Following a window of exclusivity on TIDAL, JAY-Z‘s much discussed ‘4:44’ album hit all services (sans Spotify) within the last week.
It meant that Jigga’s numbers would be easier to track in the traditional sense. Especially after the confusion that ensued when he was awarded a Platinum plaque for “selling” 1 million copies of the LP in the US – despite the project only being available on TIDAL (who didn’t report their numbers). Later, it became apparent that this was possible due to Sprint “buying” a million copies to give away for “free” to customers.
So, how do the numbers stack for the album’s first wide week of availability?
According to Hits Daily Double, the simple answer is: good enough to secure a #1.
Jay will officially sit atop of the Billboard 200 this week and shifted the following to do so:
277,601
[Sales Plus Streaming]
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175,441
[Pure Sales]
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For what it’s worth, another week at #1 looks likely. For, the 47-year-old is still in pole position on the iTunes US store and boasts more star power and hype than a number of the releases unleashed in this new tracking week.
Decent #’s
The illuminati high priest. Thats why! Nobody is digging his music except satan worshippers and illiterate ghetto!
Get off his D*CK FRAUD!! ✌??
Goto hell
Stupid b***h
Thats expected, maybe he should sell his twins to the devil like he sold his wife ??
Go back selling drugs, baboon??
The biggest satan worshipper in the hip hop world and he needs Jesus. Too obnoxious, corrupted and disgusting. Glad it flop and Tidal.. why even bother. It is a sinking ship!
All I gotta say is Thank God for that elevator lol
I’m just kidding but LORD knows they delivered their response musically in ” Lemonade, Seat At the Table, and now 4:44 ” That’s how artists are suppose to respond back through music not interviews. Exactly why I love Mariahs hidden gems and catalog as well – the messages. MJ’s HiStory (His Story!) and Janet’s Velvet Rope are personal albums too.
A SEAT AT THE TABLE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH BEYONCÉ, JAY Z, OR THAT FAKE “LEAKED” ELEVATOR VIDEO THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO PROMOTE THEIR TOUR. She worked on that album for 7 years and it’s incredibly disrespectful to say it’s only about that event when clearly it NEVER talks about that event!
Tori first and formost calm yourself, Solange benefited one thing out of this and it was more attention for WHAT HAPPENED, She was the MAIN TOPIC point blank whether she wanted to be or not. Solange was not selling the way she is now compared to before that elevato. People deemed her only as Beyoncé Sister, where now her name is known for herself. Her following has grown big since then too and has been able to book stages like SNL and everything.
When s*** goes down in the elevator, Get a lemonade, take a seat at the table and keep talking til 4:44
Please shut up????
Lolol!!
Yes! ’nuff said!!!:-)
Iluminati puppet. Why bother bother buying his same ol’ ?
Cute!
Congratulations on anything other then FLOPPING like a lot of acts are without TOURING!! ?
Flop!!
Can he live? He didn’t get the sales from JUST streams. People went out and BOUGHT it too….like me. Stay mad!?
His fans do not have a wi-fi …or cant afford to to go to Starbucks to buy a cup of cofffe! Thats why!
Or they are on dial-up! ??
175k pure sales? He is pulling Gaga’s . Time to dissapear from a while…. ???
Flop because his wife. What’s with the the flower Altar and the veil?
I mean really ,who does she think she is the Virgin Mary?
Give me a break. These 2 morons need a reality check!!!
Time to get over yourself. HE is just an illuminati puppet! You are not a god and goddess Jay-Beyawnce. Takes more than being worshipped by the lemmings of the world for singing and dancing like a dog in heat to be goddess level. Not even close sweet heart. TOO funny!
America is sick and tired of him and his delusional wife. They think they are sooo special. The fact is they are just Illuminati masonic members who think they can control America and the youth. Hope he and his wife will rot in hell pretty soon. Too flakey!!!
Karma …after what he did to Aliyah and Kanye☺️
Congrats JayZ on a great project, well deserved. Some of y’all are sick and the only ones who are delusional are these haters. I pray for those that said all that those nasty comments about them. Because it will come back on you if it hasn’t yet.
These are excellent numbers considering the Sprint deal gave away a million copies. Of course, not all of those receiving the album for free would have bought it, so there was room for sales growth. I think that even if the album leads in pure sales for a second week, it will experience a huge drop off of greater than 50% in that metric.