Prince discography

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This article includes the discography of American musician Prince. Also included is a list of the songs and recordings he has written and produced during his career.

Contents 1 Albums 2 Singles 3 Notes 4 Computer CD-ROM 5 Top 40 Hits written for, covered, or sampled by others 6 Top 40 R&B Hits only 7 Other notable songs written by Prince and recorded by other artists

[edit] Albums

Accumulative worldwide sales: 105,350,000.

Year	Album Cover	Album	US	UK	Worldwide Sales (when available)	Additional Information
1978		For You	163	-	430,000	Debut album
1979		Prince	22	-	2.0m	-
1980		Dirty Mind	45	-	1.5m	-
1981		Controversy	21	-	2.5m	-
1982		1999	9	30	6.0m	Double LP album
1984		Purple Rain	1	7	19.8m	With 'The Revolution'
1985		Around the World in a Day	1	5	4.5m	With 'The Revolution', entire album hit number eight on US Dance chart.
1986		Parade	3	4	4.1m	With 'The Revolution', music from Under the Cherry Moon
1987		Sign "☮" the Times	6	4	4.0m	Double LP album, replaced the withdrawn Camille album.
1988		Lovesexy	11	1	2.8m	Replaced the withdrawn Black Album.
1989		Batman	1	1	4.8m	Soundtrack to Batman.
1990		Graffiti Bridge	6	1	2.2m	Prince and various artists, soundtrack.
1991		Diamonds and Pearls	3	2	6.5m	With 'The New Power Generation'.
1992		a.k.a. Love Symbol	5	1	2.7m	With 'The New Power Generation'.
1993		The Hits/The B-Sides	19	4	1.6m	Triple CD album, hits compilation.
1993		The Hits 1	46	5	3.2m	Hits compilation
1993		The Hits 2	54	5	3.4m	Hits compilation
1993		Goldnigga	-	-	-	As 'The New Power Generation'.
1994		The Beautiful Experience	92	-	-	EP, as "", charted on the UK Singles Chart.
1994		1-800 NEW FUNK	-	-	-	Compilation of acts on his NPG label with songs he wrote and produced.
1994		Come	15	1	1.5m	All songs have single-word titles.
1994		The Black Album	47	36	1.0m	Recorded 1986-1987 and withdrawn.
1995		The Gold Experience	6	4	1.4m	As "", no longer in print.
1995		Exodus	-	-	-	As 'The New Power Generation'.
1996		Girl 6	75	-	-	Soundtrack
1996		Chaos And Disorder	26	14	1.4m	As "".
1996		Emancipation	11	18	2.0m	Triple CD album, as "".
1997		Crystal Ball	62	-	1.0m	Triple CD album, as "", compilation of outtakes.
1998		Newpower Soul	22	-	-	As 'The New Power Generation'.
1999		1999: The New Master	150	-	-	With 'The Revolution', Remix EP of new versions of "1999".
1999		The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale	85	-	-	-
1999		Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic	18	-	1.75m	As "".
2000		Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic	-	-	-	Sold through Prince's NPG Music Club only.
2001		The Very Best Of Prince	55	2	2.35m	Hits compilation
2001		The Rainbow Children	109	-	850.000	-
2002		One Nite Alone...	-	-	-	Sold through NPG Music Club only.
2002		One Nite Alone... Live!	-	-	700.000	Triple CD album, live material.
2003		Xpectation	-	-	-	Instrumental downloadable album sold through NPG Music Club only.
2003		C-Note	-	-	-	Downloadable album sold through NPG Music Club only.
2003		N.E.W.S	-	-	-	Instrumental 4-track album.
2004		The Chocolate Invasion	-	-	-	Downloadable album sold through NPG Music Club only.
2004		The Slaughterhouse	-	-	-	Downloadable album sold through NPG Music Club only.
2004		Musicology	3	3	3.6m	Also given away as part of ticket purchase at concerts.
2006		3121	1	9	1.5m	Prince's first career number-one debut on the Billboard 200.
2006		Ultimate	61	24	-	Hits compilation

