Garth also made deals with certain chains (very large ones - Target,if I
remember correctly) to double weight reports to Soundscan on sales of his
double albums sold, which artificially boosts his total sales numbers.
np queens of the stoneage
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>From: jon byrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "passenger side" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Most albums sold, per RIAA
>Date: Thu, Apr 22, 1999, 4:54 PM
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>Apples and oranges, folks. Elvis sold singles in a singles world with far less
>than 5 billion in it. Go figure, again.
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> In a message dated 4/22/1999 5:15:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> > BROOKS, GARTH 89
>> > PRESLEY, ELVIS 50.1
>> OK...think about this for a minute! Brooks has sold nearly twice as much as
>> Elvis in 1/4 the time.
>> Now that's a marketing machine!
>> K.
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