https://www.billboard.com...s-increase

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In addition, Prince's catalogue jumped 205%.

it's all relative though - - 205% up from what? i'd like to see the actual streams rather than percentages. It's still better than nothing and it all helps keep the purple train on the tracks...

Dandroppedadime said:

^ sarcastic to the very end.

Bunch of wiseazzes on the org!

Regardless of all the criticism of JT's performance at least he picked a song that is not widely known by the younger generation. The % jump means youngin's were curious enough to listen to Prince's version of the song. This is a good thing.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

This is a good thing...

For the Uninitiated I would Die for U is a great starting point...

I just checked you tube..

here are some of the comments from the last 24 Hours

Im here because of Superbowl 52!!

Is this not the best freaking performance ever!

I had never of this song until yesterday at the 2018 SUPERBOWL

and S/O to Philly for beating the New England.

Patriots! When Justin played the spmg I said oh snap I'm digging this song.

That was my first time ever hearing it.

Now I've been playing it every since. ☺☺

Goat

Justin Timberlake brought me back here! #SB2018

After such a good performance from Justin Timberlake on halftime Super Bowl 52

his interlude to Prince was a fantastic performance I had to hear the song

and finding this video was a plus.

Thanks!

Pl.s listen and watch Sheila E in the background jammin it,

they both had such a genuine Talent together they completed each other.

Superbowl 2018, JT brought it out, RIP Prince...

Im here because of Superbowl

it was a pleasure prince. thank you for all that you gave.

Justin Timberlake brought me here

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

https://www.billboard.com...s-increase

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Wow! That's awesome! The extra $10 will really help The Estate...

Neversin.

Unfortunately, it says I would die for U "cover" by Timberlake. Is there a full length cover?

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Bunch of wiseazzes on the org!

Regardless of all the criticism of JT's performance at least he picked a song that is not widely known by the younger generation. The % jump means youngin's were curious enough to listen to Prince's version of the song. This is a good thing.

I would Die 4 U. is in Purple Rain which must show up on cable many times during the year not sure how young people would not know it or be able to hear it. The song was even a single releashed from the album.

According to Forbes the estate made 16 million from music sales last year. I bet most of that was from Purple Rain. People know the song.

EmmaMcG said:

For the short sighted smart arses among us, it's worth pointing out that yes, it may only be a small monetary gain that will come from the increased streaming but if even a fraction of the new streamers will then go on to be more interested in Prince's work, it creates more demand for new Prince releases. Which is a good thing for all of us.

There is a demand for his work and the estate has plenty of material to fill that demand.

rogifan said:

This isn’t about money it’s about exposure. If more young people get exposed to his music because they can find it on Spotify that’s great. Also the Estate has complete control over what music gets on a streaming service and when. The Estate could say new vault release will only come to streaming 6 months after release.

Some people on this board are making it about money. When we all know not much money is made from streaming and since Prince's music is on all platforms it has exposure.

What we do not need is for Timberlake to be made out to be some savior for Prince's music. The media has a tendency to do this however, since Timberlake too a bad beating for his performance this week I am not suprised to see a converative mag like Forbes try to spin things in a different direction.

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Read what USA Today had to say.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/02/05/compared-prince-justin-timberlakes-halftime-show-hilariously-bad/307243002/

Considering Sunday's Super Bowl was hosted in Minneapolis, not paying tribute to Prince during the halftime show would’ve been sacrilege.

Prince, who died in April 2016, wasn’t just Minneapolis’ own king of pop, he also gave the Super Bowl its best-ever halftime show performance in 2007.

Yet, it’s unlikely that Prince and his deservedly-large ego would've been satisfied with the treatment he received: a tribute from Justin Timberlake, an artist with whom Prince had a historically fraught relationship, during a show that fell woefully short of The Purple One's legendary 2007 set.

There’s a reason why, when rumors spread last week that a hologram version of Prince would join Timberlake on-stage, that the late singer’s fans rioted. Timberlake had a history of mocking Prince in public, from taking a dig at the 5’2’’ singer’s height at the 2007 Golden Globes to dedicating an entire verse to dissing Prince on his song Give It To Me later that year.

There was no Prince hologram on Sunday, though a projection of the late artist performing I Would Die 4 U, projected on a stories-high white sheet reminiscent of the one Prince himself posed behind during his halftime show with his legendary phallic guitar left fans unsettled.

Yet, Prince devotees can take solace in the fact that their idol’s 2007 halftime show eclipses Timberlake’s in every way.

Review: Justin Timberlake's 'Man ...pop fusion

More: Why Prince fans are bashi...erformance

Prince sang his songs during his halftime show, while Timberlake let his backing tracks and background singers do the heavy lifting, following a disastrously garbled opening in which the sound was so muffled fans could barely make out Timberlake’s lyrics.

