"Truth," change your name to Liar. No, better yet, change your name to Stupid -- because that would describe you best. Madonna didn't "give away" her CD for free, dumbass. The retail price (which wasn't 99¢, BTW) was factored into the ticket…and she certainly didn't give away her album to get her to tickets to sell. *Think* about how that sounds, clown...

You DO know that Madonna's concert tickets ain't cheap, and run about $250-$700...right? Anybody who's willing to shell out that kind of money to go see a concert that will promote the album would most likely have ventured out to wherever CDs are still being sold and picked it up. And NOBODY is going to spend that much money for a ticket, just to get a damn CD. Fool. Seriously, what did your score on the SATs?

Bottom line, and do feel free to take notes:
- Billboard accepted MDNA's sales methods (on the flip side, they have since rejected the deep discounts Gaga used to sell BTW, and she was the reason why.)

- Billboard (along with Soundscan, which also backs Madonna's album #'s up) track sales, not your dumbass.

- Billboard is the authority on the matter, not your dumbass.

- Billboard make the rules, not your dumbass.

You don't do anything, so why the fuck are you talking again?!

If Billboard says Madonna's album legitimately sold enough to debut at #1 with "X" amount of copies, then I'm listening to them, not your dumbass.

Who in the hell are you? What accreditation do you have? What justifies your take on this -- or any -- matter?

Not a damn thing.

You're just some buffoon on the Internet spewing throwaway ignorance, and showing out for attention, because you think you're safe from consequence. Do us all a favor and don't speak again until you're sure you can do so without coming off like a complete jackass.

Since you appear to be slow, let me put it to you another way: shut up.