Oops! He did it again. Chris Brown shoved both of mechanical dummy feet firmly in his mouth over the weekend when he ranted and raved against major retailer Walmart and other record stores, alleging that his album was being "blackballed." The rant came as sales predictions for Chris' album "Graffiti" surfaced. Predicted to sell somewhere between 90-100K of his latest album, Chris took to Twitter to unleash, blaming retailers for hiding his album from the store shelves and lying to fans about the album being out of stock. Nevermind that anyone who wants the album can download it from iTunes or Amazon. Or if they're so inclined, they can even order the physical album from Amazon, Walmart.com or target.com. But hey, why get in the way of a perfectly good scapegoat, right?
Well, someone, likely his label JIVE, has decided to step in and silence the loose cannon. On Monday, Chris Brown bid adieu to Twitter and shut down his account. The Brownistas immediately launched Twitter trends to bring Chris back, but it was all for naught. Breezy had left the building.
While Brown is no longer a part of the Twitterverse, allowing him to avoid any further unfortunate outbursts, the damage has already been done and retailers are hitting back at his "blackballing" claims with vitriol. SOURCE: Billboard
"Not only am I carrying it, I am over carrying it, because it isn't selling," says the head of purchasing at one large chain. "I wish I could return it." He says the album's first week sales only reached 40% of expectations. At 27-unit Newbury Comics, Carl Mello head of purchasing, echoes that sentiment. "We have it; it's not selling much."
Silence is golden. Or in this case, you could say silence is PLATINUM. It's never a good look to piss off the hand that feeds you.
But perhaps there's another twist to this story. As with all things that have imploded and turned to scandal this month, could Tiger Woods somehow be involved in this? Courtesy of Q of Madbloggers
Elin's gonna be real pissed now.