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	US	US R&B	US Dance	UK	Album
1978	"Soft and Wet"	92	12	-	-	For You
1978	"Just as Long as We're Together"	-	91	-	-	For You
1979	"I Wanna Be Your Lover" 1	11	1	2	41	Prince
1979	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"	-	13	-	-	Prince
1979	"Still Waiting"	-	65	-	-	Prince
1979	"Sexy Dancer" 1	-	-	2	-	Prince
1980	"Uptown" 2	101	5	5	-	Dirty Mind
1980	"Dirty Mind" 2	-	65	5	-	Dirty Mind
1980	"Do It All Night"	-	-	-	-	Dirty Mind
1980	"Gotta Stop (Messin' About)"	-	-	-	-	-
1980	"Controversy" 3	70	3	1	-	Controversy
1980	"Let's Work" 3	104	9	1	-	Controversy
1981	"Do Me, Baby"	-	-	-	-	Controversy
1982	"1999"	12	4	1	25	1999
1983	"Little Red Corvette"	6	15	61	54	1999
1983	"Delirious"	8	18	-	-	1999
1983	"Let's Pretend We're Married"	52	55	52	-	1999
1983	"Irresistible Bitch"	-	-	-	-	1999
1984	"When Doves Cry" 4	1	1	1	4	Purple Rain
1984	"Let's Go Crazy" (with The Revolution) 5	1	1	1	7	Purple Rain
1984	"Purple Rain" (with The Revolution)	2	4	-	8	Purple Rain
1984	"I Would Die 4 U" (with The Revolution)	8	11	50	58	Purple Rain
1985	"1999" / "Little Red Corvette" (re-issue)	-	-	-	2	-
1985	"Take Me With U" (with The Revolution and Apollonia)	25	40	-	-	Purple Rain
1985	"Paisley Park" (with The Revolution)	-	-	-	18	Around the World In a Day
1985	"Raspberry Beret" (with The Revolution) 6	2	3	4	25	Around the World In a Day
1985	"Pop Life" (with The Revolution) 7	7	8	5	60	Around the World In a Day
1985	"America" (with The Revolution)	46	35	-	-	Around the World In a Day
1986	"Kiss" (with The Revolution)	1	1	1	6	Parade
1986	"Mountains" (with The Revolution)	23	15	11	-	Parade
1986	"Anotherloverholenyohead" (with The Revolution) 8	63	18	21	36	Parade
1986	"Girls & Boys" (with The Revolution) 8	-	-	21	11	Parade
1987	"Sign “☮” the Times"	3	1	2	10	Sign “☮” the Times
1987	"If I Was Your Girlfriend"	67	12	-	20	Sign “☮” the Times
1987	"U Got the Look" (with Sheena Easton)	2	11	-	11	Sign “☮” the Times
1987	"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" 9	10	14	4	29	Sign “☮” the Times
1987	"Hot Thing" 9	63	14	4	-	Sign “☮” the Times
1988	"Alphabet St."	8	3	22	9	Lovesexy
1988	"Glam Slam"	-	44	-	29	Lovesexy
1988	"I Wish U Heaven"	-	18	-	24	Lovesexy
1988	"Kiss" (re-issue)	-	-	-	76	-
1989	"Little Red Corvette" / "1999" (re-issue)	-	-	-	92	-
1989	"Batdance"	1	1	1	2	Batman
1989	"Partyman"	18	5	45	14	Batman
1989	"The Arms of Orion" (with Sheena Easton)	36	-	-	27	Batman
1989	"Scandalous"	-	5	-	-	Batman
1989	"The Future"	-	-	-	-	Batman
1990	"Thieves In the Temple"	6	1	9	7	Graffiti Bridge
1990	"New Power Generation"	64	27	-	26	Graffiti Bridge
1991	"Gett Off" (with The New Power Generation)	21	6	1	4	Diamonds and Pearls
1991	"Cream" (with The New Power Generation)	1	-	-	15	Diamonds and Pearls
1991	"Diamonds and Pearls" (with The New Power Generation)	3	1	-	25	Diamonds and Pearls
1992	"Money Don't Matter 2 Night" (with The New Power Generation)	23	14	-	19	Diamonds and Pearls
1992	"Insatiable" (with The New Power Generation)	77	3	-	-	Diamonds and Pearls
1992	"Thunder" (with The New Power Generation)	-	-	-	28	Diamonds and Pearls
1992	"Sexy M.F./Strollin’" (with The New Power Generation)	66	76	-	4
1992	"My Name Is Prince" (with The New Power Generation)	36	25	9	7
1992	"My Name Is Prince" (remixes) (with The New Power Generation)	-	-	-	51	-
1992	"7" (with The New Power Generation)	7	61	-	27
1992	"The Morning Papers" (with The New Power Generation)	44	68	-	52
1992	"Damn U" (with The New Power Generation)	108	32	-	-
1993	"Pink Cashmere"	50	14	-	-	The Hits/The B-Sides
1993	"Peach"	107	-	-	14	The Hits/The B-Sides
1993	"Nothing Compares 2 U"	-	62	-	-	The Hits/The B-Sides; B-side to "Peach"
1993	"Controversy" (re-issue)	-	-	-	5	-
1994	"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (as "")	3	2	-	1	The Beautiful Experience
1994	"Staxowax" (as "")	-	-	-	-	The Beautiful Experience
1994	"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Mustang Mix)" (as "")	-	-	-	-	The Beautiful Experience
1994	"The Beautiful Experience" (as "")	-	-	-	18	The Beautiful Experience
1994	"Letitgo"	31	10	-	-	Come
1994	"Space"	-	71	-	-	Come
1995	"Purple Medley"	84	74	-	33	-
1995	" Hate U" (as "")	12	3	-	20	The Gold Experience
1995	"Gold" (as "")	88	92	-	10	The Gold Experience
1996	"Dinner with Delores" (as "")	-	-	-	36	Chaos and Disorder
1996	"Betcha by Golly Wow!" (as "")	31	10	-	11	Emancipation; charted as airplay-only hit in US
1996	"The Holy River" (as "")	58	-	-	19	Emancipation; charted as airplay-only hit in US
1998	"The War" (as "New Power Generation")	-	-	-	-	-
1998	"1999" (December 1998 re-issue)	40	45	-	10	-
1999	"The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" (as "")	63	23	-	-	Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
1999	"1999" (December 1999 re-issue)	56	-	-	-	charted as sales-only hit
2001	"U Make My Sun Shine"	59	108	-	-	Prince with Angie Stone; charted as sales-only hit
2001	"Supercute / Underneath the Cream"	-	-	-	-	double A-side CD-Single available on 2001 tour
2001	"The Work, pt. 1"	-	-	-	-	The Rainbow Children
2002	"Days of Wild"	-	-	-	-	in support of One Nite Alone... Live!
2004	"Musicology"	120	44	-	-	Musicology
2004	"Call My Name"	75	27	-	-	Musicology; promo-only; charted as airplay-only hit in US
2004	"Cinnamon Girl"	-	-	-	43	Musicology
2005	"S.S.T."	111	-	-	-	-
2005	"Te Amo Corazón"	-	67	-	-	3121
2006	"Black Sweat"	60	82	-	43	3121
2006	"Fury"	-	-	-	60	3121
2006	"Satisfied"	-	70	-	-	3121
2006	"Song of the Heart"	-	-	-	-	Happy Feet Soundtrack

