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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = N.E.W.S
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
| Cover = Prince_News.jpg
| Released = [[July 22]], [[2003]]
| Recorded = [[February 6]], [[2003]]
| Genre = [[Jazz fusion]], [[Funk]], [[Instrumental]]
| Length = 56:00
| Label = [[NPG Records|NPG]]
| Producer = [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
| Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|2}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gd2gtq5zzu44~T1 link]
*[[Amazon.com]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.amazon.com/N-E-W-S-Prince/dp/B0000A5BY9 link]
| Last album = '''''[[One Nite Alone... Live!]]'''''<br />(2002)
| This album = '''N.E.W.S'''<br />(2003)
| Next album = '''''[[Musicology (album)|Musicology]]'''''<br />(2004)
}}
:''See [[N.E.W.S.]] for the 1984 [[album]] by [[Golden Earring]].''<br /><br />
'''''N.E.W.S''''' is a 2003 [[instrumental]] [[jazz fusion]]/funk [[album]] by [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] containing 4 tracks of fourteen minutes duration each. Recorded at Prince's [[Paisley Park Studios]] over a single day, the album was initially available through Prince's [http://www.npgmusicclub.com NPG Music Club] [[website]] on [[May 26]], 2003 before becoming widely commercially available on [[July 22]] of the same year. The album can be seen as a modern incarnation of [[Madhouse (band)|Madhouse]], but this time as a Prince release. Original Madhouse member [[Eric Leeds]] lends his talents, as well as [[New Power Generation]] members [[John Blackwell]], [[Rhonda Smith]] and [[Renato Neto]]. The album is reportedly the lowest selling Prince album released to date, with just 30,000 copies sold, but it did become a top ten hit on the Billboard internet sales chart, and garnered a grammy nomination.
==Track listing==
#"North" – 14:00
#"East" – 14:00
#"West" – 14:00
#"South" – 14:00
==Band members==
*[[Prince (musician)|Prince]] – Guitar, fender rhodes, digital keyboards and percussion
*[[Eric Leeds]] – Tenor and baritone saxophone
*[[John Blackwell (musician)|John Blackwell]] – Drums
*[[Renato Neto]] – Piano and synthesizers
*[[Rhonda Smith]] – Acoustic and electric bass
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