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==Definition==
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Below are all [[Prince]] albums that have charted the [[UK Albums Chart]] from 1978 to present day. Top 10 hits are highlighted in light purple. Release dates are for the UK. Numbers in brackets after peak number indicate the number of weeks a record remained at peak position.
Below are all [[Prince]] albums that have charted the [[UK Albums Chart]] from 1978 to present day. Top 10 hits are highlighted in light purple. Release dates are for the UK. Numbers in brackets after peak number indicate the number of weeks a record remained at peak position.


Visit [[UK Singles Chart]] for an history of [[Prince]]'s single hits in the UK.<br>
Visit [[UK Singles Chart]] for an history of [[Prince]]’s single hits in the UK.<br>


The UK Official charts are compiled on Saturdays and published on Sundays. They feature a combination of "genuine sales" plus "combining of sales" (digital and physical album formats, deluxe editions) figures, retrieved daily by a panel of retailers and sent to Millward Brown. The panel is split into retailer types - covering General, Specialist, Supermarkets, Independents and Digital.  
The UK Official charts are compiled on Saturdays and published on Sundays. They feature a combination of "genuine sales" plus "combining of sales" (digital and physical album formats, deluxe editions) figures, retrieved daily by a panel of retailers and sent to Millward Brown. The panel is split into retailer types - covering General, Specialist, Supermarkets, Independents and Digital.  
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==Chart Records==
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!width="4%"|<u>Album</u>
|- style="font-size:.8em;"
!width="26%"|
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="4%"|Album
!width="12%" align="right"|<u>Release</u>
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="26%"|
!width="12%" align="right"|<u>Debut</u>
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="12%" align="right"|Release
!width="5%" align="right"|<u>Peak</u>
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="12%" align="right"|Debut
!width="2%"|
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="5%" align="right"|Peak
!width="5%" align="right"|<u>Weeks</u>
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="2%"|
!width="5%"|
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="5%" align="right"|Weeks
!align="left" width="15%"|<u>Reference</u>
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="5%"|
!align="left" width="15%"|<u>BPI Certification</u>
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" align="left" width="15%"|Reference
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" align="left" width="15%"|<u>BPI Certification</u>
|- style="background:#EBEAF1;"
|- style="background:#EBEAF1;"
|[[Image:Purplerain_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: Purple Rain]]  
|[[Image:Purplerain_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: Purple Rain]]  
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|Platinum
|Platinum
|- style="background:#EBEAF1;"
|- style="background:#EBEAF1;"
|[[Image:Sott_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: Sign O' The Times]]
|[[Image:Sott_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: Sign O’ The Times]]
|[[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]
|[[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]
|align="right"|30 Mar. 1987
|align="right"|30 Mar. 1987
|align="right"|11 Apr. 1987
|align="right"|11 Apr. 1987
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|align="left"|NPG / Island 9600021
|align="left"|NPG / Island 9600021
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|colspan=10| <br>'''Posthumous Charting'''
|- style="font-size:.8em;"
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="4%"|Album
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="26%"|
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="12%" align="right"|Release
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="12%" align="right"|Debut
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="5%" align="right"|Peak
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="2%"|
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="5%" align="right"|Weeks
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" width="5%"|
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" align="left" width="15%"|Reference
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;" align="left" width="15%"|<u>BPI Certification</u>
|- style="background:#EBEAF1;"
|- style="background:#EBEAF1;"
|[[Image:theverybestof_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: The Very Best Of Prince]]
|[[Image:theverybestof_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: The Very Best Of Prince]]
![[Album: The Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]
|[[Album: The Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]
!align="right"|31 Jul. 2001
|align="right"|31 Jul. 2001
!align="right"|18 Apr. 2016
|align="right"|28 Apr. 2016
!align="right"|'''1'''
|align="right"|2
!
|align="right"|<sup>(1)</sup>
!align="right"|1
|align="right"|14
!
|
!Warner Bros. 9362742722
|align="left"|Warner Bros. 9362742722
!Platinum
|Platinum
|- style="background:#EBEAF1;"
|- style="background:#EBEAF1;"
|[[Image:Ultimate_album.jpg|30px|border|link=Album: Ultimate]]
|[[Image:Ultimate_album.jpg|30px|border|link=Album: Ultimate]]
|[[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]
|[[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]
|align="right"|21 Aug. 2006
|align="right"|21 Aug. 2006
|align="right"|8 Apr. 2016
|align="right"|28 Apr. 2016
|align="right"|2
|align="right"|3
|
|align="right"|<sup>(1)</sup>
|align="right"|1
|align="right"|5
|
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|Warner Bros. 8122733812
|Warner Bros. 8122733812
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|[[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]
|[[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]
|align="right"|13 Jul. 1984
|align="right"|13 Jul. 1984
|align="right"|18 Apr. 2016
|align="right"|28 Apr. 2016
|align="right"|4
|align="right"|
|align="right"|9
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|align="left"|Warner Bros. 9251101
