Word: musics
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...studded leather collar - can go for as much as $50,000. Last year alone, he did an enviable $3 million in sales. (Take that, Yale MFAs.) But it's a somewhat ironic turn, given that Stanley failed his art classes when he was at the High School of Music and Art in New York City in the 1960s. "I'm a very hard worker," he says softly, surveying a long line of excited, Kiss-gear-clad fans and buyers. "But it has to be on my own terms." (See the 100 best albums of all time...
...stop-the-cart placement - AC/DC's Black Ice sold 1.92 million copies to rank as the fifth best-selling album of 2008. Paul McCartney also saw some of the best sales of his solo career when he struck a less exclusive deal with Starbucks and its record arm, Hear Music. (See the best and worst Grammy performances...
...While no one on the music or retailing sides is desperate to reveal the price tag of an exclusive-rights deal, several sources indicate that bands have received in the mid-six figures to fork over their music and participate in promotion...
...interesting as Prince's new music is likely to be - through all of his experiments and career meandering, he's never made a dull album - the marriage of musician and retailer is just as intriguing. The upside for Prince is obvious: in an era when record sales continue to slide, there's nothing quite as sweet as cash up-front, even if it does mean your face on a big cardboard display right next to the Swiffer. For Target, there's a small element of brand burnishing - Prince likes us! - but the music is primarily just one more product...
...Read a TIME story about Prince giving away his music...