Kanye West Named ‘Artist of the Year’ at 2016 Webby Awards

     

    Taqi Zeppelin
    Kanye West and Krysten Ritter are the recipients of this year’s special achievement awards at the 2016 Webby Awards. The ceremony will honor West and Ritter’s contributions to Internet culture. West is this year’s Webby Artist of the Year, which recognizes the record-breaking release of his album The Life of Pablo through streaming media. After being streamed 250 million times via Tidal in its first 10 days, TLOP later became the first Number One album to top the Billboard 200 off of mostly streaming-equivalent albums.

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