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Purple Rain ....Re Enters in the top ten music soundtracks in 2009

Break out the Purple Cool aid ..... razz

http://uk.reuters.com/art...5220090109 biggrin

Top Soundtracks for the 1/17/2009 issue
Fri Jan 9, 2009 2:00pm GMT

Email | Print | Share| Single Page[-] Text [+] Now Last Weeks Peak 1 1 9 1 Twilight - Soundtrack (Summit/Chop Shop/Atlantic/AG) 2 3 26 1 Mamma Mia! - Soundtrack (Decca) 3 2 11 1 High School Musical 3: Senior Year - Soundtrack (Walt Disney) 4 7 6 4 Twilight: The Score (Carter Burwell) - Soundtrack (Summit/Chop Shop/Atlantic/AG) 5 12 2 5 Slumdog Millionaire - Soundtrack (Interscope/IGA) 6 5 29 1 Camp Rock - Soundtrack (Walt Disney) 7 6 5 6 Cadillac Records - Soundtrack (Music World/Columbia/Sony Music) 8 4 37 3 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi Trio) - Soundtrack (Fantasy/Concord) 9 - 13 9 Purple Rain (Prince And The Revolution) - Soundtrack (Warner Bros.) 10 9 58 1 Alvin And The Chipmunks - Soundtrack (Fox/Razor & Tie)

PREVIOUSLY ON ‘PURPLE RAIN’: The “Purple Rain” (Warner Bros.) soundtrack by Prince & the Revolution spent 24 weeks at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 in the last half of 1984. The album is now a catalog item, having spent its last week on the main chart on Nov. 23, 1985, but is still eligible to appear on Top Soundtracks. Until this week, this classic release had peaked at No. 10 on the soundtracks chart, back in February 2007. And despite not appearing on this tally since August 2007, “Purple Rain” re-enters this week at a new peak position. How did it suddenly reach No. 9? Simple: the album was briefly on sale at Amazon.com for $1.99.
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Reply #1 posted 01/19/09 11:19am

mELdOURADOsELV
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woot! woot! woot!
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Reply #2 posted 01/19/09 11:27am

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$1.99!

pizzas all round are on Prince & The Revolution! lol
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Reply #3 posted 01/19/09 11:31am

Genesia

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That is high-larious. lol
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Reply #4 posted 01/19/09 3:56pm

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How much percentage-wise does P earn on the royalties to all that WB stuff?
Change it one more time..
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Reply #5 posted 01/19/09 4:42pm

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lezama said:

How much percentage-wise does P earn on the royalties to all that WB stuff?


From what I remember, most artists get around 6 or 7 percent per album, but some high-profile artists (like Madonna) get upwards of 10 percent per album.

Keep in mind that artists usually don't see a dime until all the recording and promotional costs are recouped by the label.

The real money comes from touring.
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Reply #6 posted 01/19/09 4:48pm

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Awesome. cool
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