ATLANTIC'S BRITNEY SPEARS' COVER BOMBS ON NEWSSTAND

Well, so much for that idea.

Back in April, the 150-year-old Atlantic featured Britney Spears on its cover.

It faced a firestorm from all fronts – according to Foliomag.com.

The Britney cover tanked, according to figures submitted by the Atlantic to the Audit Bureau of Circulations Rapid Report filing system late last month.

To see the diasterous numbers, make the jump:

The magazine sold approximately 24,000 copies at the newsstand, some 21,000 less than March and nearly 30,000 less than its January/February issue.

The magazine sold 40,900 single copies of its April 2007 issue, per ABC. (During the second half of 2007, each Atlantic issue sold, on average, 57,000 single copies at the newsstand.)