should definately be allowed to take clothes from stores for free right?
But yeah, I'll just leave now..

​Yes actually  Any country with a decent health system has free doctor appointments.

The rest I agree with though

[Guest]

People need to just buy physical CDs...they're cheaper than digital downloads and 109203103x the sound quality of streaming and digital downloads. Plus you get the full experience of the artwork, packaging, booklet, etc. Like, it's a no-brainer imo.

[hmm 979]

People need to just buy physical CDs...they're cheaper than digital downloads and 109203103x the sound quality of streaming and digital downloads. Plus you get the full experience of the artwork, packaging, booklet, etc. Like, it's a no-brainer imo.

​True but when you read about a good album that you want to listen to instantaneously or someone suggests music to you; it's a good way of dealing with it

[CaliLilMonster 471]

Lol I read all the way to $19.99/per month and no free accounts then stopped.

LOL  

How is this going to be a success? Companies already have a hard time getting people to pay 5-10! 20 is just nooooope. Glad these people are people I don't really care about. If I had to guess, this is going to flop.

[CaliLilMonster 471]

​they give you all those albums free on spotify & all you get by paying that money is remove ads & unlimited skips & individual song selection on mobile... that's not worth almost £10. & i said i wasn't willing to pay that much, i'd happily pay like... £3 but almost a tenner for just THAT!? nah

 

AND almost all the people on this site will have pirated A LOT of music, myself included & some don't even buy Gaga's music they literally stream it or pirate it.

​You also get to download for offline use. There's also some other tiny features as well. $9.99 for spotify is a great deal. And for college students it's only $4.99 so even better.

[Bellatrix 34,691]

So by my count, these are the ones making the move

Jay Z
Kanye
Taylor
Nicki
Beyonce
Madonna
Deadmaus
Arcade Fire
Coldplay
Daft Punk
Rihanna
Jason Aldean
Usher

I'm surprised Katy or Ariana haven't said anything yet

​Thanks! Added the list in the OP.

 

Now we just wait for Ari, Katheryn and Gagz.. 

[jojuun 4,159]

In less then 5 hours Jay Z will announce he's bought and taking over the HD streaming service, Tidal. Beyonce, Daft Punk, Kanye West, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Madonna, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Calvin Harris, Usher and other artists star in a new teaser for the platform that was just released. Tidal is currently offering a standard package of 9.99$ a month and a premium monthly version of 19.99$.

​http://tidal.com

Tidal, the high-definition music streaming service acquired by rapper and music mogul Jay-Z, is gearing up for its official relaunch under new ownership later today, and it will be doing so by reportedly making a move to snag new releases by some of the biggest musicians of the moment including Kanye West, Madonna and Daft Punk, ahead of rival services like Spotify and Beats. The company has been sending out invites for a press conference being held at 5pm Eastern time today, in which Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter “will announce a commitment to a new direction for the music industry from both a creative and business perspective.” While there is not much detail being provided officially, unofficially we’ve heard that the company will be using the event to confirm the first big-name artists to stream music exclusively on the Tidal platform. What might those artists be doing on Tidal? Not an ordinary streaming deal, it seems. Over the weekend, the Swedish blog Breakit reported — citing sources close to the deal — that Tidal’s plan of attack will be to ink first-window deals with the artists, where Tidal would get first releases of tracks from big-name artists ahead of any other digital streaming services. This would be exclusive, but only for a period: Spotify, Deezer and others would eventually also get these tracks, but only later. This is not unlike how services like Netflix often get films after they have gone through cinema and DVD release windows, and subsequently what Vessel is trying to do to upend that. For those of you who browse social networks or follow music news, the list of artists gathering around Tidal shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise: a swathe of big-name musicians — including Madonna, Kanye West, Beyonce, Arcade Fire, Calvin Harris and others are using the #tidalforall hashtag on sites like Twitter and Instagram, as well as sending out messages or just changing their profile to a turquoise blue color to support the service. It’s a pretty strong bet that the artists that all started sending these out around midnight Eastern time will be among those involved in some way in the news today. It would also follow on the heels of Taylor Swift’s catalog coming to Tidal last week — minus her 1989 album. This is not an exclusive deal but lays the groundwork for other Swift music to make its way to Tidal first. What’s the pull for these artists? It’s partly the Jay-Z connection. His Roc Nation agency works with a long list of musicians to provide publishing, management, label and other services, with Tidal becoming yet another string on Roc Nation’s bow as a one-stop music distribution shop. On the other hand, from what we understand, Tidal is also offering a more attractive set of terms to musicians than other streaming services — often agreeing to payouts of twice as much as its rivals. (We’ve asked to see if we can get more concrete numbers to support the claim.) With many artists complaining that digital music is not providing decent enough returns, the later of these could be a deal maker for Tidal. The big question is whether artists are willing to make the bet on payouts-per-stream over that of visibility: right now Tidal has only 35,000 subscribers paying $19.99 per month across the markets in which it is active, which include the U.S. and UK. By comparison, Spotify noted 15 million paying subscribers in January of this year. Tidal also offers a standard definition service at $9.99. While Jay-Z won agreement this month from Aspiro shareholders to buy Tidal for $54 million, the shares are not due to transfer until mid-April, we understand.

Source: http://techcrunch.com

Will update the OP as more details become available.

[Dodo 313]

I really don't understand why Madonna is there. It just seems like she's bandwagoning the idea to be "cool". 

[Bellatrix 34,691]

Looks like they're about to start a war

[Sexxx 5,603]

that'd be an amazing song collaboration

[Sugarfall 3,723]

I doubt this will do well. If someone doesn't want to buy music, there will always be a way to get it for free  

[Bellatrix 34,691]

I really don't understand why Madonna is there. It just seems like she's bandwagoning the idea to be "cool". 

That's probably ​just because you hate her.

She's there for the same reason as everybody else

[jojuun 4,159]

I really don't understand why Madonna is there. It just seems like she's bandwagoning the idea to be "cool". 

​She's the biggest selling and highest grossing female artist of all time. She has one of the best contracts in the business, she's not missing out on this opportunity and why should she? Take a seat.

[RAMROD 107,822]

What,

Where is Swift, have I missed her?

[Sexxx 5,603]

I really don't understand why Madonna is there. It just seems like she's bandwagoning the idea to be "cool". 

​she wants muny!