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Part 2: Where Do You Stand? Prince is Free & Still on Top

source: http://miawhwn.blogspot.com/2009/09/part-2-where-do-you-stand-prince.html

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Music Successes:
Prince has sold over 80 million records worldwide.

1979 - Prince - 1.25 Million
1980 - Dirty Mind - 1 Million
1981 - Controversy - 1 million
1982 - 1999 - 6 million
1984 - Purple Rain - 22 million
1985 - Around the World in a Day - 3 million
1986 - Parade - 2 million
1987 - Sign O the Times - 8 million
1988 - Lovesexy - 2 million
1989 - Batman - 2 million
1990 - Grafitti Bridge - 1.5 million
1991 - Diamonds & Pearls - 9 million
1992 - Love Symbol - 3 million
1993 - The Hits/B-Sides - 1.5 million
1994 - Come - 1 million
1995 - The Gold Experience - 1.5 million
1996 - Emancipation - 3 million
1999 - Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic - 1 million
2001 - The Very Best of Prince - 2.5 million
2004 - Musicology - 4 million
2006 - 3121 - 2 million
2007 - Planet Earth - 2.8 million
2009 - Lotusflow3r - 1 million

(Answers.com reports these sales only reflect US, UK and Canada...this is just a fraction of his success.)

Why Do Platinum Artists Flee Underground?

Here is Prince's answer in his words...

Check out the full blog series at http://miawhwn.blogspot.com. Please comment to let me know what you think.

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11 comments // Part 2: Where Do You Stand? Prince is Free & Still on Top

  • LaDonna001
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      LaDonna001  

    • Dear Daughter,
      You have always made me proud and this is yet another step continuing in that direction.

      I love this series!!! Someone should have done this long before now! I cannot wait to see who's next and where you'll go and how much I'll learn!

      WOW! Ms. Hill, now Prince! I wonder also how many artists' record sales go uncounted and more importantly UNPAID?? Or in Ms. Hill's case, how many people cannot reconcile who she is with what she looks like ontop of her talent? I'm speechlessly proud!!! In an industry were breeding music is like breeding cows to slaughter for food. I've always wondered: How many artists are breed, consumed then spat out all for SOMEONE ELSE'S profit???

      Thanks for showing their side of the story and how they are fighting back!! More importantly, thanks for showing your mom that all hope is not lost in music.

      Your Loving & Proud Mother

    • 2 years ago
  • miawhwn
  • lodidodi
  • miawhwn
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      miawhwn  
    • lodidodi:

      I wondered the same thing...then I did research on KRS-One, the artist featured in Part 3 of the series. Surprisingly, I found no records of what his albums sold!! Ms. Hill even complained of the same thing! If you can find some of KRS-One's record sales, please let me know. I can't fathom making music and someone stealing it from me!!!

      Thanks for the comment!

    • 2 years ago
  • ARapperNamedBilal
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      miawhwn  
    • ARapperNamedBilal:

      His talent does speak for itself. One of my intentions in this series is to show how trusting in ones' ability to succeed, dispite obtacles, and remain true to who you are! I hope I was successful!

      Please check out Part 3 of the series!

      Thanks for your comment!

    • 2 years ago
  • Maeveeo
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  • mjseydel
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      mjseydel  

    • Prince will always be hot. Talent does not go away. If you have it, you have it. This is, without doubt, one of these most talented individuals ever born - Like his style or not.

    • 2 years ago
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