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Venezuela said:

How many sales has dirty mind since 1980 until today

I dont know.

I only know I luv it.

The world is literally at your fingertips. Look it up.

Check this out http://prince.org/msg/7/411414

I always heard that it went gold at the time which was a dissapointment to WB, Dez said they tried to give Prince his contract back but he wouldn't accept it. Of course, after Purple Rain, his older albums all sold more.

Surprised it hasn't surpassed a million yet in the USA, still RIAA certified only GOLD...

PeteSilas said:

I always heard that it went gold at the time which was a dissapointment to WB, Dez said they tried to give Prince his contract back but he wouldn't accept it. Of course, after Purple Rain, his older albums all sold more.

It didn't go GOLD at the time... It was not a big seller at all at the time, it went GOLD due to the Purple Rain craze.

feeluupp said:

PeteSilas said:

I always heard that it went gold at the time which was a dissapointment to WB, Dez said they tried to give Prince his contract back but he wouldn't accept it. Of course, after Purple Rain, his older albums all sold more.

It didn't go GOLD at the time... It was not a big seller at all at the time, it went GOLD due to the Purple Rain craze.

you might be right, i've read those stats 3o some years ago, either way it dissapointed WB who thought they had a normal pop star on their hands. I'm sure it's well past platinum at this point.

PeteSilas said:

feeluupp said:

It didn't go GOLD at the time... It was not a big seller at all at the time, it went GOLD due to the Purple Rain craze.

you might be right, i've read those stats 3o some years ago, either way it dissapointed WB who thought they had a normal pop star on their hands. I'm sure it's well past platinum at this point.

No as I stated in my above post, I'm still surprised that it has not been certified platinum by the RIAA.

I'd be interested to see the sales figures for Dirty Mind in the U.S. after all those years it's been released.

It has sold 2 million world wide though.

Last time DIRTY MIND was certified by RIAA was in 1984.

PRINCE

DIRTY MIND

June 20, 1984

WARNER BROS.

ALBUM

But it goes back to the same issue that the record company are the one's to "push" for receritifcations...

I truely believe many of Prince's albums should be recertified, but never were recertified propely due to many factors, the feud with WB etc...

For example Purple Rain has been certified 13x Platinum by the RIAA in 1996. Surely 23 years later, it has sold more than a million... So Purple Rain should be over the 13 million mark in USA by now...

Michael Jackson's BAD was certified 10x Platinum a few years ago, they also keep up to date with recertifications with the RIAA. It's a shame Prince's albums do not do the same. I bet you Dirty Mind should be Platinum by now in the U.S. As well as The Very Best of Prince should be getting a 3 Million certification very soon...

Just an example, here are the last time they have been RIAA certified. I am not implying that all his albums have sold millions more and should be recerfified, but I am willing to bet a bunch of his most popular and biggest selling albums have passed the sales figures and should be recertified...

DIRTY MIND - GOLD - 1984

1999 - 4 MILLION - 1999

PURPLE RAIN - 13 MILLION - 1996

PARADE - 1 MILLION - 1986

DIAMONDS & PEARLS - 2 MILLION - 19992

THE VERY BEST OF PRINCE - 1 MILLION - 2004

(This was his biggest seller after his death, and hasn't been recertified at all, it should be at least 3 MILLION by now in the U.S.)

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TrivialPursuit said:

The world is literally at your fingertips. Look it up.

That literally goes for anything right, so should we close the site? Strange fenomenon.

It's my second favorite Prince album.After all these years,it still sounds bold and edgy

MarcelS67 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

The world is literally at your fingertips. Look it up.

That literally goes for anything right, so should we close the site? Strange fenomenon.

Oh stop with your paper tiger. What a ridiculous statement.

TrivialPursuit said:

MarcelS67 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Oh stop with your paper tiger. What a ridiculous statement.

Oh stop with your arrogant remarks (they sound like something Bart would say), nobody is listening. [Edited 12/25/18 0:30am] [Edited 12/25/18 0:30am] [Edited 12/25/18 1:16am]

Did it take you four times to come up with that?

Here is your answer to the question.

https://chartmasters.org/...nalysis/6/

According to CSPC Dirty Mind sold 1,540,000 world wide.

TrivialPursuit said:

MarcelS67 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Did it take you four times to come up with that?

Oh sweet, and so very off topic too, says a lot about you. Look, I for one am sick and tired everytime somebody asks something that even remotely resembles a factual question they get this shit ('look it up, don't waste my time,... etc), very troubling phenomenon. People are trying to make conversation. That is a social thing, you know....a social thing, maybe you should look that up.

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