New topic
Printable| Author | Message |
OK- how much are these commercials costing? OK - I have now seen the Prince Target commercial on every major network and during some of the top rated shows on television including:
American Idol Oprah Celebrity Apprentice The Mentalist Lie to Me Jay Leno (of course) just to name a few - it seems every time I am fast forwarding through commercials with my Tivo now I see that cool image of him in the Target commercial. My question now becomes: how much is it costing Target to buy all this time? I assume they are buying the time as part of their deal with Prince? If the album is not a huge hit, will they take a loss and then will this be deemed yet another failed attempt to market his music? A debut at #1 would have helped but now it looks like a #2 debut is going to happen to a Keith Urban CD for which I have seen zero commercials of any kind. I understand that sales are probably hurt by the CD only being available at Target but still I have not seen an advertising campaign for a new CD like this one in a very long time (if ever)... Just a point for discussion or if anyone from the TV industry here has an idea of how this stuff plays out it would be interesting to know... Thanks... | |
- E-mail - orgNote -  Report post to moderator |
Keith Urban doesn't need commercials because some of his songs off the album are played on the radio. People ( except hard core fans) are buying the cd based upon advertisement. This is rare. Usually people have to hear a couple of songs before they purchase a cd. I think Prince and Target have been successful despite coming in at # 2. Also, it shows there is still interest in Prince. Prince believes he is a musical prophet that has been chosen by Jehova to guide his fans to the "truth". | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
candy2277 said: Keith Urban doesn't need commercials because some of his songs off the album are played on the radio. People ( except hard core fans) are buying the cd based upon advertisement. This is rare. Usually people have to hear a couple of songs before they purchase a cd. I think Prince and Target have been successful despite coming in at # 2. Also, it shows there is still interest in Prince.
Absolutely its a success! He would possibly blown KU's albumn straight out of the water if there had air play. Don't get me wrong, I like me some KU and am happy for his #1 status and wish him well Prince's Sarah | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
