Friday (April 21) marked the one-year anniversary of Prince’s heavenly ascension and since his departure from Earth at age 57, his catalog has raked in 7.7 million in sales according to Nielsen Music, Billboard reports.
The majority of those sales, totaling 5.65 million, accumulated in the month following Prince’s death at his Paisley Park home in Chanhassen, Minnesota last year between April 21 and May 19, 2016.
Fans of the eclectic musician purchased 2.3 million copies of his various albums and 5.4 million songs were digitally downloaded.
Naturally outshining every artist, even in death, Prince sold more albums than every recording artist in 2016 including Drake and Adele, who pushed 2.23 million copies.
One of his albums, The Very Best of Prince, landed at #8 on Neilson Music’s Top 10 Selling Albums of 2016 with a total of 668,000 units sold. This was followed by Purple Rain (498,000) and 1999 (169,000) among many more of his musical masterpieces.
His signature cut “Purple Rain” sold the most copies out of all his recorded numbers with 621,000 downloads and unapologetically re-entered the Billboard charts at #17, eventually making its way up to #4 after his tragic demise. Prince’s cherished hits “Little Red Corvette,” Let’s Go Crazy” and “Kiss” sold between 335,000-345,000 units respectively.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NN3gsSf-Ys
The “Pop Life” performer’s posthumous greatest hits project 4ever dropped November 20, 2016 and scanned 67,000 copies.
Upon his death, TIDAL was the only streaming service that had exclusive rights to The Purple One’s catalog. Earlier this year, access to his music became readily available to music mavens everywhere who subscribe to Apple Music and Spotify.
Take lessons you think 30+ years from now the kendricks, Drake’s, lil Wayne’s, mumblers, Dr suess biters will move even 100 units a year? This man’s albums from the 80s still outsell this new crap do people even listen to this new stuff a month after release? I know I gave Kendrick 3 listens then went back to some UGK trill shit
Difference between true talent & talenteless
You think in 30+ years UGK trill shit will be outselling Drake or Kendrick?
Good for him his estate and family need it the best gift a man can leave this world with is feeling his role is done and his loved ones are taken care of and he did and then some R.I.P prince
The GOAT!
Southside Minneapolis in this B*tch. 612 what it do.
i read that he died from aids apparently he refused treatment because his religion wouldn’t allow it he was a jehovah witness..also remember when dude was going around talkin about chemtrails and shit
Stop spreading fake shit. Jehovah’s Witnesses take medicine just like everybody else does. He had hip surgery, which is just like back surgery in which the surgery might make shit worse, which it did in his case. He died from a accidental Fentinyl overdose. That’s a strong opiate that if you get the shit out of the patch on your skin, it can kill you and did him.
“Prince ‘was diagnosed with AIDs six months before he died’ – Prince was suffering from AIDS before being found dead last week and had refused treatment because he believed he could be cured by prayer, it has been claimed.”
You are about a dumb mofo. AIDS killes people with pneumonia, not suddenly at home. An autopsy was done, and he died of an accidental Fentinyl overdose that he was taking for his hip pain after surgery. Stop spreading dumb fake shit because ignorant people like you must not know that fucking homeless people don’t die from AIDS these days. All they have to do is take 1 pill, and Jehovah’s Witnesses take medicine like everybody else. Only thing they are against is receiving donor blood.
More like SILENT FARTER
Still can’t believe the homie has been dead a year.
NPG IN THIS BIATCH. …HOE
He was makin fun of rappers all the time cause none can even approach his greatness.
Just watch Shes always in my hair and Mutiny live on Arsenion on youtube.
Listen to Dreamer and Colonized Mind from Lotusflower album and you will get musically deflowered
And if u dont want to die a total retard listen to his Batman soundtrack : Party Man and Trust.
Kids nowadays need more funk.
MJ sold better.
Do you guys think him and MJ committed suicide to make more money?
They killed MJ and Prince to make money. They will make billions of Prince unrelease catalog. They say he can release an album every month for the next 20 years, thats how much material he got. Same thing with Michael. These artist slaving theirselves in the Studio making thousands of songs just so nobody can ever hear them. Why?
Still hate myself for not seeing him live
One of the few people worth seeing live. Saw him live back in the 80s when he was at the height and in recent years. Always brought it. Truly the complete package as a performer.