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Originally posted by alestevens
OOTW will debut outside the Top 10 and SIO will remain at #2. Instant Grats wont be counting anymore!
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Billboard has not confirmed that, Apple has not confirmed that, and Soundscan has not confirmed that. In addition, it's likely that OOTW will sell over 250k copies even without the instant gratification downloads, which in the current market is more than enough for a top ten debut.
I'm fairly certain that Billboard would have made a statement this week had that rumor actually been true, given that the supposed policy was alleged to begin on the 10th (last Friday). SIO would have dropped slightly further in sales this week and potentially not been #1 on HDS; that did not appear to be the case and there is no evidence so far supporting the claim that
one site started.