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In Week #16 on the chart , 3121 dips another 15% to sales of 4,774 copies this week (#175) . Total sales now stand at 467,964

TWRank--Artist--Title--TWSales--%CHG--LWSales--RTDSales

1 CASH*JOHNNY AMERICAN V: HUNDRED HIGHWAYS 88,336 999 357 88,711
2 FURTADO*NELLY LOOSE 81,369 -18 98,904 399,391
3 INDIA.ARIE TESTIMONY:VOL.1,LIFE & RELATIO 68,769 -57 161,172 230,374
4 DIXIE CHICKS TAKING THE LONG WAY 57,293 -27 78,452 1,325,999
5 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 55,885 -6 59,417 452,411
6 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 55,482 -11 62,294 638,099
7 RASCAL FLATTS ME AND MY GANG 54,574 -7 58,786 2,051,930
8 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL SOUNDTRACK 51,645 -10 57,574 2,672,446
9 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL DUSK & SUMMER 49,797 -63 134,174 184,184
10 RISE AGAINST SUFFERER & THE WITNESS 48,327 999 175 48,520

11 YUNG JOC NEW JOC CITY 46,968 -5 49,681 365,474
12 VARIOUS NOW 21 40,859 -5 42,880 1,405,708
13 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS STADIUM ARCADIUM 40,330 -13 46,300 1,100,259
14 CARS SOUNDTRACKS 39,977 -21 50,319 289,735
15 PANIC! AT THE DISCO FEVER YOU CAN'T SWEAT OUT 37,328 -2 37,941 867,978
16 A.F.I. DECEMBERUNDERGROUND 37,025 -23 47,922 428,815
17 BUSTA RHYMES BIG BANG THE 36,648 -37 57,789 372,504
18 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 36,105 -2 37,026 1,755,736
19 FRAY HOW TO SAVE A LIFE 33,233 13 29,527 554,794
20 RAE*CORINNE BAILEY CORINNE BAILEY RAE 31,926 -15 37,614 110,028

21 NE-YO IN MY OWN WORDS 31,549 -11 35,541 1,062,494
22 SHAKIRA ORAL FIXATION V2 31,341 -12 35,476 1,279,888
23 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 30,825 1 30,591 3,060,882
24 PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN-DEAD SOUNDTRACK 30,154 999 128 30,282
25 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SOME HEARTS 28,942 -8 31,296 3,145,144
26 ICE CUBE LAUGH NOW CRY LATER 26,625 -25 35,723 310,385
27 MCGRAW*TIM VOL. 2-GREATEST HITS 26,301 -6 28,053 965,185
28 CHAMILLIONAIRE SOUND OF REVENGE 25,224 -10 28,051 1,053,064
29 BLUE OCTOBER FOILED 23,248 10 21,074 290,209
30 UNDEROATH DEFINE THE GREAT LINE 23,122 -33 34,482 148,319

31 KEANE UNDER THE IRON SEA 22,666 -38 36,374 134,742
32 KEITH*TOBY WHITE TRASH WITH MONEY 21,873 -2 22,240 841,104
33 THREE DAYS GRACE ONE-X 21,672 -16 25,899 160,771
34 BLUNT*JAMES BACK TO BEDLAM 21,385 -14 24,843 1,985,595
35 TUNSTALL*KT EYE TO THE TELESCOPE 21,377 17 18,217 475,531
36 SHAWNNA BLOCK MUSIC 20,860 -56 46,940 67,913
37 WILLIAMS*HANK JR. THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT IN DIXIE 20,706 -47 38,738 59,512
38 T.I. KING 20,704 -21 26,290 1,348,761
39 CASH*JOHNNY LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH 20,379 8 18,849 1,881,305
40 TOOL 10000 DAYS 20,020 -21 25,306 1,079,157

