JAY-Z HOPES TO ‘re-establish the value of music’ with Tidal, his new streaming service.

Tidal will be similar to Spotify, but more expensive and with better audio quality.

Although its established rival is popular, only a minority of its customers are actually paid subscribers – 15 million out of a total of 60 million as many people have started to see music as a ‘free commodity’.

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