Womanizer REMOVED from iTunes - More Britney drama.

[totodyal]

Earlier today, iTunes removed "Womanizer" from their online store."Womanizer"'s popularity bar had 2x more than the #2 song and almost 3x more than the #3 song.

The webmaster of Jive Records Official Britney site said that Jive Records did not remove the single from iTunes and she was not aware of the news until concerned fans sent emails wondering why they couldn't purchase the single from iTunes.

"Womanizer" went from being #1 on the iTunes chart to not being on the list altogether.

This follows YouTube flagging the Official "Womanizer" music video upload as 'inappropriate'.
Last year, her album Blackout was kept back from being #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Album Charts, thanks to a sudden Billboard rule that allowed the sales from exclusive retail albums to be counted-- just hours before she were to appear as #1.

[tiger_rascal]

Things that make you go hmmmmm......

[HighHeeledHO]

So basically, the whole industry is plotting to wreck her career, yes?

[totodyal]

She's back...@#0. LOL
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/1267/whatthehelleu1.jpg

So basically, the whole industry is plotting to wreck her career, yes?

Nah, probably just some disgruntled employee being an ass.

I wonder if iTunes will release a statement. No doubt Jive Records contacted them about this. This was like a day of sales gone down the drain.

[Lord]

She's back...@#0. LOL
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/1267/whatthehelleu1.jpg
LOL

and WTF is their reason? :crazy:

[HighHeeledHO]

LMFAO @ Disgruntled Employee.
Aight.

[Fly_Chiquita]

#0??! Wtf?!

[jimmyboy]

This will make those super extra stans go crazy about it, making up conspiracy theories bigger than those of the 9/11, after that, Womanizer will be suddenly added to allow the angry fans to get back at the whole bitter world by buying the single once again, with feeling this time.

There.

[totodyal]

This will make those super extra stans go crazy about it, making up conspiracy theories bigger than those of the 9/11, after that, Womanizer will be suddenly added to allow the angry fans to get back at the whole bitter world by buying the single once again, with feeling this time.

There.

Do you know if this has ever happened before to a #1 or.. any song on their charts?

[heavenwaits_22]

This happened to some like Fergie, and Beyonce but, never a comeback single like this.

[totodyal]

ah, well, comeback singles are rare.lol
Maybe some people have something against big named pop singers. I have some friends who would've removed Fergies songs from the #1 spot at that time if they worked for iTunes.lol

[jimmyboy]

This happened to some like Fergie, and Beyonce but, never a comeback single like this.
But I thought Britney came back with Gimmie More? :nc:

Anyway, yes it happened to someone else before, and it worked for the better that time.

[Lynzie2000jt]

Earlier today, iTunes removed "Womanizer" from their online store."Womanizer"'s popularity bar had 2x more than the #2 song and almost 3x more than the #3 song.

The webmaster of Jive Records Official Britney site said that Jive Records did not remove the single from iTunes and she was not aware of the news until concerned fans sent emails wondering why they couldn't purchase the single from iTunes.

"Womanizer" went from being #1 on the iTunes chart to not being on the list altogether.

This follows YouTube flagging the Official "Womanizer" music video upload as 'inappropriate'.
Last year, her album Blackout was kept back from being #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Album Charts, thanks to a sudden Billboard rule that allowed the sales from exclusive retail albums to be counted-- just one day before she were to appear as #1.

Source?

[Lynzie2000jt]

This happened to some like Fergie, and Beyonce but, never a comeback single like this.

Comeback from what? She never left, she just released an album like last year didn't she?

[totodyal]

^ So? Its still being labeled as her 'comeback single'. I don't think she ever left too.. but I guess the few months between "Break the ice' and 'Womanizer' was too enough. :laugh: I've read a lot of articles calling this her 'comeback single'.
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Source?
Not that I except you to understand any of this... but...

Britney Denied #1 Debut:
This article is full of all kinds of shadyness.
It shows how unprofessional and disorganized the industry really is.
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."

Around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, several hours before the reversal was announced on the Billboard site, the magazine's senior analyst and director of charts Geoff Mayfield explained to MTV News why the Eagles would not be soaring over Britney.
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But while the Eagles' spot at #1 was being cemented, some started to question the Long Road Out of Eden sales figures. While the album is supposed to be a Wal-Mart exclusive, copies — shrink-wrapped and with promotional stickers on the cover — have been popping up at the other locations, including multiple Virgin Megastores, according to RollingStone.com. "Someone told me it was the third-best seller for Virgin," Mayfield told the site about the album, which reportedly is being sold for a significantly higher price at Virgin than at Wal-Mart, where it costs $11.88.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1573657/20071107/spears_britney.jhtml



Youtube Flagged "Womanizer" as inappropriate:
This drastically slowed down the view count of this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-23EToh43M

[Britina]

Whaaaat? WHY?

