Personal opinions regarding the quality of music aside...

2 albums in the Billboard top 10, 1 of which being number 1 in the rock album chart and the other number 1 in the rnb/hip hop chart...

You guys are seriously petty enough to consider this project a flop?

Like...yeah.

zsasz said:

bigd74 said:

zsasz said:

Personal opinions regarding the quality of music aside...

2 albums in the Billboard top 10, 1 of which being number 1 in the rock album chart and the other number 1 in the rnb/hip hop chart...

You guys are seriously petty enough to consider this project a flop?

Maybe not in the US but in the UK AOA is down to 39 and PE is out of the top 40 completely already

I'am from the UK too and believe me a lot here don't know shit about music , i just have to look at all the number ones in the last 30 or so years , it's embarrassing

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Official New Zealand chart

http://www.charts.org.nz/weekchart.asp?cat=a

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Both albums are out of the Top 40 after just one week. Its sad, but not surprisng given there has been no promotion at all of them.

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Last week AOA debuted at #17 and Plectrum Electrum at #31. It's a shame given how good they are and that both major Auckland papers gave them 4/5 stars and a glowing review.

It seems there may just be only a handful of us Kiwi Prince fans left.

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Meanwhile British singer Ed Sheeran occupies the #1 spot.

[Edited 10/13/14 3:14am]

iTunes chart from today:

#1 in israel?

We will know 2mrw what the 2nd week U.S. numbers are. Looks like AOA will be in the top 20 and PE out of the top 40...

bigd74 said:

zsasz said:

Personal opinions regarding the quality of music aside...

2 albums in the Billboard top 10, 1 of which being number 1 in the rock album chart and the other number 1 in the rnb/hip hop chart...

You guys are seriously petty enough to consider this project a flop?

Maybe not in the US but in the UK AOA is down to 39 and PE is out of the top 40 completely already

I was quite surprised both records were so high in the charts the first week. Even so thats a huge fall in one week.

With no radio plays, no video, no tv performances, the albums will fall everywhere...

But it seems Prince wants it that way...

But still a success to have two albums that were all over the world top 10 ( AOA) or Top 20 (PE)...

What i don´t get is...P must be and can be very proud of the records, so the last two years he performed on tv in the US and now (around release time) not even one time...

Strange )

Javi said:

linus4000 said:

iTunes today: ART OFFICIAL AGE #2 Macau #4 Greece #5 Sweden #7 Mozambique #9 Norway #13 Finland #17 Italy #18 Netherlands #25 United States #26 Switzerland #28 Belgium #34 Azerbaijan #34 Turkey #38 Japan #39 Singapore #41 Spain #46 Denmark #48 France #57 United Kingdom #58 Ireland #67 Austria #73 New Zealand #82 Germany #87 Australia #99 Canada #152 Russia #169 South Africa PLECTRUMELECTRUM #3 Macau #9 Mozambique #25 Belgium #28 Italy #28 Netherlands #42 Singapore #46 United States #54 Japan #54 Sweden #56 Switzerland #68 Denmark #72 France #82 United Kingdom #110 New Zealand

These Macau people are really impressive. And look at the Greek! Not only do they exist, they also buy Prince's music! Awesome. As for Spain, we have a reasonably good number 41, but that doesn't mean nothing, since here everybody steals music. I guess you can get to number 41 with only 4 copies sold.

There's Prince fans in Macau????? LOL... I was just there last week! population 600,000!

mrmarcus said:

Javi said:

These Macau people are really impressive. And look at the Greek! Not only do they exist, they also buy Prince's music! Awesome. As for Spain, we have a reasonably good number 41, but that doesn't mean nothing, since here everybody steals music. I guess you can get to number 41 with only 4 copies sold.

There's Prince fans in Macau????? LOL... I was just there last week! population 600,000!

They know their funk down in Macau!

2nd weeks numbers are in according to Hits Daily Double. AOA drops to #24 a 68% decrease. PE is out of the top 50.

Doalwa said:

mrmarcus said:

There's Prince fans in Macau????? LOL... I was just there last week! population 600,000!

They know their funk down in Macau!

What are you all surprised about. I was there in June and the Maccanese love Prince as you can see here.

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In the streets.

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In Senada square

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And even on the fort.

