--- title: Frank Ocean's "Blonde" Album Now Able to Stream on Spotify description: Frank Ocean fans who use Spotify can now rejoice because the artist's new album, Blonde, is now available for streaming on the platform. canonical: https://time.com/4485654/frank-ocean-blonde-spotify/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-09T18:49:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:23.037Z og:title: You Can Now Stream Frank Ocean's New Album on Spotify og:description: Bless up og:url: https://time.com/4485654/frank-ocean-blonde-spotify/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt170226011282f805/6988a56bbc6cfc5be53de846/frank-ocean-spotify.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2014 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Day 3 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You Can Now Stream Frank Ocean's New Album on Spotify twitter:description: Bless up twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt170226011282f805/6988a56bbc6cfc5be53de846/frank-ocean-spotify.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # You Can Now Stream Frank Ocean's 'Blonde' Album on Spotify > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)Jason Merritt—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 9, 2016 6:49 PM UTC [Frank Ocean](http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/frank-ocean/) fans who use Spotify can now rejoice because the elusive artist’s [new album, _Blonde_](http://time.com/4461555/frank-ocean-new-album-blonde-2/), is now available for streaming on the platform, nearly three weeks after its initial release (which, [considering how long fans waited for the album, is hardly a wait at all](http://time.com/4413818/frank-ocean-next-album-boys-dont-cry/).) Ocean made waves when he released _Blonde_ on August 20 as an Apple Music exclusive; [the album debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, a first for Ocean](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7487876/frank-ocean-blonde-bows-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-album-chart-endless). The album is still unavailable for streaming on Tidal, Soundcloud Go, or Amazon Prime; on Spotify, the album can only be found through search, due to the company’s [policy](http://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-punishes-artists-for-giving-apple-exclusives-2016-8) that work by artists that have given exclusives to other streaming services won’t be on “featured playlists” or in the new release section of the platform. 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