THIS danish review on gaffa.dk (5 out of 6) claims that Prince was payed nothing for the 20TEN album, I don't believe this:

http://gaffa.dk/anmeldelse/41964

Does anyone know how much Prince was payed for 20TEN ?

Het Niewsblad,

Rolling Stone Germany,

Le Courrier International,

Daily Mirror

I simply don't believe Prince has made an album for FREE.....

sorry if the amount of $$$$ is common knowledge, but I guess it's a well kept secret??

thedance said:

THIS danish review on gaffa.dk (5 out of 6) claims that Prince was payed nothing for the 20TEN album, I don't believe this:

http://gaffa.dk/anmeldelse/41964

Does anyone know how much Prince was payed for 20TEN ?

Het Niewsblad,

Rolling Stone Germany,

Le Courrier International,

Daily Mirror

I simply don't believe Prince has made an album for FREE.....

sorry if the amount of $$$$ is common knowledge, but I guess it's a well kept secret??

prince is doin nothing for free - besides for larry

i dont know anything but i can imagin that prince got 50k to 100k from rolling stone mag in germany. i tink that they have a run of 66.000 copies per mag.

how much $$$ was Prince payed for this CD ?'.......

NUNYA.

Prince will receive a t-shirt in the next 4 to 320 weeks.

squirrelgrease said:

Prince will receive a t-shirt in the next 4 to 320 weeks.

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The Purple Yoda - Free

squirrelgrease said:

Translated:

THE PRINCE
20TEN

CD, was released Saturday 10-07-2010 at NPG Records

Reviewed by SOHAIL HASSAN
Photo: SIMON WEDEGE, SIMONWEDEGE.DK

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The Purple Yoda - Free

Prince continues cultivation of his classic funky sound that consistently characterized by Linn-drum-beats, rock guitars and synths. Like he has done in the last album. He has become even more extreme in his hatred of established distributors of music. Now it's not only record companies over a comb, but also Internet-download business, which he can not be bothered. In return, he should not stress over piracy or being exploited. The album has been awaited for some time, given away with various print media. Lucky for the publishers of these and those who live in countries where you can buy them. Denmark are not amongst the lucky ones. As far as the notifier has been able to read, they have not even paid him anything for this completely ridiculous high promotional value. But it is nothing worse because it is free.Princes play happy music and bright talent rays still from each track. There are tracks on the disc, which is one of the best from his hand for a long time for example. Beginning Endlessly. A total of 10 new tracks inc. the secret track 77Laydown are all performed songs and offers a harmonious blend of rock and funky dance-friendly tracks and silky soft ballads with lots of atmosphere.Intentionally or not, but it seems as though Prince gives his fans exactly the sound that the teeth most, and he jumps seamlessly between its many different tried and celebrated sounds from previous albums. Everything is new and still recognizable. Fortunately, everything linked by The Purple Yoda unique musical talent. That he proclaims that the Internet is over, and all electronic gadgets such as computers is unhealthy and just fills our heads with unnecessary figures are worrying. Jehovah's Witness-fool, strategic business genius or just confused? The music fails at least something.

What?! You mean all this time he complained that iTunes wouldn't pay him and the newspapers didn't?

Some years ago a Danish newspaper wrote that Prince had AIDS.

I'm afraid Danish journalists are not exactly the best informed people in the world.

Prince wouldn't even spìt if he wasn't 'properly' paid for it. Period.

vitriol said:

Some years ago a Danish newspaper wrote that Prince had AIDS.

I'm afraid Danish journalists are not exactly the best informed people in the world.

Prince wouldn't even spìt if he wasn't 'properly' paid for it. Period.

What? They said that? Hmm maybe I need to take that article for granted because I surely heard he WAS paid for 20Ten.

Timmy84 said:

vitriol said:

Some years ago a Danish newspaper wrote that Prince had AIDS.

I'm afraid Danish journalists are not exactly the best informed people in the world.

Prince wouldn't even spìt if he wasn't 'properly' paid for it. Period.

What? They said that? Hmm maybe I need to take that article for granted because I surely heard he WAS paid for 20Ten.

reported he was paid 250,000 uk pounds....around 400,000 dollars.....by mirror group newspapers in the uk....

PurpleColossus said:

squirrelgrease said:

Prince will receive a t-shirt in the next 4 to 320 weeks.

+1

Although I was one of the lucky people who got mine in about five.

squirrelgrease said:

Prince will receive a t-shirt in the next 4 to 320 weeks.

that is TOO funny!!

that right there made my day!!

vitriol said:

Some years ago a Danish newspaper wrote that Prince had AIDS.

I'm afraid Danish journalists are not exactly the best informed people in the world.

Prince wouldn't even spìt if he wasn't 'properly' paid for it. Period.

that's true unfortunately, not a newspaper though:

the danish tabloid magazine Se & Hør, 1994:

[img:$uid]http://a.imageshack.us/img444/5694/princeaids.jpg[/img:$uid]

A doctor gives a diagnosis "Prince could have AIDS",

He makes the diagnosis only from looking at the picture, right.

