Ya'll are too caught up in these meaningless sale numbers. Don't you see what Tidal and Jay is doing with sponsorship from Samsung. He is putting sponsorship money directly in his artist hands cutting deals with fortune 500 companies and using their albums as the promotional tool.

People don't consume music like they did back in the day. Ya'll can cry all day, but these artist are adjusting with the time. Why shouldn't stream count when a fan can bootleg the album off torrent sites and youtube in 1 minute.