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Printable RupertZ said: Aerogram said: ... all the way to the bank! When your album sales drop dramatically rather than holding steady or increasing, you make less money than you would otherwise. He's making money on the cds distributed at concerts as well. I think those are sold directly to the promoter. One way or another, whether people buy downloads or get a cd at a retail store or at a concert, Prince makes money. | |
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eugnj420 said: I was unconnected for two weeks due to moving, so if this has been posted, just let me know:
Why did Billboard decide to count the concert cd's as "Sales"? All promotion for the concerts stated the cd's were to be given away at the show. The concerts were not billed as "Musicology concert and CD". Plus, these aren't even the retail cd's..they are promos. It says so right on the cover. In capital letters. "PROMOTIONAL COPY NOT 4 SALE" Hello? Anyone at Billboard awake? These are giveaways, plain & simple...a far more accurate method would be if P had sold the cd's at the merch stands, and those counted towards sales. With this system, P stays in the top 10 album chart straight thorugh September..except when he takes a couple of weeks off from touring, and then his ranking suddenly plummets. How silly.  Well, in response to your question, in either Entertainment Weekly or Jet, it was stated that, those CD's given away at the concert DO count and the price is figured into the concert ticket price. But, if Billboards want to be funny about it, they need to wait til the concert's are completely over cause, he has more cities to do which means, more CD's to give away! Like what was said at the Celib. "IT AINT OVER"  | |
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