Jay Z criticises Billboard for 'discouraging new music revenue streams'

Tom Pakinkis

Jay Z has gone into detail about his attempt to get one million 'copies' of his Magna Carta Holy Grail album distributed to Samsung users via a lump sum deal to qualify for the Billboard charts.

In an interview with The Truth, the rapper said that Billboard voiced concerns about setting a precedent where future artists could simply buy the No.1 spot, but Jay Z argued a distinction saying that, while that principle was a good one hypothetically, his ...

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