41 WRECKERS STAND STILL LOOK PRETTY 19,174 -2 19,531 174,027
42 BUCKCHERRY 15 19,051 -7 20,408 237,494
43 HINDER EXTREME BEHAVIOR 18,665 6 17,544 293,905
44 LACHEY*NICK WHAT'S LEFT OF ME 18,315 -5 19,256 426,020
45 TAKING BACK SUNDAY LOUDER NOW 18,187 -0 18,223 395,518
46 ANGELS & AIRWAVES WE DON'T NEED TO 17,807 -15 20,843 300,403
47 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 17,602 -6 18,773 5,403,308
48 FIELD MOB LIGHT POLES & PINE TREES 17,585 -35 27,122 108,292
49 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 17,351 -30 24,795 2,443,332
50 TURNER*JOSH YOUR MAN 17,209 19 14,426 757,203

51 RASCAL FLATTS FEELS LIKE TODAY 16,603 -7 17,848 4,305,377
52 URBAN*KEITH BE HERE 16,540 -8 18,061 3,098,254
53 ROBERTS*JULIE MEN & MASCARA 15,710 -50 31,365 47,180
54 CHESNEY*KENNY ROAD & THE RADIO 15,522 -12 17,662 2,360,933
55 BAMBINO*HECTOR EL FATHER LOS ROMPE DISCOTEKAS 15,332 -42 26,501 41,988
56 JONES*DONELL JOURNEY OF A GEMINI 15,268 -37 24,071 88,444
57 BOCELLI*ANDREA AMORE 15,143 -18 18,399 1,147,639
58 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS MOVE ALONG 14,886 -8 16,103 1,223,259
59 JACKSON*ALAN PRECIOUS MEMORIES 14,706 -10 16,260 756,316
60 WOLFMOTHER WOLFMOTHER 14,313 1 14,181 170,447

61 2006 WARPED TOUR COMPILATION 2006 WARPED TOUR COMPILATION 14,064 16 12,121 83,079
62 LOSTPROPHETS LIBERATION TRANSMISSION 14,050 -48 26,886 40,999
63 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 14,034 -6 14,989 1,894,515
64 PAISLEY*BRAD TIME WELL WASTED 13,981 -4 14,527 1,161,909
65 LITTLE BIG TOWN ROAD TO HERE 13,837 -8 15,062 600,410
66 30 SECONDS TO MARS BEAUTIFUL LIE 13,671 4 13,184 219,682
67 BENTLEY*DIERKS MODERN DAY DRIFTER 13,444 -6 14,243 1,139,091
68 POWTER*DANIEL DANIEL POWTER 13,236 -5 13,944 444,926
69 THA DOGG POUND CALI IZ ACTIVE 13,163 -57 30,300 43,985
70 SPRINGSTEEN*BRUCE WE SHALL OVERCOME: SEEGER SESS 13,110 -19 16,260 496,349

71 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA UNWRITTEN 12,946 -14 15,076 656,555
72 PAUL*SEAN TRINITY 12,847 -2 13,085 1,096,802
73 PEARL JAM PEARL JAM 12,665 -17 15,303 586,709
74 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 12,480 1 12,396 3,042,216
75 OMAR*DON KING OF KINGS 12,454 20 10,359 174,753
76 GODSMACK IV 12,140 -13 13,937 514,242
77 ISLEY BROTHERS BABY MAKIN' MUSIC 12,124 -13 13,996 283,964
78 AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 5: ENCORES 11,958 -19 14,814 338,718
79 SNOW PATROL EYES OPEN 11,556 -3 11,936 146,369
80 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 11,546 -16 13,732 1,439,022

81 JOHNSON*JACK & FRIENDS CURIOUS GEORGE:SINGALONGS/LULL 11,419 -11 12,798 927,971
82 CASH*RAY C.O.D. (CASH ON DELIVERY) 11,260 -53 23,849 35,248
83 DISNEYMANIA DISNEYMANIA 4 11,214 -4 11,734 301,703
84 JOHNSON*JACK IN BETWEEN DREAMS 11,058 -6 11,819 2,192,297
85 RACONTEURS BROKEN BOY SOLDIERS 11,030 -15 12,959 192,607
86 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 10,968 -8 11,889 3,870,983
87 VASSAR*PHIL VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 10,558 -16 12,552 217,128
88 E-40 MY GHETTO REPORT CARD 10,415 -1 10,526 328,475
89 KNOPFLER/HARRIS ALL THE ROADRUNNING 10,346 -32 15,170 258,437
90 BROOKS & DUNN HILLBILLY DELUXE 10,269 -8 11,124 927,061

