Personally, I'd be pretty happy with him signing with Wal-Mart. Right down the street from me, great prices, and if they did what they did for Garth, I'd be very happy. Great packaging, lots of music and another avenue to get Prince's music out there. No complaints here.

Here is what Wal-Mart says about it's Garth Brooks release:
"In 2005, striking up an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart, he released Garth Brooks: The Limited Series boxed set, which achieved Gold status in the first day of sales, becoming the top-selling music item in Wal-Mart's history. The boxed set also included the record-breaking and chart-topping, "Good Ride Cowboy," Garth's tribute single to the late, great Chris LeDoux, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts.

Due to the great success of the boxed set, Wal-Mart is set to release Brooks' The Lost Sessions, featuring six new tracks including a duet with new wife Trisha Yearwood, "Love Will Always Win," making the launch of the new disc Wal-Mart's second exclusive project with Brooks. Though not even yet released, The Lost Sessions has been RIAA certified as a Gold, Platinum and two-time multi-platinum album."

They are also selling a 5 DVD collection (don't know if it is exclusive or not but does it matter?). Now, what sort of fan would object to Wal-Mart doing the same treatment for Prince?

YOUNT!
[Edited 7/18/07 18:15pm]

can i ask how an album is double platinum when it hasn't even been released?