The album is expected to be released on rival streaming platform this week. It appears TIDAL didn't submit '4:44' sales numbers for it to be included on this week's charts. This morning, The Recording Industry Association of America announced that rapper Jay-Zs new album 4:44 had officially achieved platinum certification. The tech company bought one million copies before the album was released, to offer to its customers – making the album platinum.Īccording to RIAA, ‘4:44’s platinum sales have been reached purely by downloads and doesn’t include TIDAL streaming figures. No sign of Jay-Z's '4:44' despite being certified platinum. JAY-Z's already platinum LP, 4:44, is expected to pull in some nice numbers sales wise. On the album, executive produced by No I.D.
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The situation mirrors JAY-Z’s 2013 album ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’, which was ‘sponsored’ by Samsung. Here Are the First Week Sales Projections for Jay-Z’s ‘4:44 Album.
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Those album downloads - which were free to the consumer but purchased by a company (Sprint) for distribution - were counted towards the platinum certification.”
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However, by July 2, the album was also offered as a free download - sponsored by Sprint… “One equivalent album unit, as recognized by the RIAA, is equal to: one album sale, 10 tracks sold from an album, or 1,500 on-demand audio and/or video streams from an album. 4:44 was released on June 30 by Roc Nation, and was initially exclusively available as a stream to existing customers of Tidal and Sprint. Jay-Zs relationship with Sprint which bought a third of Tidal in a deal reportedly worth 200 million helped spur 4:44 to a platinum certification, or one million album 'sales. However Billboard has now lifted the lid on JAY-Z’s latest business move.
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Interestingly, the album was only available to TIDAL and Sprint customers but still went platinum in less than a week, leaving some fans confused.