On a somewhat related note...I was in Target yesterday and I happened to stumble upon the CD section. Then it occured to me. What is this compact disc section even for? I think the last time I bought a CD it was Gift of Screws and that was because I am a die hard Mac fan. I don't even bother to buy CD's of other artists that I religiously follow.
I think it is dumb to spend time worrying about "album" sales because the whole music industry has changed. I think the sales figures for Stevie's album are going to be low and that fans here are going to go apesh*t..When I really do not think that "album sales" represent anything at all anymore.
In college, I get exposed to a large and diverse amount of music almost every weekend. When one of my friends asks me if I have heard this song by so and so, they immediately go to youtube or play the song from their Ipod that they have downloaded illegally.
Album sales mean squat in 2011 folks. Music is exposed through the internet these days. Just because the billboard numbers might be low does NOT mean that people aren't listening or enjoying her album.
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