Released to one million Samsung users on July 4, Jay-Z’s twelfth album, Magna Carta Holy Grail. Five days later, on July 9, Jay’s latest Roc Nation album in full stream was made available to Spotify users. The music streaming service now says that Jay made history.
According to Spotify press releases, Magna Carta Holy Grail “had the biggest first week for an album in Spotify history” with a reported 14 million album-streams in the United States alone.
Additionally, the album produced Swizz Beatz, Timbaland and The-Dream recorded the most streams per day in Spotify in U.S. history. The release did not disclose the tally.