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Prince Chart History

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Prince’s charting albums ranked in order of time spent in the Billboard 200 and R&B charts. It shall come as no spoiler Purple Rain holds Prince’s longest tenure in the charts. The US main album chart became called the Billboard 200 in 1967 when it started ranking the top 200 selling albums and EPs.

Throughout 1980 to 2000, Prince was the most successful artist in the US charts, notching up twenty top-twenty albums in the Billboard 200 alone, a feat achieved by only a dozen artists since the chart’s formation in 1956.

In the UK, Prince racked up thirty-four top-40 albums. Five headed all the way to number 1 in both the US (Purple Rain, Around The World In A Day, Batman, 3121, and The Very Best Of Prince) and UK (Lovesexy, Batman, Graffiti Bridge, Love Symbol, and Come). Prince holds distinction as one of six only acts ever to chart at least one album in the Billboard top-ten in five consecutive decades (1980s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and still even the 2020s). In the week following his death in April 2016, Prince achieved the new milestone as the first act in US history to place five of the top six albums in the Billboard 200 chart. With over 150 million albums sold, Prince is the 26th best-selling recording artist of all time.

Purple Rain

Warner Bros. Records (1984)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
1
1
Debut
14 Jul 1984
14 Jul 1984
On chart
167 weeks
48 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum (x13)
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
4
Debut
21 Jul 1984
On chart
86 weeks
BPI Cert.
Platinum (x2)

1999

Warner Bros. Records (1982)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
7
4
Debut
20 Nov 1982
20 Nov 1982
On chart
163 weeks
93 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum (x4)
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
28
Debut
8 Sep 1984
On chart
26 weeks
BPI Cert.
Platinum

The Very Best Of Prince

Warner Bros. Records (2001)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
1
72
Debut
18 Aug 2001
18 Aug 2001
On chart
68 weeks
8 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
2
Debut
11 Aug 2001
On chart
53 weeks

Controversy

Warner Bros. Records (1981)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
21
3
Debut
7 Nov 1981
7 Nov 1981
On chart
66 weeks
35 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum

Sign O’ The Times

Warner Bros. Records (1987)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
6
4
Debut
18 Apr 1987
2 May 1987
On chart
59 weeks
48 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
4
Debut
11 Apr 1987
On chart
32 weeks
BPI Cert.
Platinum

Dirty Mind

Warner Bros. Records (1980)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
45
7
Debut
8 Nov 1980
8 Nov 1980
On chart
54 weeks
35 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Gold
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
61
Debut
5 May 2016
On chart
1 weeks

Diamonds And Pearls

Warner Bros. Records (1991)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
3
1
Debut
19 Oct 1991
19 Oct 1991
On chart
47 weeks
42 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum (x2)
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
2
Debut
18 Feb 1995
On chart
10 weeks
BPI Cert.
Platinum (x2)

Around The World In A Day

Warner Bros. Records (1985)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
1
4
Debut
11 May 1985
11 May 1985
On chart
44 weeks
43 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum (x2)
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
5
Debut
4 May 1985
On chart
20 weeks
BPI Cert.
Gold

Batman

Warner Bros. Records (1989)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
1
1
Debut
8 Jul 1989
15 Jul 1989
On chart
36 weeks
29 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum (x2)
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
1
Debut
1 Jul 1989
On chart
20 weeks
BPI Cert.
Platinum

Love Symbol

Warner Bros. Records (1992)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
5
8
Debut
31 Oct 1992
31 Oct 1992
On chart
35 weeks
35 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
1
Debut
17 Oct 1992
On chart
21 weeks
BPI Cert.
Platinum

Prince

Warner Bros. Records (1979)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
22
3
Debut
17 Nov 1979
17 Nov 1979
On chart
33 weeks
31 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum

Parade

Warner Bros. Records (1986)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
3
2
Debut
19 Apr 1986
26 Apr 1986
On chart
29 weeks
28 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
4
Debut
12 Apr 1986
On chart
26 weeks
BPI Cert.
Platinum

