The
Norwegian authorities said they would explore whether "someone" had
manipulated the figures but did not name any individuals or companies.
Tidal's
lawyer said the platform was "not under suspicion in this case".
The company
behind Tidal was bought by Beyonce's husband, Jay-Z, in 2015.
The claims
were made by the newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv (DN) last year.
The
Norwegian Authority for Investigation of Economic and Environmental Crime
(Okokrim) said the move would have led Tidal to have paid disproportionate
royalties to the singers' record companies at the expense of other artists.
At the
time, the streaming service dismissed the claims as being "a smear
campaign".
It says it
is now communicating with Okokrim about the investigation, and has also engaged
a cyber-security firm to review the security and integrity of its data.
In 2015,
Jay-Z paid $56m (£37m at the time) for Norwegian company Wimp, which developed
Tidal.
In 2017, he
sold his stake to Sprint, which is owned by Japan's Softbank.
It was
estimated to have paid $200m for a 33% stake.
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