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Originally Posted by LB Freakazoid
I've already bought two and also moved the cd's to the new releases section where they should have been in the first place (it's was at Best Buy)
And I was wondering, are the CD's given with the tickets going to count toward his record sales numbers or is it just written off for promo? If they do, that's a great way to boost the numbers!!  |
Nope, they don't. Prince kind of killed that one.
"But other acts looking to gain higher chart placements by bundling CDs with concert tickets are out of luck. Both SoundScan and Billboard are revising their policy after seeing Prince move more than 632,000 copies in five weeks, thanks to his sold-out tour.
Billboard's new policy requires that ticket-buyers be given a choice as to whether they want a CD served up with their concert, and that the cost of that CD be comparable to regular retail prices. If consumers choose the CD, it will count as a sale."