Music Industry Experts Predict Jay Z’s TIDAL Will Sink This Year

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Jay Z should think twice if he thought his TIDAL streaming service had the support of his industry peers.

For, less than a year after its launch a number of music industry executives have stepped forward to reveal that they believe it will sink…this year.

Bad news below….

Billboard conducted an anonymous survey of 50 music executives designed to reveal how the powers-that-be really feel about the rapper’s business venture.

The results were poor to say the least. For, 71% of them believe that it won’t be long before he is forced to bury the business because of its failure to fly even with the support of its shareholders Beyonce, Rihanna, Madonna, Nicki Minaj & Kanye West.

The International Business Times reveals:

Though Tidal presented a lot of intriguing wrinkles as a service, including the option to listen to high-quality, lossless audio files and a higher royalty rate for rightsholders, it was also deeply troubled before a Jay Z-led investment group purchased it from Aspiro at the beginning of the year. The company admitted to shareholders that Tidal did not have enough cash handy to survive 2015, saying it would need “significant capital injections” in the coming years as well as an “extreme and unprecedented” surge in subscriber growth to keep up with its competition.

What’s happened since doesn’t quite fit that description. Earlier this summer, Jay Z announced Tidal had 770,000 subscribers, a total that puts the service well behind competitors like Spotify (20 million paying subscribers), Rhapsody (three million paying subscribers) and Apple Music (11 million users signed up for a three month free trial).

The music mogul is yet to respond to the prediction.

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  1. BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

    When will Annalise & Mark?

    • truth(nicki the reason A.I. is cancelled and Meek playn ha!!) August 30, 2015

      Honey who gives a fu ck about this article!!

  2. BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

    When will Keri & Lovebird?

  3. BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

    When will ANY of my haters? TUH… ????

  4. Mo’Reefa August 30, 2015

    PinkPrint platinum yet? N Beyonce needs to go back to Miller Mott college so she can get ha G.E.D. DUMB H**

    • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

      That drag, much like the hairstyle of the thing in your avi is late, tired weak and will eventually leave that child with no edges simply because you yourself probably wear a wig and can’t do your own hair let alone someone’s child. Have a seat in a salon chair biitch and take notes.

    • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

      And Rihanna needs to make a career change….because the b**** cant sing!

  5. #JACKIE August 30, 2015

    Tidal was doomed from the start. Nobody downloaded that s***.

    • Beyonce Giselle-Knowles Carter(Formerly RihNavy) August 30, 2015

      Just like no one downloaded Jackie

      • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

        @My fan, if you’re gonna troll, spell Beyonc(é) right, keep up with my avi’s and fix the spacing you try hard, dumb ass biitch. You’re a disgrace to my good name on this blog.

      • Lana Del Fan *HONEYMOON 9.18 August 30, 2015

        *just like no one listened to, downloaded, spotified, YouTubed Jackie

    • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

      Just like Charlie’s first week album sales of Jack’d?

      • #JACKIE August 30, 2015

        Just like no one tuned into your favs HBO special. Stay in your lane b****.

      • Mark111 August 30, 2015

        More people did watch re-runs of Big Bang theory and Spongbob. #808Kviewers

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        People also tuned in to those shows more so that Styled to flop…but im sleep though.

    • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

      At least my fave canGET on HBO and has been a couple of times. At me when CiLessor can get on at least once.

      • #JACKIE August 30, 2015

        B**** get your dusty s***** ass self out of my reply box. You want my attention so bad.

  6. Quinton251 AKA Lil Wayne Stan August 30, 2015

    Not surprising.

    • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

      Like lil Wayne kissing bird man in the mouth?

  7. Rihanna’s biggest fan August 30, 2015

    Catch me on spotify b****** ain’t no way in hell in paying 20 dollars a month for that crap that s*** cost more than my gym membership

    FOH!!!!

  8. Rihanna’s biggest fan August 30, 2015

    SOS PLEASE SOMEONE THEE TIDAL FLOPPED SO HARD. Y O U R STILL TRYING THIS TIME PLEASE SOLANGE KICK JAY Z HARDER

    • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

      Rhianna is a co-owner of Tidal and for the longest time there were talks of an exclusive album release on Tidal, so I don’t understand why you’re trying to drag?

      • Rihanna’s biggest fan August 30, 2015

        Girl bye she wasn’t the only supporting it
        Swerve b**** is that a m***** in ur Avi?

