Leaks Help Record Sales?

[kooltilldend]

Lil Wayne's a money freak...his old stuff is lightyears ahead of the random crap he pulls out nowadays...I hope Eminem doesn't go in that direction but if Relapse is anything to go by...then I guess I won't be listening to him much more

also you mentioned some good songs in the not-so-popular list...my favs though would be Lose Yourself, Mockingbird and Cleaning Out My Closet - the first one was a very big hit while the other two were alright hits (they are epic songs though imo)

[Something Else]

Leaks help the record companies to figure out how much they should market an album. If they are paying attention to download figures that is.
I wouldn't say it helps sales directly, but indirectly, most probably if they know what they're doing.