LotusFlow3r

NPG Records (2009)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
2
1
Debut
4 Apr 2009
18 Apr 2009
On chart
27 weeks
67 weeks

4Ever

Warner Bros. Records (2016)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
33
4
Debut
10 Sep 2016
10 Dec 2016
On chart
26 weeks
17 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
21
Debut
8 Dec 2016
On chart
21 weeks

Musicology

Columbia Records (2004)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
3
3
Debut
8 May 2004
8 May 2004
On chart
26 weeks
38 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum (x2)
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
3
Debut
1 May 2004
On chart
7 weeks
BPI Cert.
Gold

Graffiti Bridge

Warner Bros. Records (1990)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
6
6
Debut
8 Sep 1990
15 Sep 1990
On chart
24 weeks
21 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Gold
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
1
Debut
1 Sep 1990
On chart
8 weeks
BPI Cert.
Gold

The Hits 2

Warner Bros. Records (1993)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
54
23
Debut
2 Oct 1993
2 Oct 1993
On chart
22 weeks
21 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
5
Debut
25 Sep 1993
On chart
32 weeks

Emancipation

EMI-Capitol Music (1996)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
11
6
Debut
7 Dec 1996
7 Dec 1996
On chart
21 weeks
26 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Platinum (x2)
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
18
Debut
30 Nov 1996
On chart
6 weeks

Lovesexy

Warner Bros. Records (1988)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
11
5
Debut
28 May 1988
28 May 1988
On chart
21 weeks
17 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Gold
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
1
Debut
21 May 1988
On chart
36 weeks
BPI Cert.
Platinum

The Hits 1

Warner Bros. Records (1993)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
46
14
Debut
2 Oct 1993
2 Oct 1993
On chart
20 weeks
21 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
5
Debut
25 Sep 1993
On chart
36 weeks

The Hits/The B-Sides

Warner Bros. Records (1993)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
4
6
Debut
2 Oct 1993
2 Oct 1993
On chart
18 weeks
20 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
4
Debut
25 Sep 1993
On chart
18 weeks

3121

Universal Music Group (2006)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
1
1
Debut
8 Apr 2006
8 Apr 2006
On chart
16 weeks
24 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Gold
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
9
Debut
1 Apr 2006
On chart
4 weeks
BPI Cert.
Silver

Ultimate

Warner Bros. Records (2006)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
6
31
Debut
9 Sep 2006
9 Sep 2006
On chart
16 weeks
6 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
3
Debut
2 Sep 2006
On chart
27 weeks

Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic

Arista Records (1999)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
18
8
Debut
27 Nov 1999
27 Nov 1999
On chart
15 weeks
16 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Gold

The Beautiful Experience EP

Bellmark Records (1994)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
92
29
Debut
4 Jun 1994
4 Jun 1994
On chart
12 weeks
12 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Gold
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
18
Debut
4 Jun 1994
On chart
3 weeks

The Black Album

Warner Bros. Records (1994)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
47
18
Debut
10 Dec 1994
10 Dec 1994
On chart
11 weeks
13 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
36
Debut
3 Dec 1994
On chart
5 weeks

Come

Warner Bros. Records (1994)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
15
2
Debut
3 Sep 1994
3 Sep 1994
On chart
10 weeks
12 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Gold
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
1
Debut
27 Aug 1994
On chart
9 weeks
BPI Cert.
Gold

Planet Earth

Columbia Records (2007)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
3
1
Debut
11 Aug 2007
11 Aug 2007
On chart
10 weeks
17 weeks

Art Official Age

Warner Bros. Records (2014)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
5
1
Debut
18 Oct 2014
18 Oct 2014
On chart
10 weeks
3 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
8
Debut
11 Oct 2014
On chart
4 weeks

The Gold Experience

Warner Bros. Records (1995)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
6
2
Debut
14 Oct 1995
14 Oct 1995
On chart
9 weeks
17 weeks
RIAA Cert.
Gold
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
4
Debut
7 Oct 1995
On chart
1 weeks
BPI Cert.
Gold

