find it hard 2 believe that is no 1 @ the $, he obviously aint @ the same bank as MJ!

Mj walks in2 a antique store wipes it clean of the items costing $275,000 each

Prince earns like $6,000,000 for a 6 month tour

HHHMMM!!!

eh?

Madonna has a net worth of between 300 and 500 million dollars (If my friend was telling the truth) and Prince doesn't.

I don't think he meant it literally he was just being defensive because his feelings were a little hurt that Emancipation wasn't selling.

lovemachine said:

I think Prince was also saying for the First time during His Career He was actually seeing some Loot from a Album.Yes He made Loot off of Writing&His Catelog Pays Him,but His Touring is where the Big Bucks come in as it does for just about every Artist.if that was Madonna's Net Worth than Her Groos must be 1 Billion too slightly Beyond? that is one of the differences in the Biz with being payed Fairly.

When he was spouting all that shit about being "#1 at the bank" he deserved a good bitch slap.

Bowie is nearly a billionaire even though he hasn't had that many blockbuster albums.

TRON said:

He Invested wisely.it's not how much you sell but how you handle your Loot.Bowie has been very bright in this Department.

MiaBocca said:

In fairness though, I think the one time he did say that was perfectly fine - it has just been taken out of context and exaggerated by people over the years. If I recall correctly he was just describing why selling Crystal Ball directly to fans, and selling an expensive 3CD set like Emancipation allowed him to sell smaller numbers coz there were no record companies taking their cut.

Frankly though Prince's finances are none of my business. He has enough cash no doubt, and I doubt he stresses over credit card bills like I do so I don't give a second thought to Prince's bank balance

Didn't he mean his royalty per cd ratio, touring with no booking agent middle man etc?

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[This message was edited Wed Jan 29 16:32:37 PST 2003 by rdhull]

MiaBocca said:

co-sign

Oh poo - I wish I was #1000 @ the friggin' bank!

TRON said:

But isn't Paul McCartney the wealthiest pop artist of all?

lovemachine said:

If that's true,Madonna is probably more well-off financially than Prince and MJ combined