The massive first week success certainly has shades of the Samsung deal. If you remember, that deal included an automatic one million downloads of his album Magna Carta Holy Grail for Samsung users. RIAA Chairman and CEO Cary Sherman said: Props to Jay, he’s done it again Another platinum album adds to an already iconic career. That’s more than any other hip-hop artist ever. A Roc Nation rep clarified that the certification reflected one million in downloads and that "no streams" were applied.Īccording to Variety, the photo opp took place before 4:44 was released. It’s still a good album and regardless of how he got it, 4:44 is Jay’z 13th studio album to go Platinum.
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In addition to the Tidal stream, the album was also available as a free download option that popped up over the weekend. Those free downloads, Billboard reported, were purchased by Sprint for distribution and counted toward the platinum certification. JAY-Z's new 4:44 album was only released last Thursday night (June 29), but the LP has already been certified platinum on Wednesday, July 5, according to the Recording Industry Association of.
But instead of featuring Jay Z, DJ Khaleds 'Grateful' topped the Billboard 200 chart for a second consecutive week on Monday with another 70,000 album units sold. They counting illegal downloads now ? lmao Just six days after '4:44' was released, the Recording Industry Association of America certified the album as platinum, meaning one million US consumers had already downloaded the album.
The music was only available on Tidal, the stars own streaming service, and to. The albums been out less than a week how can it be certified already ? Jay-Zs digital-only album 4:44 has gone platinum within five days - despite limits on who could access it.