`N Sync's `Celebrity' Hits Top Five Highest First-Day Sales At Sam Goody.Business Editors & Entertainment Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2001 Throngs of Teenagers Invade Sam Goody Sam Goody is a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and formerly in the United Kingdom. It is owned and operated by Musicland, which itself is owned by former rival Trans World Entertainment which also runs Suncoast Motion Picture Company and, until January 2006, Central in Mall of America Mall of America (also MOA, MoA, or the Megamall) is a shopping mall located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota. It is just southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, and is across the interstate from the to Celebrate the Release of `N Sync's New Album Sam Goody stores across the nation experienced "Celebrity" frenzy as `N Sync's new album flew off the shelves at the chain's 600-plus stores. While `N Sync did not surpass their own first-day sales record from their last album, "No Strings Attached," first-day sales at Sam Goody stores nationwide landed the group's album within the prestigious top five highest first-day sales in history at the chain. The other albums in Sam Goody's top five with the highest first-day sales include: `N Sync's "No Strings Attached," Backstreet backstreet Noun a street in a town far from the main roads Adjective denoting secret or illegal activities: a backstreet abortion backstreet n Boys "Millennium," Britney Spears "Oops, I Did It Again," and Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP." "Fans still love `N Sync," said Dick Odette, senior vice president of audio for Sam Goody stores. "The group's music has evolved with their fans - those who adored the group when they debuted in 1996 are still devoted, Sam Goody's first-day album sales demonstrate that." In addition to great sales, nearly 1,000 teenagers invaded Sam Goody Central at Mall of America on Tuesday to celebrate the release of `N Sync's "Celebrity." Sam Goody along with Minneapolis radio station B96 hosted the event which featured screaming fans from all over the Midwest United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. singing numbers from the group's numerous hits and imitating dance moves from `N Sync's most popular songs. Sam Goody stores are a division of the Minneapolis-based Musicland Group. The Musicland Group is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ). As of June 30, The Musicland Group operated 1,303 retail stores (624 Sam Goody stores) in 49 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands under the names Sam Goody, Suncoast, Media Play and On Cue. In addition to its four store formats, Musicland also operates four commercial Web sites including: SamGoody.com, Suncoast.com, MediaPlay.com and OnCue.com. |
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