91 BLUE COLLAR COMEDY TOUR: ONE F BLUE COLLAR COMEDY TOUR: ONE F 10,256 -15 12,091 111,563
92 FAST & THE FURIOUS TOKYO DRIFT SOUNDTRACK 10,177 -20 12,783 43,547
93 THREE 6 MAFIA MOST KNOWN UNKNOWN 9,937 -13 11,386 888,676
94 KORN SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE 9,784 -8 10,621 973,847
95 PINK I'M NOT DEAD 9,714 6 9,150 412,975
96 ADKINS*TRACE SONGS ABOUT ME 9,707 -4 10,111 1,510,469
97 COOK*DANE RETALIATION 9,578 -11 10,810 775,025
98 SUGARLAND TWICE THE SPEED OF 9,463 -1 9,534 2,003,798
99 BON JOVI HAVE A NICE DAY 9,396 -22 12,010 1,216,848
100 FLYLEAF FLYLEAF 9,386 -6 9,986 267,344

101 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 9,206 -6 9,806 2,460,672
102 FALL OUT BOY FROM UNDER THE CORK TREE 9,094 -3 9,401 2,352,522
103 FORT MINOR RISING TIED 8,944 -21 11,299 309,405
104 KIDZ BOP KIDS VOL. 9-KIDZ BOP 8,704 27 6,864 404,857
105 DADDY YANKEE BARRIO FINO ENDIRECTO 8,508 -14 9,945 627,015
106 WALK THE LINE SOUNDTRACK 8,489 -0 8,511 960,752
107 GOO GOO DOLLS LET LOVE IN 8,380 -2 8,556 245,399
108 KEITH*TOBY VOL. 2-GREATEST HITS 8,320 -3 8,565 3,184,724
109 CREED GREATEST HITS 8,299 -2 8,498 1,230,206
110 COLE*KEYSHIA WAY IT IS 8,293 -14 9,613 1,301,907

111 DJ KHALED LISTENNN... THE ALBUM! 8,023 -24 10,508 98,768
112 DEF LEPPARD YEAH! 7,876 -16 9,426 111,237
113 SIMON*PAUL SURPRISE 7,861 -13 9,036 203,153
114 BIG & RICH COMIN' TO YOUR CITY 7,827 23 6,373 852,580
115 AVANT DIRECTOR 7,643 -30 10,906 319,746
116 DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ ON TOP OF OUR GAME 7,579 -11 8,507 544,002
117 LEWIS*HUEY & THE NEWS GREATEST HITS 7,522 -1 7,573 76,042
118 POISON BEST OF POISON: 20 YEARS OF RO 7,336 -3 7,576 201,454
119 ALLAN*GARY TOUGH ALL OVER 7,298 -0 7,328 534,725
120 BOLTON*MICHAEL BOLTON SWINGS SINATRA 7,266 20 6,044 86,895

121 GUSTER GANGING UP ON THE SUN 7,251 -41 12,217 49,888
122 CAM'RON KILLA SEASON 7,018 -9 7,736 228,952
123 FOXX*JAMIE UNPREDICTABLE 6,899 -14 7,989 1,837,142
124 CASTING CROWNS LIFESONG 6,816 -10 7,570 290,806
125 MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION SOUNDTRACK 6,762 -5 7,122 199,473
126 ZOMBIE*ROB EDUCATED HORSES 6,759 -3 6,964 328,544
127 ALDEAN*JASON JASON ALDEAN 6,736 -8 7,318 618,006
128 WWE WRECKLESS INTENT 6,727 -13 7,690 140,902
129 GORILLAZ DEMON DAYS 6,692 4 6,430 1,931,435
130 DISTURBED TEN THOUSAND FISTS 6,635 5 6,297 1,145,605

