"campaign for Reb'l Fleur. In November 2012, Rihanna released her third fragrance, ""Nude"". Rihanna's fourth women's fragrance, titled Rogue was released on 14 September 2013, followed by a male version entitled ""Rogue Men"" which was released in 2014. On 30 March 2015, it was announced that Rihanna is a co-owner, with various other music artists, in the music streaming service Tidal. The service specialises in lossless audio and high definition music videos. Jay-Z acquired the parent company of Tidal, Aspiro, in the first quarter of 2015. Including Beyoncé and Jay-Z, sixteen artist stakeholders (such as Kanye West, Beyoncé, Madonna, Chris"
"Apple Music Apple Music is a music and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. Users select music to stream to their device on-demand, or they can listen to existing, curated playlists. The service also includes the Internet radio station Beats 1, which broadcasts live to over 100 countries 24 hours a day. The service was announced on June 8, 2015, and launched on June 30, 2015 in over 100 countries worldwide. New subscribers get a three-month free trial period before the service becomes paid-only. Originally strictly a music service, Apple Music began expanding into video in 2016. Executive Jimmy"
"2016, Tidal secured an exclusive initial release with Kanye West's ""The Life of Pablo"". West went on to vow that the album would ""never appear on any other services [than Tidal]"", nor would it ever be for sale. On April 23, 2016, Beyoncé released her second visual album, ""Lemonade"", for streaming exclusively on Tidal. On April 25, it was made available for purchase by track or album on Amazon Music and the iTunes store and on May 6, it arrived at physical retailers. Jay Z's 2017 album """" debuted on Tidal. The next year, Jay Z released a collaborative album"
"Inc. responded to the increasing demand for subscription-based streaming services (evident by Spotify's success) in June 2015, with the release of Apple Music. Operating in over 100 countries, Apple music offers users their own take on 24/7 radio stations and music suggestions: and ""for you"" and ""new"" tab managed by talented music experts. Pricing: $9.99 per month for single users, and $14.99 for families (up to 6). Business Model: subscription-based streaming. Launched in November 2015, YouTube Music is an app that allows users to search through their database of over 30 million audio tracks. But YouTube is also unique because"
"Beats Music Beats Music was a subscription-based online music streaming service owned by the Beats Electronics division of Apple Inc. First developed in 2012 under the name ""Daisy"", the service combined algorithm-based personalization with expert music suggestions from a variety of sources. The service built upon Beats' existing consumer electronics line, and its 2012 acquisition of the similar service MOG. The service was launched in the United States on January 21, 2014. Beats Music was acquired by Apple Inc. as part of its purchase of Beats Electronics in May 2014. Beats Music was discontinued concurrent with the launch of Apple"
"Matthys and Jennifer Wang Grazier from Hulu and Legendary Entertainment, respectively. In November 2015, Apple launched the Android version of Apple Music, touted by reporters as Apple's first ""real"" or ""user-centric"" Android app. The app was updated in April 2017 to match the service's iOS 10 design. In August 2016, ""Bloomberg"" announced that its Bloomberg Radio service would be available on Apple Music in over 100 countries around the world. The radio channel features global business and financial news coverage from Bloomberg journalists 24 hours a day. Apple has added personalized music playlists to the service, with the September 2016"
"Trade Commission launched an investigation into this alleged cartel in May 2015. Apple Music was unveiled during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8, 2015, and launched on June 30, 2015. Concurrently with the public launch of Apple Music, Beats Music was immediately discontinued; users could migrate their Beats Music subscriptions, including their account, saved playlists, and songs, to Apple Music. Beats Music offered a library of over 20 million songs that could be streamed on-demand by users. Users could download songs for offline playback, which remained accessible for the period of their subscription. The service used a personalization system"
"""I told my label that if they signed those contracts with Apple Music and Tidal, I'd leak all my own new music"". In May 2017, Apple Music executive Jimmy Iovine told ""Music Business Worldwide"", ""We tried it. We’ll still do some stuff with the occasional artist. The labels don’t seem to like it and ultimately it’s their content."" Apple Music Apple Music is a music and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. Users select music to stream to their device on-demand, or they can listen to existing, curated playlists. The service also includes the Internet radio station Beats 1,"
