Nicole Richie's Spawn Already More Popular Than Christina Aguilera's

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Since the halcyon days of Suri and Shiloh, when we were waiting to catch a glimpse of our future overlord and the world's most genetically perfect human specimen, respectively, we haven't taken much of an interest in the first unveilings of celebrity spawn. They all kind of look alike, right? So what's the point? It's not like one of the little squirts is going to show up on the pages of People with a prehensile tail or covered in 14 karat gold leaf (although now that we've given her the idea, we wouldn't put it past J.Lo to try that last one). But apparently we're not typical, baby-obsessed Americans. The masses don't love all famous offspring equally though. Sayth MSNBC:

Nicole Richie didn’t just beat rival Christina Aguilera to the delivery room by having daughter Harlow on Jan. 11, one day before Aguilera gave birth to son Max, but it appears Richie will beat Aguilera on the newsstand as well.

Both new moms each had their own cover of People magazine, and according to some early estimates, the issue featuring Richie is on target to sell more than 1.8 million copies, according to an industry source, whereas Aguilera's has sold far less. (People magazine could not confirm sales numbers; a spokesperson said its too soon to know how many copies were sold.)

Why does there seem to be more interest in Harlow Winter Kate Madden? One magazine insider said part of it could come down to the moms’ fan bases. “Christina historically doesn’t do that well on covers,” said the source, who cites poor sales of her wedding photo issue in OK!, and less-than-stellar sales of her nude photo shoot in the January 2008 Marie Claire.

That might be true, but Nicole Richie doesn’t seem like an obvious home run on the cover, either. “There’s also a greater element of curiosity with Nicole,” the source conceded. “She’s gone public about being a heroin addict. Her boyfriend is covered in tattoos. By default, she’s got the more interesting baby. People want to see how she settles down. They want to see what kind of baby someone with her background has.”

So readers thought Harlow Winter Kate Madden would pop out of mommy's womb with a sweet Taz tat on her forearm with a needle hanging out of it? God, Americans really are dumb fucks, aren't they?