        Gotdamn

    • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

      Hœ stfu with that recycled drag or should I say MARK111 since he JUST said the same thing yesterday. You’re not fooling anyone

      • Rihanna’s biggest fan August 30, 2015

        Girl Bye I’m the one and only Rihanna’s biggest fan b**** I don’t need any other accounts to clock drag and steam wash ur stinky ass ho!!! Back to washing my floors u ugly food stamp Savin loose booty turd breathe ass b****

  9. african music lover August 30, 2015

    Thats sad,i was actually rooting for them,maybe they could lower their rates and people would be more interested

  10. Rihanna’s biggest fan August 30, 2015

    *twerks to Rihanna break it off*

    I been seen this s*** coming the same way u can spot beys lace front from the top of the Empire State Building
    #bishwhere #spotifydraggedurmonkeyass
    #solangekickjayzinthecraniumnexttime

    • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

      Lets not talk about lacefronts when Rihannas hairline is pushed back further than RLATES released date #PonDeForehead

      • Rihanna’s biggest fan August 30, 2015

        YES B**** please let’s not talk lace fronts when uR fave been wearing the same weave since that tired ass DC ERA that s*** is dusty I use that s*** to swifter my house

        b**** bye!!!! Off wit ya head I’m tired of u f****** pressed ass b****** coming for Rihanna trye me his I’ll drag ur ass back to ur mothers womb shove ya ass back in and smack her in the face with my d***

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        HA! You’re just mad because Rihanna is all head and shoulders. Have a seat.

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        Rihannas scientific ass looks like a Splice creature.

    • Beyonce’s lace front is on backwards August 30, 2015

      DEAD!!!

  11. BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

    THERE YOU ARE TYLER! YOU CLOSET QUEEN DUMB ASS BIITTTCH, @ ME NEXT TIME YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY

    • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

      Go back to whatever s*** hole you crawled out from and slip into something a little bit more comfortable….like a coma!

      • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

        I’d rather slip between your cheeks first and die a quicker death in that acidic, rat infested vessel you call a cüm dump

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        Simmer down. Youre about to explode out of that garbage can that you call an outfit….

      • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

        Kiiii, when you’re the one trolling as “Oscar the Grouch” not me.

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        Trolling as who???
        Lol are you wearing a red nose right now? Because it sounded to me like you were joking….

  12. Here to kill August 30, 2015

    Now playing: Mooriah Cowrey-
    why you mad?
    close that cage,
    chain yourself
    lose that key
    boy why you mad
    @Rihslavi

    • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

      Okay Annalise/Del Bey

  13. Here to kill August 30, 2015

    Where is Annalise when you need her????
    The creature has gone loose

    • AnnaliseKeatingsNewWig August 30, 2015

      That creature is the most pathetic s**-infested bum to ever grace this site, it doesn’t matter how times that thing gets sliced and diced it will return because it feeds off attention. Pay that 3rd-world stray dog no mind, it’s barking up the wrong tree and will get taken the pits of hell.

      • Here to kill August 30, 2015

        Yaaas you sliced it, half belongs to you the other to Tyler……. From now on I’ll pay it no mind

      • AnnaliseKeatingsNewWig August 30, 2015

        @HereToKill HOLLERING! ????????????

  14. OMG Logic!!! August 30, 2015

    Next, scientists will confirm that the sky is blue.

  15. Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

    Like FLOP! FLOP! FLOP!

    Bye Rihanna

    • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

      Isn’t that the sound your lips make when you’re kissing everyone’s ass on this blog? Oh.

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        WEAK!!!
        Honey, leave the dragging to me and stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to.

      • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

        Much like your fave, one of the members is no longer here. PLS don’t make me drag the dead I’m not here for that

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        Who’s gon check me boo? Exactly, NOBODY.
        Now do I need to call my bodyguard or are you done stalking my life

    • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

      But…didn’t you JUST quote a TLC lyric boy bye b

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        Aww, you’ve been practicing. Hooked On Phonics does wonders *claps hands*

  16. BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

    I’m the MOST influential commenter on here since “I Stan(D) for Talent”. My impact is undeniable, my dragging is flawless. You hesuxs are all pressed about it. I OWN TGJ and I run ALL of you. Kiiiiiii

    • Pure comedy August 30, 2015

      Ladies and gents this ^^^^^^^ is what happens when you have NO life. You get on blogs and claim fame.