This doctor wasn't right... completely false rumour, thankfully.

squirrelgrease said:

Prince will receive a t-shirt in the next 4 to 320 weeks.

Well the deal with the Mail on Sunday was an upfront fee and percentage of sales. The mirror put the price up and sold over 300,000 copies extra so if it was a similar deal then I think he would have earned as least as much as the mail which was 400,000 of the english pounds

hopefully they paid him enough to satisfy him until the next time he complains about money lol

thedance said:

vitriol said:

Some years ago a Danish newspaper wrote that Prince had AIDS.

I'm afraid Danish journalists are not exactly the best informed people in the world.

Prince wouldn't even spìt if he wasn't 'properly' paid for it. Period.

that's true unfortunately, not a newspaper though:

the danish tabloid magazine Se & Hør, 1994:

[img:$uid]http://a.imageshack.us/img444/5694/princeaids.jpg[/img:$uid]

A doctor gives a diagnosis "Prince could have AIDS",

He makes the diagnosis only from looking at the picture, right.

This doctor wasn't right... completely false rumour, thankfully.

Quick translation:

The text in the upper right corner of the article: "The pop genius looks like a living corpse"

Summary from the text with the blue background: doctor Münster thinks that Prince looks so thin and weak that he has to use his hands to support himself in the doorway. He then goes on to speculate about various illnesses like an eating disorder, heart tumor or AIDS.

Nice work there doctor

I'm from Sweden; Danish and Swedish are to a certain extent mutually intelligible. There's also a Swedish version of Se og Hør: Se & Hör.

Thanks thedance for posting the article!

Prince was PAYED a lot.

jcurley said:

Well the deal with the Mail on Sunday was an upfront fee and percentage of sales. The mirror put the price up and sold over 300,000 copies extra so if it was a similar deal then I think he would have earned as least as much as the mail which was 400,000 of the english pounds

That's a twist I hadn't heard yet.

Prince is payed in advance by all the Newspapers euro 1,5 per CD.

squirrelgrease said:

Prince will receive a t-shirt in the next 4 to 320 weeks.

that's cold

Heresay and Conjecture ^^^^^^^^^^^^

It is also going to be the next release by Prince.

You people are [Name calling snip - luv4u] it's not even funny.

Clearly you know nothing about covermounts.

OF COURSE Prince was paid.

He had a contract with each individual territory publication which will have been dependent on a variety of factors - such as size of distribution.

In each contract he will have given them copyright - see copyright law.

He owns the copyright (as he does with anything bootlegged) and would have sold such rights as such with a contract.

Think of it like a photographer selling his photo's - there are various rights. 1st, 2nd, worldwide.

Honestly there is google and billions of web pages of information yet you cannot fathom out how Prince operates to make a profit.

As to how much I suggest you ask Prince. You can get him on Facebook if you know the name he is using.

BobGeorgetheoriginal said:

Heresay and Conjecture ^^^^^^^^^^^^

It is also going to be the next release by Prince.

You people are [Name calling snip - luv4u] it's not even funny.

Clearly you know nothing about covermounts.

OF COURSE Prince was paid.

He had a contract with each individual territory publication which will have been dependent on a variety of factors - such as size of distribution.

In each contract he will have given them copyright - see copyright law.

He owns the copyright (as he does with anything bootlegged) and would have sold such rights as such with a contract.

Think of it like a photographer selling his photo's - there are various rights. 1st, 2nd, worldwide.

Honestly there is google and billions of web pages of information yet you cannot fathom out how Prince operates to make a profit.

As to how much I suggest you ask Prince. You can get him on Facebook if you know the name he is using.

Why don't you ask him and then tell us what he says? Thanks in advance.

BobGeorgetheoriginal said:

Heresay and Conjecture ^^^^^^^^^^^^

It is also going to be the next release by Prince.

You people are [Name calling snip - luv4u] it's not even funny.

Clearly you know nothing about covermounts.

OF COURSE Prince was paid.

He had a contract with each individual territory publication which will have been dependent on a variety of factors - such as size of distribution.

In each contract he will have given them copyright - see copyright law.

He owns the copyright (as he does with anything bootlegged) and would have sold such rights as such with a contract.

Think of it like a photographer selling his photo's - there are various rights. 1st, 2nd, worldwide.

Honestly there is google and billions of web pages of information yet you cannot fathom out how Prince operates to make a profit.

As to how much I suggest you ask Prince. You can get him on Facebook if you know the name he is using.

ehhhh.....as i said above......he was PAID around 250,000 pounds for the mirror group newspapers in the uk to give the album out.....he does minimal promotion...gets a fat check and gets massive coverage with the album with 2,500,000 copies of the album included in the newspapers.....the newspapers hope to increase their circulation and make the money back in increased sales.......it seems they SOLD an extra 400,000 copies of the newspapers that day and with extra advertising and back sales of the newspaper which i think are still available...should make a profit on the deal so evryone is happy.....its quite clever when you think about it......i personally would still like a normal release with cd case and notes inside but eh ....i aint complaining too much...