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We managed to find the answer to your question through the labors of an enterprising young fan of the rock group Nonpoint. A Yahoo! search on "album+release+Tuesday" led us to the fan forum of the band, where a nearly identical question was found. After scrolling through several well-meaning but not very helpful responses, we hit pay dirt. Nonpoint fan "shadeofgreen" replies: "I'm a dork, but a curious dork, so I looked..." He links to an archived
column from the Denver Rocky Mountain News dated September 10, 2003. The answer lies in the teaser paragraph. According to features editor Mike Pearson, albums are released on Tuesdays because sales figures for albums are released on Mondays. While films are ranked according to weekend sales figures, the billboard charts are determined according to weekly sales. Thus, in order to maximize their sales potential, albums have to be released immediately after the posting of the previous week's sales figures.
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