A host of the biggest names in the music business join forces on Monday to announce the launch of a new music streaming service . Unlike rivals Spotify , the service lets NOT have a free tier , meaning artists will make more more by teaming up with others . Tidal is positioned as the first artist - owned platform for music and video . it aims to compete directly with Spotify and apple 's soon - to - be premium music service , headed by Dr Dre . Users can pay either $ 9.95 a month for a standard streaming service or $ 19.99 for high quality streaming . In the United market it is £ 20 a month for the premium service .
A host of the biggest names in the music business joined forces on Monday to announce the launch of a new music streaming service . Unlike rivals Spotify , the service will NOT have a free tier , meaning artists will make more more by teaming up with Tidal . Tidal is billed as the first artist-owned platform for music and video . Service aims to compete directly with Spotify and Apple 's soon-to-be revamped music service , headed by Dr Dre . Users can pay either $ 9.95 a month for a standard streaming service or $ 19.99 for high quality streaming . In the United Kingdom it is £20 a month for the premium service .