New EAGLES album

[MacMan]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

agreed. what a stupid policy. it's about time they changed it. and just in time, imo.

the difference b/w the #1 and #2 spots is staggering. I don't like The Eagles, but good for them. they did what FMac couldn't do in 2003.

Yeah, I'm not a fan really either... To countryish for me... But I'd like more clarification on the Wal-mart sales thing... So if Wal-mart is just now starting to report what they actually sell in their stores to Soundscan or Billboard to be included with the weekly sales tally along with the other retailers in the US, and rightly so, being the largest cd retailer in the US, they should... It leaves the question of, back in 2003 when SYW was released, assuming that anything sold through Wal-mart WASN'T reported and therefore not included in the weekly sales for chart placement, would FMac have had larger numbers?... And then of course with Lindsey and Stevie's releases this year and last...

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...