

There are weekly, monthly and yearly playlists based around genres that users frequently listen to, which are a great way to discover new artists. Spotify is well known for its "Discover Weekly" playlist, which is weirdly good at recommending songs that you'll enjoy but probably haven't heard before.Īll of this is irrelevant if you know what you want to listen to anyway, but if you're keen to discover some up-and-coming artists across the world, Spotify wins here.Your CNN account Log in to your CNN accountĬurated playlists like Rap Caviar and Discover Weekly - as well as smart algorithm-based recommendations - make Spotify the premier destination for music discovery. The service is very keen to get you listening to its playlists, which are both curated and automatically created based upon your listening habits. In terms of the sheer number of playlists, Spotify wins here. When it comes to finding music, both services have a great search function, along with the ability to browse by genre, mood, charts, and popularity. On artist pages you can view the albums, singles, and compilations, along with similar artists. On desktop, you navigate on the left, select content in the main pane, and use the audio controls at the bottom. A quick glance at both and you might not even notice the difference. Tidal and Spotify have very similar interfaces.

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However, Spotify wins ever so slightly thanks to the free plan. When it comes to cost, Spotify and Tidal are similar and both offer decent discounts. An additional $10 for higher quality audio seems steep, but it's your decision whether that's worth it. Like Spotify, going for the Family subscription gives the best bang for your buck if you have enough people. First responders and those in the military can get Premium for $5.99/month and HiFi for $11.99/month. Students can get Premium for $4.99/month and HiFi for $9.99/month. Family HiFi: $29.99/month, high fidelity sound quality, six accounts in the same household.HiFi: $19.99/month, high fidelity sound quality, one account.Family Premium: $14.99/month, standard sound quality, six accounts in the same household.Premium:$9.99/month, standard sound quality, one account.Instead, it varies its subscription prices based upon audio quality, with discounts available to groups like students.

Even Kanye West, originally a key promoter of Tidal, left the company in 2017. Artists and albums once exclusive to Tidal are now on Spotify. Nowadays, the music divide between Tidal and Spotify is slim.

In 2014, Taylor Swift pulled her music from Spotify (and others like Google Play and Amazon Music) because she believed "music should not be free". For example, Jay-Z pulled all of his music from Spotify, while new albums from Kanye West and Beyoncé were only available on Tidal.Īlso, some artists have taken issue with music streaming services. When Jay-Z relaunched Tidal in 2015, a number of high profile artists signed exclusivity deals with the platform. As such, the real question comes down to specifically what's available. Of course, you'll never be able to listen to all of those songs in your life. However, these numbers continue to grow, with Spotify claiming to add 40,000 songs every day. Roughly speaking, Spotify boasts 50 million songs and Tidal boasts 60 million songs.
