the album debuted at #2, there are videos for several songs, why isn't there any airplay (or at least any reports of airplay)?

Is there even an official single? There certainly are plenty of hit worthy songs in this release.

Prince is finished with radio

I have said this for two weeks now. Not so much him not putting a single onto radio but the fact he hasn't been seen since Leno. Where is prince? Getting ready for a tour?
[Edited 4/11/09 22:04pm]

japanrocks said:

Radio is finished with Prince.

ernestsewell said:

Exacary

jstar69 said:

This is the beginning of the end for Prince.

No Marketing
No Radio Play
No new fans....

I guess he's happy with 20,000 online fans and 185,000 albums sold world wide.

Prince's EGO...is the biggest reason he isnt on the radio today.
It's really sad.

GMAN

jstar69 said:

I dont bother listening to radio anymore, i keep my CDs on rotation when i drive. I will listen to Princey either way.

prince is to prissy to have his music on the radio if he played that it would so boost the radio stations ratings and everything...and hed get bookoo money....nut idk and hed get nu fans...or maybe even come up with his own radio station...but i think he feels oo old to put music on radio its sad what happened to the old not so religious prince?

ernestsewell said:

when and why?

Musicology was a hit
Call My Name was a hit
Guitar got some airplay and made this list
http://www.rollingstone.c...of_2007/10
He got raves for his super bowl appearance just two years ago
He won a grammy just last year

He should be getting some airplay

I hope the radio plays something from "LOTUSFLOW3R."

Radio sucks now days so I keep my cd's of Prince in the rotation so he get major play in my car.

alandail said:

I agree

Tame said:

MPLSOUNDS 2

again.....prince is finished with radio

he, like us, know that radio sucks

GMAN2000 said:

You got one out of three right. Marketing he was had, new fans, he also has.

Dude, in my country The One U Wanna C was a smash

This has been really bothering me, it's a solid cd set backed by Target, and I STILL haven't heard it on the radio, I want other ppl to get into my favorite artist, I guess I 'll have to spread the love myself

here on the old school station they ar always blastin prince like the old stuff but no other nu station will play prince here in sacramento california

alandail said:

Wow that's a cool picture of Prince. Was that the actual cover with Prince on the cover of RollingStone?

Thibaut said:

cool

I haven't heard any of Prince's new songs on the radio. However, I have heard the Target commercial(which plays a clip of one song from each album) many times on the radio.

I don't listen to the radio, so I wouldn't know....or care.

Radio is generally commercialised, pre-ordained playlists, that's why!

Also over here in the UK what would they say after playing him; "Yep that was Prince, he's great, get yourself an airline ticket to buy that album at any Target store."

Handy.

Radio plays the same songs over and over.....

The Black Eyed Peas
Lady GaGa
Flo Rida
Soulja Boy
TI and Timberlake
The Fray
Taylor Swift
Kanya West
and
B Spears

Over and Over ..... every now and then they will throw on some Pink

pennylover said:

That picture is really cool

GMAN2000 said:

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If you believe that you need your head examined. Radio is not going to play anything by a 50 year old black man and yes race matters. That being said what he has sold so far is good for an artist getting no radio play and doing a little bit of promotion better than a lot of younger artist.

alandail said:

Musicology was a "hit" because of a loop hole in sales. Had he not given it away to every ticket buyer, it would not have "sold" 2 million records.

"Call my Name" was on rotation on urban stations, MAYBE, and was on BET here and there.

"Guitar" = "some airplay". I wonder how many Verizon V-cast users actually bothered to use their phone to identify the song and download it for free.

Raves about his performance of old songs at the Superbowl doesn't mean he has a hit on the radio. It means he had his 15 minutes during intermission.

Grammy doesn't equal airplay.

jstar69 said:

No...
There is no market major pushing/plugging P at the radio.

To some extent, you're very correct, Laura. 14 year old tweens don't even really know who Prince is (although there are fans in every demographic still today), much less care about Purple Rain, or know what he's done in music. My neighbor is 21, and she JUST saw Purple Rain last year when I sat her down and watched the movie with her. She knew "When Doves Cry", and maybe "raspberry beret", and it ended there. She listens to the radio all the time and can sing just about every song on the radio (even before I hear ABOUT a song, she knows the lyrics). She knew nothing of Prince beyond what I stated. Prince ain't Usher. Prince ain't Ne-Yo, and THAT is why he ain't on the radio.
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No official release of songs = No radio airplay.

Yes, he's made 2 videos but that doesn't mean the the songs have been 'officially' released.