131 HILL*FAITH FIREFLIES 6,566 -7 7,028 1,898,868
132 YOUNG*NEIL LIVING WITH WAR 6,563 -18 8,025 197,055
133 CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 6,528 -20 8,172 5,660,139
134 ALY & AJ INTO THE RUSH 6,523 -10 7,258 567,712
135 MADONNA CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR 6,392 -3 6,558 1,509,840
136 JAGGED EDGE JAGGED EDGE 6,380 2 6,264 222,839
137 JOEL*BILLY 12 GARDENS LIVE 6,366 -23 8,320 73,476
138 JERSEY BOYS SOUNDTRACK 6,352 -23 8,221 124,348
139 HOOBASTANK EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF 6,305 -16 7,501 133,080
140 DRAGONFORCE INHUMAN RAMPAGE 6,024 -18 7,348 23,135

141 FRANKLIN*KIRK HERO 6,022 -5 6,350 587,445
142 JEWEL GOODBYE ALICE IN WONDERLAND 5,978 -16 7,077 234,304
143 REYES*DIANA LAS NO 1 DE LA REINA 5,962 999 67 6,029
144 LIL' WAYNE CARTER II 5,905 -3 6,089 990,425
145 WISIN Y YANDEL PA'L MUNDO 5,741 1 5,658 309,884
146 SUPERMAN RETURNS SOUNDTRACK 5,698 -35 8,825 16,777
147 VARIOUS NOW LATINO 5,652 -3 5,839 211,470
148 SPARXXX*BUBBA CHARM 5,560 -6 5,907 218,834
149 WILLMON*TRENT LITTLE MORE LIVIN' 5,535 -15 6,532 35,949
150 MARIE*TEENA SAPPHIRE 5,517 3 5,370 114,094

151 MADONNA I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A SECRET 5,437 -41 9,151 40,161
152 WOW WORSHIP AQUA WOW WORSHIP AQUA 5,403 -7 5,797 73,655
153 ANDERSON*KEITH THREE CHORD COUNTRY & AMERICAN 5,342 2 5,237 357,098
154 LAMBERT*MIRANDA KEROSENE 5,306 -5 5,578 762,642
155 MERCYME COMING UP TO BREATHE 5,182 -18 6,320 92,557
156 CELTIC WOMAN CELTIC WOMAN 5,167 5 4,941 677,579
157 HEADLEY*HEATHER IN MY MIND 5,125 -10 5,725 472,468
158 VARIOUS NOW #1S 5,110 -2 5,239 467,185
159 COUNTING CROWS NEW AMSTERDAM-LIVE AT HEINEKEN 5,105 -33 7,575 30,067
160 CARTEL CHROMA 5,046 -8 5,501 63,357

161 ISAAK*CHRIS BEST OF CHRIS ISAAK 4,987 -17 6,016 80,906
162 CURRINGTON*BILLY DOIN' SOMETHIN' RIGHT 4,947 -2 5,028 636,251
163 TRIBBETT*TYE VICTORY 4,925 -17 5,904 51,297
164 SHEARD*KIERRA KIKI THIS IS ME 4,922 -57 11,344 15,086
165 ROGERS*KENNY 21 NUMBER ONES 4,915 4 4,747 259,893
166 MARY MARY MARY MARY 4,907 -19 6,026 435,421
167 MATISYAHU YOUTH 4,877 -13 5,605 446,771
168 MILIAN*CHRISTINA SO AMAZIN' 4,847 -14 5,639 122,154
169 ANGEL*ASHLEY PARKER SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE 4,834 -12 5,466 148,041
170 GEIGER*TEDDY UNDERAGE THINKING 4,813 -18 5,867 246,707

171 DIAMOND RIO VOL. 2-GREATEST HITS 4,800 -9 5,264 73,760
172 COLDPLAY X&Y 4,795 -4 5,000 2,925,411
173 GREEN DAY AMERICAN IDIOT 4,793 -4 4,993 5,496,128
174 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY GREATEST HITS 4,777 -4 4,952 562,123
175 PRINCE 3121 4,774 -15 5,647 467,964
176 IL DIVO ANCORA 4,748 -6 5,072 665,260
177 NICHOLS*JOE III 4,737 -10 5,288 444,565
178 MANILOW*BARRY GREATEST SONGS OF THE FIFTIES 4,715 -9 5,199 968,800
179 IL DIVO IL DIVO 4,676 -9 5,132 1,274,164
180 MOBB DEEP BLOOD MONEY 4,592 -11 5,140 227,712

