JAY-Z Is Reportedly Losing $1 Million Per Week By Keeping ‘4:44′ Off Spotify

JAY-Z’s 4:44 album is currently available on several streaming platforms except for Spotify. 

According to Billboard, Jay is losing an estimated $1 million per week by withholding 4:44 from Spotify. The calculation is based on music industry sources approximating the cost of the Spotify ban based on the service’s share of the market and the average rate paid per song stream. Jay Z's refusal to have his album on Spotify is going to cost him a ton of money.

And for those who don’t know, JAY has a long-standing grievance over Spotify’s free, ad-supported version of the service and has taken his catalog off of the platform. And we must also mention that JAY-Z might be a little salty over the fact that Spotify has Prince’s music catalog on their service and not his (refer to “Caught their Eyes” on 4:44)

However, the Spotify snub won’t likely hurt JAY-Z’s pockets too much. MusicWatch analyst Russ Crupnick says that streaming is more like “pocket change” to established musicians like Hov. “I’m guessing the diapers for those wonderful new children aren’t being paid out of streaming royalties,” he said, referencing Sir and Rumi Carter, JAY-Z and Beyoncé’s newborn twins.