Chance The Rapper’s Coloring Book is the first streaming-only project to earn a Grammy nomination

A week after Chance The Rapper released Coloring Book as an Apple Music exclusive, it became the first album to chart on the Billboard 200 without actually being sold. Now that project has made history once again, becoming the first streaming-only album to be nominated for a Grammy for Best Rap Album.
Before this year, streaming-only albums weren’t allowed to be nominated for Grammy awards. But after the critical and commercial success of Coloring Book — and a helpful call out by Cha