181 ENYA AMARANTINE 4,585 -3 4,744 1,190,052
182 DEF LEPPARD ROCK OF AGES 4,584 -3 4,717 535,656
183 SONIC YOUTH RATHER RIPPED 4,577 -18 5,598 34,286
184 VARIOUS OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEART 4,572 28 3,581 158,452
185 SHINEDOWN US & THEM 4,528 -9 4,975 390,922
186 VARIOUS MONSTER BALLADS PLATINUM EDITI 4,523 -3 4,671 295,097
187 STAIND CHAPTER V 4,441 -5 4,692 885,232
188 REGGAE GOLD 2006 REGGAE GOLD 2006 4,438 -21 5,645 18,128
189 KIDZ BOP KIDS MORE KIDZ BOP GOLD 4,413 11 3,988 30,223
190 STRAIT*GEORGE 50 NUMBER ONES 4,411 7 4,130 2,731,041

191 CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR SAME OLD BLOOD RUSH WITH A NEW 4,408 -35 6,812 24,871
192 CROW*SHERYL WILDFLOWER 4,404 11 3,984 859,736
193 TARZAN THE MUSICAL TARZAN THE MUSICAL 4,398 -19 5,411 9,821
194 L.L. COOL J TODD SMITH 4,382 -19 5,425 295,619
195 VARIOUS NOW 20 4,319 -5 4,530 2,493,784
196 RIMES*LEANN THIS WOMAN 4,306 -16 5,123 648,782
197 TOMLIN*CHRIS ARRIVING 4,285 -15 5,052 192,100
198 STRAIT*GEORGE SOMEWHERE DOWN IN TEXAS 4,261 -2 4,349 851,199
198 ROGERS*KENNY WATER & BRIDGES 4,261 -4 4,455 182,974
200 HEAD AUTOMATICA POPAGANDA 4,213 -10 4,699 35,359

" Total sales now stand at 467,964 "



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sacredwarrior said:

Ouch...when a Disney CD beats Prince...
[Edited 7/12/06 6:09am]

As I've said before, those figures ain't bad if you consider they are entirely from sales of the physical CDs without online download support such as I-Tunes which I should think are incorporated into the figures of all the other artists?

I'm sure I read somewhere that downloads now count towards 60% of the share, so if you assume if Prince had put up 3121 on I-Tunes or whatever - he'd be upto 1,169,910 by now!

You don't even have to sell 100,000 albums to be #1 now.

>>Ouch...when a Disney CD beats Prince...<<<<

The disney CD is beating everyone..sadly enough

>>>The top-selling album so far this year is a soundtrack inspired by the Disney Channel movie "High School Musical," which has sold more than 2.6 million units. <<<

>>I'm sure I read somewhere that downloads now count towards 60% of the share, so if you assume if Prince had put up 3121 on I-Tunes or whatever - he'd be upto 1,169,910 by now!<<

Its more like 6% not 60%

>>Total sales of albums across different formats -- CDs, digital albums, cassette and others -- stood at 270.6 million between Jan. 2 and July 2....More than 14 million full-album downloads were purchased in the first six months of this year, <<< 14/270= 5.2%


complete article.....













U.S. Album Sales Down; Downloads Soar

By ALEX VEIGA
AP Business Writer
Published July 7, 2006, 11:42 PM CDT


LOS ANGELES -- U.S. album sales were down 4.2 percent in the first half of the year, but sales of music downloaded online soared 77 percent, according to industry figures.

Total sales of albums across different formats -- CDs, digital albums, cassette and others -- stood at 270.6 million between Jan. 2 and July 2, compared to 282.6 million in the same period last year, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures released Friday.

The top-selling album so far this year is a soundtrack inspired by the Disney Channel movie "High School Musical," which has sold more than 2.6 million units.

Albums by Rascal Flatts, James Blunt, Mary J. Blige and Carrie Underwood round out the top five.

