--- title: How to Listen to Jay Z's New Album 4:44 for Free description: Jay-Z released his new album "4:44" as an exclusive on the Tidal streaming service and Sprint. Fans can also listen for free at iHeartRadio. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2017-06-30T16:27:32.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T06:11:53.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Apple music - Beyonce - Jay-z - Music - rap music - streaming - Streaming Music - tidal word_count: 349 canonical: https://money.com/listen-jay-z-new-album-444-free-stream/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![TIDAL X: 1020](https://img.money.com/2017/06/jayz444free-em-496615444.jpg) Jay Z fans finally have a chance to listen to the rap mogul's highly anticipated new album, *4:44*. By most accounts, they won't be disappointed: According to [NPR](http://www.npr.org/2017/06/30/534869737/music-review-jay-zs-4-44), *4:44* is Jay Z's "most personal, vulnerable album yet — and arguably one of his best." The 10-track 35-minute new album, in which Jay Z raps about his famous family and even [apologizes to his wife Beyonce](https://time.com/4841001/jay-z-apologizes-beyonce-444-lemonade/) for womanizing and infidelity, can be heard in its entirety on [iHeartRadio](https://www.iheart.com/news/jayz-explains-444-song-meanings-iheartradio-15951105/) for free all day on Friday, June 30. The album started playing continuously on iHeartRadio's Urban and Rhythm stations at midnight last night, and will keep playing until 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, July 1. The album is also available on [Tidal](https://listen.tidal.com/album/75413011), the [music streaming service](https://time.com/3764675/tidal-for-all-jay-z-streaming-music-spotify/) owned by Jay Z and other artists. Tidal subscriptions, which give access to 46 million songs, cost $9.99 to $19.99 per month, and can be tested out for [free during a 30-day trial](http://tidal.com/us/try-now-b) period. Unfortunately, as [Pitchfork](http://pitchfork.com/news/jay-zs-new-album-444-not-available-to-new-tidal-subscribers-unless-you-have-sprint/) reported, brand-new Tidal subscribers may not be able to listen to *4:44*. If you didn't start a Tidal subscription before June 26, you can't stream the album. However, confusingly enough, there is one big exception for Sprint customers. One-third of Tidal is [owned by Sprint](https://www.marketplace.org/2017/06/19/business/can-tidal-and-jay-z-get-sprint-new-users), and [Sprint wireless customers](https://www.sprint.com/en/shop/services/tidal.html) can sign up to get Tidal for free for six months and start listening to Jay Z's new album right away. To recap, here's how to listen to Jay Z's *4:44*: • All day on Friday, anyone can hear the album in its entirety via [iHeartRadio](https://www.iheart.com/news/jayz-explains-444-song-meanings-iheartradio-15951105/). • Anyone who signed up for a [Tidal subscription](http://tidal.com/us/try-now-b) prior to Monday, June 26, can stream *4:44*. • Anyone who is a Sprint customer can sign up for Tidal for free for six months and stream *4:44*. It's not clear how long *4:44* will remain an exclusive for Tidal. [*Variety*](http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/jay-z-new-album-444-tidal-exclusive-1202483883/) cited an industry source saying that the album would be available at Apple Music and perhaps other streaming services in as little as a week. 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