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Tidal (service)
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| Developer | Aspiro |
|---|---|
| Launch date | October 28, 2014 |
| Platform(s) | Windows macOS iOS Android WatchOS Tizen OS tvOS Android TV CarPlay Android Auto Amazon Alexa WiiM Tesla |
| Status | Active |
| Availability | 61 countries[1] |
| Website | www |
Tidal (stylized TIDAL) is a Norwegian-American music streaming service, launched in 2014 by the Norwegian-Swedish public company Aspiro. Tidal is now majority-owned by Block, Inc., the owner of the point-of-sale system Square.[2]
With distribution agreements with all three major record labels and many independent labels,[3] Tidal claims to provide access to more than 100 million tracks and 650,000 music videos.[4] On April 10, 2024, Tidal merged its two subscription plans to become one simply named Tidal, which offers the same quality as the former HiFi Plus plan (FLAC HiRes 24-bit/192KHz and MQA – 24-bit/352.8 kHz).[5] However, on July 24, 2024, Tidal removed the feature to listen in MQA.[6] Tidal claims to pay the highest percentage of royalties to music artists and songwriters within the music streaming market.[7]
In March 2015, Aspiro was acquired by Project Panther Bidco Ltd., which relaunched the service with a mass-marketing campaign, promoting it as the first artist-owned streaming service.[8] In January 2017, Sprint Corporation bought 33% of Tidal for a reported $200 million. In March 2021, Block, then known as Square, agreed to pay $297 million for majority ownership of Tidal.[9] In June, 2022, through the disclosure of the Annual Stockholder Meeting 2022, Block reported that the stake acquired in the Tidal music service was 86.8%.[10]
While some observers praised the high-fidelity audio quality, and higher subscription fees that would result in higher royalties to the artists and songwriters, others felt the high subscription fees and exclusive Tidal content from the artists involved could lead to more music piracy. Tidal claimed to have over 3 million subscribers in 2016,[11] although the veracity of those claims and the company's reported streaming numbers have been questioned.[12] As of April 2024[update], Tidal operates in 61 countries.[13]
- ^ "Which countries is TIDAL available?". TIDAL.
- ^ "Document". SEC.gov. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ "Tidal launches in five more European countries". Music Week. January 22, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ "How Much Music is Available in TIDAL?". Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ Welch, Chris (March 5, 2024). "Tidal's subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right". The Verge. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "Audio Format Updates - Tidal Support".
- ^ Yoo, Noah (April 1, 2015). "The Full Transcript Of Jay Z's Tidal Q&A At The Clive Davis Institute Of Recorded Music". The Fader. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
16 stakeholderswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Square, Inc. Announces Plans to Acquire Majority Ownership Stake in TIDAL".
- ^ "Page 188 from Block, Inc. Annual Stockholder Meeting 2022" (PDF).
- ^ "Tidal Claims Three Million Subscribers". Billboard. March 29, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- ^ "Tidal May Have Been Wildly Inflating Subscriber Numbers". Forbes. January 21, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- ^ "Availability by Country – TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
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