Kanye West is to be named “Artist of the Year” by the 20th Annual Webby Awards, according to the awards’ website and an announcement made on Twitter yesterday (May 4).
Yeezy will be honored by the awards, which recognizes excellence on the World Wide Web, for his accomplishments through his G.O.O.D. Friday music series, his presence on Twitter and his recent release of The Life of Pablo, which was reportedly streamed 250 million times on TIDAL its first 10 days after release. In its first week reporting numbers to Nielson, the album became the first in history to reach the #1 spot on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart based on streams.
“As an unmissable voice online and an unstoppable force in the digital music arena, it is our privilege to honor him as 2016’s Webby Artist of the Year,” the site says.
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The 20th Annual Webby Awards are slated to be held May 17 and be streamed on YouTube.
View the 20th Annual Webby Awards tweet announcing Kanye West as Artist of the Year below:
The #Webbys just got BIGGER. @kanyewest will be honored with Artist of the Year on May 16th: https://t.co/Je2PKetz2ipic.twitter.com/J0ofKh7Q9I
— The Webby Awards (@TheWebbyAwards) May 4, 2016
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