Prince discography

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

Contents 1 Albums 2 Singles 2.1 Written 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Albums

Year	Album	U.S.	UK	RIAA Certification[1]	BPI Certification [citation needed]	Additional Information
1978	For You	163	-	-	-	1st studio album Released: April 7, 1978 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1979	Prince	22	-	Platinum (02/21/80)	Gold (12/11/04)	2nd studio album Released: October 19, 1979 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1980	Dirty Mind	45	-	Gold (06/20/84)	-	3rd studio album Released: October 8, 1980 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1981	Controversy	21	-	Platinum (01/11/85)	Silver (11/17/89)	4th studio album Released: October 14, 1981 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1982	1999	9	30	4x Multi-Platinum (03/24/99)	Silver (01/01/85)	5th studio album Released: October 27, 1982 Label: Warner Bros. Records Double LP album
1984	Purple Rain	1	7	13x Multi-Platinum (05/16/96)	2x Platinum (05/01/90)	Credited to "Prince and The Revolution" 1st soundtrack Released: June 25, 1984 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1985	Around the World in a Day	1	5	2x Multi-Platinum (07/02/85)	Gold (04/22/95)	Credited to "Prince and The Revolution" 6th studio album Released: April 22, 1985 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1986	Parade (Music from the film Under the Cherry Moon)	3	4	Platinum (06/03/86)	Platinum (03/01/92)	Credited to "Prince and The Revolution" 2nd soundtrack Released: March 31, 1986 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1987	Sign o' the Times	6	4	4.5 Million	Platinum (09/01/90)	7th studio album Released: March 30, 1987 Label: Warner Bros. Records Double LP album Replaced the withdrawn albums "Camille", "Dream Factory", and "Crystal Ball".
1988	Lovesexy	11	1	Gold (12/05/88)	Platinum (08/23/89)	8th studio album Released: May 10, 1988 Label: Warner Bros. Records Replaced the withdrawn Black Album
1989	Batman	1	1	2x Multi-Platinum (08/29/89)	Platinum (11/01/89)	3rd soundtrack Released: June 20, 1989 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1990	Graffiti Bridge	6	1	Gold (11/01/90)	Gold (08/21/90)	4th soundtrack Released: August 20, 1990 Label: Paisley Park Records With various artists
1991	Diamonds and Pearls	3	2	7 Multi-Platinum (01/30/92)	Platinum (12/01/91)	Credited to 'Prince and The New Power Generation' 9th studio album Released: October 1, 1991 Label: Paisley Park Records
1992	Love Symbol	5	1	Platinum (12/17/92)	Platinum (05/01/93)	Credited to 'Prince and The New Power Generation' 10th studio album Released: October 13, 1992 Label: Paisley Park Records
1993	The Hits/The B-Sides	19	4	Platinum (12/01/93)	Silver (06/01/95)	1st hits compilation Released: September 14, 1993 Label: Paisley Park Records Triple CD album, first two including hit singles and new songs, and third CD including B-sides and rarities
1993	The Hits 1	46	5	Platinum (08/10/95)	Platinum (06/01/95)	Released: September 14, 1993 Label: Paisley Park Records CD 1 from 'The Hits/The B-Sides'
1993	The Hits 2	54	5	Platinum (08/10/95)	Platinum (06/01/95)	Released: September 14, 1993 Label: Paisley Park Records CD 2 from 'The Hits/The B-Sides'
1993	Goldnigga	-	-	-	-	New Power Generation studio album Released: July 26, 1993 Label: NPG Records
1994	The Beautiful Experience	92	-	-	-	EP containing remixes of The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Released: May 17, 1994 Label: NPG Records It charted on the UK Singles Chart
1994	1-800 NEW FUNK	-	-	-	-	Compilation Released: 1994 Label: NPG Records Includes songs written and produced by Prince and performed by other acts