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Funny how all this graffiti arrived when I was there. Seriously, I expected more from Macau, all tacky casinos and run down apartment buildings. The Chinese have nearly sucked the Portuguese vibe out of the place. Streets full of gamblers from China, buying the same jewellery and dried meat from multiple branches of the same 3 store.

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You can dance if you want to, both of the critics love you in Macau.

feeluupp said:

2nd weeks numbers are in according to Hits Daily Double. AOA drops to #24 a 68% decrease. PE is out of the top 50.

LW	TW	artist / album		label	sales index	% change
--	1	JASON ALDEAN		BROKEN BOW	281,292	--
		OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT
--	2	HOZIER		COLUMBIA	58,415	--
		HOZIER
3	3	BARBRA STREISAND		COLUMBIA	47,691	-34%
		PARTNERS
4	4	TONY BENNETT & LADY GAGA		COLUMBIA/INTERSCOPE	36,714	-33%
		CHEEK TO CHEEK
1	5	BLAKE SHELTON		WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE	34,907	-66%
		BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE
--	6	WEEZER		REPUBLIC	34,809	--
		EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT IN TH
--	7	ALEX & SIERRA		SYCO/COLUMBIA	27,459	--
		IT'S ABOUT US
--	8	STEVIE NICKS		REPRISE	25,984	--
		24K GOLD - SONGS FROM THE VAULT
11	9	SAM SMITH		CAPITOL	24,370	+14%
		IN THE LONELY HOUR
2	10	LADY ANTEBELLUM		CAPITOL NASHVILLE	22,548	-69%
		747
--	11	KEYSHIA COLE		GEFFEN	21,809	--
		POINT OF NO RETURN
7	12	MAROON 5		222/INTERSCOPE	21,097	-38%
		V
6	13	KENNY CHESNEY		BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASH	20,371	-49%
		THE BIG REVIVAL
--	14	THE PIANO GUYS		SONY MASTERWORKS	19,017	--
		WONDERS
--	15	JACKSON BROWNE		INSIDE	18,562	--
		STANDING IN THE BREACH
--	16	TINASHE		RCA	18,484	--
		AQUARIUS
17	17	CHILDISH GAMBINO		GLASSNOTE	18,159	+14%
		KAUAI
12	18	FROZEN		WALT DISNEY	17,097	-16%
		SOUNDTRACK
9	19	CHRIS BROWN		RCA	15,899	-29%
		X
--	20	SIXX:A.M.		ELEVEN SEVEN	15,772	--
		MODERN VINTAGE
20	21	ED SHEERAN		ATLANTIC	14,591	0%
		X
--	22	NEW FOUND GLORY		HOPELESS	14,560	--
		RESURRECTION
23	23	MEGHAN TRAINOR		EPIC	13,956	-2%
		TITLE
5	24	PRINCE		NPG/WARNER BROS.	13,915	-68%

well,at least the Barbra Streisand album seems to have "legs" it's selling steadily

Babs literally guest hosted The Tonight Show. Amazing what PROMOTION can do for sales.

the dropoff at -68% off of the first week's sales is not too too bad.. it aint great, make no mistake.. but it is kind of standard.....

if it is any consolation... the new bob seger album is projected between 50k-60k units in its first week.. so comparable to P

the new U2 album is projected at 25k units.. which is a TOTAL disaster no matter how you slice it.. even with the giveaway.....

P needs to promote this thing - if he even cares.. he just may not care at all.. who knows.

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

the dropoff at -68% off of the first week's sales is not too too bad.. it aint great, make no mistake.. but it is kind of standard.....

if it is any consolation... the new bob seger album is projected between 50k-60k units in its first week.. so comparable to P

the new U2 album is projected at 25k units.. which is a TOTAL disaster no matter how you slice it.. even with the giveaway.....

P needs to promote this thing - if he even cares.. he just may not care at all.. who knows.

There is still hope for AOA hopefully the SNL performnce won't be too late...