The decline reflects in part a dearth of big hits compared to the same period in 2005, which saw Mariah Carey and rapper 50 Cent each release multi-platinum sellers.

"Considering that you haven't had a 50 Cent to be the Pied Piper during the first half of the year or a Norah Jones the year before that, being behind 4 percent in album sales is really not that bad," said Geoff Mayfield, director of charts for music tracker Billboard.

The R&B genre accounted for the biggest slice of all albums sold so far this year with 53,806, but also represented the biggest percentage drop -- 22.4 percent -- in units sold by genre from the same period last year.

The country music genre saw a 17.7 percent increase in sales over the first half of 2005, the highest percentage of all.

While the CD remains the dominant album format despite a sales decline in all but one of the last five years, music fans have been increasingly buying digital downloads of single tracks and full albums.

Nearly 281 million digital singles were purchased through July 2, compared to 158.8 million in the time frame last year. More than 14 million full-album downloads were purchased in the first six months of this year, more than double the 6.5 million bought in the first half of 2005.

The growth of online music purchases is a mixed blessing for recording companies, however. Such sales often come at the expense of more profitable album sales as music fans opt to cherry pick a few songs online instead of purchasing a whole album.

"Digital distribution is an answer to the consumer who's been throwing up that complaint," Mayfield said. "It's a changing dynamic that the industry still needs to get its arms around."

Despite rampant music piracy, overall sales of albums, singles, music videos and digital music totaled 564 million units, a 23 percent increase over the same six-month period last year.

Among the four major recording companies, Universal Music Group led the pack with a market share of 31.66 percent. Sony BMG Music Entertainment was second with 26.25 percent market share, followed by Warner Music Group's 19.30 percent and Britain's EMI Music's 10 percent.

Independent record labels accounted for 12.79 percent of market share.
[Edited 7/12/06 7:00am]

newpower99 said:

I read a similar article which talked about the ability to download individual songs as also causing a decrease in cd sales. why by the album when you can get the one song you want

What I want to know are are there really 1,755,736 stupid people that bought the Pussycat Dolls album? Yes, I guess so... yuck. Thanks commercial radio and video shows

wow, I know this is the Prince music forum only but, damn, LL Cool J sold only -295,619, LOL - can someone say.....done.

And on the flip side - Mary J is over 2 million sold, wow, very impressive for a career that started back in 1992.

Man! I really don't understand why it is not available for download. Wasn't this download inaccessibility the same with Musicology? To me, not making 3121 available for download immediately after the American Idol performance was a mistake. Unfortunately, he or Universal may have waited too long to take serious advantage of it now. Oh well…

Looks like it's time for me to buy another copy....

"LOS ANGELES -- U.S. album sales were down 4.2 percent in the first half of the year, but sales of music downloaded online soared 77 percent, according to industry figures."



now take the price tag off downloads

and you'll have ur effing revolution

That's 467, 964 more than the tripe deserved to sell.

the thing I dont understand is Prince was one of the 1st to sell music online.....so why did he opt not to put 3121 on ITUNES?????

Is it possible that he doesn’t want people only downloading singles without downloading the whole album at this point? Anyway, right now, only something major can lift 3121 to platinum sales status, such as a tour or a big top 40 hit single. Regardless, going gold is still a good showing. He’s the man.

sacredwarrior said:

Do realize how stupid you sound? remember this shit here?


Do you remember that you're selling it for $10.99

Besides the fact that you are attempting to so badly to sound like one of his talentless hookers and mimic his sound, how can you have the audacity... i'm sorry the O-Dass-Sit-TEEE to babble on about original ideas, who stole what from whom, and music should be free.

You need to relax and chill on the couch with a nice soothing cup of "shut the fuck up"

goat2004 said:

Yeah,I noticed that too.His CD was pretty much dead on arrival,even though he had a high-profile single ("Control Myself" with J-Lo) that went Top 10.Perhaps he should just stick to acting? In the hip-hop world,he's considered ancient.

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[Edited 7/13/06 0:08am]

jayaredee said:

Just a bit of chart triva....


