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Originally posted by Love is Love
They changed the rules b/c of how much The Eagles sold. Their album sold sold over 400k more than Britney. It was the highet selling album of that week.
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Well, for Nielsen Soundscan it definitely was. But for Billboard not, at least until that Tuesday night. In the past, albums that were only available through one retailer, no matter how many units they had sold, were not eligible to chart. However, the fact that it was a
last minute decision to change the rules pissed many people off. Anyway, I'm going to stop here, it's been discussed before many times.
As for the Hot 100, Billboard made an
exception two years ago though. Not sure if it would apply to MJ.