Prince albums discography
| Prince albums discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 39 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Video albums | 17 |
| EPs | 13 |
| Remix albums | 1 |
Prince's albums discography consists of thirty-nine studio albums, five soundtrack albums, four live albums, five compilation albums, seventeen video albums, and twelve extended plays.
Prince's music career began when he signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records in 1977 at 18 years of age. In 1978, he released his debut album, For You. He followed the release with Prince (1979), Dirty Mind (1980), and Controversy (1981), three albums that were certified platinum and shifted from For You's disco/soul route and instead blended New Wave, rock, pop, R&B, and funk, building up his success. His 1982 album 1999, credited for being an enormous influence on the next few decades of dance, electro, house, and techno music,[1] sold over six million copies worldwide and became the fifth best-selling album of 1983. His first soundtrack album, Purple Rain, released with his band The Revolution, was released in 1984 and sold over 22 million copies around the world; at one point, Prince had the number-one song, album, and film in the United States. 1985's Around the World in a Day and 1986's Parade, also released with The Revolution, continued Prince's success in the mid-1980s and were both certified multi-platinum while adding new instrumentation and musically diverting from his earlier path, eschewing Purple Rain 's rock and metal elements in favor of Broadway orchestration, French-influenced chanson arrangements, and psychedelic music. 1987's Sign o' the Times, released as an experimental solo record, became one of Prince's most critically successful albums and topped several critic end-of-year polls while garnering a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. Prince closed the 1980s with the pop music influenced albums Lovesexy (his first UK number-one record) in 1988 and the 1989 soundtrack to the massively successful film Batman.
Prince entered the 1990s with the soundtrack to his third movie, Graffiti Bridge; the album performed moderately. His 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls mixed elements of new jack swing, R&B, jazz-soul, and hip-hop and was released with his band The New Power Generation; it became his most successful record since Purple Rain and reached the top five of multiple worldwide charts, while his 1992 follow-up, the Love Symbol Album, went on to sell five million copies. In 1993, Prince changed his name to an unpronouncable symbol and began releasing material faster so as to eject himself from his contract, releasing his first successful compilation The Hits/The B-Sides the same year. He then released several albums in quick succession, including Come and the erotically charged funk effort The Black Album in 1994, the rock-influenced The Gold Experience in 1995, Chaos and Disorder and Emancipation (a 3-LP R&B set) in 1996, a collection of 1980s and 1990s outtakes called Crystal Ball in 1998, and the poppy Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic in 1999 all to varying degrees of success. In 2001, he released the successful compilation The Very Best of Prince as well as his critically successful jazz effort The Rainbow Children. After releasing more lowkey-albums, some only on his website, Prince made a mainstream comeback with his 2004 record Musicology, which garnered him five Grammy nominations and peaked within the Billboard Top 3. He released several more albums, including the number-one record 3121 (2006), Planet Earth (2007), the live album Indigo Nights (2008), and the 2009 set Lotusflow3r / MPLSound, 20Ten in 2010 and Art Official Age, in 2014 along with protegee act 3rdeyegirl's album Plectrumelectrum. Hit n Run Phase One was first released exclusively on the Tidal streaming service on September 7, 2015[2][3][4] before being released on CD on September 15, 2015 by NPG Records.[5][5][6] His final album before his death, Hit n Run Phase Two, was released on December 11, 2015 through Tidal. In the weeks following his death, 20 different Prince albums charted on the Billboard 200 all at the same time, and he became the first and only artist ever to have 5 albums in the Billboard top 10 simultaneously.
