It's working out pretty well for him on itunes though?
He just died This is not going to last forever, a few weeks max. Taking away his music from the GP truly harmed him. His tours were flopping, his albums were flopping, he was pretty much away from everybody's radar.
I'm talking about sales, not certs. You're smart, and I strongly believe you know the difference.
Rihanna still hasn't sold 1M albums despite scoring 3 hits. Bey with 0 hit outsold ANTi in like, a week or two?
Sales climate + Being given away for free? Anti will end up with ~700K sales which is respectable. 4 hits, good sales, more than 11 weeks so far in the top 10 for pure sales, 2 or 3 weeks at #1 with combined untis, a tour that will gross ~150M. Sounds great to me