Prince discography being released to all streaming services

[Harx]

nypost.com/2017/01/30/princes-top-songs-to-hit-streaming-services-night-of-grammys/

Finally! :)

[BDGeek]

About damn time. I've been aching to explore his catalog.

[#LisaRinna]

This was NEEDED.

[MiniMusic]

OMG finally. I wanted to get into his music since like 2013 and Spotify was never serving me his music.

[Linnethia Monique]

I'm hoping this also extends to music that he wrote and produce that is missing from streaming services like Shelia E. "Glamorous Life" & "A Love Bizarre", Chaka Khan "I Feel For You", Morris Day & The Time's work, etc.

[Ginger Spice]

Feb 1, 2017 16:15:36 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

I'm hoping this also extends to music that he wrote and produce that is missing from streaming services like Shelia E. "Glamorous Life" & "A Love Bizarre", Chaka Khan "I Feel For You", Morris Day & The Time's work, etc.

Yes. Having albums that have Prince covers on them or that he wrote a song or two for being incomplete has been really annoying. I want to stream CrazySexyCool in full, dammit!

[Glove Slap]

It won't even have been a full 2 years since it was removed right? Really shows the pointlessness of TIDAL.

[Sir Benji]

They need to make the out of print stuff available (on ALL streaming services) too

[Caviar]

Spotify is whoring out his catalog. Loving it. All of his work is on there. Can't find "If I Was Your Girlfriend" by TLC etc..

[Harx]

Now music videos on YouTube/VEVO please!

[Disco🌶️📖]

Hopefully all of the single/EPs and other special releases will be there too.

[God]

I hope everybody takes this opportunity to go listen to My Song® "She's Always in My Hair" like, right now

[ry4n]

Only his Warner material is on there. All of the NPG stuff is still missing. They also need to add I Feel For You, Nothing Compares 2 U, etc.

[Deleted]

Feb 13, 2017 21:07:25 GMT -5 God said:

I hope everybody takes this opportunity to go listen to My Song® "She's Always in My Hair" like, right now

I will arm wrestle you on that "My Song" register

and also, 12" version because all 6 minutes and 32 seconds are essential to the birth of all life

[Linnethia Monique]

They blessed people by putting the Ultimate collection up for streaming. The Extended 12" version of Raspberry Beret, Dance Mix of Little Red Corvette, and Fresh Dance Mix of Pop Life give me wood.

[Harx]

Hold on, where's "Most Beautiful Girl In The World"??? It's still missing on Spotify. Outrageous!

[ry4n]

Feb 14, 2017 1:46:22 GMT -5 Harx said:

Hold on, where's "Most Beautiful Girl In The World"??? It's still missing on Spotify. Outrageous!

As I said, all the stuff he released after leaving Warner and going independent isn't on there.

[Deleted]

Awwww Prince would so hate this

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/news/7694239/prince-streaming-numbers-purple-rain-million-spotify-apple

Prince's Streaming Numbers: 'Purple Rain' & Other Hits Lead, But There Are Some Surprises
2/17/2017 by Trevor Anderson

As Prince’s catalog reaches the end of its first week back on major streaming services, the numbers show no signs of slowing down.

Prince’s music from the first 17 years of his career -- including most of his major hits -- returned to most major streaming services on Feb. 12, after being available only on Tidal since July of 2015 after the artist struck a deal with the company that is currently in dispute. The now-widely available music stretches from his 1978 debut, For You, through 1994's Come (along with several compilations); most of his releases after that period remain exclusive to Tidal.

Preliminary reports suggest Prince’s entire streaming catalog, including Tidal-only works, earned 12.67 million on-demand audio streams in the U.S. from Feb. 12–15, according to Nielsen Music.

Following the Feb. 12 expansion, Prince’s five most-streamed songs through Feb. 15 (measured by U.S. on-demand audio streams) are as follow:

1. “Purple Rain” (764,000)
2. “Let’s Go Crazy” (732,000)
3. “When Doves Cry” (695,000)
4. “Kiss” (602,000)
5. “Little Red Corvette” (514,000)
6. “1999” (431,000)
7. “I Wanna Be Your Lover” (386,000)
8. “Raspberry Beret” (360,000)
9. “Delirious” (264,000)
10. “Sign O’ The Times” (257,000)

While the above list isn’t too surprising -- eight of the 10 songs reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the two exceptions, “Lover” and “1999” reached Nos. 11 and 12, respectively -- several Prince album cuts also proved popular in their first week of widespread streaming availability.

Prince’s highest-streaming non-Hot 100 hit in the days following his catalog’s expansion was the raunchy “Darling Nikki,” which pulled 222,000 streams. The song was notably a catalyst for Tipper Gore’s founding of the Parents Music Resource Center, whose work eventually led to the adoption of “Parental Advisory” stickers’ on songs and albums deemed to contain explicit content.

“Nikki” leads Prince's five highest-streamed songs that did not reach the Hot 100, which also includes two songs -- "Erotic City" and "She's Always in My Hair" -- that were originally released as B-sides in 1984 and '85, respectively. The full top five alternative cuts, as measured by U.S. on-demand audio streams, are as follow:

1. “Darling Nikki” (222,000; the 14th most streamed overall Prince song for the period)
2. “The Beautiful Ones” (193,000; 16th overall)
3. “Erotic City” (172,000; 19th overall)
4. “Adore” (163,000; 21st overall)
5. “She’s Always in My Hair” (158,000; 23rd overall)

Notably, the first four tunes on the list have each gathered more streams at this point than some established Prince hit singles, including the 1991 Hot 100 No. 1 hit single “Cream” (162,000 streams, ranking as Prince’s 22nd highest-streamed track in the period) and the appropriately-titled No. 7-peaking “7” (141,000 streams).

The services surveyed for this report are Amazon Music Unlimited, Amazon Prime, Apple Music, Google Play, Groove, Music Pass (from Xbox), Medianet, Napster, Soundcloud, Slacker, Spotify and Tidal.

[Harx]

Feb 13, 2017 14:30:18 GMT -5 Harx said:

Now music videos on YouTube/VEVO please!

Just noticed on VEVO that first couple of official videos (including Let's Go Crazy, When Doves Cry, I Would Die 4 U) are now on YouTube!

[Disco🌶️📖]

Jul 7, 2017 10:27:06 GMT -5 Harx said:

Feb 13, 2017 14:30:18 GMT -5 Harx said:

Now music videos on YouTube/VEVO please!

Just noticed on VEVO that first couple of official videos (including Let's Go Crazy, When Doves Cry, I Would Die 4 U) are now on YouTube!

It makes sense that the would do this since the expanded deluxe edition of Purple Rain was released a few weeks ago.
www.amazon.com/Purple-Rain-Deluxe-Expanded-1DVD/dp/B0718ZCS6B

[Enigma.]

Enjoying Diamonds and Pearls as writing this... he was such a genius

[Sir Benji]

They have been uploading videos every Friday. They have started to upload rare/barely seen videos from his TAFKAP eras.