Breaking News English

Rapper Jay Z has restarted a music subscription site to [produce / provide] a new kind of streaming service. Jay Z has bought and re-launched the service called Tidal, which was [initially / initialled] launched last October. Many of the music industry's [major / majority] stars have also added their [weight / bulk] to the project and have become co-owners [on / in] it. These include Beyonce, Kanye West and Madonna. They hope Tidal will [rival / libel] more established streaming sites such as Spotify and Google Play. Tidal does not have as [large / largely] a catalogue of songs as its rivals, but the owners [hoping / hope] people will use it because it is the first streaming [stage / platform] owned by musicians. Tidal will offer its 25 million tracks for a [stranded / standard] subscription of $9.99 a month.

The artists [behind / before] Tidal hope it will change the music industry and give singers and musicians more control [above / over] their music. Artists traditionally have little control over how their work is [distributing / distributed] and marketed. Jay Z told the music magazine Billboard that he hoped artists would get more money because of Tidal. He said: "We didn't like the [direction / detour] music was going in and thought maybe we could get in and strike an honest [bow / blow] ." Jay Z will encourage artists to [pervade / persuade] their record labels to give Tidal new music a week before other services get [them / it] . This will give Tidal a [head / face] start in making the music [availability / available] . Singer and co-owner Alicia Keys said Tidal "will forever change the [course / coarse] of music history".