The latest Prince album to go platinum was 'The Very Best of Prince' it achieved this status 9/21/2004.


http://www.billboard.com/...atinum.jsp

kellogg said:

WB must be lovin' it: After all the bad blood between them and P, they get to cash in on his popularity this year. Well, at least Prince gets his cut of it.

FunkMistress said:

..or were you being sarcastic?

Byron said:

Moi?



Never.

I love it! I am so excited 4 all his wonderful accomplishments this year. This is diffidently great news. I know he receives royalties from this CD, but explain how it benefits him financially since WB’s gets the large piece of pie.

FunkMistress said:

....


Okay, then! for the bandsucking jump dickers!!...

(I got that wrong, didn't I..)

Byron said:

for the wagon-riding dick banders!

FunkMistress said:

Now cut that shit out, some of us like having our dick bandsucked

Personally I didnt even bother buying it!!! What was the point of buying it when I already have the Hits and B-Sides CD set?????

FunkMistress said:

> TVBoP

FunkMistress said:

ooooo im tellin ivy u said "bandwagon jumping"

TheRealFiness said:

Bandwagon-jumping bandwagon jumpers!!

Gold319 said:

EXACTLY!!!

Hey as prince fans don't we all want more people to appreciate his music and talent? Imagine if you weren't a fan but decided to check out very best of Prince CD... that's a nice start ain't it? Some might argue for the purchase of hits/b-sides then... but i don't think non-fans or casual fans would wanna spend money on a comprehensive 3 cd set. My point is.. we all must start from somewhere!

Budsmoker said:

i borrowed the hits from a friend when it came out and ive been hooked like a drug since then BUT heres my opinion why has it took 2-3 years for the other greatest hits to sale?and last time i checked the greatest hits was already platinum!im not lying just check billboards online archives

Really, "The Very Best of Prince" was a pretty arrogant title for what was essentially a greatest hits album.

MrSquiggle said:

It's only arrogant if Prince himself names it as such. If WB came up with the name, then it's at most hype.

MrSquiggle said:

What the fuck would U call it? The pretty good songs that non-fans would still appreciate? Douche.

MrSquiggle said:

Come to think of it, isn't naming it "Greatest Hits package" just as arrogant??

paintsprayer said:

yay for riding dick on a wagon!!!

FunkMistress said:

It was horrible.

It had nothing from his first album and nothing from Dirty Mind, how dare they!

Byron said:

U took it as a compliment???

I bought that cd when it came out.

Spanky said:

"Prince's Greatest Hits". No problem. Says nothing about the quality of the songs, just the commercial success. It's pretty ridiculous to say that all the very best of Prince's songs have been hit singles. We fams know that some of his brightest gems are album tracks, b-sides, and unreleased.

My feelings on this are ambivalent at best. While it's true that the album only went platinum in the first place because of the Musicology concert tour, and the renewed interest in Prince, the fact still remains that this was not a Prince-authorized album. This was a prime exmaple of what Prince calls "Trying to slice a piece of the purple pie." Prince did the whole hits thing (probably at the urging of WB) back in 93, and that collection was much better, because it included the notorious "killer B-sides." My sentiment was, "The new CD probably only has new pics on it, but I've heard all the songs on it and there's no need to buy it."

On the other hand, a platinum album is a platinum album, and no matter what, this can't be a bad thing, and even though it's much less than he'd like, Prince is still gettin' paid (unless this was something he signed away when he arranged to get out of his contract early in 96). And even though Prince had many records in the 90s go at least gold (D&P - 2x Plat., Symbol - gold, TMBGITW - gold single, The Gold Experience - gold, Emancipation, 2x Plat., Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic - certified gold, a certified record is still a thing to beauty.

I dont have this one, seems unnecessary
but Im happy none the less