{"id":413468,"date":"2022-03-07T22:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T19:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kanye-wests-donda-2-does-not-qualify-for-billboards-charts\/"},"modified":"2022-03-07T22:30:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T19:30:22","slug":"kanye-wests-donda-2-does-not-qualify-for-billboards-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kanye-wests-donda-2-does-not-qualify-for-billboards-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kanye West\u2019s Donda 2 does not qualify for Billboard\u2019s charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3894c1966d0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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West\u2019s Donda 2 does not qualify for Billboard\u2019s charts&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Billboards_rules_surrounding_merchandise_bundles_make_the_album_exclusive_to_Wests_Stem_Player_device_ineligible\"><\/span>Billboard\u2019s rules surrounding merchandise bundles make the album, exclusive to West\u2019s Stem Player device, ineligible.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-229896\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-453656491_omji2p\/kanye-west-photo-by-frazer-harrison-getty-images-for-surface-magazine.jpg\" 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2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Kanye West\u2019s &lt;i&gt;Donda 2&lt;\/i&gt; does not qualify for Billboard\u2019s charts\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Kanye West. Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images for Surface Magazine.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-229897\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Kanye West&#8217;s new album <i>Donda 2<\/i> has been disqualified from the Billboard charts, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/kanye-west-donda-2-stem-player-release-chart-eligibility\/\">the publication reports<\/a>, thanks to rules regarding merchandise bundles. <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <i>Donda 2<\/i> was released on February 25 on Kanye West&#8217;s Stem Player, a device that isolates songs into different musical elements. Because the album is being sold on &#8220;with a device that can be used for other means besides the playing of the album,&#8221; the Stem Player qualifies as merchandise, putting <i>Donda 2<\/i> in violation of <i>Billboard<\/i>&#8216;s rules.<\/p>\n<p>            Last year&#8217;s <i>Donda<\/i> sold 309,000 units in its first week, topping the Billboard 200 album chart. In a since-deleted Instagram post viewed by <i>Billboard<\/i>, West claimed to have sold 39,500 Stem Players equalling $8.6 million in net sales.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            From last week: &#8220;Could Kanye West&#8217;s Stem Player actually empower artists?&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Jordan Darville<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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