• see also New Power Generation discography.

[edit] Notes

1. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and its B-side "Sexy Dancer" charted together on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart as a double-sided hit.
2. "Uptown", "Dirty Mind" and "Head" all charted together on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart.
3. "Controversy" and its B-side "Let's Work" charted together on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart as a double-sided hit.
4. "When Doves Cry" and its B-side "17 Days" charted together on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart as a double-sided hit.
5. "Let's Go Crazy" and its B-side "Erotic City" charted together on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart as a double-sided hit.
6. "Raspberry Beret" and its B-side "She's Always In My Hair" charted together on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart as a double-sided hit.
7. "Pop Life" and its B-side "Hello" charted together on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart as a double-sided hit.
8. "Anotherloverholeinyohead" and its B-side "Girls & Boys" charted together on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart as a double-sided hit.
9. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" and its B-side "Hot Thing" charted separately on the Hot 100, but together on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart as a double-sided hit.

[edit] Computer CD-ROM

• (Prince) Interactive (1994) by Graphix Zone, ISBN 1-880528-19-3

[edit] Top 40 Hits written for, covered, or sampled by others

• Stevie Nicks "Stand Back" (1983) #5 US
• Chaka Khan "I Feel for You" (1984) #3 US #1 UK (cover version)
• Sheila E. "The Glamorous Life" (1984) #7 US
• The Time "The Bird" (1984) #36 US
• The Time "Jungle Love" (1984) #20 US
• Sheena Easton "Sugar Walls" (1985) #9 US
• Sheila E. "The Belle of St. Mark" (1985) #34 US #18 UK
• The Bangles "Manic Monday" (1986) #2 US (behind "Kiss", at #1), #2 UK
• Sheila E. "A Love Bizarre" (1986) #11 US
• Art Of Noise featuring Tom Jones "Kiss" (1988) #5 UK (cover)
• Sinéad O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990) #1 US #1 UK (cover version)
• Kid Creole & The Coconuts "The Sex of It" (1990) #29 UK
• MC Hammer "Pray" (1990) #2 US #8 UK (sampled "When Doves Cry")
• The Time "Jerk Out" (1991) #9 US
• Tevin Campbell "Round and Round" (1991) #11 US
• Martika "Love... Thy Will Be Done" (1991) #10 US #9 UK
• Martika "Martika's Kitchen" (1991) #17 UK
• Monie Love "Born 2 B.R.E.E.D." (1993) #18 UK
• Monie Love "In a Word or 2 / The Power" (1993) #33 UK
• New Power Generation "Get Wild" (1995) #19 UK
• Mokenstef "He's Mine" (1995) #7 US (sample of "Do Me Baby")
• New Power Generation "The Good Life" (1995) #29 UK
• New Power Generation "The Good Life" (1997) #15 UK (reissue)
• Ginuwine "When Doves Cry " (1997) #10 UK (cover version)
• Jordan Knight "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (1999) #31 US (cover version)
• Alicia Keys "How Come You Don't Call Me" (2002) #26 UK (cover version)
• Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé "03 Bonnie & Clyde" (2003) #4 US #2 UK (sample)
• Inaya Day "Nasty Girl" (2005) #9 UK (cover version)

