![]() Tidal says it is "artist owned" and claims to pay the highest percentage of royalties to songwriters in the streaming market. Unavailable, greyed-out songs are present on Tidal, too, often signifying that the service and record label are mid-negotiation. Neil Young and Joni Mitchell's discographies remain absent following the Joe Rogan debacle. Taylor Swift pulled her entire catalogue from Spotify in 2014 over "tiny royalty payments", though she's since made up with the Swedish firm. Spotify has notoriously come in conflict with musicians over royalties and politics over the years. There are some cases where songs will be on one service and not the other. Meanwhile, Spotify hits back with a load of big-hitting podcasts that it and its affiliate studios have produced, many of which it has exclusive rights to. Tidal's hi-res Masters tracks are now in the millions, too, and the service also bolsters its catalogue with an increasing number of tracks mixed in immersive audio technologies Dolby Atmos Music and 360 Reality Audio for subscribers to try. Both services actually offer over 80 million tracks, giving its subscribers a comprehensive catalogue of music to listen to. Given that Spotify launched six years before Tidal, you might think it would have the bigger music library. *Winner: Spotify for free, Tidal for value* hi-res) by supporting Tidal Masters via Master Quality Authenticated ( MQA) technology. Not content with spanking Spotify for CD-quality streaming, Tidal also has a HiFi Plus tier that brings audio quality up to 9216kbps (i.e. Spotify is poised to offer CD-quality streaming via its announced Spotify Hi-Fi tier for an as-yet-unspecified price, though this much-delayed offering is yet to materialise. And Tidal Hi-Fi Family lets six people take advantage of it for £14.99 / $14.99 / AU$17.99 per month. ![]() But it does offer higher-quality audio for the same monthly fee as Spotify.įor £9.99 / $9.99 / AU$11.99 per month, Tidal Hi-Fi gets you audio at up to 1411kbps (i.e. Tidal, on the other hand, does not have a free tier (unless you're in the US, in which case it has ‘Tidal Free’ for 160kbps streaming with “limited interruptions”). It costs £9.99 / $9.99 / AU$11.99 per month.Įven better value is Spotify Premium Family, which gives Premium access to up to six people (nominally from the same household) for £16.99 / $15.99 / AU$17.95 per month. ![]() There’s plenty to persuade people to pay for Spotify Premium, mind: improved (approximately 320kbps) streams, offline listening, the freedom to search and skip tracks on mobile devices and, of course, no adverts. ![]()
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