Late last month, JAY-Z released his new album, 4:44. Well, not so much released it as made the album available to customers of TIDAL and Sprint. Annoying for the majority of us who don’t use TIDAL nor Sprint, sure, but actually rather clever when you consider that the album’s title is a series of fours and that both TIDAL and Sprint are fourth best in their respective industries!
Regardless, 4:44 proceeded to reach platinum status in less than a week, despite not having any actual sales to speak of. But despite that, 4:44 failed to reach the Billboard charts due to the fact that TIDAL did not report their streaming numbers, and that all of the Sprint-based downloads apparently won’t count. Who knows, the music industry makes no damned sense; the album has since been released physically, as well as via TIDAL, Sprint, Apple Music, Google Play, Amazon, and Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium… but definitely not via Spotify. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anyway, JAY-Z will be fine. He’s actually going on tour now! Way to pull through, man! Check out all of his upcoming dates down below.
10.27.17 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
10.28.17 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
11.01.17 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center at Fresno State
11.03.17 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Arena
11.05.17 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center Arena
11.07.17 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
11.08.17 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
11.09.17 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
11.11.17 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
11.12.17 – Miami, FL – American Airlines Arena
11.14.17 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
11.15.17 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
11.16.17 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
11.18.17 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
11.19.17 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
11.21.17 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
11.22.17 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
11.25.17 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
11.26.17 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
11.27.17 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
11.29.17 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center
12.02.17 – Uniondale, NY – NYCB Live at Nassau Coliseum
12.05.17 – Chicago, IL – United Center
12.06.17 – Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena
12.09.17 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
12.11.17 – Vancouver, BC – Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
12.13.17 – Seattle, WA – KeyArena
12.14.17 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
12.16.17 – Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
12.17.17 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
12.19.17 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
12.21.17 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
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