Apple Buying Tidal? Kevin Fleming September 7, 2016 Entertainment, Music News News broke that Apple may be in the process of trying to purchase Tidal, the highly publicized streaming service headlined by Jay-Z and a multitude of artists, including Beyonce, Kanye West, Usher, Rihanna, Chris Martin from Coldplay, and others, who serve as co-owners, in an effort to add to their exclusives and shorten the paid subscriber gap between Apple and Spotify. Related