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Thread started 11/25/16 12:08pm

feeluupp

PRINCE 4EVER SALES

As it was released in the U.S on 11/22... These are only the 3 days sales that made it on the end of week chart:

#45 - 11,054.


The full week sales will be updated by next week.

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Reply #1 posted 11/25/16 12:15pm

kepurplehunter

feeluupp said:

As it was released in the U.S on 11/22... These are only the 3 days sales that made it on the end of week chart:




#45 - 11,054.






The full week sales will be updated by next week.

So I Got Mines Today Not Was Grabbing So I Got 5 for $10.00 Dont U Love Black Friday!!!!
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Reply #2 posted 11/25/16 12:26pm

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kepurplehunter said:

feeluupp said:

As it was released in the U.S on 11/22... These are only the 3 days sales that made it on the end of week chart:

#45 - 11,054.


The full week sales will be updated by next week.

So I Got Mines Today Not Was Grabbing So I Got 5 for $10.00 Dont U Love Black Friday!!!!

Where did you purchase it from for that price? Lol. Where I live it was sold out of fast.. Or maybe they didn't have much in stock in the first place.

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Reply #3 posted 11/25/16 8:07pm

tish9311

I bought mine on Wednesday nite and it took them 30 minutes to find it. They kept telling us it wasn't available for sale till Friday. But me and another Prince Fam were like no, he wanted Tuesday releases and it was released yesterday.

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Reply #4 posted 11/25/16 8:27pm

SoulAlive

It's disappointing that Warners aren't doing anything big to promote this thing.At the very least,they could have released a lyric video for "Moonbeam Levels"!
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Reply #5 posted 12/01/16 6:54am

Noodled24

The album was a clusterfuck right from the get go.

TMBGITW - announced but bot included.

Moonbeam Levels - but not as a single, so fans are forced to buy the album.

Fans didn't want a hits set, the general public didn't need a hits set, and Prince sold a million hits sets just 7 months ago.

Who was this supposed to be for?

The worst part: 4EVER was the first release following his passing. It should have sold a million by default. Now that it hasn't, I suspect they're going to be much more cautious with future releases, which probably isn't good news for fans.

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Reply #6 posted 12/01/16 7:02am

Genesia

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Noodled24 said:

The album was a clusterfuck right from the get go.

TMBGITW - announced but bot included.

Moonbeam Levels - but not as a single, so fans are forced to buy the album.

Fans didn't want a hits set, the general public didn't need a hits set, and Prince sold a million hits sets just 7 months ago.

Who was this supposed to be for?

The worst part: 4EVER was the first release following his passing. It should have sold a million by default. Now that it hasn't, I suspect they're going to be much more cautious with future releases, which probably isn't good news for fans.


It's available as a single on iTunes.

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Reply #7 posted 12/01/16 7:24am

Noodled24

^ I stand corrected. I seem to recall people saying you couldn't buy it as a stand alone track. But you're right it's there.

Even so, it's not a proper single... giving the album something to ride on.

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Reply #8 posted 12/01/16 7:32am

DarkKnight1

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I think they failed with distribution. I went to several stores and it was out in most.

(Insert something clever here)
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Reply #9 posted 12/01/16 7:37am

feeluupp

Full sales total will be posted on Friday...

That other thread how it debuted at #80 was only 3 days sales calculations.

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Reply #10 posted 12/01/16 8:06am

Noodled24

iTunes UK:

  • Release date: 22 Nov 2016
  • Chart debut: #19 (25 Nov 2016)
  • Highest Position: #18 (30 Nov 2016)
  • Most recent chart position: #18 (30 Nov 2016)
  • Days on UK Albums Chart: 7

'4Ever' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain and Australia.

iTunes USA:

  • Release date: 22 Nov 2016
  • Chart debut: #8 (22 Nov 2016)
  • Highest Position: #8 (22 Nov 2016)
  • Most recent chart position: #44 (30 Nov 2016)
  • Days on US Albums Chart: 10

'4Ever' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain and Australia.

iTunes Austalia

  • Release date: 22 Nov 2016
  • Chart debut: #49 (24 Nov 2016)
  • Highest Position: #30 (26 Nov 2016)
  • Most recent chart position: #50 (01 Dec 2016)
  • Days on Australian Albums Chart: 9

'4Ever' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain and Australia.


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Reply #11 posted 12/01/16 8:32am

feeluupp

Noodled24 said:

iTunes UK:

  • Release date: 22 Nov 2016
  • Chart debut: #19 (25 Nov 2016)
  • Highest Position: #18 (30 Nov 2016)
  • Most recent chart position: #18 (30 Nov 2016)
  • Days on UK Albums Chart: 7

'4Ever' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain and Australia.

iTunes Austalia

  • Release date: 22 Nov 2016
  • Chart debut: #49 (24 Nov 2016)
  • Highest Position: #30 (26 Nov 2016)
  • Most recent chart position: #50 (01 Dec 2016)
  • Days on Australian Albums Chart: 9

'4Ever' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain and Australia.


thanks.

i will report the full first week u.s. sales and world wide sales on friday.

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Reply #12 posted 12/01/16 9:40am

petalthecat

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I've seen it advertised quite a lot on TV in the UK the past few days. They don't want to miss out on the Christmas market.
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Reply #13 posted 12/02/16 7:14am

feeluupp

BILLBOARD:

Prince, 4Ever - No. 80 — Prince’s first posthumous release, the greatest-hits compilation 4Ever, debuts at No. 80 on the Billboard 200. The set marks the late icon’s (he died on April 21) 40th charting album. 4Ever sold 8,000 copies in the week ending Nov. 24, according to Nielsen Music, and earned 9,000 equivalent album units. The album was released off-cycle on Nov. 22 (instead of the normal Friday release of Nov. 18 or Nov. 25), so it arrives on the chart with only two days of sales and consumption activity.

