Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s newest release shows how Apple Music has tipped the streaming scale
Jul 17, 2018
3 minutes
BY MICHAEL SIMON
At 5:30 pm EDT on Saturday, June 16, the Tidal high-fidelity music streaming service was suddenly the center of attention. Just weeks after Kanye West dropped his Ye album on all streaming services—underscoring the dissolution of his once-exclusive contract with Tidal—Jay-Z and Beyoncé shocked the world with a surprise collaborative record titled Everything Is Love. And the only place you could get it was Tidal.
While other high-profile albums have enjoyed Tidal exclusivity for weeks or, in the case of Beyoncé’s Lemonade, years, Everything is Love had a stint that lasted about 36
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