--- title: Walmart to Play Less Justin Bieber in Stores to Lift Spirits description: An old CD that repeatedly played the same songs over and over again is getting trashed canonical: https://time.com/3911600/justin-bieber-walmart/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-06T13:36:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:25.971Z og:title: Walmart to Play Less Justin Bieber in Stores to Lift Spirits og:description: An old CD that repeatedly played the same songs over and over again is getting trashed og:url: https://time.com/3911600/justin-bieber-walmart/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52ac583411eb1550/69885341a988caed246b2e3e/justin-bieber-wal-mart1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Justin Bieber on May 9, 2015 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Walmart to Play Less Justin Bieber in Stores to Lift Spirits twitter:description: An old CD that repeatedly played the same songs over and over again is getting trashed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52ac583411eb1550/69885341a988caed246b2e3e/justin-bieber-wal-mart1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Walmart to Play Less Justin Bieber in Stores to Lift Spirits ## Video: The Weirdest Ways Camera-Shy Celebrities Avoid The Paparazzi [Watch (HLS stream): The Weirdest Ways Camera-Shy Celebrities Avoid The Paparazzi](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jGSIidSj.m3u8) (2:01)  _Published 2015-06-04. We all know some celebrities just don't like the paparazzi. Here are some of the weirdest ways the stars dodge those pesky cameramen._ by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Jun 6, 2015 1:36 PM UTC  Justin Bieber on May 9, 2015 in Los Angeles Justin Bieber on May 9, 2015 in Los AngelesMichael Tran—FilmMagic by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Jun 6, 2015 1:36 PM UTC The tyranny that ruled Walmart speakers induced by Justin Bieber—and to a lesser degree, Celine Dion—will end soon. The retail giant detailed various changes at its shareholders meeting this week that employees can expect. One, that reportedly drew the big cheers, [via _The Washington Post_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2015/06/03/why-wal-mart-is-ditching-its-celine-dion-soundtrack-and-getting-a-deejay/), was flipping out an old CD that repeatedly played the same songs over and over and over and over again. The ubiquity of this torture was such that a puppet could effectively joke that hearing Dion caused someone to develop “a serious eye-tic,” per _The Post_. In its stead? Enter Walmart Radio, with a DJ that “will spin tunes to be pumped through the stores.” The frequency of both Canadians’ music was not detailed. What might not stick, though, is the proposed [_Legally Blonde_\-inspired stocking technique](https://twitter.com/JFAtweets/status/606826591163793411) as demonstrated in person by Reese Witherspoon. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/05/wal-mart-play-less-justin-bieber-stores-lift-spirits) _originally appeared on EW.com_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3911600/justin-bieber-walmart/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3911600/justin-bieber-walmart/"},"headline":"Walmart to Play Less Justin Bieber in Stores to Lift Spirits","datePublished":"2015-06-06T13:36:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:25.971Z","description":"An old CD that repeatedly played the same songs over and over again is getting trashed","url":"https://time.com/3911600/justin-bieber-walmart/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52ac583411eb1550/69885341a988caed246b2e3e/justin-bieber-wal-mart1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52ac583411eb1550/69885341a988caed246b2e3e/justin-bieber-wal-mart1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Justin Bieber on May 9, 2015","caption":"Justin Bieber on May 9, 2015","creditText":"Michael Tran—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3911600/justin-bieber-walmart/","name":"Walmart to Play Less Justin Bieber in Stores to Lift Spirits"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Weirdest Ways Camera-Shy Celebrities Avoid The Paparazzi","description":"We all know some celebrities just don't like the paparazzi. 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