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How many fans does Prince have? Judging by the number of members on this site it seems Prince has many fans but im wondering how many he has? how many actually support him by going to his concerts and buying the latest album? rather than sum who just illegally download it? is it in the millions? | |
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How many people are on the Org? Ernest L Sewell, IV
Confessions Of A Prince Realist. You might want to sit down for this. "An ass hanging out on stage is an ass hanging out on stage. Period." |
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All Prince fans raise your hands so we can get a count! | |
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a lot. "The sun, the kiss, the funk for a bliss.
The lips with the soul and some jazz for ya hips" - Digable Planets | |
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Probably about 2.23 billion (? roughly?) Last Night, I spent another lonely Christmas...Darlin' Darlin' U shoulda been there.~Prince. |
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I still love Prince. I'm not going to see any of his shows until he spends some of his Lotusflower,com money on me. I think he has hundreds of thousands of fans and of course many people in the entertainment industry love his music. I'm sure most of us will agree Prince is one of the greatest entertainers alive. | |
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6 or more. This is untoward! This is not toward! |
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dance4me3121 said: Judging by the number of members on this site it seems Prince has many fans but im wondering how many he has? how many actually support him by going to his concerts and buying the latest album? rather than sum who just illegally download it? is it in the millions?
I know Prince use 2 have @ least 500.000 hard core fans that would buy any album he put out up until the mid nineties. But now every now and then he will have a gold album. Like the last one 3121. Lotusflow3r is almost gold. I don't know if that counts as platinum with the mplsound.... i still think that's pretty good 4 a black artist his age range that been out 4 over 30 years. Good question Dance4me3121 I guess ur smart after all...lol 2 all the haterz on the internet somebody's looking at U. "No more candy 4 U. They got Ur number now fool.. | |
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I am Something that you'll never understand I'll never beat you, I'll never lie And if you're evil, I'll forgive you by and by... | |
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He got me no matter what!   
~4ever~ | |
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Mars23 said: 6 or more.
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well, taking ernestsewell's advise I looked on the home page & it said the most people ever signed on @ once was 22,480 so that gives u an idea of the more 'hardcore' fan base
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nosajd said: well, taking ernestsewell's advise I looked on the home page & it said the most people ever signed on @ once was 22,480 so that gives u an idea of the more 'hardcore' fan base
who knows I'd add another 35% to that number, because not every Prince fan is on the org. I saw some 50 year old woman cruising Target, and as I passed the LotusFlow3r endcap, the CDs caught her eye too. She paused, looked it over, grabbed a CD, said, "hmm" under her breath, and threw it in her cart along w/ her laundry detergent and paper towels. All that said to say, there are those that might pick up a Prince CD out of sheer curiosity (then toss it in sheer disgust), which is why his first week numbers (which went from Sunday-Saturday, not Tuesday-Saturday as most CDs do, thereby garnering 2 more full days of sales) were just over 300K. However, there were also fans who bought more than one copy to give away, keep, or hock on eBay to foreign buyers. I really think his hardcare fan base is under, or right at 100,000. General Top 40 fans fill in the gaps, and help fill theaters and arenas that he plays in. Ernest L Sewell, IV
Confessions Of A Prince Realist. You might want to sit down for this. "An ass hanging out on stage is an ass hanging out on stage. Period." |
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ernestsewell said: nosajd said: well, taking ernestsewell's advise I looked on the home page & it said the most people ever signed on @ once was 22,480 so that gives u an idea of the more 'hardcore' fan base
who knows I'd add another 35% to that number, because not every Prince fan is on the org. I saw some 50 year old woman cruising Target, and as I passed the LotusFlow3r endcap, the CDs caught her eye too. She paused, looked it over, grabbed a CD, said, "hmm" under her breath, and threw it in her cart along w/ her laundry detergent and paper towels. All that said to say, there are those that might pick up a Prince CD out of sheer curiosity (then toss it in sheer disgust), which is why his first week numbers (which went from Sunday-Saturday, not Tuesday-Saturday as most CDs do, thereby garnering 2 more full days of sales) were just over 300K. However, there were also fans who bought more than one copy to give away, keep, or hock on eBay to foreign buyers. I really think his hardcare fan base is under, or right at 100,000. General Top 40 fans fill in the gaps, and help fill theaters and arenas that he plays in. and the 500,000 who paid to see him in London? |
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SPOOKYGAS said: ernestsewell said: I'd add another 35% to that number, because not every Prince fan is on the org. I saw some 50 year old woman cruising Target, and as I passed the LotusFlow3r endcap, the CDs caught her eye too. She paused, looked it over, grabbed a CD, said, "hmm" under her breath, and threw it in her cart along w/ her laundry detergent and paper towels. All that said to say, there are those that might pick up a Prince CD out of sheer curiosity (then toss it in sheer disgust), which is why his first week numbers (which went from Sunday-Saturday, not Tuesday-Saturday as most CDs do, thereby garnering 2 more full days of sales) were just over 300K. However, there were also fans who bought more than one copy to give away, keep, or hock on eBay to foreign buyers. I really think his hardcare fan base is under, or right at 100,000. General Top 40 fans fill in the gaps, and help fill theaters and arenas that he plays in. and the 500,000 who paid to see him in London? Multiple tix buyers... I would say that 100,000 hardcore, buy everything, shove people out of their way for the latest album, fans is about right. Still, that's a cool million dollars in his pocket whenever he decides to put out a CD, when u consider he pockets roughly $10 bucks per. MJ was a brilliant singer/dancer...best of all time, however, that's all he was. Let's not compare him to Prince, best musician of all time, but rather, compare him to someone like Sammy Davis Jr (who I don't hear anyone calling a musical genius). | |
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SPOOKYGAS said: and the 500,000 who paid to see him in London?
