| Lotusflow3r | ||||
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| Released | March 24, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | November 2004; Early 2005 – early 2009[1] | |||
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| Length | 139:03 | |||
| Label | NPG | |||
| Producer | Prince | |||
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Lotusflow3r is a triple album set by American recording artist Prince and protégée Bria Valente. It contains the thirty-third and thirty-fourth studio albums by Prince, Lotusflow3r (stylized as LOtUSFLOW3R) and MPLSound (stylized as MPLSoUND), as well as Elixer, the debut studio album by Bria Valente.[2][3] It was released on March 24, 2009, by NPG Records.[4][5] The three albums were sold exclusively in the United States at Target as a 3-disc set,[6] and in Europe from more online music stores.
The album debuted at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 168,000 copies in its first week.[7] Along with the set's other albums, Lotusflow3r received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics.
- ^ "Album: Lotusflow3r - Prince Vault".
- ^ "Elixer". Prince Vault. August 27, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ Powers, Ann (December 31, 2008). "Five things I learned from visiting with Prince: From album plans to thoughts on Prop. 8". latimesblogs.latimes.com. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ "Lotusflow3r". Prince Vault. August 22, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ "MPLSound". Prince Vault. August 23, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ "Prince Teams With Target to Release Three New Albums as $11.99 Bundle". Rolling Stone. March 3, 2009. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009.
- ^ Caulfield, Keith (April 8, 2009). "Keith Urban Soars to No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009.