This weeks #1 debut by Johnny Cash at about 88,000 copies is the LOWEST sales amount for a #1 debut. Breaking the mark set by Destiny's Child's " #1's " of 113,000.


3121 by comparision sold 181,000 in its debut.

And a historical comparison ....In 1995, The Gold Experience sold over 91,000 in its first week...it debuted at # 6

newpower99 said:

Am I not understanding something here? I thought beast sales were no.1

audience1 said:

I will never understand why Prince doesn't have his entire catalog and portions of his vault on iTunes by now. He could make a heck of a lot more money doing that than he ever made with the failed music club. There really is no reason for him no to master and release on iTunes an album of vault material each month.

The grateful dead have 97 full albums on iTunes. Prince has 18 (counting singles) and most of those are incomplete, so you can't buy the whole album even if you want to. There's only 7 complete prince albums on iTunes. You can get Purple Rain from about 20 different people, including a country version - ugh - but not the prince version.

alandail said:

I agree -- Prince could easily release more new material (heck, even CURRENT material) on iTunes, but I wonder how much control he has to get full albums on iTunes from the WB days. Probably doesn't matter since he doesn't seem too interested in selling material that's pre-1996.

metalorange said:

And why wouldnt he put it on ITunes???

Astasheiks said:

Well, I don't know, you'd have to ask him. Obviously I-Tunes takes a cut and maybe Prince doesn't like that cut coming out of his share, but he'd still make money over and above, I'm sure. Of course, if he had his own site up and running and was selling it on there and made it easy for non-fans to find and download without going through about 5 screens, then he wouldn't need I-Tunes at all...

I'm glad someones actually tried to answer the question of why his albums aren't on itunes rather than just complaining about it.

I think its about percentages, to prince its not so much about money per se but about the percentages he can make from it I reckon. He has put some stuff on itunes though, but I think its part of a deal etc eg BlackSweat/BLB doubleA download.

I think it might also be because he has no real interest in promoting his WB albums without control of his masters - maybe WB and P need to sign an agreement to get his WB stuff on itunes, and prince is holding out saying that he wants more control of his masters (remember londell saying he didn't want full control any longer, just a much better deal?). I think that seems quite likely.

Either way, prince isn't stupid, theres a reason he's holding back on itunes, he knows he can make a crapload of cash by shoving his stuff on itunes, the fact that he doesn't I kinda admire, even though I'd love to see more people download his NPGMC stuff (like TCI and Slaughterhouse) and know the figures etc, its interesting to think he might be holding it off there because he can get a higher percentage, even though by putting them on itunes he'd sell more and probably make more in real terms than he would just by having the higher percentage of the profit on the NPGMC.

Good to see him whipping the ass of his arch enemy Kenny Rogers...take that Rogers, you cunt!!

softandwet said:

The Beatles also arent available on Itunes, and this is also due to the fact that its in their contract that they all have to agree on the revenue %, this is why it was an issue to get the Beatles on CD at first. Anytime there is a change in formats an the way to sell something, if the artist has it in their contract, they have the right to block the sale of their merchandise until they agree.

lastdecember said:

no, the beatles aren't on iTunes because they are remastering their music and are waiting until it's all done to put it on itunes.



Prince isn't on itunes either because he's gotten bad advice from someone. If he puts all of the material he owns the rights to on iTunes, he get 67% of all sales and doesn't have to pay any staff other than someone to master the material. This has to be a better return than he got from the NPGMC. There was a time in his life when Prince would have been the first to embrace iTunes.

btw: when people upgrade their computers, how do the get the keys updated to all of the music they bought these last couple of years if NPGMC is gone?
[Edited 7/14/06 20:53pm]

SDNafka said:

O.T. Chistina Milian only sold 141,000 ? No wonder Def Jam dropped her...
The first single they released was their fault though.... "Say I" is pretty lame.

newpower99 said:

Big Deal, Purple Rain sold a million in its first two weeks in 1984. Now theres been a decline. Thriller was a bit slower off the mark, it didnt really sell until Billie Jean was put on MTV about 2 months after it was released, I think Thriller sold more copies in 1984 than it did in 83.