Prince’s album sales soar following his death…
DMN received information from Nielsen Music showing that Prince’s album sales increased a massive 42,000% over the 3 days (Thurs, Fri, Sat) following the legendary pop icons death.
Thursday saw the most sales as fans immediately reacted to the shocking news, but Friday and Saturday also contributed to a large number of sales. Nielsen says that the album sales were led by “The Very Best Of Prince” which sold over 250,000 albums in the past 3 days, and ”Purple Rain” which sold over 133,000 during the same time period.
Prince’s song sales also surged – In the 3 days following his death the late artist sold more than 2.3 million songs. Nearly 1 million sold on Thursday and nearly 900K sold on the Friday. Song sales were led by ‘Purple Rain’ which racked up 287K sales, which was followed by ‘When Doves Cry’, ‘Little Red Corvette’ and ‘Let’s Go Crazy’.
These figures show the impact that Prince’s music had on the industry and has also seen the late artist regain a top spot on this weeks Billboard Top 200 Chart. Prince also currently has the top six songs on iTunes.
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