But PE totally bombed... Off the Top 60 spots on the 2nd week and looks like can be one of Prince's lowest selling albums since N.E.W.S.

yep agreed PE is a different story.. but to be honest...

you have to expect that the one labeled just Prince is going to sell better.. Prince isnt on the cover/People probably dont want to spent $ on 2 albums/Their attention can only be handle 1 album not two..

probably would have done better if served up alone and if it was more like a Prince & the NPG type scenario where its clearly a Prince project.. this has the vibe of Prince is just 'involved'

hope that makes sense.

feeluupp said:

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

the dropoff at -68% off of the first week's sales is not too too bad.. it aint great, make no mistake.. but it is kind of standard.....

if it is any consolation... the new bob seger album is projected between 50k-60k units in its first week.. so comparable to P

the new U2 album is projected at 25k units.. which is a TOTAL disaster no matter how you slice it.. even with the giveaway.....

P needs to promote this thing - if he even cares.. he just may not care at all.. who knows.

There is still hope for AOA hopefully the SNL performnce won't be too late...

But PE totally bombed... Off the Top 60 spots on the 2nd week and looks like can be one of Prince's lowest selling albums since N.E.W.S.

TheGoldStandard said:

Babs literally guest hosted The Tonight Show. Amazing what PROMOTION can do for sales.

High-profile TV appearances/performances is the key.

US Soundscan sales:

Album Sales - Week Ending 10/12/2014

#22. Prince - Art Official Age - 15,013 (66,016)
#47. Prince & 3rdEyeGirl - Plectrumelectrum - 7,046 (33,406)

Maybe SNL will help the sales a bit...

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itsjustaroundthecorner said:

feeluupp said:

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

the dropoff at -68% off of the first week's sales is not too too bad.. it aint great, make no mistake.. but it is kind of standard.....

if it is any consolation... the new bob seger album is projected between 50k-60k units in its first week.. so comparable to P

the new U2 album is projected at 25k units.. which is a TOTAL disaster no matter how you slice it.. even with the giveaway.....

P needs to promote this thing - if he even cares.. he just may not care at all.. who knows.

There is still hope for AOA hopefully the SNL performnce won't be too late...

But PE totally bombed... Off the Top 60 spots on the 2nd week and looks like can be one of Prince's lowest selling albums since N.E.W.S.

you cant compare album sales now that they sell so little for everyone...album sales are dead...people aint buying music now generally....prince was a huge seller when albums sold by the millions back in the 80s and now he is huge draw as a live act now that concerts are where the big money is...he cant complain too much.

blackbob said:

feeluupp said:

There is still hope for AOA hopefully the SNL performnce won't be too late...

But PE totally bombed... Off the Top 60 spots on the 2nd week and looks like can be one of Prince's lowest selling albums since N.E.W.S.

you cant compare album sales now that they sell so little for everyone...album sales are dead...people aint buying music now generally....prince was a huge seller when albums sold by the millions back in the 80s and now he is huge draw as a live act now that concerts are where the big money is...he cant complain too much.

There are other artists who sell more and don't fall off the charts that fast.

linus4000 said:

Maybe SNL will help the sales a bit...

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interesting that last SNL he appeared BEFORE 3121 was released...

2nd week World Album sales are up:

14. Art Official Age: 39,000

Total Art Official Age sales: 147,000

Plectrum is out of the TOP 50.

luvsexy4all said:

linus4000 said:

Maybe SNL will help the sales a bit...

[Edited 10/16/14 2:22am]

interesting that last SNL he appeared BEFORE 3121 was released...

Problem is that it really didnt do much then, though 3121 did debut at #1 for him, that was also almost a decade ago and their were singles and videos, he did Good Morning America that summer, he played BET awards he seemed more organized with the promo. This seems very "oh by the way" i have new album, to me it wont matter what he plays on SNL because it isnt really gonna cause much of a change since there is no single or video exposing this album, Chris Rock hosting will give this falling almost dead show some ratings but, honestly he is playing November 1st on SNL in NYC, that is halloween weekend when everyone is going out no one is watching tv. So what he really needed was a U2 or Foo fighters residence on a show like Letterman a show that has ratings, Foo Fighters did it and their catalog shot through the roof, and topped with the HBO series, this looks to be a huge record for that INDIE band, yes the Foo's have been indie since day one. Prince needs some new thinking, or a team that isnt so much younger than him that they have no good ideas

AOA now down to 67 in the UK

UK chart update AOA position 67 weeks on chart 3

PlectrumElectrum out of the top 100

This confirms despite able to sell large UK venues for live gigs , Prince is a cult act that only us hardcores are interested in when it comes to selling albums .