Reread what I typed. Ernest L Sewell, IV
Confessions Of A Prince Realist. You might want to sit down for this. "An ass hanging out on stage is an ass hanging out on stage. Period." |
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probably over a million  may u live 2 see the dawn
a yo prince im really happy for you imma let you finish but Michael Jackson had one of the best records of all time! | |
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ernestsewell said: SPOOKYGAS said: and the 500,000 who paid to see him in London?
Reread what I typed. U gotta be kidding right? Once is always to many times with your pish! |
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Revolution said: SPOOKYGAS said: and the 500,000 who paid to see him in London? Multiple tix buyers... I would say that 100,000 hardcore, buy everything, shove people out of their way for the latest album, fans is about right. Still, that's a cool million dollars in his pocket whenever he decides to put out a CD, when u consider he pockets roughly $10 bucks per. So the supposed 100,000 hardcore fans went all the way to London and bought 5 tickets each, ye right. |
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ernestsewell said: How many people are on the Org?
about 8. the rest are alters. | |
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errant said: ernestsewell said: How many people are on the Org?
about 8. the rest are alters. [Edited 11/4/09 6:22am] | |
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He used to have millions of fans,
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I think Ernest is probably close in his estimation. Concert sales are a whole different demographic than CD sales for an artist past their prime. Concerts bring out former fans that want to hear some nostalgic hits. A CD like Lotusflow3r with national promotion, loss-leader pricing and big box end-cap availability that sold "only" 300k is really a better peek into his hardcore fan base. Purple Fact #542: Prince can make a Weeble™ fall down. | |
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Its probably too many to count I for one will be a fan forever. | |
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Some really hard core fans went every concert every night including aftershows, I myself who I do not consider hard core but nearly went 7 main shows and 13 aftershow, twice to Vegas in 2 month period, and I have every released album and some several times over, 3121 I have 4 copies of. | |
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ernestsewell said: nosajd said: well, taking ernestsewell's advise I looked on the home page & it said the most people ever signed on @ once was 22,480 so that gives u an idea of the more 'hardcore' fan base
who knows I'd add another 35% to that number, because not every Prince fan is on the org. I saw some 50 year old woman cruising Target, and as I passed the LotusFlow3r endcap, the CDs caught her eye too. She paused, looked it over, grabbed a CD, said, "hmm" under her breath, and threw it in her cart along w/ her laundry detergent and paper towels. All that said to say, there are those that might pick up a Prince CD out of sheer curiosity (then toss it in sheer disgust), which is why his first week numbers (which went from Sunday-Saturday, not Tuesday-Saturday as most CDs do, thereby garnering 2 more full days of sales) were just over 300K. However, there were also fans who bought more than one copy to give away, keep, or hock on eBay to foreign buyers. I really think his hardcare fan base is under, or right at 100,000. General Top 40 fans fill in the gaps, and help fill theaters and arenas that he plays in. I see where you get your figures from-but don't you think Prince is hard one to judge. For example my brother would argue prince to the death in a pub buthasn't bought one of his albumes since Rave. Same with me to some degree-I would say i was hardcore but i am not that bothered that I haven't heard Lotus. I think if the question was "How many ambivalent fans does Prince have?" I think we could add a nought or three | |
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He's got us and that's all that counts | |
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nosajd said: well, taking ernestsewell's advise I looked on the home page & it said the most people ever signed on @ once was 22,480 so that gives u an idea of the more 'hardcore' fan base
who knows [Edited 11/3/09 18:41pm] well you better take off Hatrina and Bart so that's 22,478, they'll just spit in your face if you called them fans!  [Edited 11/4/09 3:08am] I've got a bet goin with my partner that your the best kisser in L.A, if i'm out of line you can tell me, but if i'm not we can get busy! | |
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The way he's carried on closing fan websites, policing youtube and ripping off his hardcore followers with lotusflow3r.com, he's lucky he has any.
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