|align="left"|Platinum x2
|-
|[[File:hitsbsides_tb.jpg|30px|border|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides]]
|[[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]
|align="right"|13 Sep. 1993
|align="right"|5 May 2016
|align="right"|13
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|align="right"|1
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|Paisley Park 9362454402
|Silver
|-
|[[Image:Sott_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: Sign O’ The Times]]
|[[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]
|align="right"|30 Mar. 1987
|align="right"|5 May 2016
|align="right"|17
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|align="right"|3
|align="right"|3
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|Paisley Park WX 88
|Platinum
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|[[Image:1999_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: 1999]]
|[[Album: 1999|1999]]
|align="right"|9 Nov. 1984<br><small>(BPI source)</small>
|align="right"|5 May 2016
|align="right"|28
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|align="right"|1
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|Warner Bros. 92237201
|Platinum
|-
|[[Image:Parade_tb.jpg|30px|border|link=Album: Parade]]
|[[Album: Parade|Parade]]
|align="right"|1 Apr. 1986
|align="right"|5 May 2016
|align="right"|41
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|align="right"|1
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|Warner Bros. WX 39
|Platinum
|-
|[[Image:Atwiad_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: Around The World In A Day]]
|[[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]]
|align="right"|22 Apr. 1985
|align="right"|5 May 2016
|align="right"|47
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|align="right"|1
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|Warner Bros. 9252861
|Gold
|-
|[[Image:Hitnrun album.jpg|30px|border|link=Album: Hitnrun Phase One]]
|align="left"|[[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|Hitnrun Phase One]]
|align="right"|14 Sep. 2015
|align="right"|5 May 2016
|align="right"|50
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|align="right"|1
|
|align="left"|NPG / Island 9600021
|align="left"|
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|[[Image:Diamondsandpearls_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: Diamonds And Pearls]]
|align="left"|[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]]
|align="right"|30 Sep. 1991
|align="right"|5 May 2016
|align="right"|51
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|align="right"|1
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|Paisley Park WX 432
|Platinum x3
|-
|[[Image:Dirtymind_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: Dirty Mind]]
|[[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]]
|align="right"|22 Apr. 1985
|align="right"|5 May 2016
|align="right"|61
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|
|align="right"|1
|align="right"|1
|
|
|align="left"|Warner Bros. 9251101
|Warner Bros.
|align="left"|Platinum x2
|
|-
|[[Image:Lovesexy_tb.jpg|30px|border|link=Album: Lovesexy]]
|align="left"|[[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]]
|align="right"|9 May 1988
|align="right"|5 May 2016
|align="right"|75
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|align="right"|2
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|align="left"|Paisley Park WX 164
|Platinum
|-
|[[Image:Batman_tb.jpg|30px|link=Album: Batman]]
|align="left"|[[Album: Batman|Batman]]
|align="right"|19 Jun. 1989
|align="right"|5 May 2016
|align="right"|92
|align="left"|
|align="right"|1
|
|align="left"|Warner Bros. WX 281
|align="left"|Platinum
|-
|[[Image:Artofficialage_album.jpg|30px|link=Album: Art Official Age]]
|align="left"|[[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]]
|align="right"|29 Sep. 2014
|align="right"|5 May 2016
|align="right"|94
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|align="right"|1
|
|Warner Bros. 9362493330
|
|-
|[[File:Hits1_tb.jpg|30px|border|link=Album: The Hits 1]]
|[[Album: The Hits 1|The Hits 1]]
|align="right"|13 Sep. 1993
|align="right"|12 May 2016
|align="right"|11
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|align="right"|8
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|Paisley Park 9362454312
|Platinum
|-
|[[File:Hits2_tb.jpg|30px|border|link=Album: The Hits 2]]
|[[Album: The Hits 2|The Hits 2]]
|align="right"|13 Sep. 1993
|align="right"|12 May 2016
|align="right"|52
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|align="right"|1
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|Paisley Park 9362454352
|Platinum
|-
|[[Image:Hitnrun_PHASEII_album.jpg|30px|border|link=Album: Hitnrun Phase Two]]
|align="left"|[[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]]
|align="right"|14 Sep. 2015
|align="right"|19 May 2016
|align="right"|21
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|align="right"|1
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|align="left"|NPG / Island
|align="left"|
|-
|[[Image:Prince4ever album.jpg|30px|border|link=Album: 4Ever]]
|align="left"|[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]
|align="right"|25 Nov. 2016
|align="right"|8 Dec. 2016
|align="right"|24
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|align="right"|1
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|align="left"|NPG
|align="left"|
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|-
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==References==
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* [http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/prince The Official Chart Company]
* [http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/prince The Official Chart Company]
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<center><small>[[UK Albums Chart]] &nbsp;★&nbsp; [[IRMA Albums Chart]] &nbsp;★&nbsp; [[UK Albums Chart (Associated)]] &nbsp;★&nbsp; [[IRMA Albums Chart (Associated)]]<br>[[Prince Chart History|Chart History]]</small></center>
<center><small>[[UK Albums Chart]] &nbsp;★&nbsp; [[IRMA Albums Chart]] &nbsp;★&nbsp; [[UK Albums Chart (Associated)]] &nbsp;★&nbsp; [[IRMA Albums Chart (Associated)]]<br>
[[Prince Chart History|Chart History]]</small></center>
[[Category:Charts]]
[[Category:Charts]]

