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Not nonsense, just read an article, and that number was from the 1989 FORBES LIST for top entertainers:
Oct. 2, 1989: Jackson’s $125 million net worth tops Forbes’ annual list of the richest entertainers, while Madonna sits at No. 15 with $43 million and Prince places at No. 20 with $36 million.
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Sometimes those figures are not accurate.
The biggest problem with Prince was after Purple Rain he took everything "In-house." Paisley Park was extremely expensive to maintain. Had he kept things small...recording at home, rehearsing at a warehouse, having his outfits outsourced..he would have been a lot more profitable... To All the Haters on the Internet
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Thats why I said PP was an albatross. "Climb in my fur." | |
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Paisley Park made Prince VERY happy which is the reason he moved in as his primary residence the last three years of his unque life. So obviously he didn't have a problem maintaining it. It was a beautiful glorious place. That he can play & entertain the world endlessly when he felt like it. "That mountain top situation is not really what it's all cracked up 2 B when  was doing the Purple Rain tour had a lot of people who knew 'll never c again @ the concerts.just screamin n places they thought they was suppose 2 scream." | |
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That doesnt change the fact that it was extremely expensive to maintain. "Climb in my fur." | |
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It would have been better if Prince had built a more modest recording studio that cost half of what Paisley Park did.....something that wasn't too expensive to maintain.
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As has been said, Paisley Park would have cost a fortune to maintain. I think People overestimate how much he would have made (initially) from PR. My understanding is that it was his (and management‘s) idea, not something the label was pushing. So no huge ‘signing fee’ and I can’t see that they would have been in a strong negotiation position for any acting residuals either. His royalty rate on the album would have more than likely been the same as his initial WB contract too. He wasn’t big enough (yet) to demand any more than WB was willing to give up. I think the fact the MN is so modest an area is why he even managed to get PP off the ground and built. But once opened it would have been a huge ongoing cost, paid for my ongoing sales, tours and the odd big payday - successful covers (Manic Monday, NC2U, Kiss). Prince may have been ‘a hermit’ but it must have been mightily expensive to mainstain Prince’s lifestyle. | |
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I never understand this. Didnt Prinxe have a production company around Purple Rain. PRN. Wouldn't that get a share? As everyone talks of being paid a flat fee like an actor. | |
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Agreed. He had to worry and pay for that studio and concert hall hanger year after year. "Climb in my fur." | |
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none of your business | |
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SoulAlive said:
It would have been better if Prince had built a more modest recording studio that cost half of what Paisley Park did.....something that wasn't too expensive to maintain.
... [Edited 12/22/18 9:14am] Graceland Neverland Dollywood The Promised Land Bubble Hill Etc., etc.. He had to come correct. What? | |
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He made enough to build Paisley Park and buy land around it | |
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Prince(R.I.P.), in his "Divine Intervention", created a place for his admirers, ALL over the world, can witness royalty at it's finest. Doesn't hurt that Prince(R.I.P.) lived there his FINAL years of his unique life, which makes the beautiful sprawling Paisley Park Estate extra special. Everything was done for a reason as he wished like he wanted it. "That mountain top situation is not really what it's all cracked up 2 B when was doing the Purple Rain tour had a lot of people who knew 'll never c again @ the concerts.just screamin n places they thought they was suppose 2 scream." | |
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Whatever it was, I doubt he ever knew. Especially from the record itself. I bet the only money he ever saw was from the tour. In the 90's, I remember super-bitter comments about how much he DIDN'T actually get from Purple Rain. His team always makes it sound so rosey, but maybe they feel like it's a reflection on them if they admit he got fucked financially, in the big picture, all things considered. | |
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