This kind of campaign never works...This has already been tried by MJ fans with SPeechless in the UK six years ago, and it never entered the top 200. And MJ has a much larger audience than Prince, especially in the UK.

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Most people ignore that even if they buy 10 times the same song, it will only be counted as 1 sale, in order to not cheat the charts.

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By the way, THE CROSS is not affiliated to any Prince recent projects, so it makes no sense at all. MOONBEAM LEVELS or BLACKMUSE would have been more appropriated than a 30 years old song. SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL would have been convenient too.

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And something I neverr understood...Why in hell these kind of campaign is always made during the Christmas week ? Don't you all know that this is the most competitive week, and that the #1 get sales like 100 /150.000 ex ?!

When was the last time that Prince sold an album at 100/150 k ex ? lol He hasn't so much fans

ANd last but not least, Prince never celebrated Christmas !

[Edited 12/2/16 9:15am]

RODSERLING said:

This kind of campaign never works...This has already been tried by MJ fans with SPeechless in the UK six years ago, and it never entered the top 200. And MJ has a much larger audience than Prince, especially in the UK.

.

Most people ignore that even if they buy 10 times the same song, it will only be counted as 1 sale, in order to not cheat the charts.

.

By the way, THE CROSS is not affiliated to any Prince recent projects, so it makes no sense at all. MOONBEAM LEVELS or BLACKMUSE would have been more appropriated than a 30 years old song. SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL would have been convenient too.

.

And something I neverr understood...Why in hell these kind of campaign is always made during the Christmas week ? Don't you all know that this is the most competitive week, and that the #1 get sales like 100 /150.000 ex ?!

When was the last time that Prince sold an album at 100/150 k ex ? lol He hasn't so much fans

ANd last but not least, Prince never celebrated Christmas !

[Edited 12/2/16 9:15am]

If every fan who said "nah, it will never work" got behind it, then maybe we could actually achieve something. Maybe not Christmas number one, but even a top 20 placing would bring positive attention to Prince and his legacy and get the general public hearing a Prince song beyond the usual hits that have been played to death.

I personally think it's a sweet homage.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea, and would be supportive. I just think this is badly executed.

By the way, you all need to see this :

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/11/16/eagles-of-death-metal-fans-campaign-to-send-band-to-top-of-the-charts-after-paris-attacks/?utm_term=.31b1324f2cd3

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After the Bataclan attack last year, some fans launched an highly mediatic campaign to get 1 track from EAGLES OF DEATH METAL #1 (it was in november, a very competitive time, but not as much as the Christmas week!). The result? The track peaked "only" at #53.

And the whole press and media worldwide were talking about it...

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Another sad instance :

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campaign) http://www.smh.com.au/ent...215-gmux96

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A young band died on the road in february of this year ( the sales are very low, this is a good moment to lauch a campaign) and COLDPLAY promoted one track and wanted that fans download it to be a #1.

Result : "only" a #50 position.

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So you all really need to inspire yourself from these experiences to not make the same mistakes.

MattyJam said:

CherryMoon57 said:

Just to update you on our last two Facebook posts, direct link: www.facebook.com/Prince4Christmas/

Done. Got my wife to tweet Simon Mayo too.

[Edited 12/2/16 7:24am]

Thank you so much MattyJam! At least we can't say we haven't tried... And it's not over until it's over. I saw another Prince request, for 'Batdance', in Simon Mayo's post comments and immediately pointed the lost sheep in the right direction

[Edited 12/2/16 10:51am]

RODSERLING said:

This kind of campaign never works...This has already been tried by MJ fans with SPeechless in the UK six years ago, and it never entered the top 200. And MJ has a much larger audience than Prince, especially in the UK.

.

Most people ignore that even if they buy 10 times the same song, it will only be counted as 1 sale, in order to not cheat the charts.

.

By the way, THE CROSS is not affiliated to any Prince recent projects, so it makes no sense at all. MOONBEAM LEVELS or BLACKMUSE would have been more appropriated than a 30 years old song. SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL would have been convenient too.

.

And something I neverr understood...Why in hell these kind of campaign is always made during the Christmas week ? Don't you all know that this is the most competitive week, and that the #1 get sales like 100 /150.000 ex ?!

When was the last time that Prince sold an album at 100/150 k ex ? lol He hasn't so much fans

ANd last but not least, Prince never celebrated Christmas !

