Ocean, it seemed, was no longer signed to Def Jam, his record company, when “Blonde” was released. Ocean and “Blonde” - whose cover art spells it “Blond” - emerged that portray a business deeply in flux. Within days of the album’s release, a series of revelations about Mr. 1 on Billboard’s next album chart is Frank Ocean’s “Blonde,” which has charmed critics and enthralled fans who had waited four years since his last record.īut the release of the album last weekend, through an exclusive deal with Apple, has also roiled the industry, bringing to the surface long-simmering tensions that record companies have with streaming music services, and sometimes even with their own artists.
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