"to rival other streaming services such as Spotify, which have been criticised for their low payout of royalties. ""The challenge is to get everyone to respect music again, to recognize its value"", stated Jay-Z on the release of Tidal. On June 6, 2016, West announced the Yeezy Season 2 Zine. The Adidas Yeezy Boost 750 sneakers were released to retailers the following week, on June 11. They are high-top shoes with a glow in the dark sole. In an interview with Vogue, he stated that there will be Yeezy stores, with the first located in California. In an interview with"
"by the launch of her third fragrance line, ""Onika"", in September 2014. In December 2014, Minaj was announced as the new face of the Roberto Cavalli spring/summer 2015 campaign. The campaign images, shot in Los Angeles by Italian photographer Francesco Carrozzini, see Minaj posing in flowy bohemian dresses, defined by embroideries and animal prints typical of the Cavalli brand. On March 30, 2015, it was announced that Minaj is a co-owner of the music streaming service Tidal. The service specializes in lossless audio and high definition music videos. In addition to Minaj and company owner Jay Z, sixteen stakeholders including"
"$15 million and $39 million. Both companies issued statements saying they were ""thrilled"" to be doing the deal. In October 2014, following the acquisition, the Google Play Music All Access service was updated to include functionality adapted from Songza's Concierge system. Songza was merged into Google Play Music on January 31, 2016 and as of February 1, 2016, the main site is offline, displaying a redirect to Google Play Music. Songza Songza was a free music streaming and recommendation service for Internet users in the United States and Canada. Stating that its playlists are made by music experts, the service"
"Play Music ""All Access"" service. On October 28, 2015, the service was relaunched as YouTube Red, offering ad-free streaming of all videos, as well as access to exclusive original content. , the service has 1.5 million subscribers, with a further million on a free-trial basis. , the first season of YouTube Red Originals had gotten 250 million views in total. In May 2014, before Music Key service was launched, the independent music trade organization Worldwide Independent Network alleged that YouTube was using non-negotiable contracts with independent labels that were ""undervalued"" in comparison to other streaming services, and that YouTube would"
"NetEase Music Netease Cloud Music (Chinese: 网易云音乐) is a freemium music streaming service developed and owned by NetEase, Inc. The streaming service was launched to the public on the 23 April 2013. As of April 2017, the platform has 300 million users, and a music database consisting of more than over 10 million songs. In April 2017 it received its series A financing of 750 million CNY (107 million USD), and was valued at eight billion CNY(1.14 billion USD), making it a Unicorn Company. It is known to be one of the big three competitors in the Chinese music streaming"
"including the creation of a new Arabic hub and several playlists, while supporting Right-to-left text in their apps. In October 2015, ""Thinking Out Loud"" by Ed Sheeran became the first song to pass 500 million streams. A month later, Spotify announced that ""Lean On"" by Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ was its most streamed song of all time with over 525 million streams worldwide. In April 2016, Rihanna overtook Justin Bieber to become the biggest artist on Spotify, with 31.3 million monthly active listeners. In May 2016, Rihanna was overtaken by Drake with 3.185 billion total streams. In"
"Yahoo! Music Radio Yahoo! Music Radio (formerly known as LAUNCHcast) was an Internet radio service offered by Clear Channel Communications' iHeartRadio through Yahoo! Music. The service, formerly offered by LAUNCH Media, and originally developed by Todd Beaupré and Jeff Boulter, debuted on November 11, 1999, and was purchased by Yahoo! on June 28, 2001. Previously, LAUNCHcast combined with CBS Radio beginning in 2009, then iHeartRadio in 2012. The service closed in 2013 or 2014. LAUNCHcast allowed users to create personal radio stations or playlists of songs tailored to their musical tastes. To create a personal station, users rated music on"
"generated over 1 billion streams, . At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2015, Beyoncé was nominated for six awards, ultimately winning three: Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for ""Drunk in Love"", and Best Surround Sound Album for ""Beyoncé"". She was nominated for Album of the Year, but the award went to Beck for his album ""Morning Phase"". On February 6, 2016, Beyoncé released ""Formation"" and its accompanying music video exclusively on the music streaming platform Tidal; the song was made available to download for free. She performed ""Formation"" live for the first time during the NFL"
"Deezer Deezer is an Internet-based music streaming service. It allows users to listen to music content from record labels including Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group on various devices online or offline. Created in Paris, France, Deezer currently has 53 million licensed tracks in its library, with over 30,000 radio channels, 14 million monthly active users, and 6 million paid subscribers as of 3 April 2018. The service is available for Web, Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry OS and Windows, MacOS. In 2006, Daniel Marhely developed the first version of Deezer, called Blogmusik, in Paris. Its idea"