[Edited 12/2/16 9:15am]

We HAVE included 'Sometimes It Snow In April' and 'Moonbeam Levels' in our campaign. Please have another read of the update (in OP + reply #117 in this thread + FB page) and feel free to change your mind and participate to increase our chances of success. There has been an average of about 5,000-8,000 post reach on FB alone every week since we started in mid-October and each person involved increases the campaign's chances of exposure. There are also hidden participants (who will take action from 16 December but not physically show in counts). Never underestimate the potency of social media... and Prince's music.

And you are right, nothing stops us from directing our joined forces towards follow-up campaigns with different songs at any time of the year.

[Edited 12/2/16 11:39am]

RODSERLING said:

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea, and would be supportive. I just think this is badly executed.

By the way, you all need to see this :

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/11/16/eagles-of-death-metal-fans-campaign-to-send-band-to-top-of-the-charts-after-paris-attacks/?utm_term=.31b1324f2cd3

.

After the Bataclan attack last year, some fans launched an highly mediatic campaign to get 1 track from EAGLES OF DEATH METAL #1 (it was in november, a very competitive time, but not as much as the Christmas week!). The result? The track peaked "only" at #53.

And the whole press and media worldwide were talking about it...

.

Another sad instance :

.

campaign) http://www.smh.com.au/ent...215-gmux96

.

A young band died on the road in february of this year ( the sales are very low, this is a good moment to lauch a campaign) and COLDPLAY promoted one track and wanted that fans download it to be a #1.

Result : "only" a #50 position.

.

So you all really need to inspire yourself from these experiences to not make the same mistakes.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill

RODSERLING said:

This kind of campaign never works...This has already been tried by MJ fans with SPeechless in the UK six years ago, and it never entered the top 200. And MJ has a much larger audience than Prince, especially in the UK.

.

Most people ignore that even if they buy 10 times the same song, it will only be counted as 1 sale, in order to not cheat the charts.

.

By the way, THE CROSS is not affiliated to any Prince recent projects, so it makes no sense at all. MOONBEAM LEVELS or BLACKMUSE would have been more appropriated than a 30 years old song. SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL would have been convenient too.

.

And something I neverr understood...Why in hell these kind of campaign is always made during the Christmas week ? Don't you all know that this is the most competitive week, and that the #1 get sales like 100 /150.000 ex ?!

When was the last time that Prince sold an album at 100/150 k ex ? lol He hasn't so much fans

ANd last but not least, Prince never celebrated Christmas !

much of this has already been pointed out but the OP is either in denial and/or ignorant to this and often in return they will post insults and threats, including those which illegal in the country they currently live if they carried them out

the choice of song was literally chosen by about 40 people on twitter, for a country with over 65 million more people than all the hits from all the social media accounts added together

the officially released album advertised by an international corporation only reached number 80 in the uk album charts and the xmas market is of one if not the most competitive market in the year and so far there are umpteen "campaings" to get things to number 1 relating to things from the guy in the inspiral carpets who died the other week to a cover version for something else to do with something else i've already forgotton about that relates to someone else or a bunch of other people who died

and as you point out, prince didn't celebrate xmas and changed the words of the cross when he last performed it, so the 40 or so twatterers who voted for it obviously have little to no concern of his thoughts on xmas

now in reply to this, i'm sure there will be a load of BS negativity and possibly insults from the OP and the 1 or 2 "supporters" who have replied on this threat, as opposed to making some positive action and stopping this nonsense for the sake of the fans to save their embarrassment for what is destined to be a complete an utter failure

and referring to winston churchill's comments in regards to stopping people from slaughtering innocent people and comparing it to an attention seeking pathetic attempt to get a song in the UK charts is completely innapropriate and sick. that person should be completely ashamed of themselves for attempting to link the two things

unique said:

RODSERLING said:

This kind of campaign never works...This has already been tried by MJ fans with SPeechless in the UK six years ago, and it never entered the top 200. And MJ has a much larger audience than Prince, especially in the UK.

.

Most people ignore that even if they buy 10 times the same song, it will only be counted as 1 sale, in order to not cheat the charts.

.

By the way, THE CROSS is not affiliated to any Prince recent projects, so it makes no sense at all. MOONBEAM LEVELS or BLACKMUSE would have been more appropriated than a 30 years old song. SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL would have been convenient too.

