Can artists buy their own singles/albums in bulk?

[MJMThriller]

Pretty random question but why don't artists buy their own singles/albums to make them reach #1?

Couldn't MJ, for example, have bought his single 'Butterflies' - which reached an impressive #2 on the R&B and #14 on the US singles charts - in bulk? He would've made the money back through sales and royalties.

It might be dishonest but it would still be legal, right? :cheeky:
And nobody need know...:secret:

 

[Kinga]

who knows :lol:

 

[Sdeidjs]

Artists probably could looking at it from the business end. However, with regards to the charts the Artists creations would be moot to that Man In The Mirror...

I guess it would depend whether or not they are all about the money or all about their children...

 

[RockWithLou]

Maybe they don't actually care about getting to number one? (just a thought lol..)

 

[elusive moonwalker]

you would be in trouble if that happened. theres been investigations in the uk about such things when there was bulk buying that looked suspicious

 

[Sparkling9Souls]

You don't think labels have done this in the past (and maybe still today)? I wouldn't call it rumor or even fact, but it's something that I always assumed was implied and never denied.