TIDAL withheld Kanye West’s streaming numbers at first for The Life Of Pablo, but as they celebrate their one-year anniversary this week, they have finally made the numbers public. According to the service, TLOP was streamed over 250 million times in its first 10 days of release. TIDAL has also shared its number of subscribers, and they seem to be doing pretty good for one year in. They report that they’ve gained about 2.5 million new subscribers since re-launching last March, making a total of 3 million globally. Reportedly, half of these numbers came recently, thanks to the release of Ye’s album.
Samsung Will Not Be Purchasing Tidal
A few weeks ago, we learned that Samsung just may be buying into Jay-z’s Tidal. Samsung has now responded saying they will not be purchasing the company.
Tidal Representative Dismisses Lawsuit Allegations
Just this week, Jay-Z’s company Tidal had been hit with a lawsuit by musician John Emanuele for unpaid royalties. A representative for the company has jus addressed the allegations.
Kanye West Prevented “The Life Of Pablo” Numbers From Being Released
Despite being one of the most popular projects out right now, Kanye West’s ‘The Life of Pablo‘ never made it to the Billboard Charts. Ye’ released the project exclusively on TIDAL and vowed to never release it anywhere else. The exclusive release has blocked him from ever making it to the Billboard charts, but new developments have indicate that this may be Kanye’s own doing. Read more below.
Jay-Z And TIDAL Slammed With Lawsuit For Not Paying Royalties
Just days after reports surfaced that Samsung is in talks to purchase and take over Jay-Z’s music streaming service TIDAL, the company has been slammed with a $5 million lawsuit for allegedly not paying out royalties to artists.
Samsung Is Reportedly In Talks To Purchase TIDAL
Just months after hitting one million subscribers, it has been reported that TIDAL may be taken over by Samsung. The music streaming service, which was purchased by mogul, Jay Z last year for $56 million and has several artist owners is currently in negations with Samsung to take over. TIDAL is currently worth $100 million and is home to about 2.5 million subscribers. According to sources at the New York Post, “Samsung is re-engaging; they are working on something really big, and they’re keeping it very quiet in case it leaks.” This is not the first time Jay Z has partnered with Samsung. Back in 2013, he released ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ in a deal with Samsung that included one million free downloads of the album for fans. Rihanna did something similar just a few weeks ago with her ‘ANTI’ album. Samsung is just one company with hopes to purchase TIDAL. Sources indicate that Spotify and Google are also interested. Stay tuned for details…