.

And something I neverr understood...Why in hell these kind of campaign is always made during the Christmas week ? Don't you all know that this is the most competitive week, and that the #1 get sales like 100 /150.000 ex ?!

When was the last time that Prince sold an album at 100/150 k ex ? lol He hasn't so much fans

ANd last but not least, Prince never celebrated Christmas !

much of this has already been pointed out but the OP is either in denial and/or ignorant to this and often in return they will post insults and threats, including those which illegal in the country they currently live if they carried them out

the choice of song was literally chosen by about 40 people on twitter, for a country with over 65 million more people than all the hits from all the social media accounts added together

the officially released album advertised by an international corporation only reached number 80 in the uk album charts and the xmas market is of one if not the most competitive market in the year and so far there are umpteen "campaings" to get things to number 1 relating to things from the guy in the inspiral carpets who died the other week to a cover version for something else to do with something else i've already forgotton about that relates to someone else or a bunch of other people who died

and as you point out, prince didn't celebrate xmas and changed the words of the cross when he last performed it, so the 40 or so twatterers who voted for it obviously have little to no concern of his thoughts on xmas

now in reply to this, i'm sure there will be a load of BS negativity and possibly insults from the OP and the 1 or 2 "supporters" who have replied on this threat, as opposed to making some positive action and stopping this nonsense for the sake of the fans to save their embarrassment for what is destined to be a complete an utter failure

and referring to winston churchill's comments in regards to stopping people from slaughtering innocent people and comparing it to an attention seeking pathetic attempt to get a song in the UK charts is completely innapropriate and sick. that person should be completely ashamed of themselves for attempting to link the two things

If the officially advertised album that you're referring to is 4Ever. That album is currently No 24 in the UK Album chart. Yes, not the best debut compared to previous Hits packages but that's because people bought them again back in April (they don't really want another one)

From my understanding the vote involved Twitter, Facebook and the Org. so an amalgamation of votes would have happened and the eventual chosen song coming out of that.

[Edited 12/5/16 6:47am]

Spayne said:

unique said:

much of this has already been pointed out but the OP is either in denial and/or ignorant to this and often in return they will post insults and threats, including those which illegal in the country they currently live if they carried them out

the choice of song was literally chosen by about 40 people on twitter, for a country with over 65 million more people than all the hits from all the social media accounts added together

the officially released album advertised by an international corporation only reached number 80 in the uk album charts and the xmas market is of one if not the most competitive market in the year and so far there are umpteen "campaings" to get things to number 1 relating to things from the guy in the inspiral carpets who died the other week to a cover version for something else to do with something else i've already forgotton about that relates to someone else or a bunch of other people who died

and as you point out, prince didn't celebrate xmas and changed the words of the cross when he last performed it, so the 40 or so twatterers who voted for it obviously have little to no concern of his thoughts on xmas

now in reply to this, i'm sure there will be a load of BS negativity and possibly insults from the OP and the 1 or 2 "supporters" who have replied on this threat, as opposed to making some positive action and stopping this nonsense for the sake of the fans to save their embarrassment for what is destined to be a complete an utter failure

and referring to winston churchill's comments in regards to stopping people from slaughtering innocent people and comparing it to an attention seeking pathetic attempt to get a song in the UK charts is completely innapropriate and sick. that person should be completely ashamed of themselves for attempting to link the two things

If the officially advertised album that you're referring to is 4Ever. That album is currently No 24 in the UK Album chart. Yes, not the best debut compared to previous Hits packages but that's because people bought them again back in April (they don't really want another one)

From my understanding the vote involved Twitter, Facebook and the Org. so an amalgamation of votes would have happened and the eventual chosen song coming out of that.

[Edited 12/5/16 6:47am]

That's right Spayne, and let's not forget the SurveyPlanet vote that ran over the first two weeks of November and in which we had around 500 participants from all around the world, 283 of which were from the UK.

Today was the highest post reach/week we've had so far on our FB page (18,010)... About 3.5 times the one that we had last week on the same day (it is usually lower during the week and higher on weekends). So the campaign is growing rapidly now, but time is short so we still need more people to join, like, share, retweet, you know the rest! Now is the time to act FAST!

