lemoncrush19 said:

I couldn't care less.
I love his music, always did and always will ... I don't need others to agree or radio stations to play it ... they didn't for a while so why should I beg for it now?
the estate will have the choice to sit on his unreleased music or release it no matter what ... guess the choice is not too difficult ...

I've spent most of the last 25 some years being told by those I know that Prince was an old 80's has-been who hadn't pulled a rabbit out of the hat since 'Diamonds & Pearls' (P-leasseee).

Such ignorance stopped bothering me around the time my teenage spots cleared up. If current popularity was an important factor to me when choosing my entertainment, then my music and DVD collection would shrink by about 3/4.

I can't think of many things less important to me than Prince's mainstream popularity outside of my own frame of reference.

TKO said:

hasnt been "popular" in YOUR ideology since the 80's

I think popularity is overrated because popularity is very relative. What is popular in Seattle may not be popular in Philadelphia. To use NFL teams as an example, the Eagles are popular in Philadelphia whereas the Seahawks are popular in Seattle. What is popular among teenagers and 30-somethings differs. Donald Trump was popular enough to become president, but in my family and in the community where I live, he is deeply unpopular.

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What matters more to me is a positive legacy. I other words, do people remember him and his contributions positively? The answer to this question is "Yes."

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He had a very long music career with 38ish albums over 30+ years as a musician. He has already sold 1 million+ albums after his death, and was the best-selling artist of 2016. Radio stations still play his music. He has over 4.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify. When he died, people all over the world congregated to celebrate him. VH1 played his videos and Purple Rain. Monuments all over the world turned purple. Every year around the Super Bowl, people discuss his halftime performance as among the best of all time. He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Popularity is fickle. Legacy is durable. Prince's legacy is doing very well, in my opinion. People remember him, and remember him well. Prince fans just need to keep doing our part to keep his memory alive.

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206Michelle said:

I think popularity is overrated because popularity is very relative. What is popular in Seattle may not be popular in Philadelphia. To use NFL teams as an example, the Eagles are popular in Philadelphia whereas the Seahawks are popular in Seattle. What is popular among teenagers and 30-somethings differs. Donald Trump was popular enough to become president, but in my family and in the community where I live, he is deeply unpopular.

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What matters more to me is a positive legacy. I other words, do people remember him and his contributions positively? The answer to this question is "Yes."

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He had a very long music career with 38ish albums over 30+ years as a musician. He has already sold 1 million+ albums after his death, and was the best-selling artist of 2016. Radio stations still play his music. He has over 4.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify. When he died, people all over the world congregated to celebrate him. VH1 played his videos and Purple Rain. Monuments all over the world turned purple. Every year around the Super Bowl, people discuss his halftime performance as among the best of all time. He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Popularity is fickle. Legacy is durable. Prince's legacy is doing very well, in my opinion. People remember him, and remember him well. Prince fans just need to keep doing our part to keep his memory alive.

[Edited 9/23/17 14:12pm]

Great post!!!

Means NOTHING.

Prince was one of the greatest artist 2 walk this earth.

Nothing will change that.

anangellooksdown said:

I'm not concerned about him being "popular", but I would like more people to understand what a beautiful man he was inside.

And how astute he was about the music industry before anyone was really paying attention and how musically he really was versatile and not just Purple Rain

Thanks for posting. Prince is popular right now so... and memories are so much more important.

TKO said:

Best-selling CATALOG ALBUMS 2017

Rank - Estimated 2017 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total SoundScan Era Sales (m) )
01 - 276,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1.95 )
02 - 240,000 - SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - Beatles ( 5.04 )
03 - 153,000 - METALLICA - Metallica ( 16.64 )
04 - 133,000 - PURPLE RAIN - Prince & the Revolution ( 3.70 )
05 - 126,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 12.23 )
06 - 121,000 - THE LEGEND OF - Johnny Cash ( 3.70 )
07 - 118,000 - THE ULTIMATE HITS - Garth Brooks ( 3.11 )
08 - 109,000 - VESSEL - Twenty One Pilots ( 0.81 )
09 - 106,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 9.13 )
10 - 104,000 - HYBRID THEORY - Linkin Park ( 10.53 )

sro100 said:

Would it make any difference to you if Prince never gets "big" again? If no more albums chart in the upper echelon? If the estate doesn't come up with any huge sellers?

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- I really would want only Prince to be RESPECTED as an artist and genius. YES, I know thousands of people, musicians and critics acknowledge that, but there are still lots of people that think Prince is only a ´pop singer with some hits in the 80s´, like a Boy George. And I never see guys like David Bowie or Stevie Wonder being treated this way.