Christina Aguilera and Nicole Richie In No Holds Barred Glossy Mag Sales Contest

With hot-headed debates regarding the sales of (People! Exclusive!!) Christina Aguilera’s baby blabber cover story in January versus (People! Exclusive!!) Nicole Richie’s baby blabber cover last week, the chattering newsies are heatedly trying to get to the bottom of a quasi-intellectual argument about fame and newsstand sales. According to an MSNBC source, the Richie issue “sold more than 1.8 million copies…whereas Aguilera’s has sold far less.” But why the greater public interest in the ostensibly careerless Richie, as opposed to the Grammy award-winning Aguilera? Apparently, weekly readers like them some knocked up druggies and the weeklies know it:

“She’s gone public about being a heroin addict. Her boyfriend is covered in tattoos. By default, she’s got the more interesting baby.”