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Thread started 05/27/09 9:21pm

Madison88

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Prince & Bria #2 in sales???

Is it true that Bria is also #2 in sales??? It just sort of sunk in. No wonder people in "the machine" seem a bit miffed at Prince. He took her with him in total sales and we all know without him she'd never sell that many cds of Elixer. It's sort of a farce. He out smarted the system. How does it work? Anyone? Does she get counted in as #2 in sales as well as Prince??
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Reply #1 posted 05/27/09 11:27pm

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Madison88 said:

Is it true that Bria is also #2 in sales??? It just sort of sunk in. No wonder people in "the machine" seem a bit miffed at Prince. He took her with him in total sales and we all know without him she'd never sell that many cds of Elixer. It's sort of a farce. He out smarted the system. How does it work? Anyone? Does she get counted in as #2 in sales as well as Prince??


This was covered in April. It counts as one record. Not Bria has a #2 CD, and Prince has two #2 CD's.

But rather, Prince has ONE #2 record. Bria's just along for the ride. She's not listed separately. It's almost like she's a bonus disk or something. But her CD is part of the set as a whole.

It's like "LIKE OMG THE 80's" set. If it went to #1, does that mean all the songs therein, namely the ones which never hit #1, are now suddenly #1 songs 25 years after the fact? Nope.
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Reply #2 posted 05/29/09 6:34am

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ernestsewell said:

Madison88 said:

Is it true that Bria is also #2 in sales??? It just sort of sunk in. No wonder people in "the machine" seem a bit miffed at Prince. He took her with him in total sales and we all know without him she'd never sell that many cds of Elixer. It's sort of a farce. He out smarted the system. How does it work? Anyone? Does she get counted in as #2 in sales as well as Prince??


This was covered in April. It counts as one record. Not Bria has a #2 CD, and Prince has two #2 CD's.

But rather, Prince has ONE #2 record. Bria's just along for the ride. She's not listed separately. It's almost like she's a bonus disk or something. But her CD is part of the set as a whole.

It's like "LIKE OMG THE 80's" set. If it went to #1, does that mean all the songs therein, namely the ones which never hit #1, are now suddenly #1 songs 25 years after the fact? Nope.



Thanks biggrin .I know nothing of "LIKE OMG THE 80's" set. To my knowledge I've never seen it done before. I guess it isn't surprising that Prince came up with it. biggrin
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Reply #3 posted 05/29/09 9:11am

ernestsewell

Madison88 said:

Thanks biggrin .I know nothing of "LIKE OMG THE 80's" set. To my knowledge I've never seen it done before. I guess it isn't surprising that Prince came up with it. biggrin


Um.....I never said the 80's set was Prince's.

It's just another compilation of 80's songs that Rhino and record companies like that put out. Prince has nothing to do with it, and there might not even be a song of his on it.
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Reply #4 posted 05/29/09 9:13am

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emancipation counted as 3 cd's for every sale...correct...so maybe he threw the disc in to increase his sales by a third or something(too early to figure out the math.)
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Reply #5 posted 05/29/09 9:57am

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DO we need to cover this topic again?
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