Kanye West declares a “Big Win” after Billboard determined Donda 2, doesn’t meet chart eligibility requirements after releasing exclusively through Stem Player, Ye’s $200 proprietary streaming player.
Big win for the kid We can no longer be counted or judged We won we won we won we won We make my own systems We set our own value aaaand yesterdays price is not todays price baaaaabeeeee!!!!!
Ye reported on Instagram Feb. 18th he earned nearly $1.3 million in sales in the first 24 hours after he announced the album would be available exclusively on Stem. Billboard reported “Though West continued to chart a unique path with his latest project, Billboard ruled that because the album is being sold with a device that can be used for other means besides the playing of the album, the Stem/Donda package fell within Billboard’s latest merch bundle policy, where albums sold with merchandise are not chart eligible”.