Newpower Soul

RCA / BMG (1998)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
22
9
Debut
18 Jul 1998
18 Jul 1998
On chart
8 weeks
11 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
38
Debut
11 Jul 1998
On chart
2 weeks

HITNRUN Phase One

NPG Records (2015)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
48
4
Debut
3 Oct 2015
3 Oct 2015
On chart
7 weeks
8 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
50
Debut
24 Sep 2015
On chart
3 weeks

For You

Warner Bros. Records (1978)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
138
21
Debut
28 Oct 1978
22 Jul 1978
On chart
6 weeks
23 weeks

Crystal Ball

NPG Records (1998)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
62
59
Debut
14 Mar 1998
14 Mar 1998
On chart
5 weeks
4 weeks

The Truth

NPG Records (1998)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
62
59
Debut
14 Mar 1998
14 Mar 1998
On chart
5 weeks
4 weeks

The Vault… Old Friends 4 Sale

Warner Bros. Records (1999)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
85
27
Debut
11 Sep 1999
11 Sep 1999
On chart
5 weeks
8 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
47
Debut
4 Sep 1999
On chart
1 weeks

Girl 6

Warner Bros. Records (1996)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
75
15
Debut
6 Apr 1996
6 Apr 1996
On chart
4 weeks
9 weeks

Plectrumelectrum

Warner Bros. Records (2014)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
8
Debut
18 Oct 2014
On chart
4 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
11
Debut
11 Oct 2014
On chart
2 weeks

Chaos And Disorder

Warner Bros. Records (1996)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
26
Debut
27 Jul 1996
On chart
4 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
14
Debut
20 Jul 1996
On chart
5 weeks

HITNRUN Phase Two

NPG Records (2015)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
40
5
Debut
14 May 2016
2 Jan 2016
On chart
3 weeks
12 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
21
Debut
19 May 2016
On chart
1 weeks

Originals

Warner Bros. Records (2019)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
15
9
Debut
6 Jul 2019
6 Jul 2019
On chart
3 weeks
2 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
21
Debut
4 Jul 2019
On chart
2 weeks

Welcome 2 America Deluxe Edition

Sony Legacy (2021)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
4
2
Debut
14 Aug 2021
14 Aug 2021
On chart
2 weeks
2 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
5
Debut
12 Aug 2021
On chart
1 weeks

Piano & A Microphone 1983

Warner Bros. Records (2018)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
11
7
Debut
6 Oct 2018
6 Oct 2018
On chart
2 weeks
1 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
12
Debut
4 Oct 2018
On chart
1 weeks

The Rainbow Children

Redline Entertainment (2001)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
109
33
Debut
8 Dec 2001
8 Dec 2001
On chart
2 weeks
7 weeks

Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition

Warner Records (2020)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
20
2
Debut
10 Oct 2020
10 Oct 2020
On chart
2 weeks
2 weeks

Prince And The Revolution: Live

Sony Legacy (2022)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
22
Debut
18 Jun 2022
On chart
1 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
21
Debut
16 Jun 2022
On chart
1 weeks

1999: The New Master EP

NPG Records (1999)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
150
58
Debut
20 Feb 1999
20 Feb 1999
On chart
1 weeks
2 weeks

The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)

Sony Legacy (2019)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
170
17
Debut
28 Sep 2019
28 Sep 2019
On chart
1 weeks
1 weeks
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
83
Debut
26 Sep 2019
On chart
1 weeks

His Majesty’s Pop Life: The Purple Mix Club

Warner Records (2019)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
184
19
Debut
27 Apr 2019
27 Apr 2019
On chart
1 weeks
1 weeks

Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition

Warner Records (2023)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
10
Debut
11 Nov 2023
On chart
1 weeks

1999 Super Deluxe Edition

Warner Records (2019)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
20
Debut
14 Dec 2019
On chart
1 weeks

Exodus

Edel (1995)

BILLBOARD
200
R&B CHART
Peak Pos.
Debut
On chart
UK Official
ALBUMS
Peak Pos.
11
Debut
8 Apr 1995
On chart
3 weeks

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