John Hull
You can’t see me!
Using Jay-Z quotes to doubt Kanye West's relevance in comparison to Justin Beiber and Adele? Ok Jake.
Tidal & Kanye West Exposed For Lying About Stream #s By HitsDD & Dr. Dre's A&R
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desjardins
Veteran
Believe self reported numbers brehs
Prodigital
All Star
Knowing tidals struggle PR, i bet they count each song as a separate stream toward the album 
I assumed that this was the case when I saw the numbers.Knowing tidals struggle PR, i bet they count each song as a separate stream toward the album
I doubt they counted a full album stream as one.
more than likely its just like when a site gets at hit, ever hit counts as a stream.
TransJenner
Banned
Black Excellence ?250 mill seems very possible considering that it was a tidal exclusive for quite some time. Songs like Adele's Hello were available on a ton of other mediums (Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play, Rhapsody, Amazon mp3, etc.) so it's understandable that it took 2 weeks to rack up a couple hundred million views on Youtube which is only one of the numerous platforms it was available on. Kanye is one of the biggest artist in the world and has one of the biggest hypebeast fanbases in the world also so I don't find it hard to believe that they would sign up for a service just to hear his album. Especially considering the fact that there's tons of people out there who would pay over a thousand dollars for a pair of his shoes. Nice try at tryna downsize his accomplishments, but#BlackExcellence
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The only black excellence is you paying money to Jay to wipe Beyonces ass
The numbers were probably boosted. But, people boost numbers for artists like Adele and 1Direction on sites like YouTube, Twitter, etc. to make them seem important/universally loved. It's all a game. Good on Ye for getting in on it.
JetLife
/ SOHH /
Numbers are probably faked, Jay-Z is still stuck in the Def Jam era where he can't accept a bad first week so they'll buy units to prop it up.
- That's why he did the Samsung deal for MC:HG to hedge against a quiet week (in retro, the album did fine)
- It's why he did a similar deal to try and shade Rihanna's first week (in retro, she actually needed it)
- It's why he probably pushed for Tidal exclusive on TLOP to get some new subscribers, but also control the narrative around the first week since Yeezus had a small opening week (in retro, he probably didn't need it since he just did 100k for TLOP on legit streams like a month after release)
- That's why he did the Samsung deal for MC:HG to hedge against a quiet week (in retro, the album did fine)
- It's why he did a similar deal to try and shade Rihanna's first week (in retro, she actually needed it)
- It's why he probably pushed for Tidal exclusive on TLOP to get some new subscribers, but also control the narrative around the first week since Yeezus had a small opening week (in retro, he probably didn't need it since he just did 100k for TLOP on legit streams like a month after release)
OnlyInCalifornia
Southern California/Vegas
Big surprise the numbers were inflated.
Though I do continue to see TIDAL slander....
Spotify and Pandora pumped their numbers for years. Pandora specifically lied a ton to get people to advertise on the service, I can tell you first hand.
Though I do continue to see TIDAL slander....
Spotify and Pandora pumped their numbers for years. Pandora specifically lied a ton to get people to advertise on the service, I can tell you first hand.
nothing new!!
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