Tidal
4 Mar 2021
Digital payments firm Square said Thursday it was buying a controlling stake in the streaming music platform Tidal from a group led by rap star Jay-Z for $297 million in cash and stock. "The acquisition extends Square's purpose of economic empowerment to a new vertical: musicians," said a statement from the finance tech firm led…
24 Dec 2020
Digital payments company Square has held talks to acquire Jay-Z's Tidal music streaming service, Bloomberg News reported late Wednesday. Square chief executive Jack Dorsey, who also leads Twitter, aims to expand and diversify the company, according to the report, which was based on an unnamed source. Bloomberg said the talks may not result in a…
19 Dec 2020
Quite often, when Nigerians try to describe how much growth has happened within the country’s music industry, they often point to parties, events and club nights where disc jockeys now comfortably play...
12 Sep 2020
In its commitment to ensuring a seamless approach to music, MTN Nigeria recently partnered with a global music streaming platform, Tidal to provide subscribers with unlimited content. This partnership has received applaud from music lovers who have commended the organisation’s seamless approach in support of Nigerian talents. This partnership has now coincided with the return…
4 Jan 2020
On Christmas Day, Tidal’s Rap Radar podcast released a lengthy two-hour interview with the artiste in conversation with Elliott Wilson and Brian “B. Dot” Miller.
25 Apr 2019
Prince Estate and Warner Bros. Records have announced, today, the upcoming release of an album of 14 unreleased demos by the late rock icon. The album is a testament to Prince's abundant musical output, chronicling the material he wrote and recorded for a number of protege bands and other artists. Its focus is 14 songs Prince wrote…
9 May 2018
Streaming numbers of Beyonce and Kanye West's respective albums on rap mogul Jay-Z's music platform Tidal have been manipulated, allowing the stars excessive royalty payouts, a Norwegian newspaper said on Wednesday. In its investigative report, the financial daily Dagens Naeringsliv (DN) claimed the streaming numbers for Kanye West's The Life of Pablo and Beyonce's Lemonade were inflated…
23 Dec 2017
Through the years, Nigerian artistes have endured a love-hate relationship with Alaba distributors - cutting deals with the same group of people pirating your music is akin to dining with the devil...
7 Jul 2017
A week after Jay-Z released his latest album as an exclusive on his Tidal streaming service, the rap mogul made it available Friday on Apple platforms -- but not on rival Spotify.
19 Jun 2017
Rap mogul Jay-Z will release his latest album at the end of this month, the Tidal music streaming service said Monday, confirming weeks of rumours that the artist was preparing a new project.
4 Feb 2017
There are only so many ways Beyoncé can outdo herself when it comes to breaking the internet, and yet she continues to wow the Beyhive, her throng of ardent fans, and the rest of us mere mortals.
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