If you recall, JAY Z’s million-sold app sales for Magna Carta… Holy Grail weren’t accepted by Billboard (they even wrote a letter about why that was). What makes this mind-boggling is that Lady Gaga will apparently be employing a similar technique for her upcoming album ARTPOP…..and she will get a pass. The reasoning? According to Bill Werde (the same one who wrote the aforementioned letter), it’s all about selling the album over a free download:
The problem I have with it is, JAY Z didn’t give away the album; Samsung purchased the copies in advance. So I don’t really understand or believe that these guys are too fair on the matter.