As for those of you who feel inclined to do so, please can you all send the presenters of BBC Radio 2 an email asking them to play Prince 'The Cross', and let them know that you are backing the Prince4Christmas campaign.

Give them the page link too as they might give the page a shout out.....(hopefully!!)

All the emails you need are:

chris.evans@bbc.co.uk
simon.mayo@bbc.co.uk
jeremy.vine@bbc.co.uk
steve.wright@bbc.co.uk
anneka.rice@bbc.co.uk
graham.norton@bbc.co.uk
jo.whiley@bbc.co.uk
ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk
liza.tarbuck@bbc.co.uk
michael.ball@bbc.co.uk
sara.cox@bbc.co.uk
vanessa.feltz@bbc.co.uk

Facebook Page Link: www.facebook.com/Prince4Christmas/

And even if this doesn't get him to No1, it would still be nice if it could secure a place in the charts and once people hear this or any of the other 3 songs we are supporting, he might after all make his way to the top...

Thank You!

Many of you have been asking how the campaign is going to work:

From 00:00 on Friday (16th December 2016) the plan is for everybody to download 'The Cross' and if they wish, one or more of the other songs listed below - in that order - until 23:59 the following Thursday (22nd December).The Christmas No1 chart will be on Friday 23rd December 2016. You will be able to listen live on BBC Radio 1 from 16:00. All download links will be posted soon.

1. The Cross
2. Sometimes It Snows In April
3. Still Would Stand All Time
4. Moonbeam Levels

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE FRIDAY

The time has nearly arrived for everyone to buy the songs for our Prince to aim to get a UK Christmas Number 1.

[Edited 12/14/16 10:09am]

THANK YOU CherryMoon....

What are the instructions for us outside UK? Thanks!

CherryMoon57 said:

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE FRIDAY

The time has nearly arrived for everyone to buy the songs for our Prince to aim to get a UK Christmas Number 1.

IF YOU ARE DOWNLOADING MORE THAN ONE SONG, PLEASE START WITH 'THE CROSS' & FOLLOW THE ORDER OF THE LIST

In order to count towards the Christmas charts, the tracks will need to be downloaded between 00:01 on Friday (16th December) until 23:59 the following Thursday (22nd December).

We have provided the links to 3 of the main sites where you can purchase songs from, they are all 99p each. You may have to sign up to certain sites or you may have to simply add the MP3s to your shopping cart and download.

We believe that if you buy the same track multiple times from one shop then it will only count once as a sale.

We also believe that buying the same track from different shops counts separately in their own right.

It is your choice to buy what you want from the variety of outlets just bear in mind that it may only count once.

Good luck, happy downloading and let’s see what we can all do!!!!

LINKS

Amazon Music MP3 Links :

1. THE CROSS - http://amzn.eu/4qlugiD
2. Sometimes It Snows In April - http://amzn.eu/90x48iw
3. Still Would Stand All Time - http://amzn.eu/34JWgwt
4. Moonbeam Levels - http://amzn.eu/d1ZXBuU

Google Play MP3 Link :

1. THE CROSS - http://tinyurl.com/zdje33y
2. Sometimes It Snows In April - http://tinyurl.com/zundv7d
3. Still Would Stand All Time - http://tinyurl.com/z5yjz64
4. Moonbeam Levels - http://tinyurl.com/jzyxp9v

iTunes Links*

1. THE CROSS – https://itun.es/gb/-c-Rm
2. Sometimes It Snows In April – https://itun.es/gb/fMgHp
3. Still Would Stand All Time – https://itun.es/gb/SA-Rm
4. Moonbeam Levels – https://itun.es/gb/spXXfb

*Mobile phone users will need to use their iTunes Store app and search.

[Edited 12/14/16 10:09am]

rosylo said:

What are the instructions for us outside UK? Thanks!

CherryMoon57 said:

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE FRIDAY

The time has nearly arrived for everyone to buy the songs for our Prince to aim to get a UK Christmas Number 1.

IF YOU ARE DOWNLOADING MORE THAN ONE SONG, PLEASE START WITH 'THE CROSS' & FOLLOW THE ORDER OF THE LIST

In order to count towards the Christmas charts, the tracks will need to be downloaded between 00:01 on Friday (16th December) until 23:59 the following Thursday (22nd December).

We have provided the links to 3 of the main sites where you can purchase songs from, they are all 99p each. You may have to sign up to certain sites or you may have to simply add the MP3s to your shopping cart and download.