  17. lol August 30, 2015

    Someone needs to take their crazy pills

    • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

      Much like your name, the elementary level of your drag is laughable

  18. Here to kill August 30, 2015

    Tyler keep dragging it for now… the rest of the Navy & Hive are on their way

    • BGKC ???????? August 30, 2015

      I’m sure they are seeing as how you’re Annalise/Del Bey so I’m sure you would know

    • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

      Should I finish him?

      • Here to kill August 30, 2015

        Lol FINISH it Tyler FINISH it

      • AnnaliseKeatingsNewWig August 30, 2015

        *tagteams* didn’t this coke whorre claim that she was getting paid $50 dollars a month to troll? If she’s been here 4 months then that’s around 42 cents a day, LMAO @slavey you’d be better off applying for a charity fund ????????. The lies this bîtches will tell just to rationalise a dragging ????

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        @Annalise
        $50 a month?
        SCREAMS! Jesus fix it!!!!

      • AnnaliseKeatingsNewWig August 30, 2015

        LOL sorry chile I meant to write $50 dollars for 4 months of trolling/ 120 days. It’s even worse ????????????????????

  19. S****** Blonde August 30, 2015

    Blondie opens a bottle of Armand de Brignac with an evil laugh after reading this article.
    #EgosDestructed.

    • #JACKIE August 30, 2015

      Shut the f*** up Jim Crow.

    • AnnaliseKeatingsNewWig August 30, 2015

      But doesn’t he own Ace of Spades? #EgoStillInTact

  20. Here to kill August 30, 2015

    Everybody grab a fork and knife and get done with this freak…. Don’t forget to grab the mops to clean up, oh wait NeverMind no one will claim it, leave it for the earthwarms and hyenas and vultures to claim it

    • african music lover August 30, 2015

      Nobody claims that sick twisted bit©h,you wonder why it is always here seeking attention and causing drama,,Maybe she should join that crazy Keri kween creature,um sure it must be tired from being one woman army!!

      • Here to kill August 30, 2015

        Girl no lie detectors needed your statemement is true
        #facts only

  21. Mark111 August 30, 2015

    It was DOA on day two. No promotion since the Justice League Of Music stood on that stage. I have Spotify, but that’s only cause of the 3 months for 99 cents. I have a month left and still debating to keep it or not. The same will happen to Apple, unless they drop the price at the iPhone event. OC people are going to jump at a 3 months trial. Stream is it, but I would pay no more than $5 a month, heck you can watch full blown movies and tv shows for $8.99.

  22. Applause August 30, 2015

    It was dead at arrival. Im just glad Gaga had no parts of that disaster.

    • Mark111 August 30, 2015

      She needed to, maybe the streams would had brought ArtPoop to Platinum. Oh well, maybe never.

  23. Here to kill August 30, 2015

    The nerve it has to claim it has Fans,Followers,haters and impact whe no one/nothing claims it

  24. Mark111 August 30, 2015

    Just because you can bake a cake doesn’t mean you can run a bakery. Jay shouldn’t put the artist up front like that. The Carters has more loses than wins.

    • S****** Blonde August 30, 2015

      I love your avi 😀

      • Mark111 August 30, 2015

        Thank you Blonde. I had to edit one because of the trolls. But I was surprised that I got the red just like the self-titled album.

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        You do? But I thought you said that you didn’t even really know who Aaliyah was until all of the controversy surrounding the biopic came out….

      • S****** Blonde August 30, 2015

        @Mark
        I like this one better 😀

        @Tyler
        That was for me?
        If so, you must have confused me with someone else cuz i love Aaliyah, ever since her second album came out.

    • Keri Qween August 30, 2015

      Good analogy King Mark

      The Carters have such huge egos they think they’ll succeed at any and everything

      Just like his wife thinks she can act

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        *correction* Just like how Rihanna thinks she can sing, dance, perform or do anything outside of Instagram Modeling.

      • Mark111 August 30, 2015

        ^???

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        @Mark
        Any questions?

      • Mark111 August 30, 2015

        Your comment was random and made no sense. What did you correct? Lies is correction now?

