Tidal scores another streaming exclusive with Kanye West’s new album

You love him or you hate him but Kanye West isn't going anywhere. Yeezy is back with a new album called The Life of Pablo and if you want to get your hands on it, it’s available for exclusive streaming over at Tidal. You can also score a digital copy of the 18-track album on Kanye’s Tidal page for US$20. Kanye joins the likes of other music superstars like Rihanna and Beyoncé. Rihanna released her ANTI album while Beyoncé debuted her single “Formation” exclusively on the service. If you aren’t on Tidal, you have to wait for a week for the album to make its way to other services.

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Prince pulls music from streaming sites Spotify and Rdio

Prince has had this love-hate relationship with the Internet and its services. He seems to empathize and agree with Taylor Swift’s criticism of freemium streaming services. So, what does he do? He pulls his music catalogue from the likes of Spotify and Rdio. If you want to hear his music online, right now you can see it on Tidal, SoundCloud, Deezer, and Google Play. There’s no word yet if Google plans to pull out his catalogue. We’re not sure if he’s coming to Apple Music. But for now, you’ll have a limited number of services to gain access to his funk-heavy tunes.

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Update on Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 7:04PM by Nicole Batac

Prince still has his catalogue on Deezer. Original article has been edited to reflect changes.

TIDAL streaming music service expands its reach to 43 countries globally

TIDAL Jay-Z's premium streaming music service which launched last month to much fanfare by rounding-up the support of some very high-profile names in music. Aiming to ensure artists get paid fairly for the use of their music and that subscribers get access to the highest quality audio (at $19.99 per month), TIDAL also offers videos, curated content and exclusives that will take months to show up on other services, if at all. TIDAL just announced it covers more countries. Hit jump for the details.

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Jay-Z's Tidal streaming service is backed by a dream team of musical talent, but will it blend?

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Having that love of music is the foundation that sets us apart from someone that's a tech company that's selling advertisement or selling hardware.

                  -Jay-Z on Tidal

Responding to the seismic shift in music consumption trends, where subscription-based streaming services are quickly surpassing CD sales and even music downloads, Jay-Z rallied some of music's biggest names to back his recently acquired Tidal music streaming service, which he bought for a cool $56 million.

Touted as the first online distribution service owned and operated by artists, artists like Madonna, Daft Punk, Kanye West, Coldplay, Nikki Minaj, Rhianna, Usher, Deadmau5, Jack White and many others will release their new material on Tidal before making it available on other services such as Spotify, Google Play Music or Apple's upcoming Beats-backed streaming service. 

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