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Originally posted by MusicTalker
I think some of those songs like Take a Bow & Hips Don't Lie would've sold more had they been up for purchase earlier, but that's just me.
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Well yes, it's a given that time not available are lost sales. But of course, when labels did take on that strategy - they had other means. Oral Fixation's re-release wouldn't have sold as much if they had made HDL available immediately, a profit gain as albums cost more. That's one strategy. The other is to obtain a #1 song; in the case of "Take a Bow", and it worked out for them and the re-release went on to propel GGGB album sales even higher.
"Boom Boom Pow" was also repressed for about 3-4 weeks and of course it's a 6-million seller today and
The E.N.D. a huge success in general.