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Originally posted by IMPACTNET.
I don't know if it was technically a tour bundle. Fans were given early access to tickets if they bought a cd first. Not exactly the way Madonna did it.
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It actually wasn't a tour bundle by any means, you're right about that.
Tour tickets weren't sold with a copy of the album, but fans had incentive to buy the album at the tour and prior to the tour.
And back to the tour and album sales, there was recently an article about albums sold at concerts being counted for record sales. Well, that rule doesn't necessarily apply to Janet.
When claiming my album yesterday (solely for the digital booklet tbh), I realized that they didn't technically sell you an album at her tour. They sold you an album coupon code, which means the sale went through her website at the end of the day. So the sales of those albums should still count towards her opening numbers.
It was REALLY smart bundling those with shirts, the tourbook and whatnot. That way if you buy one of those products, you get the album with it essentially.