1994	Come	15	1	Gold (10/18/94)	Gold (08/01/95)	11th studio album Released: August 16, 1994 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1994	The Black Album	47	36	-	-	12th studio album Released: November 22, 1994 Label: Warner Bros. Records Recorded in 1986-1987 and withdrawn
1995	The Gold Experience	6	4	Gold (12/07/95)	Gold (10/01/95)	13th studio album Released: September 26, 1995 Label: NPG Records / Warner Bros. Records No longer in print
1995	Exodus	-	-	-	-	New Power Generation studio album Released: 1995 Label: NPG Records
1996	Girl 6	75	-	-	-	5th soundtrack Released: March 19, 1996 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1996	Chaos And Disorder	26	14	-	-	14th studio album Released: July 9, 1996 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1996	Emancipation	11	18	2x Multi-Platinum (02/07/97)	-	15th studio album Released: November 19, 1996 Label: NPG Records Triple CD album
1998	Crystal Ball	62	121	-	-	Compilation of outtakes Released: March 3, 1998 Label: NPG Records Triple CD album
1998	Kamasutra	-	-	-	-	Instrumental album Released: January 29, 1998 Label: NPG Records As 'The NPG Orchestra'
1998	The Truth	-	-	-	-	16th studio album Released: March 3, 1998 Label: NPG Records
1998	Newpower Soul	22	38	-	-	New Power Generation studio album Released: June 30, 1998 Label: NPG Records
1999	1999: The New Master	150	-	-	-	Remix EP Released: February 2, 1999 Label: NPG Records Credited to 'Prince and The Revolution' Contains remixed new versions of '1999'
1999	The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale	85	47	-	-	Compilation of outtakes Released: August 24, 1999 Label: Warner Bros. Records
1999	Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic	18	145	Gold (12/10/99)	-	17th studio album Released: November 9, 1999 Label: NPG Records / Arista Records
2000	Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic	-	-	-	-	Remix album Released: April 29, 2000 Label: NPG Records Remixed version of 'Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic' Sold through Prince's NPG Music Club only.
2001	The Very Best Of Prince	55	2	Platinum (09/21/04)	Platinum (01/23/04)	2nd hits compilation Released: July 31, 2001 Label: Rhino Records In the UK it was knocked off the top spot by David Gray's 'White Ladder'
2001	The Rainbow Children	109	-	-	-	18th studio album Released: November 20, 2001 Label: NPG Records
2002	One Nite Alone...	-	-	-	-	19th studio album Released: 2002 Label: NPG Records Sold through NPG Music Club only.
2002	One Nite Alone... Live!	-	-	-	-	1st live album Released: December 17, 2002 Label: NPG Records Triple CD album
2003	Xpectation	-	-	-	-	2nd instrumental album Released: January 1, 2003 Label: NPG Records Downloadable through Prince's NPG Music Club only.
2003	C-Note	-	-	-	-	2nd live album Released: January 3, 2003 Label: NPG Records Downloadable through Prince's NPG Music Club only
2003	N.E.W.S	-	-	- 30,000	-	Instrumental album Released: July 22, 2003 Label: NPG Records
2004	The Chocolate Invasion	-	-	-	-	20th studio album Released: 2004 Label: NPG Records Downloadable through Prince's NPG Music Club only.
2004	The Slaughterhouse	-	-	-	-	21st studio album Released: 2004 Label: NPG Records Downloadable through Prince's NPG Music Club only.
2004	Musicology	3	3	3.5 million (01/31/05)	Gold (05/14/04)	22nd studio album Released: April 20, 2004 Label: NPG Records / Columbia Records Sales include concert tickets that included a copy of the album as part of the price.
2006	3121	1	9	1.8Million	GOLD	23rd studio album Released: March 21, 2006 Label: NPG Records / Universal Records Prince's first career number-one debut on the U.S. Billboard 200 Prince's fastest-selling album
2006	Ultimate	61	6	-	-	3rd hits compilation Released: August 22, 2006 Label: Rhino Records Double CD album, disc 1 including hit singles and disc 2 including 12" mixes and remixes
2007	Planet Earth	3	-	976,000		24th studio album Released: 24 July 2007 Label: NPG Records / Columbia Records