Prince has sold over 100 million records worldwide,[7] including 48.9 million certified units in the United States, and over 10 million records in the United Kingdom. Prince has been ranked as the 21st most successful act of all time,[8] the 26th most successful chart artist worldwide,[9] including 27 overall number-one entries,[10] and being the most successful chart act of the 1980s,[11] and tenth most successful chart act of the 1990s.[12]
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] |
AUS [14] |
AUT [15] |
CAN [16] |
GER [17] |
NLD [18] |
NOR [19] |
NZ [20] |
SWE [21] |
SWI [22] |
UK [23] | |||
| 1978 | For You
|
138 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 156 | |
| 1979 | Prince
|
22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | — | UK: Silver[24] US: Platinum[25] |
| 1980 | Dirty Mind
|
45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 79 | 61 | US: Gold[25] |
| 1981 | Controversy
|
21 | 55 | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | UK: Gold[24] US: Platinum[25] |
| 1982 | 1999
|
7 | 35 | — | 23 [26] |
— | 45 | — | 6 | — | 51 | 28 | CAN: Platinum[27] UK: Platinum[24] US: 4× Platinum[25] |
| 1984 | Purple Rain [A]
|
1 | 1 | 8 | 1 [28] |
5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | CAN: 6× Platinum[27] UK: 2× Platinum[24] US: 13x Platinum [25] |
| 1985 | Around the World in a Day [A]
|
1 | 12 | 7 | 16 [29] |
10 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 5 | UK: Gold[24] US: 2× Platinum[25] |
| 1986 | Parade [A]
|
3 | 8 | 7 | 11 [30] |
6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | UK: Platinum[24] US: Platinum[25] |
| 1987 | Sign o' the Times
|
6 | 20 | 2 | 27 [31] |
11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | CAN: 4× Platinum[27] UK: Platinum[24] US: Platinum[25] |
| 1988 | Lovesexy
|
11 | 8 | 3 | 7 [32] |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | UK: Platinum[24] US: Gold[25] |
| 1989 | Batman
|
1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | CAN: 3× Platinum[27] UK: Platinum[24] US: 2× Platinum[25] |
| 1990 | Graffiti Bridge
|
6 | 10 | 8 | 22 [33] |
4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | CAN: Gold[27] UK: Gold[24] US: Gold[25] |
| 1991 | Diamonds and Pearls [B]
|
3 | 1 | 4 | 8 [34] |
8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | CAN: 2× Platinum[27] UK: 3× Platinum[24] US: 2× Platinum[25] |
| 1992 | Love Symbol Album [35] [B]
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 16 [36] |
5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | UK: Platinum[24] US: Platinum[25] |
| 1994 | Come
|
15 | 2 | 4 | 34 [37] |
9 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | UK: Gold[24] US: Gold[25] |
The Black Album
|
47 | 15 | 7 | 48 [38] |
51 | 35 | — | — | — | 8 | 36 | ||
| 1995 | The Gold Experience
|
6 | 13 | 28 | 35 [39] |
24 | 3 | 12 | — | 11 | 7 | 4 | UK: Gold[24] US: Gold[25] |
| 1996 | Chaos and Disorder
|
26 | 54 | 17 | 43 [40] |
42 | 8 | 15 | — | 32 | 21 | 14 | |
Emancipation
|
11 | 8 | 13 | 24 [41] |
21 | 13 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 18 | CAN: Platinum[27] US: 2× Platinum[25] | |
| 1998 | Crystal Ball / The Truth
|
62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | |
| 1999 | The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale
|
85 | — | 40 | — | 44 | 15 | — | — | — | 21 | 47 | |
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
|
18 | 82 | 44 | 5 [42] |
53 | 17 | 37 | — | 49 | 19 | 145 | US: Gold[25] | |
| 2001 | The Rainbow Children
|
109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | — | |
| 2002 | One Nite Alone...
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | Xpectation
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
N.E.W.S
|
— | — | — | — | 93 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004 | Musicology
|
3 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | CAN: Gold[27] UK: Gold[24] US: 2× Platinum[25] |
The Chocolate Invasion
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
The Slaughterhouse
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | 3121
|
1 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | — | 18 | 1 | 9 | UK: Silver[24] US: Gold[25] |
| 2007 | Planet Earth
|
3 | 38 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 9 | — | 35 | 1 | — | |
| 2009 | Lotusflow3r / MPLSound (released as a 3-CD set together with Elixer by Bria Valente)
|
2 | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | 20Ten
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2014 | Plectrumelectrum [C]
|
8 | 33 | 10 | — | 31 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 50 | 8 | 11 | |
Art Official Age
|
5 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2015 | HITnRUN Phase One
|
48 | 25 | 53 | — | 53 | 11 | — | — | — | 27 | 50 | |
HITnRUN Phase Two
|
40 | 117 | 20 | 47 | 21 | 38 | — | — | 50 | 9 | 21 | ||
- A^ With The Revolution
- B^ With The New Power Generation
- C^ With 3rdeyegirl
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] |
AUS [14] |
AUT [15] |
CAN [16] |
GER [17] |
NLD [18] |
NOR [19] |
NZ [20] |
SWE [21] |
SWI [22] |
UK [23] | |||
| 2002 | One Nite Alone... Live! / One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain't Over!
