http://www.insidedenver.c...01,00.html
there is much more on this article but look at the sumbers game

By the numbers

• 666,666: The number of CDs Prince had to sell under his old record deal to make $1 million.

• 142,857: The number of CDs Prince has to sell now, on his own, to make $1 million

• 13 million: The number of Purple Rain CDs sold since 1984

• $19.5 million: The money Prince made off those Purple Rain sales

• 1.3 million: The number of Musicology CDs sold this year

• $9.1 million: The money Prince made off those Musicology sales

• 30: Roughly, the number of studio albums Prince has released in 26 years.

• 24,800: The average number of people who see Prince in each city

• $1.5 million: The average concert gross in each city

• $63.26: Prince's average ticket price

• $143.60: Madonna's average ticket price

• $79.5 million: Madonna's tour gross ( for US leg which has already ended)

• $45.7 million: Prince's tour gross through June 30

• $100 million: Prince's expected gross at tour's end

asg said:

PLease Read the whole articles!! i didnt want to put too much into one page

important facts he is making $7 an album ( usher is making 1.35 at most)
so he has made more money then usher on album sales!!

seems like he has sold 1.3 CDs ( world wide sales) real sales not give aways

The tour is gonna elipse madonnas by $20mil in the US
[This message was edited Sat Aug 21 10:26:13 2004 by asg]

Whoa! No wonder The Kid don't care about a new hit!

gives new meaning to the Phrase ( The hardest working man in show buisness)

asg said:

Whoah! Good for him!

If you please, also do something GOOD with all that money Prince, like for example supporting new and real talent?


asg: Thanks for posting this. It's a very interesting article and in the interview Prince is relaxed and informative. It's a very worthy read.

As for the numbers, they are indeed quite impressive. But you have to note with that, that publishing earnings are not counted in this.

And with publishing you can make a LOT of money. Often much more than with selling records.

Now, as the article states after giving these impressive numbers, Prince has been lacking airplay a lot the last 10 years or so, and he is still lacking airplay.

In the days with Warner Prince had LOTS of airplay... WORLDWIDE. And not only airplay, but also many covers and other uses of his songs for which he and Warner Chappel have been paid.

All the income from these "publications" (and often also "reproductions" or "deravitive works") of his songs were earned with Prince's "publishing rights" (i.e. the copyrights in the compositions and lyrics of his songs, not the copyrights in his sound recordings/masters to which this artcile refers).

Further, the income Prince made with touring in the 80's and early 90's (when he often toured big stadiums around the world) is also not included. (not saying he always made a profit touring back then)

If you take all that income into account the figures will - very possibly - look quite a bit different.


That is not to say that it was better for Prince, financially or otherwise, while he was with Warner; I am only pointing that aspect out to give a more complete picture

And personally think that Prince is much more happy, now that he has control, is in the spotlight, being himself and still making plenty of bucks. Freedom can obviouisly be very sweet when everything turns out alright.

Good job Prince.


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[This message was edited Sat Aug 21 9:26:32 2004 by Abrazo]

Man, what a fascinating article. Loved the reviews of forgotten gems from the 90s. Cool to see people are starting to pay attention now.

Interesting article. I think some of the numbers are a bit suspect and difficult to prove, but the tone of the article is great. You can tell the writer is a big fan. I agree they should remaster SOTT and others.

RupertZ said:

It was very interesting to read Prince say: "You tell' em that!"

To me that would mean that he really has no say whatsoever over re-masters, but I could be wrong about that.

Chocolate Invasion?....classic cd?....Looking around..wondering how I missed this cd..?..::shrugging, realizing I'm not an NPG member...::::wodnering if this CD was worth it?::

Interesting.
The song choices at the end are good.

PurpleRein said:

I just dl'd and burned it, listening to it for the first time now. I'm liking it, definitely different from Musicology though NPGMC lists it as a 2004 release. For one thing, there's some profanity and sexier lyrics. "Classic", I dunno, need to listen to it a few (dozen) more times.

I'm luvin' him in these interviews this year!! This article is a must-read! Oh, and the numbers stuff is interesting too! $7 per copy, way to go! I've seen that number thrown around before, I guess it's credible.

CandaceS said:

It could be true. it could also be that this number is excluding all the costs he has to pay for.

Abrazo said:

The costs for videos and such are always deducted from the royalty paid
in anycase. Its considered a loan when when u r makin $1 per cd

asg said:

asg said:

I don't think he is making any video's lately is he? And he has to pay for many other costs than you mentioned too.

Also, something is only a loan when you agreed to it being a loan.

Btw. I fail to see why you are saying this. Couldn't you answer my forst post directed at you?

Great article - much better then others I've read - Goodtimes

"You're just worried how you're going to get out of this and not look like exactly what I eventually ended up looking like - this spoiled, pampered baby," Prince says

Wow!!!

You never hear Prince have the self effacing honesty you read here. He acknowledges that he looked like an arse. I have never seen that before. He certainly has much more humility now that he is older and more settled.

The whole article is great too!

asg said:

bkw said:

AGREED! Fantastic article. That's a great quote bkw, here's some more I like:



I'm surprised, I picture him tinkering on some instrument most every day of his life







This gives me hope that he's abandoned the idea of rerecording everything, which I was never happy about. It's a load of energy to put in when we all just want the originals anyway.



OH YES, BITCHES!!!

Prince's new power
Party over? Rock star shows industry how it's done

By Mark Brown, Rocky Mountain News
August 21, 2004

Is this, by any chance, BROWN MARK????



PorterUk.

PorterUK said:

no, christmas boy.

Prince is making more $ now than ever b4 and will continue 2. It never would have happened without the SLAVE and SYMBOL phase. The funkiest and smartest bizness move ever!

The author pretty much lost all credibility when he tried to say that much of the music on the Slaughterhouse and CI is as good as PR and 1999. The Slaughterhouse is awful, and Chocolate Invasion is not "a new classic."

CalhounSq said:

OH my God. How great is it to hear Prince say this?

WB: Hand the job over to Rhino, and let Prince take a nice long look at the Elvis Costello catalog. In fact, get Elvis to talk to Prince himself. As payback, P. could finally let EC release the version of "Pop Life" he's blocked twice...

It's amazing what one can do once one learns the ways of the music business. Prince's current commercial success has not been matched from his 80's and 90's status, but his monetary value has gone up per disc sale.

I hope the artists out there today will thank Prince later on down the road, when they learn from what he has done... this door, he has opened for them. The music industry should be shaking in their collective boots.

asg said:

Hey awesome post and great link to the article. I feel that has been the best Prince interview that I have read or seen this year. He was just more on point with his mission and place in music. I really enjoyed reading it. Prince is truly a visionary and I am glad for all of his success.

Peace

666 666

damn .. that's the DOUBLE devil sign

BanishedBrian said:

2 each his own playa. He obviously thinks so and i'm glad that somebody is acknowleding the NPGMC cd's.They r both very good in my opinion..... i would consider them classics in this day and age of new mellinium music.