The tidal and groove music rates according to the head of an indie rap label (credit: digital music news). Back in May, the head of an indie rap label first tipped the publication to explain that both Groove Music and Tidal were currently paying around ten times more money pay stream than Spotify across the label's substantial artist catalog (Spotify usually pays around $0.005 per stream according to the report). However, according to a new report from Digital Music News, Microsoft's Groove Music service may be paying way more money per stream than the usual rates in the industry. Indeed, subscription-only services currently pay more money per stream to rights holders. However, unlike the leading music streaming service Spotify, Groove Music streaming no longer has free tier (Microsoft dropped this free tier in December 2014 while the service was still branded Xbox Music), which is probably bad for consumers but better for artists' revenue. It may be not as popular as Spotify, Apple Music or Google Play Music, but Microsoft's Groove Music Pass is a decent music subscription service that lets you stream and download millions of song from any device for $9.99 per month or $99.90 per year.