Latest revision as of 21:04, 15 September 2020

UK Albums Chart


Definition

Below are all Prince albums that have charted the UK Albums Chart from 1978 to present day. Top 10 hits are highlighted in light purple. Release dates are for the UK. Numbers in brackets after peak number indicate the number of weeks a record remained at peak position.

Visit UK Singles Chart for an history of Prince’s single hits in the UK.

The UK Official charts are compiled on Saturdays and published on Sundays. They feature a combination of "genuine sales" plus "combining of sales" (digital and physical album formats, deluxe editions) figures, retrieved daily by a panel of retailers and sent to Millward Brown. The panel is split into retailer types - covering General, Specialist, Supermarkets, Independents and Digital.

Promotional records as well as imports are excluded from the Official UK Charts.

Chart Records

Album Release Debut Peak Weeks Reference BPI Certification
Purple Rain 13 Jul. 1984 21 Jul. 1984 7 91 Warner Bros. 9251101 Platinum x2
1999 9 Nov. 1984
(BPI source) 		8 Sep. 1984 30 21 Warner Bros. 92237201 Platinum
Around The World In A Day 22 Apr. 1985 4 May 1985 5 20 Warner Bros. 9252861 Gold
Parade 1 Apr. 1986 12 Apr. 1986 4 26 Warner Bros. WX 39 Platinum
Sign O’ The Times 30 Mar. 1987 11 Apr. 1987 4 32 Paisley Park WX 88 Platinum
Lovesexy 9 May 1988 21 May 1988 1 (1) 32 Paisley Park WX 164 Platinum
Batman 19 Jun. 1989 1 Jul. 1989 1 (1) 20 Warner Bros. WX 281 Platinum
Graffiti Bridge 20 Aug. 1990 1 Sep. 1990 1 (1) 8 Paisley Park WX 361 Gold
Gett Off 24 Aug. 1991 33 3 Paisley Park 9401382
Diamonds And Pearls 30 Sep. 1991 12 Oct. 1991 2 57 Paisley Park WX 432 Platinum x3
5 Oct. 1992 17 Oct. 1992 1 (1) 21 Paisley Park 45037 Platinum
The Hits 1 13 Sep. 1993 25 Sep. 1993 5 27 Paisley Park 9362454312 Platinum
The Hits 2 13 Sep. 1993 25 Sep. 1993 5 28 Paisley Park 9362454352 Platinum
The Hits / The B-Sides 13 Sep. 1993 25 Sep. 1993 4 14 Paisley Park 9362454402 Silver
Come 15 Aug. 1994 3 Sep. 1994 1 (1) 10 Warner Bros. 9362457002 Gold
The Black Album 22 Nov. 1994 3 Dec. 1994 36 3 Warner Bros. 9362457932
The Gold Experience 25 Sep. 1995 7 Oct. 1995 4 5 Warner Bros. 9362459992 Gold
Chaos And Disorder 8 Jul. 1996 20 Jul. 1996 14 4 Warner Bros. 9362463172