[edit] Top 40 R&B Hits only

• Apollonia 6 "Sex Shooter" #19
• Sheila E. "Sister Fate" #36
• Sheila E. "Koo Koo" #35
• The Family "The Screams of Passion" #9
• The Family "High Fashion" #34
• Patti Labelle "Yo Mister" #6
• Madhouse "6" #5
• Mazarati "100 MPH" #19
• Mavis Staples "Melody Cool" #36
• The Time "Get It Up" #6
• The Time "Cool" #7
• The Time "777-9311" #2
• The Time "The Walk" #24
• The Time "Ice Cream Castles" #11
• Vanity 6 "Nasty Girl" #7

[edit] Other notable songs written by Prince and recorded by other artists

• Céline Dion "With This Tear"
• Nona Hendryx “Baby Go-Go” #60 R&B
• Sheena Easton “101” #2 Dance
• Rosie Gaines “I Want U” #28 Dance, #90 R&B
• Elisa Fiorillo “On The Way Up” #31 Dance
• Mica Paris “If I Love U 2 Nite” #43 UK
• Carmen Electra “Everybody Get on Up” #33 Dance
• Paula Abdul “U”
• Nona Gaye “Love Sign”
• Taja Sevelle “Wouldn't You Love To Love Me?”
• Kenny Rogers “You're My Love”
• Earth, Wind & Fire “Super Hero”
• Joe Cocker “Five Women”
• George Clinton “The Big Pump”
• Graham Central Station “Utopia”
• El DeBarge “Tip O' My Tongue”
• Howard Hewett “Allegiance”
• Ingrid Chavez “Elephant Box”
• Jill Jones “For Love”
• Deborah Allen “Telepathy”
• André Cymone “The Dance Electric”
• Candy Dulfer “Sunday Afternoon”
• Louie Louie “Dance Unto The Rhythm”
• The Steeles “Well Done”
• Jevetta Steele “Hold Me”
• Ren Woods “I Don't Wanna Stop”
• Dale Bozzio “So Strong”
• Three O'Clock “Neon Telephone”
• 94 East “Just Another Sucker”
• Lois Lane “Qualified”
• Brownmark “Shall We Dance”
• Eric Leeds “Times Squared”
• T.C. Ellis “Miss Thang”
• Kahoru Kohiruimaki “Bliss”, "Mind Bells" from the album "Time the Motion" #10 Oricon Chart Japan
• MPLS “Minneapolis”
• Margie Cox “Standing At The Altar”
• Van Gogh “Van Gogh”
• TLC "If I Was Your Girlfriend"

See Purplejams for a full list of songs Prince has written for other artists

Prince
Studio albums
For You | Prince | Dirty Mind | Controversy | 1999 | Purple Rain | Around the World in a Day Sign “☮” the Times | Lovesexy | Diamonds and Pearls | (Love Symbol) Come | The Black Album | The Gold Experience | Chaos and Disorder | Emancipation | The Truth Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic | The Rainbow Children | One Nite Alone... | Musicology | 3121
Soundtracks
Purple Rain | Parade | Batman | Graffiti Bridge | Girl 6
Live albums
One Nite Alone... Live!
Instrumental albums
Kamasutra | Xpectation | N.E.W.S
Internet albums
Xpectation | The Chocolate Invasion | The Slaughterhouse
Hits collections and compilations
The Hits/The B-Sides | Crystal Ball | The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale | The Very Best of Prince | Ultimate
EPs
The Beautiful Experience | 1999: The New Master
Films
Purple Rain | Under the Cherry Moon | Sign “☮” the Times | Graffiti Bridge
Related articles
The Revolution | New Power Generation | The Time | Madhouse | Vanity 6 | Apollonia 6 | Mazarati | Unreleased Prince projects
Top 10 singles (U.S. Hot 100)
"Little Red Corvette" | "Delirious" | "When Doves Cry" | "Let's Go Crazy" | "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" | "Raspberry Beret" | "Pop Life" | "Kiss" | "Sign “☮” the Times" | "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" | "Alphabet St." | "Batdance" | "Thieves In the Temple" "Cream" | "Diamonds and Pearls" | "7" | "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
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