Tidal Denies ‘Ridiculous’ Claims That it Manipulated Streaming Numbers The music streaming company was accused this week of “deliberately faking” streaming numbers of top artists like Beyoncé and Kanye West. Norwegian outlet ‘Dagens Næringsliv’ claims that by changing the streaming numbers, it generated higher royalty payouts for top tier artists. Tidal Tidal Tidal was relaunched in 2015 with Jay-Z as the majority owner.