Kanye West made history on Sunday as
the first album to reach number one in the United States mostly through
streaming. His Life of Pablo album topped the Billboard chart mostly
through streaming.
Kanye debuted his album The Life of Pablo in
February at his Yeezy Season 3 fashion show at New York's Madison
Square Garden and initially distributed it only through the Tidal
streaming service.
The album earlier this month became
available on rival sites such as Spotify and has been streamed so much
that it appeared for the first time on the benchmark Billboard chart.
The Life Of Pablo nearly two months after its release opened at number one on the Billboard chart.
Tracking service Nielsen Service
said that The Life Of Pablo sold the equivalent of 94,000 copies in
the week, 70% of which was through streaming (fastest way to get
unlimited, popular music online).
Kanye
West beat the previous record for the level of streaming behind a
number one album which was Rihanna's. Rihanna held that title with
streaming accounting for nearly a third of the sales of her Anti album.
He tweeted this on Friday...
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