DJ Khaled’s new album Father of Asahd recently debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album sold 136,000 equivalent units, falling short of Tyler, the Creator’s IGOR, which took the top spot after selling 165,000 equivalent units. According to a new report from The New York Times, Father of Asahd and IGOR received “an almost equal number of streams,” but DJ Khaled’s album fell far behind Tyler’s in the end because of invalid merchandise bundles.

Merchandise bundles have lately been helpful in rocketing albums to the top of the Billboard 200. According to The Times, every album sold (even when included with other merchandise) is worth approximately 1,400 times more than an individual stream. Tyler’s IGOR, for example, was boosted by bundled sales of clothing, buttons, and “VOTE IGOR” lawn signs. Billboard considered Tyler’s merch bundles valid.

One of DJ Khaled’s partnerships was with Shop.com, which included downloads of Father of Asahd with sales of energy drinks. According to The Times, Billboard disqualified the majority of Khaled’s bundled sales because Shop.com and its parent company Market America promoted bulk sales. The Times also pointed to a particular blog post where people are encouraged to buy a dozen energy drinks to “push DJ Khaled and Market America to No. 1!”

Deanna Brown, president of the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, told The Times, “In this particular instance, we saw an organization encouraging purchases among their members by promising them material and organizational benefits.”

Desiree Perez, chief operating officer at Khaled’s management company Roc Nation, said, “We dispute their decision on behalf of DJ Khaled and, frankly, every artist who is forced to navigate bundling an album download with an inexpensive item that still effectively represents their brand. It’s confusing and demeaning to the art.”

Perez added, “We’re obviously not fans of bundling, nor should anyone who cares about artists making music. But our hands are being forced by Billboard’s desperate, last-ditch effort to keep streaming from eliminating what’s left of music downloads.”

After Father of Asahd debuted at No. 2, Page Six reported that DJ Khaled “stormed into Epic [Records, his label]” and “threw a temper tantrum.” His representatives later stated that his frustration was with Billboard’s calculation methods, not his label’s promotion of the album, according to The FADER.