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Anyone who pays attention to numbers and chart figures on a regular basis knows that these are actually decent figures. Consider this - I know of an artist who had a #1 hit on the Billboard. His next album had features from all the hottest rappers. That album sold less than 2,000 copies in the first week. Given that there hasn't been a massive promotional push and no music video yet, I think these sales are pretty good. |
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moderatorthe only figures that matter are hitsdailydouble; those are official.. no way in hell he only does 45k | |
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The only sales figures that im bothered about are the 2 I purchased myself. Each sold a total of 1 in the first week taking them to #1 and #2 respectively. Sales will plummet now as I envisage they will sell zero on next weeks chart. But they are getting consisent airplay throughout my house and car. |
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I love Prince and am a loooong time fan, but I don't buy everything he makes just because I do/am. If I don't like the music, I will not buy it, simple as that. I didn't buy either CD this time. | |
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TrevorAyer said: wow .. 2 million likes on facebook but only 40 thousand records sold .. unfortunately it makes sense .. prince has 40 thousand that will buy anything .. the rest is based on the quality of the music .. 2 million people want to like the new prince record but just cant In this day and age does not owning an album indicate that they don't like or are not listening to it? The 40,000 that have bought it are not made up totally of people who will buy anything by Prince. AOA is the first album I have bought since Musicology. You may not like the album, big deal, but don't presume to think that none of us have a discerning ear. Coming from a man that holds Kanye West, Beyoncé, and Rhianna up as the standards Prince should aspire too your opinion is worth zilch to me. [Edited 10/2/14 8:36am] don't play me...i'm over 30 and i DO smoke weed.... | |
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Militant is right, the numbers aren't terrible...It's 2014, record sales are dead.
People don't typically buy albums anymore.
The average(born dead) person now uses a Streaming service, creating playlist to listen to there music.
The economics makes sense. $9.99 a month.
As much as you like these albums, the reality is they will fall quickly from the charts.
What helps is...He does have an older fan base, not everyone actually buys Prince's albums immediately. Vinyl release should see a slight sales push also.
Dating back to SOTT, Poor single/promo choices have always plagued his sales.
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1contessa said: I love Prince and am a loooong time fan, but I don't buy everything he makes just because I do/am. If I don't like the music, I will not buy it, simple as that. I didn't buy either CD this time. i am exactly in the same boat/position as you!! This is the first Prince release that i haven't bought on the release date in prob 25-30 years. i will more than likely buy them to give it my honest repetitive listen as well as to keep my "collection" complete. But with the exception of several Lotus Flower tracks, I haven't listened to any CD with any regularity since TRC, as i just haven't found the recent releases "challenging" enough for my ears to want to listen to over and over. I do hope to like this new release and my expectations are low so will see. oops, off topic. I meant to say that sales will be directly based on the success of the first single. I know a 56 year old artist will have a tough time on the radio but if there is a strong song and proper WB push it can happen as the average Joe is not going to buy a Prince CD just because it is "Prince"! For most, he is recognized for his incredible talent but he has really become more of a punch line due or at best an artist people want to see in concert as long as it features 1999, PR, LRC, etc. But no worries, after that incredible Yahoo event the other night, that i sacrificed sleep for, it really pumped me to run to the store and purchase this new release!! NOT, lol! What a joke. Anyway, good luck on the first single Prince, seriously. | |
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She's got almost half a million subscribers on Youtube. Say what you want about her performance that night - she's no doubt telling all her subscribers about the new Prince albums. That kind of advertizing is worth more than a TV commercial. | |
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why so little WB promotion? his NON WB albums have had more promotion | |
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Must be the rock album charts | |
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PRINCE
You should have cheated like you did Musicology and gave these cds away during your concerts !!
Oh but you have to do concerts to do that !!! Plus you should tour the fukin states !! DALLAS TEXAS
I am sure people would love to see your concerts that you only perform 20% of it !!!
I know you are late 50s so .... you might just want to quit trying so damn hard ...
Plus the influence on your new miley cyrus music in the deep voice isnt that good ...
I love prince music .... Where James Brown, Sly Stone , Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, Earth Wind and Fire ect ect WAS the influence in your music .................
not this SHIT
way back home anotherlove .... thats your best
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yesss | |
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He's not coming to ebola city in the near future. |
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and how long do u think the government will keep it there? not long....alot of poor and old people they want dead | |
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Ebola --- has just begun !!
This is going to spread !!
I pray it doesnt but ..... I feel like its all a matter of time ... This world is falling apart !! | |
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3121 did not sell 100K+ the first week in US. It was somewhere around 50k because they kept talking about it being one of the lowest selling number 1 records that year. On another note even if AOA sells around 45,000..that's great for very little airplay Love God and I shall 4ever Love u | |
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Frederick96 said: 3121 did not sell 100K+ the first week in US. It was somewhere around 50k because they kept talking about it being one of the lowest selling number 1 records that year. On another note even if AOA sells around 45,000..that's great for very little airplay From wikipedia and there are more sources that 3121 sold 180k... 3121 reinforced Prince's big comeback after the release of 2004's Musicology. It became the first Prince album ever to debut at #1, with 183,436 sold in its first week. It knocked the soundtrack for High School Musical off the top spot, and became Prince's first #1 album since 1989's Batman. Eventually it was certified Gold by the RIAA. |
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3121 sold 96k if I remember in first week! Considerably more than AoA is lookin | |
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It is too early!  will ALWAYS think of  like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that wasn't of this earth, would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. |
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UK first week projections from this thursday:
Not bad, but should have been higher...we will see the final chart on sunday... Albums |
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Can`t you read? 183,436 sold in its first week [Edited 10/2/14 14:51pm] |
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Looks like Karma to me. | |
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find it hard to believe that prince's first week album sales would lose nearly 80 per cent in five years in the usa ?...from over 180,000 for lotusflower to roughly 40,000 predicted for aoa ?...surely album sales haven't collapsed to that degree .. | |
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Why did I think 3121 debuted with less sales?.....I'm tripping. If the sales estimates hold then everyone in the top 10 got smacked down. Love God and I shall 4ever Love u | |
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In the itunes charts AOA is #1 R&B album and PE is the #1 Rock album on the amazon R&B charts AOA is #1, PE is #2 |
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apparently,they have | |
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Only 60.000 albums sold with 2 releases ? |
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Oh god, what a slap in your face. There is nothing more ridiculous than an album tailored for the charts with eurodance and boring rnb that doesn't sell.
no way would he only sell that in the usa...it depends what they are counting..if its just physical cd sales...then maybe..but if this includes all online sales then it should be much higher... | |
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ist official charts published in new-Zealand PLECTRUM ELECTRUM #31 AOA not charted
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