Remember that controversy over whether The Eagles would sell more albums than Britney Spears?
Well, there's no controversy anymore. The Eagles Long Road Out of Eden kicked the living shit out of Britney's Blackout, and it wasn't even close. The Eagles will debut today with an approximate total of 711,000 albums sold, to Britney's 290,000. That's equivalent to losing a basketball game 100-43, then having the stat girl kick you in the balls.
Billboard decided to change up its policy and allow sales from exclusive retailers to count. A month ago, if you sold your album exclusively at Walmart, the numbers didn't count towards the charts.
"We know that some retailers will be uncomfortable with this policy, but it was inevitable," said Billboard's Director of Charts.
I'm not sure I see the logic there. Why WOULDN'T sales from Walmart count? "Your album is on a shelf next to a giant bottle of detergent? Get the fuck out!" Sorry if some of us like waiting in 40 minute lines to save two dollars; we can't all shop at Mike's House of CDs and Yachts.
The new policy will help a bunch of other Walmart-friendly artists enter the charts this week. In a related story, Jennifer Lopez will be hiding a copy of her new CD in all of Walmart's ten-gallon pretzel jars.
