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Jay Z's million-album Samsung sale unlikely to count for charts Jun 17th 2013, 23:00 By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z's upcoming studio album will go to a million users of Samsung smartphones three days before its official release in a promotional deal, but the distribution is unlikely to count toward official sales figures, an industry expert said on Monday. Jay Z, 43, announced on Sunday in a three-minute television commercial during the telecast of basketball's NBA Finals that his latest album "Magna Carter Holy Grail" will be released on July 4 exclusively to 1 million users of Samsung smartphones who had downloaded a special app. ... Media files: 2013-06-17T230052Z_1_CBRE95G1RY800_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG (image/jpeg)

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