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Originally posted by Ramcoro
What happened to Blackout?
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It was actually #1 for a few hours.
Before the Eagles' 'Long Road Out Of Eden' (which was released the same week as 'Blackout,') albums sold exclusively at one retailer couldn't chart on the Billboard 200. The Eagles' album sold more than 700,000 copies at Walmart alone that week (it was their first album in 30 years.) No one thought that the change would take effect the same week, but it did. The rule was changed the last minute, after it was already announced that 'Blackout' had debuted at #1 with almost 300,000 copies sold.
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Originally posted by Billboard
Britney's Back, Bitch
'The Long Road Out of Eden' leads to the #1 best-selling album in the country this week, but the Eagles won’t be topping the Billboard 200 chart.
That dubious honor goes to Britney Spears’ 'Blackout' this week. She has done nothing to get the word out about her new LP — no high-profile television interviews, no press, no late-night talk-show performances, no gigs. Yet 'Blackout' still managed to open at #1 on this week's Billboard 200 chart. Britney's back.
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Originally posted by Billboard
Britney Spears' 'Blackout' Denied #1 Debut On Billboard 200 After Last-Minute Rule Change
Though Britney was announced to have topped the chart with sales of 290,000, a press release issued from Wal-Mart, the exclusive retailer of Eden, revealed that the Eagles' first album in nearly 30 years sold 711,000 copies.
Just hours before the press release was issued, a Billboard executive lamented that even though it appeared the Eagles had handily beaten Spears, they would not debut at the top of the charts because of rules forbidding albums exclusively sold at one retail outlet from hitting the Billboard 200.
"In consultation with Nielsen SoundScan, Billboard will now allow exclusive album titles that are only available through one retailer to appear on the Billboard 200 and other Billboard charts, effective with this week's charts," read an article posted on Billboard.biz Tuesday night. "Prior to this, proprietary titles were not eligible to appear on most Billboard charts."
Because of the changes, Spears will now debut at #2 and the Eagles will also debut atop the Top Country Albums chart. Spears still sets a new record with 'Blackout.' Bowing at #2 this week on the U.S. albums chart, Spears has become the only woman whose first five studio albums have debuted in the top two slots on the chart. Britney Spears also sold more digital albums than any female artist ever in a first week of release and 'Blackout' has remained in the #1 position on the iTunes Store Digital Albums chart every day since its release.
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Originally posted by HITS Daily Double
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LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZLG 289,791 --
BLACKOUT
1 2 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 162,976 -70%
CARNIVAL RIDE
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Originally posted by HITS Daily Double
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LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 EAGLES EAGLES RECORDING COMPANY 707,253 --
LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN
-- 2 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZLG 289,791 --
BLACKOUT
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Idiots.