Wins Grammy
Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers. Antoine Chabert and Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers win Grammies for Best Engineered Album/Non-Classical for Random Access Memories.
Making the choice to go to analogue as well as digital was the beginning of what we felt would be something special. It’s rare for an artist today to do that. We wanted to make a record that would be a joy to listen to and that would feel special and alive.
Launch Tidal
Jay-Z launches his streaming music service TIDAL at an industry event, #TIDALforall at Skylight in Moynihan Station in New York City. He announces his partnership with 16 other artists, including Beyonce, Madonna, Usher, Rihanna, Butler and Chassagne of Arcade Fire, Jason Aldean, J. Cole, Jack Wright, Chris Martin, Daft Punk, Deadmau5, Nikki Minaj, Coldplay and Calvin Harris, who formally sign a declaration of partnership. Tidal is the first service to offer ad-free music, video and editorial content owned by the stars who actually create it. The high quality sound service is available across iOS and Android devices, as well as in Web browsers and desktop players, in the U.S. and 30 other countries. Tidal Premium is $9.99, and Tidal Hifi is $19.99. Alicia Keys:
We come to you with one voice in unity. The first ever artist owned global music and entertainment platform!
