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In an internal memo circulated to CBS Radio staff, Mason directed them to "increase the Fame game: integration of title LADY GAGA at a BY ED CHRISTMAN and artist RETAIL Best Buy in New information on new York, where she music releases in an signed copies cf "Born This Way" effort to personalize on May 23. and drive sales of the The Edge product." » >`SPIDER- Of Glory MAN' CAST ALBUM DUE Deluxe Editions, Amazon 99 Cent JUNE 14 Downloads Push Lady Gaga Toward A 14 -song cast album 1 Million -Unit Sales Bow for the musical "Spider -Man: Turn Clashing with conven- and after street date, popping Off the Dark" will tion is one of the hall- up on "Saturday Night Live," be released by marks of Lady Gaga's "Late Show With David Letter- Interscope Records meteoric rise approach man," "Good Morning Amer- on June 14, the same -an day the star -crossed that now extends to the release ica" and an MTV special "Lady production finally of her new album "Born This Gaga: Inside the Outside." makes its Broadway Way," which appears poised to "When you have someone debut. The album, top U.S. debut -week sales of who is talked about 24 hours a produced by Steve 1 million units. day, you have to label it as a Lillywhite, will The hotly anticipated title good setup for the album's re- feature songs by U2's landed at retail on Monday, lease," Newbury Comics direc- Bono and the Edge. May 23, amid a flurry of pub- tor of purchasing Carl Mello The first single, "Rise licity over Amazon's unex- says. "Everyone is aware, at the Above 1," was pected decision to offer it as least, that there is something released May 25. a 99 cent MP3 Daily Deal. new from Lady Gaga, some- » >REPORT Along with robust sales at where and somehow. I can't URGES iTunes, that should enable think of an album that had this CHANGES IN "Born This Way" to set a new kind of awareness." U.K. IP LAW record high for debut -week That awareness could be felt A review of U.K. digital album sales. Industry beyond Amazon, as sources intellectual property sources expect the album to estimate iTunes scanned law commissioned by move 500,000 digital copies, 104,000 units on Monday -an Prime Minister David which would easily surpass impressive tally, given that a Cameron has the previous record 288,000 deluxe Billboard and Nielsen Sound - story about a pricing rebound. for as as recommended the of $15.99 version of the accounting much 2008 a 2.1 formation of a units that Coldplay's album accounted for more Scan need to "come up with Of the million units that 70% of sales outside of "digital copyright album "Viva La Vida or Death than half of those sales. Else- standard [pricing] formula that Universal Music Group shipped Amazon, in both CD and exchange" where and All His Friends" moved where, first -day sales totaled reflects a true album sale before street date, 1.3 million digital versions. licenses could be in its first week. about 45,000 at Best Buy, and not a promotion," says were for a deluxe version of the Meanwhile, Amazon's May bought and sold, Heavy demand at Amazon 35,000 at Target, 20,000 at Wal- Michael Kurtz, executive di- album, sources say. The stan- 26 reprise of its 99 cent "Born legislation to enable slowed -and for some cus- mart and 10,000 at Starbucks, rector of indie store coalition dard version, which contains This Way" deal appeared to be orphan works tomers, prevented -down- sources say, which suggests Music Monitor Network.