Deluxe "Listen Up!" is Walmart Exclusive - Miguel - 04-26-2012
figure8 noted Walmart posted the tracklist for their "exclusive" Haley album, which confirms it is the Deluxe version of the CD http://www.walmart.com/ip/20699283
Walmart has wide distribution but being available exclusively there isn't good perception-wise. But I suppose it makes business sense. You can't chart without sales. And charting is the biggest impression you can make.
I found this from January 2012: Quote:Despite the doom and gloom written about music retail 69% of all albums sold in America in 2011 were through retail outlets.
Only 31% of album sales were sold through digital outlets like iTunes, Amazon and eMusic but that was an increase of 5 points on 2010, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Of the 69% of sales at retail 31% were sold though mass merchant outlets like Walmart. Retail chain stores sold 20% of all album purchases in 2011 and Independent stores sold 7% of sales.
http://www.music-news.com/shownews.asp?H=Retail-still-accounts-for-69%-of-all-music-sales-in-2011&nItemID=47529
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