Exactly. Nothing to celebrate here. Plus if I remember correctly--in
part due to his shenanigans in arriving late, etc.--he did not get a
proper introduction on AI and it was never mentioned that he had a new
album and no one heard anything about "3121." Universal execs must be
pulling their hair out at this point.
Well at least they administer publishing for his back catalogue, so
maybe they're hoping if the new stuff isn't selling that ppl will be
interesting in licensing the old.
<Moderator: Yup I finalyl watched the whole clip yesterday. Ryan Seacrest
was just about to do a minutes of filler when they kicked in Prince's
music. It was pretty comical :-D -Derek>
On 5/31/06, Amil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think Prince was hoping to get a lot of more out of the AI
performance - the fact that Simon chastised him in the press, and the
reports about him showing up last minute and leaving right after -
I'm sure all of that was part of the plan to generate some
controversy and increase album sales. Maybe the $350 ticket price in
Vegas was also meant to cause some ruckus. And if the GMA NYC show is
truly cancelled, maybe Prince swapped one for the other (decided to
do AI and forgo GMA).
Unfortunately, like Derek has been saying, it's too little, too late.
No one cares enough anymore. 2 weeks ago "3121" was #93 on the
Billboard album chart, last week it was #114, and this week it's #79.
Hardly a big deal.
Amil
<Moderator: Sad but true -Derek>
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Date: May 31, 2006 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: NPNY: 3121 Jumps Up In The Chart!
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Although I wasn't in favor of Prince appearing on A.I., guess it
was worth
it!
Jill
Derek Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
After Prince's anti-promotional promotion on last week's Season
Finale of
American Idol, 3121 sales increased 72%! So for the week ending
5/28/06
sells we actual witnessed whooping 5,680 jump from last week.
For those that don't feel like counting last week was 7,922, this
week is
13,602.
Total Units Sold 424, 056. Number of units left before album can go
platinum: 75,944
Derek
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