The release of JAY-Z's 4:44 album has continued to generate so much buzz, what with some of it’s shocking revelations in the various tracks and now on
The release of JAY-Z’s 4:44 album has continued to generate so much buzz, what with some of it’s shocking revelations in the various tracks and now only a week after its release, the album has gone platinum.
The Recording Industry Association of America Music Industry, the RIAA made the announcement earlier today after the rapper’s 13th studio album sold about a million copies within its first week of release.
The album which was released exclusively on Tidal, JAY-Z’s digital streaming service, with around 3 million subscribers, sold streaming equivalent of one million sales (1.5 billion streams) in just five days.
It has been reported that album reached platinum due to an agreement between Tidal and mobile firm, Sprint, one of Tidal’s biggest shareholders, who then offered the album to all of its customers. None of this is illegal, since RIAA rules allow for this to happen, as long as the album’s are paid for in some way.
And to cap it all, JAY-Z has more platinum album than any hip hop artist in history.