"and 1970s delayed their work being made available on Spotify or any streaming services. Until the end of 2013, Led Zeppelin's music was not available, before the parties reached an agreement in December. In 2015, AC/DC and The Beatles allowed their music on streaming services. In 2018, many songs from the album Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello and the Attractions were removed from the site including New Amsterdam and many others. Icelandic singer Björk initially chose not to release her album ""Vulnicura"" on Spotify, saying: ""This streaming thing just does not feel right. I don’t know why, but it just"
"confirmed whether this was an intentional change or a hacking incident. On June 3, 2015, Showtime parent CBS Corporation announced that it would launch an over-the-top subscription video on demand service that would be distributed as a standalone offering without the requirement of having an existing television subscription to use (in the manner of competitor HBO's OTT offering, HBO Now). The service, which uses the same branding as the linear television channel, was officially launched on July 7, 2015 (coinciding with the season premieres of ""Ray Donovan"" and ""Masters of Sex"" on July 12). The service was initially available for"
"Beats Electronics in 2014, Apple gained ownership of its own service Beats Music. With Beats Music CEO Ian Rogers also becoming responsible for the ad-supported iTunes Radio service, ""Business Insider"" later reported that Apple was planning to merge the two services. Apple also hired noted British radio DJ Zane Lowe to serve as a music curator. After a period of rumors and anticipation, Apple Music was announced at Apple's June 2015 Worldwide Developers Conference with plans for launch later that month. The ""one more thing"" reveal had been confirmed by Sony Music CEO Doug Morris and ""The Wall Street Journal"""
"The home had been repossessed from his mother years earlier, while Jermaine was attending college in New York. His plan is to turn the house into a homestead for single mothers and their children to live rent-free. In March 2015, Project Panther, the business of Cole's mentor Jay-Z, acquired Aspiro, the owner of the music streaming service Tidal, for a reported $56 million. J. Cole is a minor shareholder of the service, along with 15 other artist stakeholders, including Kanye West, Usher, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Madonna, Daft Punk, deadmau5, and Nicki Minaj. On April 27, 2018, J. Cole announced"
"28 January 2015. On 30 June 2015, Apple launched Apple Music worldwide, which makes it the third competitor in music streaming industry in Japan. Line Music is currently available in Japan and Thailand. The reception for the Line Music was well received by the customers in both Japan and Thailand with 6.2 million downloads within the first months of availability. Currently does not provide free-tier account, Line provides 2 types of accounts, vary by countries. Line Music Line Music (stylized as LINE MUSIC) is a subscription-based music streaming service by Line Corporation that combines existing Line Messenger app with the"
"June 2015 open letter, Swift criticized Apple Music for not offering royalties to artists during the streaming service's free three-month trial period and stated that she would pull ""1989"" from the catalog. The following day, Apple announced that it would pay artists during the free trial period, and Swift agreed to stream ""1989"" on the streaming service. Swift's intellectual property rights management and holding company, TAS Rights Management, filed for 73 trademarks related to Swift and the ""1989"" era memes. She re-added her entire catalog to Spotify, Amazon Music and Google Play in June 2017. In 2015, Swift performed ""I"
"her leadership, the business relaunched a Spinlet Web Platform in September 2015, providing over 1.5 million tracks to music loving fans on the easy-to-use website; later that year the business also introduced the Spinlet Inspire - a unique feature presents users with only inspirational digital music content at anytime by just toggling a button on the website. She resigned as CEO at the end of June, 2016, and John Ajah became the CEO on October 31, 2016. Spinlet launched in beta in Nigeria May 2012, as the first music streaming service and digital distribution firm in Sub-Saharan Africa. It was"
"network, the MOG Music Network, which was sold in a separate transaction to the broadcasting company Townsquare Media in August 2012. While MOG indicated that it would continue to operate independently with no immediate change in service, Beats subsequently announced a new subscription-based online music service, known as Beats Music, which launched in January 2014. In comparison to its competitors, such as Spotify and Google Play Music, the service emphasizes recommendations by music professionals alongside algorithmic recommendations. MOG was shut down on May 31, 2014, and existing users were directed to Beats Music. Beats Music was in turn replaced by"
