Yeah but maria made a profit out of the deal. It was for 5 album deal. At the end she was selling few hunder thousand per album. The record label were still forced to pay her. The labels couldn't carry on the losses and declared her mentally unstable.
And mariah didn't really did a lot of orginals. She even started releasing Christmas albums to get paid. That's two album in a year for 40 million. Now, think who benifited!!
Prince and Mariah were close friends. He schooled her on the business part of the music industry. No shade. Prince just exposing the dirty dealings of the music industry. To think she was married to Tommy Matola, Mr Sony. He screwed Mariah over.
@@shiftyclouds9591 That's not true. They signed because they thought they would benefit from the contract, and they did. Complaining about it after signing it and benefiting from the parts of the contract that interested them is shitty behaviour. That should be negotiated before signing it. There is no valid contract where you are forced to sign.
@@alr12Yeah she negotiated to make sure that she's able to write her songs She wouldn't have signed it if she couldn't write her songs I don't think she's in it for the money but she gets screwed over
He was talking about record labels taking advantage of her. Prince and Mariah were good friends , all the way to his passing. You can look up how she speaks about him on youtube and Prince protected her from the industry. Her words. Totally opposite of shade, he was warning the entire industry.
The record company paid her to leave the label because of how poorly her album “Glitter” performed and Virgin Records filed for bankruptcy. She was paid roughly 50-60 million dollars out of her 100 million, 5 album deal in one year
In this case they were talking about the time Mariah signed a contract with Virgin and they only made 1 album which is Glitter and I think shes doing fine knowing that Glitter is not as commercially successful as Virgin would expected. Its a totally different case if they were talking about her contract when she was in Sony.
$20 million seems low too me and I am not in the industry. But she writes too, so maybe that check wasn't included in the $20 million. If you are writing, singing, etc. Your check should be bigger or as big as everyone else's! I see why in my area, they started doing classes and seminars on how not to get screwed by the entertainment industry!
exactly. she was paid for that $20M alone by releasing an album for the record label. but that's not include sales from royalties as a songwriter and producer. It's like Nicki's 50k for having her to a song but her royalty is different from that.
@@kennethsoshi03 You're missing the point; she would have made more money by taking a larger percentage of of each album sold instead of $20mil an album. Also, record sales and publishing should be separate not combined, publishing is a separate check.
He didn't shade her, he was just speaking facts on how dirty the record business is. But it seems no cares about the truth, just starting pointless drama 🙄
*Actually she paid for every album releases. let's say that for the 1 album whatever happens (thank God) released Glitter and we will using Prince's equation, it selles 5M copies, she had guaranteed for that $50M basically. But here's the catch, She is also the songwriter and producer for that album so in every 1 album sold, she had royalties for that so technically if she sold 5M for the one album, she had $50M locked and ALSO have royalties for being a songwriter and producer. So Mariah won.*
Nah, publishing and producing should be viewed as separate checks. Like Prince said she should have been given a percentage of each album...example,.this is why Michael Jordan makes "$455mil" in passive income because he wouldn't take Nike's lump sum contract... instead gets a percentage of "each" shoe sold.
He's not hating at all. She sold over 220 million records. By he's math, that close to 4 billion dollars.... she should be a billionaire just off selling records alone
his thinking leaves out a lot, like the cost of the album and credits. Mariah labels have always let Mariah appear as a writer and producer of her songs, which is another way to earn money, eg all i want for christmas. It must also be taken into account that the labels spend on advertising to promote these albums, so the profits are reduced
I remember when this aired, that’s how old I am. Prince was really trying to educate the public on how shady these record deals really are, even for famous artists like him and Mariah.
It wasn't shade. He's implying how shady those record companies are (just like the person who uploaded this video with the misleading title it has, so as to get people to discuss about it in the comments.)
It's still a win-win situation for Mariah honestly as Tommy can no longer intervene with her plus a huge record deal. She was offered to signed an $80M record deal with Virgin Island. V.I. decided to pay her off extra just to terminate their contract after her 1st out of her 5 supposed projects with them (Glitter) failed to meet their sales expectations. Mariah bought her master with V.I. in less than $10,000. Fast forward, she's making thousands from her Glitter album alone after it's released on digital and streaming services #JusticeForGlitter. It's the other way around, V.I. screwed themselves.
But the reality is that they won’t give you 50% of the retail of a cd. She owns her Masters so at least that’s good. Sadly it only gives a 16th of a penny per steam
Guys…. We live in the FAKEST world: THEY WROTE THAT ON PURPOSE…. To maximize their “comments”… people are MUCH more apt to comment in an attempt to correct someone, than just because the clip was cute.
The record company is making more money while Mariah stuck with the measley $20 million. The company is making more money. If you dont sell the records, then you'll be on the hook for the advance and whatever loss.
The virgin deal - Mariah Carey signed a 5 album deal for 100 million dollars which equals 20 million dollars per album; she was selling 10-20 million copies per album at the time so in essence she should’ve been making 10 dollars per album sold according to prince. 10 dollars per 10 million albums sold is 100 million dollars per album. The deal she signed would’ve paid her around 1 dollar per album if she sold 20 million copies. 20 million dollars for 20 million albums sold. She was ripped off based on her worth at the time. That’s what prince was explaining.
That was the time Mariah signed a contract with V.I. after her departure with Sony Music. I think it's a win because Mariah only had to make one album with them plus Tommy can no longer intervene with her personal and professional level. They even paid her off extra on top of her record deal just to end their contract with Mariah after Glitter failed to meet their expectations (Glitter only managed to sell 2M copies at that time). Fast forward, Mariah bought her master with V.I. in less than 10 grant, and now she's making hundreds of thousands or even millions as the album is finally released on digital and streaming platforms.
This isn't shade. He's saying she should've gotten paid more.
This isn’t shade. Prince just never held his tongue when it comes to exposing how dirty the music industry is
Yeah but maria made a profit out of the deal. It was for 5 album deal. At the end she was selling few hunder thousand per album. The record label were still forced to pay her. The labels couldn't carry on the losses and declared her mentally unstable.
And mariah didn't really did a lot of orginals. She even started releasing Christmas albums to get paid. That's two album in a year for 40 million. Now, think who benifited!!
@@FellaHAILIRA Don't forget she married the head of her label, Tommy Mottola
Prince and Mariah were close friends. He schooled her on the business part of the music industry. No shade. Prince just exposing the dirty dealings of the music industry. To think she was married to Tommy Matola, Mr Sony. He screwed Mariah over.
@@FellaHAILIRAshe was innocent in back time
He ain't shading Mariah.He's standing up for Mariah basically he's on her side.
He was explaining how the greedy record companies cheat the artist.
it's all in a signed contract, how can it be cheating?
@@alr12 You get the point. Stop pretending. Some contracts are inevitable and you are forced to sign it due to circumstances.
@@shiftyclouds9591 That's not true. They signed because they thought they would benefit from the contract, and they did. Complaining about it after signing it and benefiting from the parts of the contract that interested them is shitty behaviour.
That should be negotiated before signing it.
There is no valid contract where you are forced to sign.
@@shiftyclouds9591Yeah if you're poor you're going to sign it
@@alr12Yeah she negotiated to make sure that she's able to write her songs She wouldn't have signed it if she couldn't write her songs I don't think she's in it for the money but she gets screwed over
He was talking about record labels taking advantage of her. Prince and Mariah were good friends , all the way to his passing. You can look up how she speaks about him on youtube and Prince protected her from the industry. Her words. Totally opposite of shade, he was warning the entire industry.
I dont think he shaded her i think he mean she aint get her money worth
I think that you put on your thinking cap and i think that you are in fact correct sir.
This is the opposite of shade
He de-shaded her😂
He enlightened her
He is not casting shade on Mariah Carey hes stating fact that the music industry is corrupt especially toward black entertainers
this is no shade to mariah, it's exposing the corrupt music industry and Mariah was the example of that because her record company screwed her.
Oh please😂 the highest paid artists are black. The biggest paid actor in Hollywood rn is the rock and he’s half black. Stop💀😂
@@oni6903terrible argument.
@@oni6903loud and wrong
Prince gave a great analysis of the music industry deal...so in reality the Records company getting rich 👍💯✌️😢
They're already rich.
This wasn't shade. He was speaking facts, with the hopes that she saw this. She saw this though
What was her reaction?
The record company paid her to leave the label because of how poorly her album “Glitter” performed and Virgin Records filed for bankruptcy. She was paid roughly 50-60 million dollars out of her 100 million, 5 album deal in one year
Prince was trying to educate the musians
Let's hope they heard his words
In this case they were talking about the time Mariah signed a contract with Virgin and they only made 1 album which is Glitter and I think shes doing fine knowing that Glitter is not as commercially successful as Virgin would expected.
Its a totally different case if they were talking about her contract when she was in Sony.
Prince was so awesome. He was the whole package! 💟
$20 million seems low too me and I am not in the industry. But she writes too, so maybe that check wasn't included in the $20 million. If you are writing, singing, etc. Your check should be bigger or as big as everyone else's! I see why in my area, they started doing classes and seminars on how not to get screwed by the entertainment industry!
exactly. she was paid for that $20M alone by releasing an album for the record label. but that's not include sales from royalties as a songwriter and producer. It's like Nicki's 50k for having her to a song but her royalty is different from that.
@@kennethsoshi03 You're missing the point; she would have made more money by taking a larger percentage of of each album sold instead of $20mil an album. Also, record sales and publishing should be separate not combined, publishing is a separate check.
He didn't shade her, he was just speaking facts on how dirty the record business is. But it seems no cares about the truth, just starting pointless drama 🙄
Naw prince was just saying that Mariah didn't get paid what she's worth. I love them both ❤️❤️
*Actually she paid for every album releases. let's say that for the 1 album whatever happens (thank God) released Glitter and we will using Prince's equation, it selles 5M copies, she had guaranteed for that $50M basically. But here's the catch, She is also the songwriter and producer for that album so in every 1 album sold, she had royalties for that so technically if she sold 5M for the one album, she had $50M locked and ALSO have royalties for being a songwriter and producer. So Mariah won.*
Nah, publishing and producing should be viewed as separate checks. Like Prince said she should have been given a percentage of each album...example,.this is why Michael Jordan makes "$455mil" in passive income because he wouldn't take Nike's lump sum contract... instead gets a percentage of "each" shoe sold.
Prince shaded Mariah Carey. There´s no shade, grow up, he´s talking about other issues!
He's not hating at all. She sold over 220 million records. By he's math, that close to 4 billion dollars.... she should be a billionaire just off selling records alone
If she was an independent artist back then yh😂
@dalvinalcide455 she saw quick cash and signed... that's why Master P is very wealthy...
@@MrGoddlieincorrect
Preach Prince love you and miss you ❤
Mariah and prince were good friends!
He so cute
Real talk
❤❤ Prince ❤❤ music king 😊😊
In other words if she would of negotiated a higher percentage favor her then she would of made 500hundred million instead of 100 million....
Bingo...🏆
I miss you my bro love u man shone brighter and better than mj
Prince was the first to say, "the maths' not mathing"😂💜
his thinking leaves out a lot, like the cost of the album and credits. Mariah labels have always let Mariah appear as a writer and producer of her songs, which is another way to earn money, eg all i want for christmas. It must also be taken into account that the labels spend on advertising to promote these albums, so the profits are reduced
I remember when this aired, that’s how old I am. Prince was really trying to educate the public on how shady these record deals really are, even for famous artists like him and Mariah.
This wisdom from a man so smart he was cruising a Walmart parking lot for his dealer days before he od’d. Stupid is what stupid does.
It wasn't shade. He's implying how shady those record companies are (just like the person who uploaded this video with the misleading title it has, so as to get people to discuss about it in the comments.)
PSA: Listen to more Mariah Carey albums💕👍🏾
Late prince wasn't shadeing MC he was just speak the truth 💯
Now I will take having a dinner with prince instead of the 500,000 cash.. He spit gems
Facts over feelings. No shade here.
When you do the math in any business deal, it’s quite clear and simple.
It's still a win-win situation for Mariah honestly as Tommy can no longer intervene with her plus a huge record deal. She was offered to signed an $80M record deal with Virgin Island. V.I. decided to pay her off extra just to terminate their contract after her 1st out of her 5 supposed projects with them (Glitter) failed to meet their sales expectations. Mariah bought her master with V.I. in less than $10,000. Fast forward, she's making thousands from her Glitter album alone after it's released on digital and streaming services #JusticeForGlitter.
It's the other way around, V.I. screwed themselves.
But the reality is that they won’t give you 50% of the retail of a cd. She owns her Masters so at least that’s good. Sadly it only gives a 16th of a penny per steam
Never heard Primce talk this mich at one time
that’s how prince sounded ?!?! 😮
I know many are already saying this but I have to agree with these comments. This isn’t shade, it’s literally good advice.
it's funny how the uploader doesn't even understand the context of what they uploaded 🤣
He didn’t “sHaDe HeR oD💀”
Guys…. We live in the FAKEST world: THEY WROTE THAT ON PURPOSE…. To maximize their “comments”… people are MUCH more apt to comment in an attempt to correct someone, than just because the clip was cute.
So many shady comments man wtf
Interesting.😎
At the time she was inocent, but after 90's she was emancipated
Wdym this was around 2001
I dun understand. What am I missing? Prince is the worst math teacher ever
Fix your title prince wasn't shading mariah
The record company is making more money while Mariah stuck with the measley $20 million. The company is making more money. If you dont sell the records, then you'll be on the hook for the advance and whatever loss.
Ugh he was so manly
Which Mariah album are they talking about?
The virgin deal - Mariah Carey signed a 5 album deal for 100 million dollars which equals 20 million dollars per album; she was selling 10-20 million copies per album at the time so in essence she should’ve been making 10 dollars per album sold according to prince. 10 dollars per 10 million albums sold is 100 million dollars per album. The deal she signed would’ve paid her around 1 dollar per album if she sold 20 million copies. 20 million dollars for 20 million albums sold. She was ripped off based on her worth at the time. That’s what prince was explaining.
That was the time Mariah signed a contract with V.I. after her departure with Sony Music. I think it's a win because Mariah only had to make one album with them plus Tommy can no longer intervene with her personal and professional level. They even paid her off extra on top of her record deal just to end their contract with Mariah after Glitter failed to meet their expectations (Glitter only managed to sell 2M copies at that time). Fast forward, Mariah bought her master with V.I. in less than 10 grant, and now she's making hundreds of thousands or even millions as the album is finally released on digital and streaming platforms.
If he was straight I also am. Such a diva lol😂
The title should be banned
This isn't shade.
Wow
THIS IS NOT A SHADE
Bro can someone explain what’s going on here? 😅
Math
Leno's boss is the one that rips off the artists.
😂
@@yt.personal.identificationI am surprised that they let him speak
@@belafonte5519 Leno's face at the end looks like he is on the way to the headmasters office.
I mean he didn’t but anywya
Someone need to learn english
Nd thats y hes dead