i like the disks.. They look pretty.


the packaging blows, but the disks are sleek

sexyone said:

That's very strange.

I saw the commercial during primetime while watching Dancing With the Starz!

Seventeen said:

Well it's only hurting Target. Prince was paid on product shipped..Target is the one that has to recoup from in store sales. Any soundscan projections yet?

sexxydancer said:

u watch that crap?

I hate the fact that it was a Target exclusive. I'd much rather my money go to an independent owned record store that has a variety of music than a large corporation that only carries new music and extremely popular old music only. I bet the only other Prince album that Target has in stock is "Purple Rain".

rainbowchild said:

I saw it during Dancing With The Stars too! I almost screamed like a girl when I saw it. Then I saw it late at night on MTV. I was too happy!

I hope that people will just accept the albums, not worry about if its selling, because its not going to be a big seller, so lets get real and deal with it. Also the downloads and the 77 dollars sign ups dont count towards his sales, so i think you can honestly estimate this cd selling about 150,000 overall, not one week, overall.

popgodazipa said:

You know Prince ain't doin NOTHIN unless he gets paid up front.

He has expressed his view in the past that his job is to make the music and it's the retailer's job to sell it. If they want to make money on it, they need to sell sell sell. There is no multi-year/multi-record deal for them to recoup losses on a future project, it's a one-shot deal for them.

And it's that way for Prince too. Which may explain why he's been hopping from one distributor/manufacturer/retailer to another for each of his projects since Rave.

Seems like once the bridge is crossed, it goes up in flames.

vainandy said:

most places don't carry that anymore. maybe a couple of 'planet earth' if they didn't ship their unsold copies to a warehouse yet.

I preordered the cd through Target & paid xtra for next day shipping & I still haven't received my copy yet, I'm getting a little impatient.

Target said they'd ship it when they received it, but where is mine?

lastdecember said:

There are only 1600 Targets so they would have to sell 90 or so per store to hit that mark. What's more shocking is the amount of cd each store was shipped. On hand right now at a Target near you sits a backroom with literally hundreds of Lotusfloww3r cd's...last check on hand at a store in Houston..517!!!!

popgodazipa said:

You know Target is praying that Prince goes on tour hoping that will spike promotional efforts.

lastdecember said:

Honestly? How do you know this? How do you know it's not going to be a big seller? Based on what? How is 150,000 "honest?"

the commercial aired during AMERICAN IDOL..

and yes, i watch that show.

sro100 said:

You really only have 3 box stores that carry music with a decent amount of space in their stores, Target, Walmart and Best Buy in the US. I've walked into a couple of Targets here in the Bay Area and their stores did a nice job of promoting the cd. In both stores his cd is the only one they've place in the new realese section and a lot of promotional material around the store. Expect a huge tour to follow. Remember radio is dead and as long as you have the internet and a big box store like Target pushing his new cd, he will make a million a night in large venue tour when it follows. Its Sign O the Times all over again with the quality of the new music and artwork but this time we are going to get the full fleged tour here in the states.

sro100 said:

are you really going to apologize if it turns out lastdecember was right?

candy2277 said:

Only once for me.

Saw it prime time yesserday.

ToraToraDreams said:

yeah,they played it during American Idiots.

dolorespark said:

Bzzz. It looks like it'll do close to the "honest" 150K in a week.

stanleylieber said:

Well are you going to apologize if it does almost that much in a week. Oh, it looks like it's already come close to that in 3 days. So -- should "lastwhatever" apologize to me??

sro100 said:

sure, i'll apologize. orgnote me if it happens and i'll start a thread.

Damn, I was being nice when I said they might carry "Purple Rain" if anything. Hell, they're worse than I expected them to be.

lastdecember said:

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ehh...think you will be proved very wrong...the album is heading for 150,000 copies sold in the FIRST WEEK ....and thats without counting downloads...lotusflower will sell well...my guess ....around a million in the us....and a possible number one album

muirdo said:

So Prince had the above vid taken down. That makes all kinds of marketing sense. Less people will see the advertisement, but dammit, the copyright is controlled.

What. A. Fucking. Idiot.

muirdo said:

"no longer available due to NPG coyright claim"

What an ass, youtube is free advertising

squirrelgrease said:

only makes me happier that I got free candy without having to drink any koolaid

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

This kind of thing borders on a megalomania type of disorder. Really.