"Tidal in relation to competing with other streaming services such as Spotify and Pandora Radio is the exclusive content already available and expected for the future from the current artists who co-own the company, as well as others. Exclusive content available on the relaunch of Tidal included Rihanna's new single ""Bitch Better Have My Money"", The White Stripes debut television appearance, ""Daft Punk's Electroma"" (2006), and playlists personally curated by Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Arcade Fire and Coldplay. Tidal stated on its official Twitter page that ""lots of exclusive content [is] on the way"". Tidal is currently owned by Jay-Z and a"
"music service to provide a $5 per month unlimited download service similar to the Open Music Model, albeit with digital rights management, called Yahoo Music Unlimited. In 2008, Yahoo announced that Yahoo Music Unlimited will be merged into Rhapsody. This merge was completed with the shutdown of Yahoo Music Unlimited on September 30, 2008. In 2011, Yahoo Music became the main CBS Radio player, with AOL Radio switching to Barakadas. Prior to early 2013, Yahoo! Music provided officially licensed lyrics. Yahoo! Music Yahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, was the provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music"
"and the African market. TuneCore’s YouTube Sound Recording Collection Service was also a key driver for increasing 2015 yearly revenue. In May 2016, TuneCore acquired artist social media management startup JustGo and re-branded it as TuneCore Social. Later in the year, it expanded its presence and launched its services in France. TuneCore TuneCore is a Brooklyn, New York-based independent digital music distribution, publishing, and licensing service founded in 2005. TuneCore principally offers musicians and other rights-holders the opportunity to distribute and sell or stream their music through such as iTunes, Deezer, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Play, Tidal, and others. TuneCore"
"published. More than 100 million users, 120 million music comments and 200 million music sharing were produced in Netease music. The first Linux version was published. NetEase Music Netease Cloud Music (Chinese: 网易云音乐) is a freemium music streaming service developed and owned by NetEase, Inc. The streaming service was launched to the public on the 23 April 2013. As of April 2017, the platform has 300 million users, and a music database consisting of more than over 10 million songs. In April 2017 it received its series A financing of 750 million CNY (107 million USD), and was valued at"
"networks also launched OTT services during 2014 and 2015 to primarily reach cord-cutters – most of which are younger adults, particularly around college age, and to combat online copyright infringement of their programming. These networks include CBS (launched CBS All Access in October 2014, featuring both on-demand content and live streams of the network's owned-and-operated stations and affiliates), HBO (in April 2015, launched HBO Now, a standalone internet-only subscription service similar to its TV Everywhere service HBO Go), and Showtime (which launched a VOD/live streaming service of the same name in May 2015). Over-the-air (OTA) commercial stations and networks generate"
"as a music curation team for the service, led by former Clear Channel Communications executive and KIIS-FM music director Julie Pilat. In August 2013, a landing page was discovered for Daisy under its final name, ""Beats Music"". The service was officially unveiled in January 2014, for a launch in the United States on January 21, 2014. In February 2014, Beats Music reached a licensing deal with the Merlin Network, a group representing a number of major independent record labels. While no financial details were disclosed, Beats did indicate that it would pay the labels at the same rates as the"
"JOOX JOOX is a music streaming service owned by Tencent, launched in January 2015. JOOX is the biggest music streaming app in Asian markets such as Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. JOOX is a freemium service, providing most of its songs free, while some song are only available for premium users, offered via paid subscriptions or by doing different tasks offered. In 2017, JOOX launched their service in South Africa, their first non-Asian market. The service now accounts for more than 50% of all music streaming app downloads in their Asian markets. The number of music-streaming users in Hong"
"2014, according to ""Pollstar's"" annual year end tour chart. The show on September 20, 2014, airing on the US television network HBO, following the taping of the two concerts in Paris, France, where the tour concluded. Beyoncé and Jay-Z first collaborated in 2002 on ""'03 Bonnie & Clyde"", a song from Jay-Z's seventh studio album, """". Since then, other notable collaborations between the pair include Beyoncé's 2003 number-one song, ""Crazy in Love"" featuring Jay-Z, 2013's ""Part II (On the Run)"" which is widely regarded as the follow up to ""'03 Bonnie & Clyde"" and ""Drunk in Love"", the couple's collaboration"