Topic: Album Sales

Based on the record-breaking second-week sales drop of the album "MDNA," the hosts predict Madonna may be the next target of the "Hollywood Whacker." They discuss the "Red Book" theory where celebrities are worth more dead than alive to their estates and record labels.

The Financial Times reports that 123 million physical albums were sold in the United Kingdom over the past year, reflecting a slight decline from 2007. The criteria for achieving gold or platinum status has shifted globally, and the traditional practice of awarding mother masters as gold records has largely been replaced by commemorative CD frames.