Steamin? I'm actually laughing because it's ridiculous.
Sales to the record label are shipments. The record company get money for every copy shipped. If they ship 10 million copies and it sells 5 million, they still get the same amount of money had it sold 8 million. The difference is the money made by retailers, which doesn't concern the label.
The record company get money for every copy shipped. If they ship 10 million copies and it sells 5 million, they still get the same amount of money had it sold 8 million. The difference is the money made by retailers, which doesn't concern the label.
Sales to the record label are shipments. The record company get money for every copy shipped. If they ship 10 million copies and it sells 5 million, they still get the same amount of money had it sold 8 million. The difference is the money made by retailers, which doesn't concern the label.
No, that isn't how it works at all. The albums shipped are purchased by the retailers, the net albums not sold are then returned to the label and the retailer is credited (i.e. reimbursed) for the unsold albums.