Tidal owner Jay Z has decided to pull all of his albums from rival streaming services Apple Music in an apparent effort to woo over new subscribers, or increase piracy of his music.
This is the first time the Jigga Man has played hard ball with Apple. Jay pulled his Blueprint albums from Spotify and Apple Music last year. The albums were brought back after a few months. He also removed Reasonable Doubt from Spotify the year before.
Jay Z purchased Tidal in 2015 and used exclusives from artists like Kanye West in an attempt to attract subscribers to the service. At one point rumors claimed Apple was considering acquiring Tidal. During his struggle to get make Tidal soar, Jay Z hasn’t been afraid to take some swipes at his streaming competition, even though Tidal’s subscriber numbers are far below Apple Music and Spotify.
Hip-hop fans looking for a dose of 2000’s rap era nostalgia can still get a few tracks featuring Jay Z’s without signing up for Tidal. Both Apple Music and Spotify still have songs featuring Jay Z and other artists. His album with R Kelly, Unfinished Business and The Hits Collection Volume One are also on Spotify.
Spotify confirmed on Twitter today that the albums were removed at Jay Z’s request. You can still buy Jay’s albums on iTunes. His wife Béyonce’s albums are still available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music.
Via: MacRumors
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
10 responses to “Jay Z pulls albums from Apple Music and Spotify”
Great! When he comes crawling back Apple should tell him where to go! Tidal. lol
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don’t forget to take your wife with you.. angry pair.. Gangster negotiations don’t work in the civil world.
not to mention celebrities cry and through temper tantrums if they don’t get their way..
No loss – see ya later.
I’m shocked his backers haven’t pulled the plug on Tidal yet
They just got a bunch of money from selling 33% to Sprint. Another winner. ;-). I wish Jay Z would have taken the rest of the rap artists with him as well as the catalogs from all of the Autotune singers and other lame music that’s on the market, and then Apple Music will be left with only great music to sift through. But I don’t think he can do that. didn’t Kanye pull his catalog from Apple and then return a couple of weeks later with his tail between his legs? I think Jay Z is desperate for getting media attention as it’s free advertising.
That’s great news ! If Beats can also please disappear
This is awesome!! A little less trash to sort through to find great music! Apple has become waaayyy to liberal with flooding the store with crap artist. Leaning to heavily on color and gender choice persons because it seems cool rather than if the music is actually good.
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“Jay Z pulls albums from Apple Music and Spotify”
Great! Just leaves more room for •real• music.