One day after announcing on social media that his upcoming album will only be available on $200 music players, West said Friday that he sold over $1 million worth of music devices in 24 hours.
Ye is in Paris for Paris Fashion Week on January 23, 2022.
The stem players, which West began selling last year, are hand-held devices that users can load with music and use to manipulate different parts of a song.
Forbes has not independently confirmed that the stem player's sales statistics show over 6,200 players purchased in the last.
West said his upcoming album Donda 2 will only be available on the stem player, and will not be available on mainstream streaming platforms like Apple Music, because of the minuscule payments artists typically receive from them.
West and Universal Music Group, which owns his record label G.O.O.D. Music, were contacted by Forbes.
Song Writers have been hurt by streaming platforms, according to West. The leader in music of the past 20 years. I'm putting my own work on the line to change it.
There is an amount of 1.8 billion. Forbes estimates that the West's net worth as of Friday.
Over the last few weeks, West has shared and deleted a number of erratic posts on his account, many of which have focused on his estranged wife KimKardashian West's rumored relationship with Pete Davidson.
All of West's previous albums are available on streaming platforms, as well as music from his choir and group Kids See Ghosts. Though West announced last month that Donda 2 will debut Tuesday, the rapper has a spotty history when it comes to sticking to confirmed album launch dates, with many of his recent works coming out weeks or months after West said they were supposed to.
The 11th studio album by West will be released next month.
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