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Originally posted by charmed23
she has only sold like 97,000 of physical copies in the States. the rest of that 300k *** total is digital so Interscope probably won't be able to get a GOLD for shipment unless the album actually sells 500k.
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I don't think gold is only for physical CD sales these days. But this has been one my biggest complaints about Interscope's marketing of her album in the US. I have not seen her CD in any of the major retailers, Walmart, K-Mart, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble etc. They are available online but not as CDs. The only place to get the CD at retail was Target, but they did absolutely no promotion in return for this exclusivity!! I just saw this week that the Best Buy music ad has listed her CD on sale for 4.99, and it looks like it may be finally be available for purchase at stores (although I haven't had a chance to drop by a BB store yet). I think the lack of retail sales has been a major missed opportunity and I can't figure out why Interscope is doing this. I have tweeted Interscope a few times, but it would be great if other fans also tweeted them to ask them to distribute the BTD CD in retail stores (particularly Walmart).