Billboard 200 (Album Chart)


DEBUT PEAK WKS   ARTIST/TITLE
10/28/78 163 5    1 For You
11/17/79 22 28    2 Prince
11/08/80 45 52    3 Dirty Mind
11/07/81 21 64    4 Controversy
11/20/82 9 153    5 1999
07/14/84 1(24) 72    6 Music From 'Purple Rain'
05/11/85 1(3) 40    7 Around The World In A Day
04/19/86
 
3
 
28
 
   8 Parade: Music From 'Under the Cherry Moon'
          PRINCE and the REVOLUTION (above 3)
04/18/87 6 54    9 Sign 'O' The Times
05/28/88 11 21   10 Lovesexy
07/08/89
 
1(6)
 
34
 
  11 Batman
          music from the movie starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson
09/08/90 6 24   12 Music From 'Graffiti Bridge'
10/19/91 3 45   13 Diamonds And Pearls
10/31/92
 
5
 
34
 
  14 0{+>
          PRINCE AND THE NEW POWER GENERATION (above 2)
10/02/93 46 20   15 The Hits 1
10/02/93 54 19   16 The Hits 2
10/02/93 19 12   17 The Hits/The B-Sides
06/04/94 92 12   18 The Beautiful Experience
09/03/94
 
15
 
10
 
  19 Come
          PRINCE 1958-1993
12/10/94 47 11   20 The Black Album
10/14/95 6 8   21 The Gold Experience
04/06/96
 
75
 
4
 
  22 Girl 6
          music from the movie directed by Spike Lee
07/27/96 26 4   23 Chaos And Disorder
12/07/96 11 21   24 Emancipation
03/14/98 62 5   25 Crystal Ball
          includes direct-only acoustic album "The Truth"
07/18/98
 
22
 
8
 
  26 Newpower Soul
          NEW POWER GENERATION
02/20/99
 
150
 
1
 
  27 1999 The New Master
          PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
09/11/99 85 5   28 The Vault ... Old Friends 4 Sale 
11/27/99
 
18
 
15
 
  29 Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
          0{+> (#18, 21, 23-25, 29)
08/18/01 66 25   30 The Very Best of Prince
12/08/01 109 2

  31 The Rainbow Children

2002 - -

  32 One Nite Alone ... Live!

2003 - -

  33 N.E.W.S.

05/08/04 3 25

  34 Musicology

04/08/06 1(1) 15

  35 3121

09/09/06 61 5

  36 Ultimate Prince

08/11/07 3 10

  37 Planet Earth

04/18/09

 

2(1)

 

27

 

  38 LOtUSFLOW3r / MPLSoUND / Elixer
          PRINCE / BRIA VALENTE
          three albums sold in one package ("Elixer" is credited to Prince protege Bria Valente)

2010 - -   39 20Ten
          
not released on commerical market and therefore not eligible for the charts
08/18/14 8 4   40 Plectrumelectrum
          PRINCE AND 3RDEYEGIRL
08/18/14 5 10   41 Art Official Age
10/03/15 48 7   42 HITnRUN Phase One
05/21/16 40 3   43 HITnRUN Phase Two
          
released in December 2015 but did not chart on Billboard 200 until after Prince's death
12/10/16 33 26   44 4Ever
10/06/18 11 2   45 Piano and a Microphone 1983
07/06/19 15 3   46 Originals
2019 - -   47 Prince and the Revolution: Live
          PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
              soundtrack of concert film originally released in 1985
09/28/19 170 1   48 The Versace Experience: Prelude 2 Gold
          originally released as a promotional mixtape in 1995
2020 - -   49 Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection
 
         compilation of #32 above, direct-only album "One Nite Alone," and "Live at the      
              Aladdin" concert DVD