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	U.S. Hot 100	U.S. R&B	U.S. Dance	UK	Album	RIAA Certification[2]
1978	"Soft and Wet"	92	12	-	-	For You
	"Just as Long as We're Together"	-	91	-	-
1979	"I Wanna Be Your Lover" 1	11	1	2	41	Prince	Gold
	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"	-	13	-	-
	"Still Waiting"	-	65	-	-
	"Sexy Dancer" 1	-	-	2	-
1980	"Uptown" 2	101	5	5	-	Dirty Mind
	"Dirty Mind" 2	-	65	5	-
	"Do It All Night"	-	-	-	-
	"Gotta Stop (Messin' About)"	-	-	-	-	—
1981	"Controversy" 3	70	3	1	-	Controversy
	"Let's Work" 3	104	9	1	-
1982	"Do Me, Baby"	-	-	-	-
	"Sexuality"	-	-	-	-
1983	"1999"	12	4	1	25	1999
	"Little Red Corvette"	6	15	61	54
	"Delirious"	8	18	-	-
	"Automatic"	-	-	-	-
	"Let's Pretend We're Married" / "Irresistible Bitch"	52	55	52
1984	"When Doves Cry" 4	1	1	1	4	Purple Rain	Platinum
	"Let's Go Crazy" (with The Revolution) 5	1	1	1	7		Gold
	"Purple Rain" (with The Revolution)	2	4	-	8		Gold
	"I Would Die 4 U" (with The Revolution)	8	11	50	58
1985	"1999" / "Little Red Corvette" (re-issue)	-	-	-	2	—
	"Take Me With U" (with The Revolution and Apollonia)	25	40	-	7	Purple Rain
	"Paisley Park" (with The Revolution)	-	-	-	18	Around the World in a Day
	"Raspberry Beret" (with The Revolution) 6	2	3	4	25
	"Pop Life" (with The Revolution) 7	7	8	5	60
	"America" (with The Revolution)	46	35	-	-
1986	"Kiss" (with The Revolution)	1	1	1	6	Parade	Gold
	"Mountains" (with The Revolution)	23	15	11	45
	"Anotherloverholenyohead" (with The Revolution) 8	63	18	21	36
	"Girls & Boys" (with The Revolution) 8	-	-	21	11
1987	"Sign o' the Times"	3	1	2	10	Sign o' the Times
	"If I Was Your Girlfriend"	67	12	-	20
	"U Got the Look" (with Sheena Easton)	2	11	-	11
	"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" 9	10	14	4	29
	"Hot Thing" 9	63	14	4	-
1988	"Alphabet St."	8	3	22	9	Lovesexy
	"Glam Slam"	-	44	-	29
	"I Wish U Heaven"	-	18	-	24
	"Kiss" (re-issue)	-	-	-	76	—
1989	"Little Red Corvette" / "1999" (re-issue)	-	-	-	92	—
	"Batdance"	1	1	1	2	Batman	Platinum
	"Partyman"	18	5	45	14		Gold
	"The Arms of Orion" (with Sheena Easton)	36	-	-	27
	"Scandalous"	-	5	-	-
	"The Future"	-	-	-	-
1990	"Thieves in the Temple"	6	1	9	7	Graffiti Bridge	Gold
	"New Power Generation"	64	27	-	26
1991	"Gett Off" (with The New Power Generation)	21	6	1	4	Diamonds and Pearls	Gold
	"Cream" (with The New Power Generation)	1	-	-	15		Gold
	"Diamonds and Pearls" (with The New Power Generation)	3	1	-	25
1992	"Money Don't Matter 2 Night" (with The New Power Generation)	23	14	-	19
	"Insatiable" (with The New Power Generation)	77	3	-	-
	"Thunder" (with The New Power Generation)	-	-	-	28
	"Sexy M.F." (with The New Power Generation)	66	76	-	4	Love Symbol
	"My Name Is Prince" (with The New Power Generation)	36	25	9	7
	"My Name Is Prince" (remixes) (with The New Power Generation)	-	-	-	51
	"7" (with The New Power Generation)	7	61	-	27		Gold
	"The Morning Papers" (with The New Power Generation)	44	68	-	52
	"Damn U" (with The New Power Generation)	108	32	-	-
1993	"Pink Cashmere"	50	14	-	-	The Hits/The B-Sides
	"Peach"	107	-	-	14
	"Nothing Compares 2 U"	-	62	-	-
	"Controversy" (re-issue)	-	-	-	5	—
1994	"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"	3	2	-	1	The Beautiful Experience	Gold
	"The Beautiful Experience"	-	-	-	18
	"Letitgo"	31	10	-	30	Come
	"Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) 10	72	32	-	-	1-800-NEW-FUNK
	"Space"	-	71	-	-	Come
1995	"Purple Medley"	84	74	-	33	—
	"Hate U"	12	3	-	20	The Gold Experience
	"Gold"	88	92	-	10
1996	"Dinner with Delores"	-	-	-	36	Chaos and Disorder
	"Betcha by Golly Wow!" 10	31	10	-	11	Emancipation
1997	"The Holy River" 10	58	-	-	19
	"Somebody's Somebody" 10	-	15	-	19
1998	"The War" (as "New Power Generation")	-	-	-	-	—
	"Come On" (as "New Power Generation")	-	-	-	65	New Power Soul
	"1999" (December 1998 re-issue)	40	45	-	10	—
1999	"The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"	63	23	-	65	Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
	"1999" (December 1999 re-issue)	56	-	-	40	—
2001	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone)	59	108	-	-	—
	"Supercute" / "Underneath the Cream"	-	-	-	-	—
	"The Work, pt. 1"	-	-	-	-	The Rainbow Children
2002	"Days of Wild"	-	-	-	-	in support of One Nite Alone... Live!
2004	"Musicology"	120	44	-	-	Musicology
	"Call My Name"	75	27	-	-
	"Cinnamon Girl"	-	-	-	43
2005	"S.S.T."	111	-	-	-	Digital download only
	"Te Amo Corazón"	-	67	-	-	3121
2006	"Black Sweat"	60	82	-	43
	"Fury"	-	-	-	60
2007	"Guitar"	-	-	-	81	Planet Earth
	"Chelsea Rodgers" [3]	-	-	-	-
	"Future Baby Mama"	-	39	-	-
	"F.U.N.K."	-	-	-	-	Digital download only

