Lot of promo has been 'left on the table', including satellite & CD retail store PA services, licensing of tracks for commercials, TV and movies, consideration of comic book fantasy or TV animation adventure series as follow-on to 'Break the Ice' anime' concept as supplemented by Kimho's postings (since 'Click & Clack' NPR car show hosts warrant a PBS TV animated series, 'our Miss Britney' surely rates a look).

If only Jive and Britney's 'people' could get their act(s) together, magic could still happen.

they say britney was drunk performing in her gimme more live is that true

she should of had a tour to promote it.

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This album is perfect........but it didn't have good promotion,that's a shame!!!!!!!!!!

I suspect reason Jive Records is at a loss on how to promote 'Blackout' is that, in many ways, it reflects sophisticated 2008 update on a lost art~novelty and song parody records.

Example, while 'Piece of Me', as profiled on ABC's '20/20' news magazine is about striking out at obsessive and unspeakably intrusive paparazzi, 'prisoner in chains' percussion engenders 'flip side' realization that her life is rendered that of 'bird in a gilded cage'.

Album's dimensionality represents an artistic ADVANCEMENT for the star of our show, but record company is clueless how to market for that ('too intelligent' for them to deal with).

Is sad but she gone reclaim her trone whit her new album.

That's bad.

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I thought that such a comeback will make people go crazy and buy her albums like hot bread. I'm sorry to hear she hadn't the success I wanted her to.

britney don't be worry....
all gone be ok!!!
i love u

its not tragic she has done well when all the press were saying people wouldnt buy it

actually, "Blackout" is not debuting at number #1:

Revised Chart Policy Lands Eagles At No. 1

The Eagles' first new studio album in 28 years, "Long Road Out of Eden," takes a short route to No. 1 on The Billboard 200 after Billboard revised a significant chart policy today (Nov. 7).

In consultation with Nielsen SoundScan, Billboard will now allow exclusive album titles that are only available through one retailer to appear on The Billboard 200 and other charts, effective with this week's charts. Prior to this, proprietary titles were not eligible to appear on most Billboard charts.

Early SoundScan numbers have the Eagles taking the top perch on The Billboard 200 with 711,000 copies sold, with most sales moved by Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. For now, the only other U.S. outlets carrying "Eden" are walmart.com, where both physical copies and downloads are sold, and the Eagles' own Web site.

"Eden" became available at the mass-market chain Oct. 30. Aside from two compilations, this is the Eagles' first album since the mostly live "Hell Freezes Over," which led The Billboard 200 for two weeks in 1994.

Britney Spears' new Jive album, "Blackout," which would have been No. 1 had the Eagles' data not been reported, will open at No. 2 with first-week sales of 290,000 copies.

"We know that some retailers will be uncomfortable with this policy, but it was inevitable that Billboard's charts would ultimately widen the parameters to reflect changes that are unfolding in music distribution," says Geoff Mayfield, Billboard's director of charts. "We would have preferred to make this decision earlier, but only became aware within the last 24 hours that Wal-Mart would be willing to share the data for this title with Nielsen SoundScan."

The revised policy initially impacts The Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums, where "Eden" will also bow at No. 1. Criteria for the remainder of Billboard's albums charts will be formulated later this week. A handful of other titles will debut this week on The Billboard 200 as a consequence of the policy revision.

Previously, titles that were not generally available at retail were not eligible to appear on The Billboard 200, but were entitled to chart on Billboard's Top Comprehensive Albums, which includes catalog titles and proprietary albums from retailers willing to report those sales.

The comprehensive chart will continue to appear on Billboard.biz, to show how catalog titles compete with the overall market. However, once parameters for the remainder of the album charts are determined, Top Comprehensive Music Videos will be discontinued, as exclusive titles will then be eligible for the Nielsen SoundScan-fed Top Music Videos.

Source: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1...
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It would have been great if Blackout would have sold more. It's great that she has her 5th consecutive Billboard #1 though. No one else has done it. Go Britney!
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Danja, bring it back.

Ohh! Sad, I hoped she would sell a bit more! But still it's cool, she's done well, she's still #1 and hey, the MOST important thing, the album freakin rocks!!!!!!So, let's be happy guys!!!

Oh god. This is tragic.

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<3lackouted.