Where will it land on the charts this week?

According to HitsDailyDouble with 54% reporting at at around 15k it's currently at #14

Ends up at #15 with 22,003 copies sold

2020 said:

nice

So, that is 22,003 for the week?

And has there been any promotion outside of the U.S.?

Is it possible that over the summer people will be blasting LotusFlow3r on their car stereos?

So 3 weeks in and still under 300,000 sold.

Comments please.

jill4life said:

Not a chance.

I'm sure it's on here some where - but what has its chart trajectory been?

#2 then....

the only people blasting this cd in the summer will be us and we will get strange looks while doing it but we won't care

aaah....the beauty of being a prince fan

2020 said:

Wow, that's quite a drop...

jill4life said:

Absolutely zero.

japanrocks said:

Yeap....but some tracks like FGFBFW and Dance 4 Me get the nod.....

with a 71 percent drop this week following a 60 percent drop last week
this project is dead and wont even reach 500,000 sold
the man should just do what the majority of the public wants and thats just go
away and retire

catparker said:

Don't you read the threads here....well let me update you Prince is on his own label and has no record company hence he has no radio play his video's are not on MTV,VH1 or main video shows...oh his album is not for download on itunes or amazon....

I'm sure i missed some other details but this may help you to get focused..

catparker said:

We're living in a new era,folks.Very few artists actually sell alot of CDs these days.Just be happy with the sales so far.Prince was never really a big-seller anyway (with the exception of 'Purple Rain' and a few other albums).

catparker said:

If every artist who isn't selling well were to go away and retire,we would only be left with a few artists If all you care about are the number of units sold,why are you even a Prince fan?

jtfolden said:

Not really.....here's the news...

Most albums on this week’s chart nosedive in sales this week, but there are a select few that buck the trend. Kings of Leon’s American breakthrough, “Only by the Night”, moves up 31-18 on a 4% increase to 20K, while other albums that show staying power include Darius Rucker’s “Learn to Live” (+6%) and 3Oh!3’s “Want” (+10%). Jennifer Hudson’s performance on “American Idol” last week spurs a 36% jump in sales for her eponymous debut, which moves 103-42 on this week’s chart.

On the singles side, the biggest news is a #3 debut for Eminem on Hot Digital Songs with “We Made You”. The Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow” and Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb” hold the top two positions.

Next week, Rick Ross should lead the charts, with expected high debuts from the likes of Depeche Mode and Asher Roth.

This week’s Top 20 albums (courtesy of Billboard Communications)
1) Soundtrack “Hannah Montana: The Movie”

2) Day26 “Forever in a Day”

3) Rascal Flatts “Unstoppable”

4) Soundtrack “Twilight”

5) Various Artists “Now 30″

6) Jadakiss “The Last Kiss”

7) Silversun Pickups “Swoon”

Lady GaGa “The Fame”

9) Jason Aldean “Wide Open”

10) Taylor Swift “Fearless”

11) Diana Krall “Quiet Nights”

12) Keith Urban “Defying Gravity”

13) Keri Hilson “In a Perfect World…”

14) Nickelback “Dark Horse”

15) Prince “Lotusflow3r”

16) U2 “No Line on the Horizon”

17) Carrie Underwood “Carnival Ride”

18) Kings of Leon “Only by the Night”

19) Kelly Clarkson “All I Ever Wanted”

20) The-Dream “Love vs. Money”

http://www.sonicclash.com...na/charts/

catparker said:

so basically if an artist cannot sell 500,000, especially in this day and age they should just stop right there and retire? don't you think that's stupid.
[Edited 4/22/09 8:06am]

This project is doing just fine.
Almost zero advertising or promotion.....and still in the top 20.

Graycap23 said:

Exactly. I'm still surprised its charting. but hey that's good.

even currently charting higher than U2

If it was available on Itunes this project could still be in the top ten, but who cares.

Success isn't judged by sales anymore.

SoulAlive said:

Exactly, what a stupid remark from a "fan".

Graycap23 said:

Well, it may not be getting any ad/promo this last week but that's certainly NOT true of the project overall. This release has had more tv promotion and visible advertisement than anything since Emancipation, imo.

jtfolden said:

huh? how so.

LMFAO!!!!

Lotus Flow3r had such a circus revolving around the release you would have sworn Prince was releasing a Purple Snuggie!
This record had a major ad/promo campaign for both the record and the site.

Prince would never have charted high without it, but the numbers prove the fact that the record sucks and has zero staying power. If you've heard it you will know exactly what I mean!

Only Prince can release 3 records worth of material and get it all wrong.

It's amazing to say the very least, but sad too!

No ads/Promo.... Hahahahahahaha!!! BS

mschirmer said:

Only Prince can have this sort of 'fam'! I have heard the albums and could not disagree with you more.

TO CATPARKER

Why don't you retire your account here and go jump off a bridge!

We all know that when Prince plays by the rules, its so freakin cool to be a Fan, but when he decides to release the music independently and not make much noise about the music, the ignorant statements like "RETIRE" come up!

Obviously Prince doesn't wanna hang by the strings of the man (anymore).
He's played the game for years and he's had great success with it, but there comes a time when an artist who doesn't feel like a machine (like the music business) is working for him anymore, so what the hell is wrong with taking control of your own career and doing whatever the hell he wants with it.

He doesn't OWE us anything. God blessed him with all his gifts and if ppl choose to follow then thats cool.
Why are ppl so interested in how many records someone sells or how high their records debuted on the charts????

Why...is there something lacking in your own soul!
Prince has stated before that he doesn't care, so just because you catparker feel Prince needs to retire and go away, keep in mind...you have an option too.

Prince still has his loyals and we wanna see him do well, but I could care less if the car next to me in traffic is blasting his new record.

I've got it, I love it and thats all that matters!
When he promotes his music probably with Videos on BET, MTV, VH1, and Radio, he'll have a HUGE MACHINE to get more ears on a regular basis hearing his music, but since he can't have it that way, being his own boss the indie way...he has to promote on shows like Leno, Ellen, and get Big Box Retailers like Target to spread the awareness and for a cd set, which has no air play or video play...its doing quite well.

Stop wishing Prince ill and if you don't like him anymore because he doesn't sell 1 million in a week or month. Then you can stop coming on sites like this and find some other artist who breaks records for your listening pleasure.

DAMN!

catparker said: