Mr. West had just revised the tracklisting for his current album The Life of Pablo, with the addition of the song “Saint Pablo” on Tidal.
A Kanye West-Inspired Art Show Is Coming To NYC
Art has become nearly as synonymous with Kanye West’s brand as music has. Thus, it comes as no surprise that Ye has an art exhibit coming to Manhattan, inspired by his most recent album, The Life of Pablo. Though it’s not actually his event, the event is curated by Brianni Taylor, and dubbed as “a celebration of the polarizing figure—honoring his vision and cultural impact through West-themed art and music.”
(Video) North West Flushed Kanye’s Original “The Life Of Pablo” Down The Toilet
During the final episode of FYI’s “Kocktails With Khloe,” Kim Kardashian-West revealed during a dinner date with Chrissy Teigen & John Legend that daughter North actually flushed Kanye’s iPhone down the drain which contained all of his songs for The Life of Pablo. No wonder why it kept getting pushed back. Hit the jump!
Kanye West Lands At #1 On Billboard 200 & TWENTY88 (Big Sean & Jhene Aiko) At #5
Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo was released in February, but it was only available via TIDAL. Initially, its sales and streams through the service were not reported to Nielsen Music, and it was thus unable to chart on Billboard. On April 1, the album became available to other streaming services, and went on sale via his website and TIDAL. The streams and sales were finally reported to Nielsen, enabling its arrival on the charts – two months after its initial release. Selling 94k units this week, TLOP tops the charts of the Billboard 200, becoming the first album ever to top the chart with the majority of its units being generated by streaming equivalent albums. (Only 28k of that number were through traditional sales.) Looks like there really was a method to his madness, huh? Congrats, Ye! Congrats are also in order for Ye’s G.O.O.D. Music artist Big Sean, who arrives at number 5 on the Billboard 200 this week alongside Jhene Aiko with TWENTY88. The surprise joint album sold an impressive 49k units in its first week. Check out the full top 10 below!
Kanye West’s ‘The Life Of Pablo’ Is About To Become The First #1 Album Off Streaming Totals
Ye’s bout to make history all over again. With The Life of Pablo doing good streaming numbers for it’s exclusivity to Tidal, the album is on pace to become the first #1 album ever to just go the distance off of streaming, no actual physical copies sold.
