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Originally Posted by Jondalar
Your forgetting that ticket prices included a copy of the eagles album. Your right about elton and springsteen
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Even if they gave an album with the tickets sold, those don't count toward the totals for certification. SoundScan/Billboard changed their policies after Prince included the price of a CD in the ticket price and "sold"over a million copies of Musicology. Albums only count toward sale counts if ticket buyers are given the choice at checkout now.
The Eagles had not only the length of time since dropping the previous studio album going for them but also the Wal-Mart machine behind it. Plus, there was some questionable practices since it was a retailer exclusive that was being sold at other retailers which may or may not have amounted to double sales. Then there was the last minute petition and rule change so that it would show up as #1 on the Billboard chart.