IF YOU ARE BUYING MORE THAN 1 COPY OF Glory AT THE STORE DON'T DO THIS

[Lou M. Taylor]

https://twitter.com/arianatoraware/status/735904714739552256

 

1 TRANSACTION = 1 SALE

YOU MUST BUY THEM IN DIFFERENT TRANSACTIONS

OR BUY THEM IN DIFFERENT STORES

[PRIVATE.SHOW]

Thanks for the info sis

[Guest]

why buy? album's been out for days. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lol jk. yas people, very important!

[mihailtodorovsky]

Are you sure about that  Like.. idk it sounds stupid to me how could they know who bought 2 copies from the same store? like why would the store tell who bought how many copies to the Billboard 

[Lou M. Taylor]

1 minute ago, PRIVATE.SHOW said:

Thanks for the info sis

No problem let's just get Glory to #1

[(You Drive Chris) Crazy]

Very important. EACH COPY NEEDS TO BE BOUGHT SEPERATELY. 

[Lou M. Taylor]

2 minutes ago, mihailtodorovsky said:

Are you sure about that  Like.. idk it sounds stupid to me how could they know who bought 2 copies from the same store? like why would the store tell who bought how many copies to the Billboard 

To prevent what is being done in the video exactly: cheating.

Billboard doesn't know anything, come on. It's the shop that counts it/reports it as one sale.

[ThisMeowBiteback]

1 minute ago, mihailtodorovsky said:

Are you sure about that  Like.. idk it sounds stupid to me how could they know who bought 2 copies from the same store? like why would the store tell who bought how many copies to the Billboard 

You can buy more than 100 from the same store but each cd has to be paid for separately 

[PraiseQueenBrit]

I think you can ask the cashier to ring in different transactions for each! no?

[mihailtodorovsky]

2 minutes ago, Rickey3089 said:

You can buy more than 100 from the same store but each cd has to be paid for separately 

Well now this makes sense

[Perfection]

Lol this is NOT how it works, but okay. 

Stores order as many as they think will sell, what they order is what counts. Individual sales not as much. Streaming really counts more at this point, I believe. Stores don't order much Britney. 

[Widowmaker]

Actually, you can buy a few with the same transaction and it'll count. If you're planing on buying more than a few then you should buy it on different transactions because otherwise they won't count it.

Hey Fred,

I always enjoy reading your Chart Beat Chat column. I've been following it for some time now. I don't remember seeing an answer to this question I have concerning iTunes purchases, but I could be mistaken. 

Do multiple purchases on iTunes count toward sales figures? I know iTunes has something in place to prevent you from making the mistake of purchasing the same album/single twice or multiple times. However, if you do end up buying an item multiple times, do all of your purchases count and are they figured into the sales figures? For example, if I bought a single two or three times, would every purchase count or would they only count the first purchase from my account? Thanks in advance!

Dan Aupperle
New Jersey


Dear Dan,

Buying a track two times would count as two sales. There could be a number of reasons you would want to buy the same song twice (maybe you want to have it on 10 different computers). However, if you were to buy a track, let's say, oh, 800 times, that would be considered an anomaly and would not count. So it's not possible to rig the charts by buying the same track an exorbitant amount of times. The same has always been true of physical records as well. 

I know someone who purchased several hundred copies of the same CD single a few years ago to give out as gifts, and was surprised to find out that sale was not counted for the charts. I explained to her later that her sale must have been considered an anomaly, and possible chart-rigging, although that wasn't her intent. Perhaps if she had purchased 10 singles each at 80 different stores she would have made an impact on the charts, but I don't think she had the time or energy.

[Lou M. Taylor]

2 minutes ago, Perfection said:

Lol this is NOT how it works, but okay. 

Stores order as many as they think will sell, what they order is what counts. Individual sales not as much. Streaming really counts more at this point, I believe. Stores don't order much Britney. 

Idgi? They report to Billboard the number they ordered? What if they don't sell out? They can't know for sure.

[ThisMeowBiteback]

I posted this in almost every post when you buys these albums either online or in person they have to be paid for separately if not you wasted your time cause the 10 CDs you paid for all together will equal up to one sale!!! 

[MX3]

i think thats so dumb.... like if u bought out the whole store would they be like "our 1 copy was sold." 

[PraiseQueenBrit]

1 minute ago, Lonely-*** said:

I've done that but not with CDs. Worth a try. Worse is that they say no and you take your copy of Glory and self check out that store!

I mean hey if the store is empty ain't like they have nothing better to do lol

[Lou M. Taylor]

3 minutes ago, Lonely-*** said:

So Frankie ****** up or what?

Yes, his 20 albums purchased were reported as 1.

[ThisMeowBiteback]

4 minutes ago, TheAllu said:

Actually, you can buy a few with the same transaction and it'll count. If you're planing on buying more than a few then you should buy it on different transactions because otherwise they won't count it.

Hey Fred,

I always enjoy reading your Chart Beat Chat column. I've been following it for some time now. I don't remember seeing an answer to this question I have concerning iTunes purchases, but I could be mistaken. 

Do multiple purchases on iTunes count toward sales figures? I know iTunes has something in place to prevent you from making the mistake of purchasing the same album/single twice or multiple times. However, if you do end up buying an item multiple times, do all of your purchases count and are they figured into the sales figures? For example, if I bought a single two or three times, would every purchase count or would they only count the first purchase from my account? Thanks in advance!

Dan Aupperle
New Jersey


Dear Dan,

Buying a track two times would count as two sales. There could be a number of reasons you would want to buy the same song twice (maybe you want to have it on 10 different computers). However, if you were to buy a track, let's say, oh, 800 times, that would be considered an anomaly and would not count. So it's not possible to rig the charts by buying the same track an exorbitant amount of times. The same has always been true of physical records as well. 

I know someone who purchased several hundred copies of the same CD single a few years ago to give out as gifts, and was surprised to find out that sale was not counted for the charts. I explained to her later that her sale must have been considered an anomaly, and possible chart-rigging, although that wasn't her intent. Perhaps if she had purchased 10 singles each at 80 different stores she would have made an impact on the charts, but I don't think she had the time or energy.

CDs are single transaction iTunes idk 

[JoeBitch!]

2 minutes ago, MX3 said:

i think thats so dumb.... like if u bought out the whole store would they be like "our 1 copy was sold." 

Exactly idgi

[ThisMeowBiteback]

2 minutes ago, MX3 said:

i think thats so dumb.... like if u bought out the whole store would they be like "our 1 copy was sold." 

If it's different CDs of course all will be counted but if it's the Same disc it won't simple