Will These Artists 'Do A Jay Z' And Leave Spotify Too?

There can be no doubt that Jay-Z means business when it comes to TIDAL and his backlash against Spotify.

The Roc-A-Fella mogul has just pulled his 1996 debut album, Reasonable Doubt, from the online service in favour of his own streaming platform.

The 'Empire State Of Mind' rapper, who launched TIDAL at a star-studded ceremony last month (March 30), isn’t the first to leave either.

A whole host of artists are turning their back on free and low-cost streaming, most notably Taylor Swift who refused Spotify a slice of her ‘1989’ cake.

With that in mind, which other artists, both upcoming and established, could disappear from the company’s books?

1. Kanye West 

So Help Me God, the follow up to Yeezus, is right around the corner. Could the Glasto headliner be tempted to snub Spotify? He's also a key buisness partner in the TIDAL game and BFFs with Jigga.

2. Rihanna

RiRi has also been one of the big names present in Jay-Z’s boardroom and is practically his protégé. Signs that Rihanna could go full TIDAL in the future include her choosing to premiere the video for her new track, 'American Oxygen', on the site.

3. Daft Punk

The French duo’s latest LP, Random Access Memories, smashed Spotify records back in 2013. 'Get Lucky', the Pharrell and Nile Rodgers collaboration, achieved the most streams ever.

Do the Parisian pair still have a point to prove?

4. Madonna 

The Queen Of Pop by far has the most extensive back catalogue on this list, to lose Madge would be a huge blow.

The 'Living For Love' singer is another TIDAL affiliate and could decide to go with her 'rebel heart' for future releases, not that she’ll need the money.

5. Beyoncé

Queen B will have no trouble taking her devout BeeHive over to the other side. The 'Drunk In Love' singer’s allegiances will surely be with her husband.

Like Rihanna, Beyoncé has already followed suit, recently dropping the video for ‘Die With You’ on the site.

6. The Black Keys

The Ohio rockers are a prime example of a band who have put two fingers up at Spotify. Seeing that the gold was on the ceiling for everyone but them, the musicians decided to omit 2011’s El Camino along with Turn Blue from the service.

Their reasoning simply was that the royalties weren’t finding the band, telling Rolling Stone: "For a band that makes a living selling music, it's not at a point where it’s feasible for us."

With Jack White involved in the TIDAL biz could they be interested?

7. Kendrick Lamar 

Kendrick fans needn’t worry just yet, the LA rapper is very much team Dr. Dre – who himself is launching a service with Apple to take on both Spotify and TIDAL.

To Pimp A Butterfly was streamed more than 9.6 million times on its first full day of release, knocking Michael Buble off the top spot.

8. Drake 

Thanks to Jay-Z, TIDAL has a strong Hip-Hop contingent. With the times changing for Drake and his new album, Views From The Six, out later this year, the Canadian star would surely be the high profile signing TIDAL want.

The rapper is also in the process of breaking away from Cash Money. With Nicki Minaj on Jay-Z’s side, Drake could be not far behind...

9. Nicki Minaj

Another one for team TIDAL, Nicki Minaj’s name is already on the dotted line, could the rapper's third album, The Pinkprint, follow?

Who’s even to say Nicki or any of the mentioned artists will remove their latest? The 'Bang Bang' babe may start at the beginning like Jigga and pull 2010’s Pink Friday, either way, it’ll certainly be a blue Monday for Spotify.

10. Lily Allen

One person who you can be sure won’t be leaving the world of £9.99 a month streaming is Lily Allen.

The chart-topper delivered a damning critique of Jay-Z’s new music revolution on Twitter, saying that the service “will send people back to pirate/torrent sites".

Wow,so if you're a Co owning artist you see a cut of the 25% profit, and let's face it, probably a larger chunk of the 75% than most artists

— lily (@lilyallen) March 31, 2015