udo said:

feeluupp said:

NEI NEI NEIIIIIIIIII

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It is spelled as nein.

In GERMAN, not NORWEGIAN

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feeluupp said:

udo said:

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It is spelled as nein.

In GERMAN, not NORWEGIAN

[Edited 9/24/16 14:21pm]

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I did not see Norwegian sales mentioned.

What are the Dutch sales?

udo said:

feeluupp said:

In GERMAN, not NORWEGIAN

[Edited 9/24/16 14:21pm]

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I did not see Norwegian sales mentioned.

What are the Dutch sales?

I don''t know.

but

we would say

NEE NEE NEE

It would be interesting to know the Dutch sales,as this is one of the few countries that Prince had more top10 hits than in the USA. I admire them for that among other things!

This recent bIllboard articles confirms that my US sales estimations were correct :

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7541106/prince-music-vault-shopped-purple-rain-deluxe-edition?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Breaking+News&utm_term=biz_breakingnews

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"Since his death on April 21, Prince has sold 1.95 million albums and 4.9 million song downloads in the U.S. through the week ending Oct. 6, according to Nielsen Music. "

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In fact, on this 4.9 million singles, 550.000 are accounted for PURPLE RAIN only. 90 % of the singles sales are sold in the week following his death.

Acoording to my estimations, the song PURPLE RAIN sold 800.000 ex worldwide, KISS and WHEN DOVES CRY maybe sold about 600.000.

The 4EVER Prince effect will surely add another 500 k album until the end of 2016.

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[Edited 10/29/16 3:22am]

Prince worldwide sales in 2016 updated :

THE VERY BEST OF : 1.000.054

PURPLE RAIN : 632.000

ULTIMATE : 275.000

THE HITS / B SIDES : 253.000

1999 : 210.000

SIGN O THE TIMES : 90.000

PRINCE : 82.000

I would like to know the total sales per album overall worldwide

Is there a site where I can find this info or does anyone know?

1725topp said:

RODSERLING said:

My point was to correct the mistake you made. To inform the org about the numbers of album sold worldwide. And to make a relevant comparison between the posthumous sales of two recently dead superstars.

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I wonder if you have some problem of understanding, because you can't get over the fact that Billboard N.E.V.E.R. talked about 4 millions albums sold. You seem to not understand what an album is. A single is definitely not an album, everybody knows that.

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The situation with half of his albums unavailable to purchase just show how Prince's choices the last 20 years lead to a general annoyance from the audience. This is why nobody bought HNR 2, despite being released just after his death. Even his name doesn't make him sold more than 30.000 copies in the US of his new album.

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I'm interested in your "relevant comparison between the posthumous sales of two recently dead superstars." What's the point of that comparison? Prior to Purple Rain, Prince sold moderately well, much like he did after Purple Rain. Based on sales, Prince was mostly a niche artist whose immense talent (songwriting, instrumentation, and live shows) allowed him to impact the culture and his generation much more than merely his record sales. Anybody who thinks they understand anything about Prince solely based on sales clearly has no understanding about Prince's cultural and generational relevance. So, what is the point of comparing his posthumous sales with anyone else's? I'd really like to know what one can glean from that comparison.

I think this is a hugely valid point. prince was was like a thrown pebble in water, he had an effect beyond even those who didn't buy his music. He impacted massively.

I think as you are implying that posthumously Prince would sell less than Bowie as his fan base were ardent. most followers would have his music and like me not very interested in greatest hits, even though I buy them anyway.

Bowie died when he died . When Prince died the irony is it feels (i know this sounds almost cold) that it's just another phase.

I just hope his legacy is pushed to a high cultural level i.e. That he is moved in to mainstream education, because I believe he is musically that important