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        @Mark
        No, it made perfect sense. Because my comment was in response to what KERI QWEEN said…not you.
        But my mistake, I forgot that you two were the same person *sips tea*

  25. Here to kill August 30, 2015

    I’m done before it claims I’m a fan…… Anyways I’d be glad if Jay-z stops wasting his time and money. Tidal has no future

  26. african music lover August 30, 2015

    NOW PLAYING……….
    Whitney Houston Live in south Africa in 1994,, all i can say is mother we miss you……My heart melted when she said kea ne thanda ga khulu before performing I will always love you.

    • S****** Blonde August 30, 2015

      Wtf does that mean?

      • AnnaliseKeatingsNewWig August 30, 2015

        I’m assuming it’s “I Will Always Love You’ in the native language. Re-read the sentence again.

      • Tyler Makivelli August 30, 2015

        *face hits palm*

    • Keri Qween August 30, 2015

      Did she visit your village while she was there

  27. Lets Be Real August 30, 2015

    TIDAL was a great concept and idea.music does need to be run by the artist! But the execution was sloppy much like Rihannas current album campaign. Tidal needed to be FREE and restrict certain content to subscribers for 4.99

  28. Janice August 30, 2015

    Spotify is king right now sorry TIDAL.

  29. Lake Erie August 30, 2015

    Damn. I hope it don’t tank. I actually have Tidal and I like it a lot! I only pay 4.99 a month due to my college student discount and my first month of service was free. Nobody wants to give it a chance and nobody did their research before chalking it smh. I’ll be keeping my service until it tanks I guess but hopefully it doesn’t. For those of you who has a college email, just use that and BOOM, there’s ya 5 dollar discount which brings you to a total of 4.99 monthly.

  30. yelyah the alternative queen August 30, 2015

    who even cares tidal was drier than roseannes uterus that has a closed down sign in front of it.

    • Rosie August 30, 2015

      Here’s your daily amount of attention you were looking for.
      Why did Paramore’s album take longer to go gold than “”ultraflop!!!!1″”” I thought SHITley was the alternative qween!!?

      • yelyah the alternative queen August 30, 2015

        respond to me when your v***** regains its moisture and your fave stops self harming. why did high like a cokehead on the beach drop so far of the charts.

      • Rosie August 30, 2015

        Death I see you POUNDING on that -1 on all my comments. At you clinging to that “dri vag!!1” so-called drag for life since that’s the only one you can come up with at the moment. Does my p**** taste that good?
        Still haven’t answered my question about Paramore taking a year to go gold? It took them even longer to scan it. And everyone knows Lana singles flop, at least she sells decent amount of albums with no promo or radio payola, unlike Paramore who would still be stuck at Warped Tour without Hayley sending nudes to everyone at Fueled By Ramen.

      • yelyah the alternative queen August 30, 2015

        Dykksie so you are admitting that lanas singles alwaysflop and that your vag is dry and closed for business so I guess we are done here for tonight

      • yelyah the alternative queen August 30, 2015

        STDsie I see your talking about pounding when everything you pound is made from rubber and plastic. Remember to wash that zucchini or cucumber before you microwave it and pleasure yourself STDsie

  31. Ms Beykim wants Bieber,One Direction,Miley Cyrus,Gaga and Beyonce (I wanna marry Bieber) August 30, 2015

    Besides Bet there was not a lot of people at Tidal for me to support it that much. I love Jay but that’s it

  32. Rosie August 30, 2015

    Yeah, all these “streaming wars” and attempts at stealing Spotify’s crown but it still remains KING. Apple Music is apparently flopping too, karma for it f****** up my album art on iTunes.
    Tidal would’ve done much better if they focused on appealing to audiophiles and die-hard music fans for their marketing other than thinking the GP was going to bandwagon just because a few celebrities held stock in it.

  33. Memo August 30, 2015

    Not that Tidal has been deemed a flop, TGJ mentions Rihanna, Madonna and Nicki are shareholders when in previous articles, it was all about Beyoncé. The desperation to drag is real!

  34. african music lover August 30, 2015

    @S****** it means i love you so much….. @Keri you are not even worth addressing but you could ask that question to your masters Lb and Centurion because they are also from south africa….

    • S****** Blonde August 30, 2015

      Thank you.

  35. flawda August 30, 2015

    I love how a bunch of check to check living people think they know more about the music business than they people in it. I think Tidal will be alright at the end of the day. It doesn’t need to compete with Apple or Spotify. There is enough space in the business for it.

    Most of these ”industry” insider sources seem like smear campaign from what i’ve seen. Even how hard the tech/silicone valley are fighting against Tidal lets you know it’s some slandering going on.

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