Cyrus Langhorne
Music couple Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Jay Z may reportedly be back at it with plans to release a long-awaited, and rumored, joint album.
According to reports, the delayed release could find new life at Queen Bey’s record company.
Long before there was Lemonade, Beyonce and Jay Z attempted to put out a joint album, sources tell Billboard, and the power couple still may see the project through in the near future. According to a source, Jay Z and Beyonce had “nearly finished” a record together but never quite did. “The label wouldn’t agree to the joint album,” says an insider of Beyonce’s longtime home at Columbia Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music. But a Sony source counters that claim, insisting that the company is “open to” partnering with the husband-and-wife team for such a project. (Billboard)
Buzz about a possible Jay Z solo album coming together developed earlier in the week.
Sean Carter, aka Jay-Z, is allegedly already at work on a new album, which explores his side of the marital schism Beyoncé’s Lemonade covered. This news, of course, is according to US Weekly, so until we hear it from Mr. Carter’s lips, we should probably take it with a pinch of lemon juice. (Ugh, sorry) Regardless of the validity in this claim, do we really need to hear Jay’s side? (PAPER Mag)
Singer Zendaya recently revealed Jay came to visit Bey on the set of her new Lemonade visual album.
“Yeah, I did,” Zendaya said when asked if she saw Jay Z on-set. “I wasn’t there for [the ‘Becky’ stuff]. I was only there for one day. [Was he helping her with the video?] Absolutely. They’re beautiful together. They seemed happy. … He visited the day I was on. I’m sure he came to visit his wife. He seemed cool.” (TMZ)
Bey’s new album has crushed its competition atop the sales chart.
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived. Columbia megastar and Queen of the Universe Beyoncé has topped the HITS Album Sales Chart with around 501k for Lemonade. On the Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart, she snagged an additional 163k, bringing that grand total to 100%;k. And if you break the SPS number down, it’s approximately 92k TEA (with huge single sales) and 76k SEA. (HITS Daily Double)
