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« on: November 23, 2009, 02:13:05 PM »
this is from SOHH.com
"Like an NFL coaching staff making in-game adjustments on the fly, Interscope's Jimmy Iovine and Steve Berman did some last-minute maneuvering around the release of 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct following worldwide Internet leaks weeks prior to the original street date. In rapid succession, they pushed forward the physical release date from Nov. 23 to Nov. 17 -- the soonest the CD could be manufactured and shipped -- while also working out a one-week exclusive with iTunes for the digital album, to take effect Nov. 10. In return, iTunes agreed to go against its standard policy and "locked" the album, with only the single available a la carte, selling 46k album downloads during the exclusive window. Additionally, the compilers of the charts agreed to include the initial iTunes sales in the total for first week of general release, which is now looking in the 140-150k range. That won't challenge Columbia's John Mayer, now a lock for #1 with 275-300k."
Hmmm now from what i gather here is that there is some shady accounting going on because now 50s first week soundscan is set to include his i-tune sales from 2 weeks ago - now thats dodgy! so that means that without itunes fiddy would barely have pushed 100k! LOL - SMH!
this is the same cat that was clowning - Def jam for the marketing they put into Loso - Kiss and Ross... who all sold in the 100-150k range
guess dude is self destructing
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