Between Timberlake willfully ignoring his Suit and Tie vocals in favor of kicking around his mic stand, and the singer desperately reaching for his high notes at the end of Mirrors, he was doomed whether he opened his mouth or not.

Prince also knew how to balance his classic songs with some innovative risks, ripping through faithful versions of his hits (save a few added guitar solos) before debuting a blistering mashup of All Along the Watchtower and the Foo Fighters’ Best Of You. Meanwhile, Timberlake’s attempts to remix his own pop classics resulted in the lurching rock arrangements of songs like My Love and Cry Me a River, the instrumentals further jumbled by a horns section behind him. As heard in the confused Americana-R&B of Man of the Woods, Timberlake’s genre experimentations didn’t just doom his new album, but also Sunday's show.

And Prince knew how to stick his landing, ending his halftime set with one of the greatest moments in halftime show history, his breathtaking performance of Purple Rain. What would Prince have thought that Can't Stop The Feeling, a song from the Trolls movie soundtrack, capped Timberlake's set instead of his duet with Prince?

In a moment that went instantly viral, Timberlake ventured into the stadium stands in the song’s final moments and took a selfie with a teenager who, nonplussed, immediately looked back down at his phone, the singer still performing next to him.

Somehow, we think Prince would've been more proud of that kid than anything else in Timberlake's set.

antonb said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Bunch of wiseazzes on the org!

Regardless of all the criticism of JT's performance at least he picked a song that is not widely known by the younger generation. The % jump means youngin's were curious enough to listen to Prince's version of the song. This is a good thing.

It's Purple Twitter over here. (Something I heard on TMZ).

laurarichardson said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Bunch of wiseazzes on the org!

Regardless of all the criticism of JT's performance at least he picked a song that is not widely known by the younger generation. The % jump means youngin's were curious enough to listen to Prince's version of the song. This is a good thing.

I would Die 4 U. is in Purple Rain which must show up on cable many times during the year not sure how young people would not know it or be able to hear it. The song was even a single releashed from the album.

According to Forbes the estate made 16 million from music sales last year. I bet most of that was from Purple Rain. People know the song.

What channel is Purple Rain playing on cable throughout the year?

Even if it is playing it doesnt mean 20 year olds who are not familiar with Prince will stop to watch the movie.

In fact, I dont think many millenials know much about Prince's music and those who do are the exception.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

laurarichardson said:

I would Die 4 U. is in Purple Rain which must show up on cable many times during the year not sure how young people would not know it or be able to hear it. The song was even a single releashed from the album.

According to Forbes the estate made 16 million from music sales last year. I bet most of that was from Purple Rain. People know the song.

What channel is Purple Rain playing on cable throughout the year?

Even if it is playing it doesnt mean 20 year olds who are not familiar with Prince will stop to watch the movie.

In fact, I dont think many millenials know much about Prince's music and those who do are the exception.

I was flipping past the cable channels a few weeks ago and it was on BET. I think more 20 years old know who he is then you think. Many young people check out older music and catalogue sales are actually bigger then sales of new music.

laurarichardson said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Bunch of wiseazzes on the org!

Regardless of all the criticism of JT's performance at least he picked a song that is not widely known by the younger generation. The % jump means youngin's were curious enough to listen to Prince's version of the song. This is a good thing.

I would Die 4 U. is in Purple Rain which must show up on cable many times during the year not sure how young people would not know it or be able to hear it. The song was even a single releashed from the album.

According to Forbes the estate made 16 million from music sales last year. I bet most of that was from Purple Rain. People know the song.

I honestly do not know many people who have cable anymore.

rapper said:

laurarichardson said:

I would Die 4 U. is in Purple Rain which must show up on cable many times during the year not sure how young people would not know it or be able to hear it. The song was even a single releashed from the album.

According to Forbes the estate made 16 million from music sales last year. I bet most of that was from Purple Rain. People know the song.

I honestly do not know many people who have cable anymore.

Well I do. I also don't understand the fascination with young people and what they like. Some things are not for all audiences. In addtion, do young people even buy music or anything for that matter.

If the estate wants to actually make money they will be looking at people my age who actually want to own vault material. I think a poll that was done on this board had a lot of people looking for CD and album formats.

Can young people even afford to buy an album? Face it there is a possiblity that young people will not enjoy everything in Prince's catalogue and the estate will probaly do well to license out songs to movies and t.v shows for revenue generating purposes.

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Best Buy announced today they will stop selling CD's starting July 1, 2018.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Best Buy announced today they will stop selling CD's starting July 1, 2018.

I know but the music industry is pushing to keep them. They make more money with them and Target worked it out so they will still carry them but in a limited supply. Only paying for them when they sell.

And to think, Prince didn't even like that song.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Best Buy announced today they will stop selling CD's starting July 1, 2018.

Wut.

cloveringold85 said: