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Planet Earth (Prince album)
''Planet Earth'' is the thirty-second studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on July 15, 2007 by NPG Records and distributed by Columbia Records in the UK as a free covermount with ''The Mail on Sunday'' national newspaper. This was followed by the album's worldwide distribution. It features contributions from his newest protegée Bria Valente and former New Power Generation members Marva King, Sonny T, and Michael Bland, as well as Sheila E. and former Revolution members Wendy & Lisa. The album debuted at number 3 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 96,000 in its first week.
==Release and promotion==
On June 27, 2007, "Future Baby Mama" was leaked to the Internet via an American online radio station. The first single, "Guitar", was distributed in partnership with Verizon Wireless. During the week of September 3, 2007, Prince flew to Prague, and then Spain to film a music video for "Somewhere Here on Earth". The clip was released but it has only been played on the TV channel BET.
Initially, Prince came to an agreement with Columbia Records to distribute the record worldwide. Prince and Columbia had previously teamed up for the release of his ''Musicology'' album in 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prince Reunites With Wendy & Lisa! )〕 However, Prince's management struck a deal with ''The Mail on Sunday'' to release ''Planet Earth'' as a free covermount CD with the July 15, 2007 edition of the paper. This move brought much criticism from UK record stores which resulted in Columbia refusing to distribute the album in the UK, though its release in the rest of the world remained unaffected.
Giving away albums for free was not new for Prince. In 2004, he gave free copies of ''Musicology'' to all concert goers during the tour of the same name. Similarly, the ''Planet Earth'' album was given away with tickets to his 2007 concerts in London. As a result of the decision by Sony BMG to not distribute the album in the UK, record store chain HMV announced it would stock the 15 July 2007 edition of ''The Mail on Sunday'' in lieu of the CD, admitting that "selling the Mail on Sunday next week will be the only way to make the Prince album available to our customers, which, ultimately, has to be our overriding concern". On July 10, 2007, several days before the official UK release through ''The Mail on Sunday'', a low quality version (recorded from a stream) of ''Planet Earth'' was leaked onto the Internet. Prince forwent $4.6 million in licensing fees, but the promotion paid off with his subsequent sold out 21 show concert run at London's O2 Arena, earning him a gross of $23.4 million, and thus a $18.8 million profit.
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