RODSERLING said:

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

Wow this is so encouraging!!! Let's keep this campaign going until the very end (22nd December at 23:59)! Thanks for posting this RODSERLING

CherryMoon57 said:

RODSERLING said:

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

Wow this is so encouraging!!! Let's keep this campaign going until the very end (22nd December at 23:59)! Thanks for posting this RODSERLING

Who could we contact in P.org in order to make this campaign in headline ? Sometimes in April is #1 in MP3, this should make the news, this is so encouraging.

We need to buy these tracks everyday from numerous platform.

RODSERLING said:

CherryMoon57 said:

Wow this is so encouraging!!! Let's keep this campaign going until the very end (22nd December at 23:59)! Thanks for posting this RODSERLING

Who could we contact in P.org in order to make this campaign in headline ? Sometimes in April is #1 in MP3, this should make the news, this is so encouraging.

We need to buy these tracks everyday from numerous platform.

Any moderator might be able to help. Militant has supported the campaign so he might be a good place to start.

RODSERLING said:

CherryMoon57 said:

Wow this is so encouraging!!! Let's keep this campaign going until the very end (22nd December at 23:59)! Thanks for posting this RODSERLING

Who could we contact in P.org in order to make this campaign in headline ? Sometimes in April is #1 in MP3, this should make the news, this is so encouraging.

We need to buy these tracks everyday from numerous platform.

Please remember that only one purchase per buyer from each outlet will count towards the final Xmas chart, so do not overspend your money on unecessary downloads!

In terms of streaming, 100 streams = 1 download.

CherryMoon57 said:

RODSERLING said:

Who could we contact in P.org in order to make this campaign in headline ? Sometimes in April is #1 in MP3, this should make the news, this is so encouraging.

We need to buy these tracks everyday from numerous platform.

Please remember that only one purchase per buyer from each outlet will count towards the final Xmas chart, so do not overspend your money on unecessary downloads!

In terms of streaming, 100 streams = 1 download.

Yes, I think some people will make the mistake..."Sometimes " is also climbing in amazon France, so there was a misunderstanding somewhere...

RODSERLING said:

CherryMoon57 said:

Please remember that only one purchase per buyer from each outlet will count towards the final Xmas chart, so do not overspend your money on unecessary downloads!

In terms of streaming, 100 streams = 1 download.

Yes, I think some people will make the mistake..."Sometimes " is also climbing in amazon France, so there was a misunderstanding somewhere...

What must be happening is that maybe some people are choosing to download their favourite track amongst those listed. People tend to not read the small print in general... Even if the small print is BIG! Let it just happen naturally, it will be the best way to find out what the people's favourite is after all, and on a bigger scale. Also bear in mind that other people who are not following this campaign could also be buying that song too.

Still climbing on amazon !

THE CROSS #109

MOONBEAM #174

SOMETIMES #218

RODSERLING said:

Still climbing on amazon !

THE CROSS #109

MOONBEAM #174

SOMETIMES #218

Let's keep it going... It would be nice to see Still Would Stand All Time turn up as well!

The campaign is getting hot on Twitter! Looks like the whole #purplearmy is gradually getting behind us.

Amazon.uk :

THE CROSS #83

SOMETIMES #280

MOONBEAM #216

STILL WOULD STAND... #7197

The CROSS seem to be the perfect contender for a top 40 !

^This is good news indeed, though there's still a high amount of competition in the way.

So I am urging EVERYONE to try and retweet / share as much of the campaign info as possible (or at least tell people to download those four tracks in the list order) if you / they haven't done so yet.

...And of course if we could all refrain from purchasing any other potential xmas hits from other artists, until after xmas, that would help greatly!

MANY THANKS!

[Edited 12/16/16 6:30am]

'The Cross' is now #5

'Sometimes It Snows In April' #8

'Still Would Stand All Time' #10

...in Amazon R&B best selling songs!

'The Cross' is also #36 in the Pop category (compared to #152 this morning).

This is good! Let's keep it going... Spread the info and make use of all the links provided on page 1!

Thanks y'all 💜

[Edited 12/16/16 10:00am]

CherryMoon57 said:

'The Cross' is now #5

'Sometimes It Snows In April' #8

'Still Would Stand All Time' #10

...in Amazon R&B best selling songs!

