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Billie Eilish Sees Through Your Transparent Vinyl Scheme
Pop stars, beware. She’s onto your “messed up” ways to game the charts.
That’s too much math for Billie Eilish and her conscience, who, in a new interview with Billboard, lamented how artists have learned to game the charts system and boost sales by releasing “all sorts” of vinyl variations. For her part, Eilish acknowledges that her most recent record, Happier Than Ever, had several different vinyl options; however, the materials were all recycled and she refused to do special packaging to lure repeat buyers. “It’s just accentuating this already kind of messed up way of this industry working.” Eilish’s mother, quoted in the same interview, noted the systemic issue at Billboard ’s hand and suggested a limitation of four designs per vinyl release.
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