Jay-Z Covers Billboard Magazine + Reason Why His Samsung Album Sales Won't Count On The Music Chart

Jay-Z's got 99 problems and the Billboard chart is one, lol. The rapper announced his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," will be released July 7, but it will go out to 1 million Samsung users on July 4 for free after a deal with Samsung mobile. This development is going to affect his position on the billboard chart because the deal with Samsung is not counted as a sale.

In a letter posted on Billboard's WEBSITE on Friday, editorial director Bill Werde says it won't count the downloads because Samsung ultimately isn't selling the album on its phones. He adds that it wasn't easy turning down Jay-Z's request to include the downloads on the Billboard chart.

Read the excerpt from the cover story below....

“It is in this spirit that I say it wasn't as simple as you might think to turn down Jay-Z when he requested that we count the million albums that Samsung “bought” as part of a much larger brand partnership, to give away to Samsung customers.  

Jay-Z Set To Release New Album ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’

Jay-Z with Producers on his album Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Pharrell and Rick Rubin 

During halftime of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, Jay-Z announced in a commercial for Samsung Mobile that his new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail will arrive July 7.

Through his partnership with Samsung Mobile, who purchased one million copies of the album, 1 million Samsung Galaxy fans will be able to download the app on June 24 and get the album for free on July 4, three days before the rest of the world does on July 7.

In the three-minute spot, the Roc Nation mogul can be seen working on new music with Famed producers, Rick Rubin, Timbaland, Pharrell, and Swizz Beatz who are the producers on the album.

This is going to See his big announcement after cut....