A French music streaming service and download store with lossless and hi-res audio, owned by Xandrie SA since 20151.

For listeners who want a mainstream catalogue and would like more of their subscription to reach musicians.

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Why it’s listed

it's subscription-only with no free ad tier, and it's the first service to publish an audited average payout: $0.01873 per stream to labels and publishers for 20242. You can also buy downloads you keep. ToS;DR grades it B3.

The trade-off

It's a closed, for-profit company, the payout goes to rights holders (labels and distributors) rather than straight to artists, and its site loads Google Tag Manager.

Price

From £10.83 a month in the UK4.

Sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qobuz
  2. community.qobuz.com/press-en/qobuz-unveils-its-average-payout-per-stream
  3. tosdr.org/en/service/4269
  4. qobuz.com/gb-en/music/streaming/offers

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