it was the combination of both tbf, don't do that selective memory thing on me.
even if what you're saying is right, everyone now knows this isnt a tacky way to get extra sales like selling your album for a doller. Why would anyone care?
I don't see what the hell is the problem? Those sales won't even count on Billboard, and to the Gaga stans yeah maybe people had "meltdowns" about it but that's cause those sales did count on billboard, they have changed the rule now.
Actually, both had 0.99c deals. Just because one barely had an effect, doesn't mean it didn't happen.
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Nobody had a 'meltdown' over Born This Way mobile deal, everyone knew that free giveaway copies don't count towards Billboard, it was the damn Amazon deal that made everyone go nuts
There were meltdowns ALL OVER that Best Buy thread. Your memory is fuzzy.
It's funny how rather than being desperate for a milli Rihanna is just desperate for a #1 album
She did this in 09 and still didn't count for Billboard. If anything people will hear the album for promotional reason not for desperatation of selling a milli. It's not like she benefiting from it. You tried.
An insider told me that this could add as much as 200,000 albums to her first-week tally.
“One of the stipulations of the Best Buy and Lady Gaga deal is that Best Buy will count the albums they give away as actual sales. In turn, this will help Lady Gaga on Billboard’s charts. This is pure public manipulation, but good marketing if she isn’t called on it,” I am told.