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.
10. "Love Sign","Betcha By Golly Wow!", "The Holy River" & "Somebody's Somebody" were released as promotional singles in the US at the time rules prevented album cuts or promo singles from charting, the peaks listed here represent Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay & Hot 100 Airplay data

[edit] Written

• The Time "Get It Up" #6 (1981)
• The Time "Cool" #7 (1981)
• The Time "777-9311" #2 (1982)
• The Time "The Walk" #24 (1982)
• Vanity 6 "Nasty Girl" #7 (1982)
• Apollonia 6 "Sex Shooter" #19 (1984)
• The Time "Ice Cream Castles" #11 (1984)
• 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
• Sheila E. "Sister Fate" #36 (1985)
• Mazarati "100 MPH" #19 (1985)
• The Family "The Screams of Passion" #9 (1985)
• The Family "High Fashion" #34 (1985)
• Meli'sa Morgan "Do Me, Baby" (cover version) #1 (#46 Hot 100) (1986)
• Madhouse "6" #5 (1986)
• The Bangles "Manic Monday" (1986) #2 US (behind "Kiss", at #1), #2 UK
• Sheila E. "A Love Bizarre" (1986) #11 US
• Sheila E. "Koo Koo" #35 (1987)
• Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones "Kiss" (1988) #5 UK (cover)
• Patti Labelle "Yo Mister" #6 (1989)
• Sinéad O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990) #1 US #1 UK (cover version)
• Kid Creole and the Coconuts "The Sex of It" (1990) #29 UK
• Mavis Staples "Melody Cool" #36 (1990)
• 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")
• Quindon Tarver "When Doves Cry" (1997) (cover version) from Baz Lurhmann's Romeo + Juliet movie
• 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 U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (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)
• Melissa Tkautz "The Glamorous Life" (2006) (cover version) Australian-only release

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Review of Prince's albums
• Prince discography at Discogs
• Purplejams for a full list of songs Prince has written for other artists

v • d • e Prince Studio albums For You · Prince · Dirty Mind · Controversy · 1999 · Around the World in a Day · Sign o' 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 · Planet Earth Soundtracks Purple Rain · Parade · Batman · Graffiti Bridge · Girl 6 Other Kamasutra · Xpectation · N.E.W.S · The Chocolate Invasion · The Slaughterhouse  · One Nite Alone... Live! Compilations The Hits/The B-Sides · Crystal Ball · The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale · The Very Best of Prince · Ultimate EPs The Scandalous Sex Suite EP · The Beautiful Experience · 1999: The New Master Films Purple Rain · Under the Cherry Moon · Sign o' the Times · Graffiti Bridge See also Prince discography · Paisley Park Records  · NPG Records · Prince Interactive · Unreleased Prince projects · Prince Associates · The Revolution · New Power Generation · The Time · The Family · Madhouse · Vanity 6 · Apollonia 6 · Mazarati · Prince Category