'The Cross' is also #36 in the Pop category (compared to #152 this morning).

This is good! Let's keep it going... Spread the info and make use of all the links provided on page 1!

Thanks y'all 💜

[Edited 12/16/16 10:00am]

Great work Cherry Moon, whatever happens you should be pretty proud. I've bought some of the tracks for friends. Appreciate your positivity.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY........

Ive been sharing in facebook Groups..I dont do twitter.....

CherryMoon57 said:

'The Cross' is now #5

'Sometimes It Snows In April' #8

'Still Would Stand All Time' #10

...in Amazon R&B best selling songs!

'The Cross' is also #36 in the Pop category (compared to #152 this morning).

This is good! Let's keep it going... Spread the info and make use of all the links provided on page 1!

Thanks y'all 💜

[Edited 12/16/16 10:00am]

Lovejunky said:

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY........

Ive been sharing in facebook Groups..I dont do twitter.....

CherryMoon57 said:

'The Cross' is now #5

'Sometimes It Snows In April' #8

'Still Would Stand All Time' #10

...in Amazon R&B best selling songs!

'The Cross' is also #36 in the Pop category (compared to #152 this morning).

This is good! Let's keep it going... Spread the info and make use of all the links provided on page 1!

Thanks y'all 💜

[Edited 12/16/16 10:00am]

The more they climb, the more they are visible.

Overall charts on amazon :

.

THE CROSS #64 !

MOONBEAM : #106

SOMETIMES IT SNOWS :#140

STILL WOULD STAND : #241 (great climbing !)

.

Doesn't appear on the charts on itunes though..

RODSERLING said:

Lovejunky said:

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY........

Ive been sharing in facebook Groups..I dont do twitter.....

The more they climb, the more they are visible.

Overall charts on amazon :

.

THE CROSS #64 !

MOONBEAM : #106

SOMETIMES IT SNOWS :#140

STILL WOULD STAND : #241 (great climbing !)

.

Doesn't appear on the charts on itunes though..

I was fired from UKMIX and SCHKOPI (the Prince fansite) lol, so I can't provide them a link.

That's too bad because ukmix will be very interested ! Uk midweek charts are released on monday. They will be surprised to find THE CROSS !

https://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=37099&start=1100

RODSERLING said:

RODSERLING said:

The more they climb, the more they are visible.

Overall charts on amazon :

.

THE CROSS #64 !

MOONBEAM : #106

SOMETIMES IT SNOWS :#140

STILL WOULD STAND : #241 (great climbing !)

.

Doesn't appear on the charts on itunes though..

I was fired from UKMIX and SCHKOPI (the Prince fansite) lol, so I can't provide them a link.

That's too bad because ukmix will be very interested ! Uk midweek charts are released on monday. They will be surprised to find THE CROSS !

https://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=37099&start=1100

Thank you for the updates RODSERLING! It is a good start, but we must not relent just yet.

Here are the tips of the day (some of them are based on suggestions from our FB participants):

1. Leave 'The Cross' to STREAM on repeat all day/week. (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and Google Play, Tidal)

2. Invite your family/friends to buy the 4 tracks for you as a gift + email them the links*

3. You can 'share' a track from Tidal or any other services directly onto your facebook/ Twitter page and invite others to listen/buy.

4. If you haven't done so yet, you can download the same track again using the outlet that you haven't bought from yet*

*all the download links are on page 1 of this thread or on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Prince4Christmas/


If you can think of anything else, please share it on here asap.

Thank you everyone and happy downloading!

CherryMoon57 said:

RODSERLING said:

I was fired from UKMIX and SCHKOPI (the Prince fansite) lol, so I can't provide them a link.

That's too bad because ukmix will be very interested ! Uk midweek charts are released on monday. They will be surprised to find THE CROSS !

https://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=37099&start=1100

Thank you for the updates RODSERLING! It is a good start, but we must not relent just yet.

Here are the tips of the day (some of them are based on suggestions from our FB participants):

1. Leave 'The Cross' to STREAM on repeat all day/week. (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and Google Play, Tidal)

2. Invite your family/friends to buy the 4 tracks for you as a gift + email them the links*

3. You can 'share' a track from Tidal or any other services directly onto your facebook/ Twitter page and invite others to listen/buy.

