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Originally Posted by chiliD
make painfully obvious marketing mistakes like Fleetwood Mac does
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agreed.
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Originally Posted by MacMan
So basically I'm confused. On Billboard it says a number of titles will debut on the top 200 as a result of Wal-mart now providing their sales... So you have to assume that none of the sales were even counted in the past...
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exactly. as for your question, I think what happens is when an album is
only sold through one distributor, those units aren't calculated into the Billboard numbers. with Stevie and FMac and most artists' albums, that's not the case as they are sold at FYE, Target, Borders, Wal-Mart, Barnes & Noble, etc.
In consultation with Nielsen SoundScan, Billboard will now allow exclusive album titles that are only available through one retailer to appear on The Billboard 200 and other Billboard charts, effective with this week's charts. Prior to this, proprietary titles were not eligible to appear on most Billboard charts.