British Rock Band Tops Chart With NFT Album, CZ Comments

British Band Muse Makes History With NFT Album

Muse have made chart history by becoming the first act with a UK No 1 album sold in the form of an NFT (non-fungible token).

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Muse’s Will of the People sold 51,500 copies in its first week.

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Only a fraction of the copies sold were NFTs.

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Earlier, Manchester rapper Aitch’s NFT album Close to Home reached No 2 on last week’s chart.

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Independent musicians are turning to NFTs as a new way to eliminate middle parties.

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Binance CEO CZ also commented on the British band’s achievement.

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“Not using crypto is a significant disadvantage going forward,” CZ tweeted.

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