4. If you haven't done so yet, you can download the same track again using the outlet that you haven't bought from yet*

*all the download links are on page 1 of this thread or on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Prince4Christmas/


If you can think of anything else, please share it on here asap.

Thank you everyone and happy downloading!

Cool stuff. Just need some celeb's to get on board

^^We've been trying hard with those... but not everyone is as approachable as Prince was.

Will do a few more tweets shortly. Prayers needed!

If anyone is having trouble accessing the songs on iTunes via our links, please try searching the songs (in iTunes) instead...

The links seem to work for some of you and not for others. We're not entirely sure why that is.

We still need to make more use of iTunes as none of the songs have made an appearance in their top list yet.

Some not so good news first: Prince is still not showing on the current UK iTunes chart. However, someone on Twitter earlier told me that 'The Cross' was showing at #65 on the US iTunes (which on the good side means that the campaign might be going international instead of national).

* see edit below

... And some better UK news now: 'The Cross' is currently #50 in the Pop and #6 in the R&B best selling songs on Amazon UK.

Considering it was only #152 and #11 in those respective categories yesterday, that is a very high jump!

So what's our next move?

->>>When you are done with downloading from all the possible outlets, including iTunes (please only do this if you have a few spare ££ left after the Xmas shopping and donations to any of the https://levelup4love.org/ charities of course) you could start focusing on the streaming next. As suggested in my earlier post and if it is possible for you, why not just let the songs stream on repeat for as long as we have left until Thursday 22nd December at 23.59. For info, 100 streams = 1 download.

That's all from me for now, well done everyone!!! 💜

Edit: 'The Cross' WAS in the UK iTunes Charts at #65, we were just not looking in the right place! I have to say, iTunes is a bit of a maze...

[Edited 12/18/16 5:44am]

Prince at One.

Bowie at Two.

Terry Wogan at Three.

Then I'll believe in Christmas.

SimonCharles said:

Prince at One.

Bowie at Two.

Terry Wogan at Three.

Then I'll believe in Christmas.

Prince at One

Prince at Two

Prince at Three

Prince at Four

That would make my year!

'The Cross' now appearing at #59 in iTunes UK R & B category!!!

http://musicchartfeeds.co...rnb-chart/

should have just been "Another Lonely Christmas" from the beginning. It's really the only appropriate one to consider. In fact, it's so appropriate, I find it pointless if that isn't the song.

Data from Amazon UK today

The Cross

Amazon Bestsellers Rank:

#62 in Songs (See Top 100 in Songs)

• #4 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > R&B
• #33 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > Pop

Sometimes It Snows In April

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 352 in Songs (See Top 100 in Songs)

• #3 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > Broadway & Vocalists
• #3 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > Classic Rock
• #20 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > R&B

Still Would Stand All Time

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 747 in Songs (See Top 100 in Songs)

• #28 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > R&B
• #422 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > Pop

Moonbeam Levels

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 213 in Songs (See Top 100 in Songs)

• #123 in MP3 Downloads > Songs > Pop

Google Play

Prince appears 10 times in the Google Play Top R&B songs with Purple Rain #6 The Cross #21 When Doves Cry #25 Little Red Corvette #77 1999 #106 Still Would Stand All Time #159 Raspberry Beret #225 (More here)

In their Top Pop songs cat. only Purple Rain at #45

iTunes

I can only see 1999 at #42 in the R&B category at the moment. I am not very familiar with their searching options in relation to the ranking for each song.

Askani said:

should have just been "Another Lonely Christmas" from the beginning. It's really the only appropriate one to consider. In fact, it's so appropriate, I find it pointless if that isn't the song.

The song was briefly mentioned in October at the start of the discussion http://prince.org/msg/7/433965 when everyone was giving their suggestions but didn't get enough voices to make it to the final round of the selection process. Many had shared their concern that it was too depressing for this end of year. However, I do agree that it would have still worked and nothing prevents us from backing it up for next year's Prince4Xmas campaign.

I am also planning on doing another campaign in April 2017 so get your choices ready now if you want them to be included and watch this space!

This retweet will hopefully help things move a little further...