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | C-Note
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Indigo Nights
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Remix albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] |
AUS [14] |
AUT [15] |
CAN [16] |
GER [17] |
NLD [18] |
NOR [19] |
NZ [20] |
SWE [21] |
SWI [22] |
UK [23] | |||
| 2001 | Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] |
AUS [14] |
AUT [15] |
CAN [16] |
GER [17] |
NLD [18] |
NOR [19] |
NZ [20] |
SWE [21] |
SWI [22] |
UK [23] | |||
| 1993 | The Hits 1
|
46 | 19 | 7 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 5 | UK: Platinum[24] US: Platinum[25] |
The Hits 2
|
54 | 20 | 9 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | UK: Platinum[24] US: Platinum[25] | |
The Hits/The B-Sides
|
4 | 4 | — | 67 [44] |
58 | 10 | 11 | 1 [45] |
19 | 9 | 4 | NZ: Platinum[46] UK: Gold[24] US: Platinum[25] | |
| 1996 | Girl 6
|
75 | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | The Very Best of Prince
|
1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | CAN: Gold[27] NZ: Platinum[46] UK: 2× Platinum[24] US: Platinum[25] |
| 2006 | Ultimate Prince
|
6 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | NZ: Platinum[46] UK: Platinum[24] |
| 2016 | 4Ever
|
80 | 36 | — | — | 87 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 24 | |
Albums credited to The New Power Generation
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] |
AUS [14] |
AUT [15] |
CAN [16] |
GER [17] |
NLD [18] |
NOR [19] |
NZ [20] |
SWE [21] |
SWI [22] |
UK [23] | |||
| 1993 | Goldnigga
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1995 | Exodus
|
— | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | 34 | 11 | |
| 1998 | Newpower Soul
|
22 | 47 | 24 | — | 34 | 23 | 40 | — | 57 | 22 | 38 | 500,000 worldwide |
Albums credited to The NPG Orchestra
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] |
AUS [14] |
AUT [15] |
CAN [16] |
GER [17] |
NLD [18] |
NOR [19] |
NZ [20] |
SWE [21] |
SWI [22] |
UK [23] | |||
| 1997 | Kamasutra (limited edition cassette)
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1998 | Crystal Ball / The Truth / Kamasutra (limited edition includes CD version of Kamasutra)
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Albums credited to Madhouse
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] |
AUS [14] |
AUT [15] |
CAN [16] |
GER [17] |
NLD [18] |
NOR [19] |
NZ [20] |
SWE [21] |
SWI [22] |
UK [23] | |||
| 1987 | 8
|
107 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1987 | 16
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Internet albums
In this section albums are listed that only have been made available for download on the internet.
| Year | Album details | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | NPG Music Club Vol. 1–12
|
— |
| 2009 | Lotusflow3r (download version including "The Morning After")
|
— |
See also
References
- ↑ Leahey, Andrew. "Prince Biography". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ↑ "Prince premieres new single "Stare"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ↑ "Prince to Release New Record, 'The Hit & Run Album'". Spin. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ↑ "Prince Announces The Hit & Run Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Hit n'Run: Prince: Amazon.fr: Musique". Amazon.fr. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ↑ "HITNRUN Phase One". Fnac.com. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ "Ebony". Books.google.be. p. 128. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ↑ "Who was the world's biggest music act of all time?". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ↑ "The greatest number of hits". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ↑ "Who had the most number 1s?". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ↑ "Who were the most successful artists of each decade?". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ↑ "Songs from the 1990s". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Chart history - Prince". AllMusic. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Peak chart positions for Prince albums in Australia:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 239. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until June 19, 1988. Lovesexy peaked at number 8 on this chart one week before the ARIA-produced chart (archived on australian-charts.com) commenced.
- Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from June 26, 1988: "australian-charts.com > Prince in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Prince discography". Austrian charts (in German). Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Prince discography". Canadian album charts. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Prince discography". German charts (in German). Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Prince discography". Austrian charts (in German). Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Prince discography". Norwegian charts. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NZ Albums chart". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Prince discography". Swedish charts. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Prince discography". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 439. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on April 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Prince. Riaa.com, Retrieved on 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "1999 - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "CRIA Certifications". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Purple Rain - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Around the World in a Day - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Parade - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Sign o' the Times - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Lovesexy - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Graffiti Bridge - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Diamonds and Pearls - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ Due to copyright issues regarding Prince and the copyrighted symbol, Wikipedia can not show the exact name of this album, outside of it being displayed on the cover art. The title provided is widely recognized as an alternate.
- ↑ "Love Symbol - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Come - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "The Black Album - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "The Gold Experience - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Chaos and Disorder - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Emancipation - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ Uptown, 2004, p.263
- ↑ "The Hits/The B-Sides - Canadian Album Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4236
- 1 2 3 "New Zealand album certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ Uptown, 2004, p. 203
Bibliography
- Nilsen, Per; Joozt Mattheij (2004). The Vault – The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince. Uptown. ISBN 91-631-5482-X.
External links
- Guide2Prince Worldwide Prince discography
- Review of Prince's albums
- Prince albums discography discography at Discogs
- The Digital Garden List of unofficial Prince recordings
