How Much Does Tidal Music Cost?

by | Last updated on January 24, 2024

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Tidal's

$19.95 per month

HiFi plan is expensive when compared to rival services, but you may find that it's worth the cash, if you value audio quality. Here's why: Tidal's more than 25 million music streams can sound significantly better than rival companies' streams.

Is tidal worth the money?

Tidal's

$19.95 per month

HiFi plan is expensive when compared to rival services, but you may find that it's worth the cash, if you value audio quality. Here's why: Tidal's more than 25 million music streams can sound significantly better than rival companies' streams.

How much is tidal per month?

While Tidal's

£10 ($10)

per month tier is arguably just as appealing as similar offerings from Spotify, its top HiFi tier is the biggest draw.

How much does tidal cost UK?

Tidal costs

£19.99

. That's twice as much as Spotify, which offers its premium service for £9.99, and has a reduced option for £4.99. Prices are the same elsewhere, with a Tidal subscription costing $19.99 in the US and CAD 19.99 in Canada. Spotify's prices are also mostly similar in different currencies.

How expensive is tidal?

Tidal costs $9.99 a month for the standard service and

$19.99 for the ‘premium' service

. What's the difference? Tidal's high-fidelity sound is only available on the premium tier, this means that for $19.99 you'll be able to listen to CD quality music using the Free Lossless Audio Codec or ‘FLAC'.

Why Tidal is bad?

Tidal can't change that. The

service may pay higher rates per stream than competitors

, but its competition has exponentially more users, forcing most artists to embrace other services like Apple Music and Spotify, even if they pay less. Such high turnover is an extremely bad sign for the health of any company.

Which Tidal subscription is best?

If what you're really after is lossless audio quality and the best fidelity available, then

Tidal's $19.99 per month HiFi plan

is a much more appealing option. Audiophiles and more discerning listeners won't be disappointed with Tidal HiFi.

Is Tidal black owned?

We can confirm

TIDAL is majority black owned

. We work with a wide variety of artists as owners and/or contributors to the platform.

Is Tidal good quality?

Sound quality

Both Spotify Premium and Tidal Premium offer streaming at a

data rate of 320kbps (CD quality)

. That said, we found that Tidal streams offered a more spacious soundstage and sounded that little bit more engaging. Tidal also offers the option to listen to tracks in better-than-CD-quality.

Does Tidal have all music?


Tidal has apps for all the big platforms

, including Windows, MacOS, iOS, tvOS, Android, and Android TV. … From smart speakers to smartwatches, and even some of the audiophile brands that Tidal covers, Spotify's device support is arguably the best among all of the music streaming services.

Does Jay-Z own Tidal?

First launched by Norwegian company Aspiro in 2014,

TIDAL was eventually acquired by Jay-Z

following his purchase of Aspiro under Project Panther Bidco Ltd in 2015. Other artists who have owned stakes in the music streaming platform include Beyoncé, Rihanna, Madonna, Nicki Minaj, and Alicia Keys.

How much did Jay-Z buy Tidal for?

In 2015, JAY-Z purchased TIDAL for close to

$56 million

.

Does anyone use Tidal?

Tidal claimed to have over 3 million subscribers in 2016, although the veracity of those claims and the company's reported streaming numbers have been questioned. As of March 2021,

Tidal operates in 61 countries

.

Is Tidal losing money?

Plus, Tidal is

reportedly losing $55 million a year

. While not huge relative to Square's financial position, it will be a consistent drag on profits unless they can do a total turnaround of the business.

Is Tidal a failure?

Why Tidal was

a failure

With a poorly received UX design, almost-identical offering to its direct competition, and – perhaps most importantly – premium price tag, subscriptions and uptake on the platform turned out to be catastrophically low.

Does Tidal pay more?

TIDAL certainly does pay out,

on average, more per stream than many

of its rivals: data published by The Trichordist last year, for example, suggested that TIDAL was paying $0.00876 per stream, with Spotify way down on $0.00348.

Charlene Dyck
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Charlene Dyck
Charlene is a software developer and technology expert with a degree in computer science. She has worked for major tech companies and has a keen understanding of how computers and electronics work. Sarah is also an advocate for digital privacy and security.