Since Prince died on April 21, his catalog of albums have sold 2.6 million in the U.S. Further, after his passing, his albums were so popular, that on the May 14-dated chart, he had a record 19 concurrently charting titles on the list.

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Reply #14 posted 12/02/16 9:00am

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It's nice to see that after 1 week 4Ever is still in Dutch iTunes top 10.

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Moonbeam levels is down to 186 unfortunately.

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Reply #15 posted 12/02/16 3:29pm

feeluupp

The first FULL WEEK sales are in:

49 PRINCE
4EVER
WARNER BROS. 11,424

Plus the 2 day sales of 9,000 the total first week sales in the U.S. are: 20,424.

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Reply #16 posted 12/02/16 4:15pm

JudasSmile

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It reached number 24 in the UK albums chart. Not great.

U been bamboozled, hoodwinked, took.
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Reply #17 posted 12/02/16 7:26pm

feeluupp

JudasSmile said:

It reached number 24 in the UK albums chart. Not great.

Wasn't no promotion, not available to stream...

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Reply #18 posted 12/02/16 8:13pm

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JudasSmile said:

It reached number 24 in the UK albums chart. Not great.

Sales in US 2016

05 - 647,000 - THE VERY BEST OF - Prince

79 - 136,000 - ULTIMATE - Prince

96 - 127,000 - THE HITS/THE B-SIDES - Prince

Only in US he sold more than 900k with these 3 albums, 4Ever is his 4th greatest hits album, it's no surprise it's not selling like a new release.

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Reply #19 posted 12/02/16 9:39pm

ForeverPaisley

SoulAlive said:

It's disappointing that Warners aren't doing anything big to promote this thing.At the very least,they could have released a lyric video for "Moonbeam Levels"!

I agree, a lyric video (like they did for Funk&Roll) would work for Moonbeam levels nod

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Reply #20 posted 12/02/16 9:43pm

ForeverPaisley

I bought it twice lol First on Amazon pre-order as I wasn't sure it would be avail here. But walked into the store last week and there was a display right when you walk in biggrin thumbs up! So, I bought another one. nod I know people are squawking that its another 'hits CD' but I like it. shrug

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Reply #21 posted 12/02/16 9:49pm

Latin

ForeverPaisley said:

I bought it twice lol First on Amazon pre-order as I wasn't sure it would be avail here. But walked into the store last week and there was a display right when you walk in biggrin thumbs up! So, I bought another one. nod I know people are squawking that its another 'hits CD' but I like it. shrug



It's great that you did that! biggrin
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Reply #22 posted 12/02/16 9:53pm

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Latin said:

ForeverPaisley said:

I bought it twice lol First on Amazon pre-order as I wasn't sure it would be avail here. But walked into the store last week and there was a display right when you walk in biggrin thumbs up! So, I bought another one. nod I know people are squawking that its another 'hits CD' but I like it. shrug

It's great that you did that! biggrin

A display for this album, What a novel concept wink . Where did you find a display? Most of us can't even find the CD in the store. Great that your supporting P!

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Reply #23 posted 12/03/16 12:25am

RODSERLING

The album is not doing well overall, but considering the poor tracklist (always the same songs, only one unreleased track...) just imagine how well it would have done if it was done properly : one unreleased track by disc, post-warner hits ( TMBGITW, GOLD, HOLY RIVER, MUSICOLOGY, BLACKSWEAT...).

WB lost his money on this, this failure was highly predictable. I hope these people who conceived this will be fired.

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Reply #24 posted 12/03/16 12:51am

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feeluupp said:

JudasSmile said:

It reached number 24 in the UK albums chart. Not great.

Wasn't no promotion, not available to stream...


It WAS promoted though, here in the UK. I saw more TV ads for Prince 4ever than I have for any Prince release in recent memory.

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Reply #25 posted 12/03/16 12:53am

RODSERLING

MattyJam said:

feeluupp said:

Wasn't no promotion, not available to stream...


It WAS promoted though, here in the UK. I saw more TV ads for Prince 4ever than I have for any Prince release in recent memory.

4EVER is also highly promoted in France

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Reply #26 posted 12/03/16 1:11am

ForeverPaisley

gandorb said:

Latin said:

ForeverPaisley said: It's great that you did that! biggrin

A display for this album, What a novel concept wink . Where did you find a display? Most of us can't even find the CD in the store. Great that your supporting P!

I know right?! lol HMV of all places - they had it directly when you walked in, couldn't miss it biggrin I did a double take and then stood the marvelling because I couldn't believe they had it out there like that BUT that location has almost steadily has had SOMETHING of Prince displayed - the previous recent HITs CD, then HIT & RUN 1 & 2 were there recently. The new Purple Rain LP - I snagged one of them too biggrin And now this one biggrin thumbs up!

I tend to buy two each time now, one to open and one to keep mushy

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Reply #27 posted 12/03/16 4:29am

feeluupp

The real problem now is you can see the family and trust still has not acquired any streaming rights...

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Reply #28 posted 12/03/16 5:57am

Noodled24

^ I'm not sure it would matter if they did. How many streams does it take to earn $10 from an individual? thousands?

If the aim of the estate is to make money from the music they need to keep it off streaming services. So people are forced to pay their $10 up front.

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Reply #29 posted 12/03/16 6:13am

feeluupp

Noodled24 said:

^ I'm not sure it would matter if they did. How many streams does it take to earn $10 from an individual? thousands?

If the aim of the estate is to make money from the music they need to keep it off streaming services. So people are forced to pay their $10 up front.

Outdated...

Say that to Drake or The Weekend who's album streams are in the hundreds of millions...

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