Te Amo never enters the pop charts, Black Sweat is now gone, after only one week. Shit, Prince better get those commercial jingles ready to sell. He is gonna be toast this year, without a miracle.

2freaky4church1 said:

How exactly is he fucked, then?

I don't recall an album in, say, the last 8 years that had a hit single.

He seems terribly bothered about it. You could see the resignation in his body language in that picture of him photgraphing the nubile young twins in his bathroom on Oscar night.

2freaky4church1 said:

Prince lives in Prince world, just ask Kevin Smith.

i'm sure he makes enough money from his past successes that he could never have a hit again and be set for life.

here. you start playing this, and i'll pretend like i've got pity for ya'll bellyaching muthafuckas.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Fo' Real, Yo....

Anx said:

Yeah, but it's not about money. It may bother him that he can't seem to be on top of the charts any more...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

JugHead said:

i thought he did that whole experiment with the musicology concert hand-out CDs to show how silly the charts were in the first place.

Billboard Charts (Issue Date March 18, 2006) : Complete Prince Listing

Last weeks chart position in ( )

Hot 100
Black Sweat #OFF (60)

Hot 100 Single Sales
[b]Black Sweat # 2 (1)
Te Amo Corazon #5 (7)
S.S.T. #35 (23) considering how long it's been out

Pop 100
Black Sweat #83 (50)

Adult R&B Songs
Beautiful , Loved & Blessed #26 (25)
Black Sweat #29 (30)

Hot R&B / Hip Hop Songs
Black Sweat #86 (83)
Te Amo Corazon #94 (86)

R&B/ Hip Hop Single Sales
Te Amo Corazon #5 (11)
S.S.T #44 (-)[/b]

Completely fucked

2freaky4church1 said:

Smaller venues. Better crowds. the REAL fans at his shows. AWESOME!

Anx said:

Yeah, but did he really pursuade people on the issue? The public is really stupid, ya know.... What I've come to understand is that the People who really dig Prince and his music are very unique, and tend to be creatively imaginative on a totally different level..Prince was always ahead of the times, musically,and was always creative on a much higher level that most other artists. There are a lot of people who will never,ever dig Prince- because they just can't connect with him on that level. Anyway, he still has us...
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superspaceboy said:

small venue shows

Anx said:

You know, it's my opinion that Prince truly does consider the charts to be silly and pointless nowadays but, at the same time, I think it does bug him that he isn't a charttopper anymore, or when his songs don't climb very far up said charts.

Kind of the same thing as the hot chick who would never, ever date or be interested romantically in the loser ugly dude, yet it still bugs her if he isn't attracted to her or doesn't fawn over her.

PurpleKnight said:

ooh! ooh! i bet he'll purposefully drown himself in his entire wardrobe!!! all that shit, it'll kill his little ass instantly!

so sad...and he's so young, too...sucks that it has to come to this.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Lolita should have been the First single. B/W Beautiful Loved and Blessed

Then a dual format double A release with Black Sweat and Fury

Then if the wave caught on, Te Amo Corazon

And if it was still going, Love

Dauphin said:

thanks...I'll let him know.

Prince is not fucked. 3121 hasn't come out yet. If nothing else, he will debut in the top 10 (I think he'll finally hit number 1 but who knows). Where songs are concerned it doesn't matter anymore because radio ain't shit, even without worrying about Prince. Besides, Kiss will always be on the radio so I don't think Prince will be losing sleep any time soon.
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I find it hard to believe that you still believe Prince cares about charts.

purplecam said:

Doesn't matter. The music industry is all about payola and corporate radio. When corporations like Clear Channel are in charge, you're either with them or left out. Album sales are mostly meaningless. When Prince has a concert, people will pay to see him. The mainstream music industry is worthless and irrelevant.

Dauphin said:

Im glad somebody has it all figured out.

WillyWonka said:

wonder505 said:

loudawg said:

That sounds like a coach whose team has just gotten a real bad beating and blames everything on a) the weather b) the referee c) the audience d) the playing ground...

I'd like to see Prince do well in the charts, even if he's not bothered. It's like, I'd prefer my favourite team to win the league rather than not.

I think there is a trend here - people just aren't buying singles anymore. They just wait and buy the album. But even album sales are diminishing, as people find ways of downloading the music for free.

I think the only way in the future that artists are going to earn money is from live concerts, and the album will practically just be an advert for the tour!

Of course, technology improvements will mean greater access to better quality bootlegs of concerts, so then no one will even go to the concerts.

Eventually the music industry will grind to a halt...

We're doomed, Mr. Mannering, doomed!