Emancipation 18 Nov. 1996 30 Nov. 1996 18 6 NPG CDEMD 1102
The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale 22 Aug. 1999 4 Sep. 1999 47 1 Warner Bros. 9362475222
The Very Best Of Prince 31 Jul. 2001 11 Aug. 2001 2 24 Warner Bros. 9362742722 Platinum
Musicology 19 Apr. 2004 1 May 2004 3 (?) 6 Columbia/NPG 5171659 Gold
3121 20 Mar. 2006 1 Apr. 2006 9 4 Universal 9852072
Ultimate 21 Aug. 2006 2 Sep. 2006 6 12 Warner Bros. 8122733812 Gold
Plectrumelectrum 29 Sep. 2014 11 Oct. 2014 11 2 Warner Bros. 9362493335
Art Official Age 29 Sep. 2014 11 Oct. 2014 8 3 Warner Bros. 9362493330
Hitnrun Phase One 14 Sep. 2015 24 Sep. 2015 50 1 NPG / Island 9600021

Posthumous Charting
Album Release Debut Peak Weeks Reference BPI Certification
The Very Best Of Prince 31 Jul. 2001 28 Apr. 2016 2 (1) 14 Warner Bros. 9362742722 Platinum
Ultimate 21 Aug. 2006 28 Apr. 2016 3 (1) 5 Warner Bros. 8122733812 Gold
Purple Rain 13 Jul. 1984 28 Apr. 2016 4 9 Warner Bros. 9251101 Platinum x2
The Hits / The B-Sides 13 Sep. 1993 5 May 2016 13 1 Paisley Park 9362454402 Silver
Sign O’ The Times 30 Mar. 1987 5 May 2016 17 3 Paisley Park WX 88 Platinum
1999 9 Nov. 1984
(BPI source) 		5 May 2016 28 1 Warner Bros. 92237201 Platinum
Parade 1 Apr. 1986 5 May 2016 41 1 Warner Bros. WX 39 Platinum
Around The World In A Day 22 Apr. 1985 5 May 2016 47 1 Warner Bros. 9252861 Gold
Hitnrun Phase One 14 Sep. 2015 5 May 2016 50 1 NPG / Island 9600021
Diamonds And Pearls 30 Sep. 1991 5 May 2016 51 1 Paisley Park WX 432 Platinum x3
Dirty Mind 22 Apr. 1985 5 May 2016 61 1 Warner Bros.
Lovesexy 9 May 1988 5 May 2016 75 2 Paisley Park WX 164 Platinum
Batman 19 Jun. 1989 5 May 2016 92 1 Warner Bros. WX 281 Platinum
Art Official Age 29 Sep. 2014 5 May 2016 94 1 Warner Bros. 9362493330
The Hits 1 13 Sep. 1993 12 May 2016 11 8 Paisley Park 9362454312 Platinum
The Hits 2 13 Sep. 1993 12 May 2016 52 1 Paisley Park 9362454352 Platinum
Hitnrun Phase Two 14 Sep. 2015 19 May 2016 21 1 NPG / Island
4Ever 25 Nov. 2016 8 Dec. 2016 24 1 NPG

+   indicates single peaked in the year after it first charted.


References


UK Albums Chart  ★  IRMA Albums Chart  ★  UK Albums Chart (Associated)  ★  IRMA Albums Chart (Associated)
Chart History
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