Friday, July 17, 2026

Prince Caves, Puts New Album “HitNRun” on iTunes After All– And as CD on Jay Z’s Label

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After just a few days, Prince has caved. He’s put his new album “HitNRun,” on iTunes after all.

It must have dawned on Prince that his exclusive deal with Jay Z’s Tidal service meant no one was hearing his work.

On iTunes the release date is today, September 14th. So now Prince’s album is available for digital download.

An actual physical CD is listed on Amazon as of tomorrow– and it’s on Jay Z’s Roc Nation through Universal Music, the rival of Warner Bros., which has Prince’s catalog and has his two CDs from last year. They must be thrilled. What the heck happened?

It’s hard to say how many people care one way or another. “HitNRun” is turning out to be a marketing disaster.

Anyway, I’ll pony up $9.99 for the download. Even odd Prince is better than no Prince at all.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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