I called my local Target and I asked if they had "Lady Gaga - Joanne" in stock and they put me on hold and they told me they*have it in stock. I'm going now to go get all the copies and hide them no leaks this era
If Target got it, then countries outside US will soon get it too, and I feel like vendors from Latin American / Europe don't really follow the release date protocol, so we most definitely will be getting the leak later this week.
Leak iT!
Gaga made it pretty clear that it's "music not the bling" and that she has no interest in being successful anymore, so who cares? There is no conflict of interest.
They're likely lying. It's way too early for shipment. We might get it Friday at the Target I work at, at the earliest, but usually new music doesn't come til Wednesday (2 days before being put out).