We believe that if you buy the same track multiple times from one shop then it will only count once as a sale.

We also believe that buying the same track from different shops counts separately in their own right.

It is your choice to buy what you want from the variety of outlets just bear in mind that it may only count once.

Good luck, happy downloading and let’s see what we can all do!!!!

LINKS

Amazon Music MP3 Links :

1. THE CROSS - http://amzn.eu/4qlugiD
2. Sometimes It Snows In April - http://amzn.eu/90x48iw
3. Still Would Stand All Time - http://amzn.eu/34JWgwt
4. Moonbeam Levels - http://amzn.eu/d1ZXBuU

Google Play MP3 Link :

1. THE CROSS - http://tinyurl.com/zdje33y
2. Sometimes It Snows In April - http://tinyurl.com/zundv7d
3. Still Would Stand All Time - http://tinyurl.com/z5yjz64
4. Moonbeam Levels - http://tinyurl.com/jzyxp9v

iTunes Links*

1. THE CROSS – https://itun.es/gb/-c-Rm
2. Sometimes It Snows In April – https://itun.es/gb/fMgHp
3. Still Would Stand All Time – https://itun.es/gb/SA-Rm
4. Moonbeam Levels – https://itun.es/gb/spXXfb

*Mobile phone users will need to use their iTunes Store app and search.

[Edited 12/14/16 10:09am]

Hi Rosylo, sadly, the Official UK Charts company has recently informed us that foreign transactions aren't eligible (I'm not sure if any slip through the net though). So unless you can use a UK Proxy server along with a UK based payment, then your purchase will not help towards the UK charts.

Lovejunky said:

THANK YOU CherryMoon....

You're welcome Lovejunky! And we can also thank all the wonderful participants.

For those who haven't heard it yet, please go and check out Judith Hill's AMAZING live version of 'The Cross'. www.facebook.com/Prince4Christmas/

'Doing it justice' is an understatement to describe what her and Donna have done here.

Only a few hours left before the downloads can start! Don't delay, join us, follow us, retweet us, share our posts, tell your friends...

Let's try our best and see what happens!!!

A top 40 will be remembered and always quoted in future UK charts analysing and in the media. It would be exciting to see THE CROSS or another non charted track in the top 40. It would be at least an accomplishment.

Since a SOTT is planned next year at WB (at least they hope so), they could make a press release stating that the album spawned 5 top 40 singles ! It would make great publicity

[Edited 12/15/16 3:54am]

^I couldn't agree with you more RODSERLING!

CherryMoon57 said:

^I couldn't agree with you more RODSERLING!

Im on it too...

Our 'ACTION' week has officially started!!! All DOWNLOAD LINKS to support #PRINCE into the Xmas charts are HERE http://facebook.com/events/681114452048922/ … & HERE http://prince.org/msg/7/434381

U CAN START NOW!!

Just purchased "The Cross" on Google Play Music for the campaign

Militant said:

Just purchased "The Cross" on Google Play Music for the campaign

ME TOO

luvgirl said:

So where do I buy this from so it will count? I can't buy it from Amazon or ITunes? I only feel comfortable giving my credit card to those two. I'm in the US. [Edited 12/15/16 18:50pm]

Militant said:

Just purchased "The Cross" on Google Play Music for the campaign

Great! I'm going to do mine - all 4 of them - as soon as I get home.

Prince.org should support massively this campaign. Why don't it make the headlines on the news ?

It's in P.org interest to make prince a success, it wouldl bring new fans.

RODSERLING said:

Prince.org should support massively this campaign. Why don't it make the headlines on the news ?

It's in P.org interest to make prince a success, it wouldl bring new fans.

You are right...

Olright, all tracks downloaded now. I guess I am allowed to say that I have done my bit!

holy shit :

SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL #1 in MP3 !

• ASIN: B001F31SS4
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 customer reviews
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 192 in Songs (See Top 100 in Songs)
  • #1 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > Classic Rock
  • #1 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > Broadway & Vocalists
  • #6 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > Soundtracks

THE CROSS

• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 261 in Songs (See Top 100 in Songs)
  • #11 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > R&B
  • #152 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > Pop
  • MOONBEAM LEVELS
    
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 524 in Songs (See Top 100 in Songs)
    • #287 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > Pop