[©!nful]

It's been re-added... will take a while to get back or near to it's original position though.

But it doesn't matter for this week's chart. The sales week ended on Sunday.

[RearViewMirror]

conspiracy!!!!!!!!!

it's totally rihanna's fault.

[T.O.B]

I remember that **** they did last year when Blackout came out...I don't think it was a coincidence. :rolleyes:

[Bunsen]

YouTube doesn't flag videos itself, users flag videos and then UTube reviews them. I can understand why it' s flagged, it doesn't have to be porn to get flagged.

[RearViewMirror]

I remember that **** they did last year when Blackout came out...I don't think it was a coincidence. :rolleyes:

omg :eek:

[tiger_rascal]

It is odd, thats for sure.

[totodyal]

conspiracy!!!!!!!!!

it's totally rihanna's fault.

nah, Britney fans don't blame other artists. We accuse the company itself of being a hater instead because its less than likely that an ~internet street team~ has that much power.:D

But did you bother to read the MTV.com article about her being denied the #1 spot? This rule was implemented hours before the charts release and without taking into the consideration of other retail stores. Billboard always had the power to do it but , for whatever reason, let Walmarts count this time around - forcing all retail stores to participate in future sales. Because this rule is still new( less than a year old ) I'm willing to bet that other double sales has/will be overlooked or reported incorrectly. Even now, they cannot say for sure what were the true sales on that exclusive album.

[tiger_rascal]

I think they did it to give others a chance.

[totodyal]

I think they did it to give others a chance.
The MTV.com article says that Walmart announced their sales and then BILLBOARD convinced Walmart and The Eagles to submit their sales to SoundScan. Neither had any intentions to do so, but Billboard probably told them that their sales were high enough to claim the #1 spot- overthrowing Blackout.

"I can believe the Eagles sold more, but I'm not seeing anything that verifies for me that they outsold her and anything we see otherwise might be from people with a stake in suggesting that," Mayfield said Tuesday afternoon, admitting that he was frustrated by the situation and had been in talks to try and convince Wal-Mart and the Eagles to share the data.
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But in describing the rule reversal in a press release Tuesday night, Mayfield said, "We know that some retailers will be uncomfortable with this policy, but it was inevitable that Billboard's charts would ultimately widen the parameters to reflect changes that are unfolding in music distribution. We would have preferred to make this decision earlier, but only became aware within the last 24 hours that Wal-Mart would be willing to share the data for this title with Nielsen SoundScan."
Uh, yea... you told them to share it.lol

['janet.']

The reason that exclusives usually aren't on the charts is because they refuse to give info about specific numbers and walmart did.

[totodyal]

The reason that exclusives usually aren't on the charts is because they refuse to give info about specific numbers and walmart did.

They refuse to give info about their exclusive sales because they resell those albums to other music store chains, then those other stores resell the albums, at higher prices, to local customers. This is illegal. It creates the double sales effect which dramatically raises the numbers of a double disc album-- which by law are counted as a double sale even without the redistribution.
This is illegal.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/11/07/breaking-news-exclusive-wal-mart-eagles-album-not-so-exclusive/
According to Rollingstone.com, it is still a mystery how other stores ,like Virgin Megastores, were able to get their hands on large stocks of The Eagles album. But it is clearly presumed that the tactics above are the only way its possible.
Billboard claims SoundScan was aware of the album being sold in other stores and that they audited the data to weed out doubles sales. But if this were true then Virgin Megastore would be a in crap load of trouble for reselling those albums they bought from Walmart; who would also be questioned as to why it appears they sold Virgin Megastores large shipments of the album.

The main question is how did other big named music stores get their hands on this exclusive album and if the sales from those stores counted towards their total soundscan sales. Virgin Megastores has not commented.

[kristina]

:roll: @ this "conspiracy".

Oh, and she's at #7 on mine, so she's still there.

[totodyal]

She officially got back on there earlier this morning. :o
She was missing all of yesterday.

[stripped4life]

We have to make up for yesterday now!!!!!! She has to stay at #1!!!!!!!

[ThoughtIKnewYou]

I doubt her missing out on one says worth of sales is going to hurt her. Sales and popularity are astronomical on this single. She could afford to lose a days worth of sales and I'm sure it wouldn't harm or threaten her #1 spot at all.

It is undeniable. She's back for REAL this time. ;)

[Billyart101]

By all means, STOP HER! Deal, Britney, with the same hate Christina has gotten from the industry for years now.

[Back2Basix]

By all means, STOP HER! Deal, Britney, with the same hate Christina has gotten from the industry for years now.

lmao such a pathetic and sad existence.

[KissMyBehive]

does anyone know WHY this happened??

[©!nful]

Her label just said it was a technical glitch. It's back now and up to #5.

[KissMyBehive]

Her label just said it was a technical glitch. It's back now and up to #5.

ah ok!! cool!! thanks!! :bunny: