This morning, The Recording Industry Association of America announced that rapper Jay-Z's new album 4:44 had officially achieved platinum certification. According to a source at the RIAA, it appears that Carter has Sprint to thank for 4:44's swift certification. Still, a corporate purchase alone doesn't make an album platinum. Sprint also offered Sprint customers a six month free trial of the TIDAL service. Whatever way their customers accessed the album, their individual actions would count towards the platinum certification.

Source: Forbes July 05, 2017 16:51 UTC