Billboard R&B Singles Chart

Definition

Below are listed all Prince singles that have hit the Billboard R&B Singles Chart from 1978 to this day. The chart also lists the singles that have made the Billboard Hot R&B Singles Airplay (signalled with ^A overlooking the peak position figure). Top 10 hits are highlighted in light purple. Release dates are those valid for the USA.

Visit Billboard Hot 100 Chart for an history of Prince’s singles hits in the US pop charts and and Billboard Top R&B Albums for the albums' hits in the black charts.
The Billboard charts are published on wednesday and feature the airplay + sales figures collected for the week ending the preceeding saturday.

Chart Records

Single		Release	Debut	Peak		Weeks	Reference	RIAA Certification
	Soft And Wet	7 Jun. 1978	29 Jul. 1978	12		20	Warner 8619
	Just As Long As We’re Together	21 Nov. 1978	23 Dec. 1978⁺	91		7	Warner 8713
	I Wanna Be Your Lover	24 Aug. 1979	22 Sep. 1979	1	⁽²⁾	23	Warner 49050	Gold
	Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?	23 Jan. 1980	9 Feb. 1980	13		15	Warner 49178
	Still Waiting	25 Mar. 1980	26 Apr. 1980	65		8	Warner 49226
	Uptown	10 Sep. 1980	4 Oct. 1980	5		18	Warner 49959
	Dirty Mind	26 Nov. 1980	17 Jan. 1981	65		6	Warner 49638
	Controversy	2 Sep. 1981	26 Sep. 1981	3	⁽⁴⁾	20	Warner 49808
	Let’s Work	6 jan. 1982	23 Jan. 1982	9		16	Warner 50002
	1999	24 Sep. 1982	16 Oct. 1982	4		19	Warner 29896
	Little Red Corvette	9 Feb. 1983	12 Mar. 1983	15		17	Warner 29746
	Delirious	17 Aug. 1983	24 Sep. 1983	18		15	Warner 29503
	Let’s Pretend We’re Married	23 Nov. 1983	7 Jan. 1984	55		8	Warner 29548
	When Doves Cry	16 May, 1984	9 Jun. 1984	1	⁽⁸⁾	20	Warner 29286	Platinum
	Let’s Go Crazy	18 Jul. 1984	11 Aug. 1984	1	⁽¹⁾	17	Warner 29216	Gold
	Purple Rain	26 Sep. 1984	13 oct. 1984	4		14	Warner 29174	Gold
	I Would Die 4 U	28 Nov. 1984	22 Dec. 1984⁺	11		11	Warner 29121
	Take Me With U	25 Jan. 1985	23 Feb. 1985	40		9	Warner 29079
	Raspberry Beret	15 May 1985	25 May 1985	3	⁽¹⁾	14	Paisley Park 28972
	Pop Life	10 Jul. 1985	3 Aug. 1985	8		13	Paisley Park 28998
	America	2 Oct. 1985	2 Nov. 1985	35		8	Paisley Park 28999
	Kiss	5 Feb. 1986	1 Mar. 1986	1	⁽⁴⁾	17	Paisley Park 28751	Gold
	Mountains	7 May 1986	31 May 1986	15		12	Paisley Park 28711
	Anotherloverholenyohead	2 Jul. 1986	19 Jul. 1986	18		12	Paisley Park 28620
	Sign O’ The Times	18 Feb. 1987	7 Mar. 1987	1	⁽³⁾	14	Paisley Park 28399
	If I Was Your Girlfriend	6 May 1987	30 May 1987	12		12	Paisley Park 28334
	U Got The Look	14 Jul. 1987	1 Aug. 1987	11		14	Paisley Park 28289
	Hot Thing	3 Nov. 1987	12 Dec. 1987⁺	14		14	Paisley Park 28288
	Alphabet St.	23 Apr. 1988 Unconfirmed	30 Apr. 1988	3	⁽¹⁾	14	Paisley Park 27900
	Glam Slam	11 Jul. 1988 Unconfirmed	23 Jul. 1988	44		8	Paisley Park 27806
	I Wish U Heaven	20 Sep. 1988	15 Oct. 1988	18		12	Paisley Park 27747
	Batdance	6 Jun. 1989	17 Jun. 1989	1	⁽¹⁾	15	Warner 22924	Platinum
	Partyman	25 Aug. 1989	2 Sep. 1989	5		13	Warner 22814	Gold
	Scandalous!	28 Nov. 1989	2 Dec. 1989⁺	5		15	Warner 22824
	Thieves In The Temple	17 Jul. 1990	4 Aug. 1990	1	⁽¹⁾	14	Paisley Park 19751	Gold
	New Power Generation	23 Oct. 1990	3 Nov. 1990	27		11	Paisley Park 19525
	Gett Off	29 Jul. 1991	27 Jul. 1991	6		17	Paisley Park 19225	Gold
	Insatiable	4 Nov. 1991	16 Nov. 1991⁺	3	⁽¹⁾	17	Paisley Park 19090
	Diamonds And Pearls	25 Nov 1991	18 Jan. 1992	1	⁽¹⁾	16	Paisley Park 19083
	Money Don’t Matter 2 Night	3 Mar. 1992	11 Apr. 1992	14		13	Paisley Park 19020
	Sexy M.F.	30 Jun. 1992	25 Jul. 1992	76		7	Paisley Park 18817
	My Name Is Prince	29 Sep. 1992	10 Oct. 1992	25		10	Paisley Park 18707
	Damn U	17 Nov. 1992	12 Dec. 1992⁺	32		18	Paisley Park 18700
	7	17 Nov. 1992	26 Dec. 1992⁺	61		16	Paisley Park 18824	Gold
	The Morning Papers	3 Apr. 1993 Unconfirmed	17 Apr. 1993	68		7	Paisley Park 18583
	Pink Cashmere	31 Aug. 1993	18 Sep. 1993	14		15	Paisley Park 18371
	Nothing Compares 2 U	18 Nov. 1993 Unconfirmed	18 Dec. 1993⁺	62		9	Paisley Park 18372
	The Most Beautiful Girl In The World	9 Feb. 1994	5 mar. 1994	2	⁽¹⁾	23	NPG 72514	Gold
	Love Sign	No release date	2 Jul. 1994	32	^A	10	Album Cut
	Shhh	No Release Date	6 Aug. 1994	62	^A	7	Album Cut
	Letitgo	9 Aug. 1994	20 Aug 1994	10		15	Warner 18074
	Space	1 Nov. 1994	19 Nov 1994	71		6	Warner 18012
	Purple Medley	14 Mar. 1995	1 Apr. 1995	74		3	Warner 17903
	Hate U	12 Sep. 1995	23 Sep. 1995	3	⁽¹⁾	20	NPG/Warner 17811
	Gold	30 Nov. 1995 Unconfirmed	13 Jan. 1996	82		5	NPG/Warner 17715
	Betcha By Golly, Wow!	No release date	30 Nov. 1996	10	^A	14	Album Cut
	Somebody’s Somebody	No release date	25 Jan. 1997	15	^A	17	Album Cut
	1999 ('98 reissue)	No release date	16 Jan. 1999	44	^R	1	Warner 21881
	The Greatest Romance Ever Sold	5 Oct. 1999	23 Oct. 1999	23		20	NPG 13749
	U Make My Sun Shine	10 Apr. 2001	28 Apr. 2001	26	^S	11	NPG 07135
	Musicology	No release date	10 Apr. 2004	44		17	Album Cut
	Call My Name	No release date	29 May. 2004	27		29	Album Cut
	Te Amo Corazón	13 Dec. 2005 (NPGMC)	7 Jan. 2006	67		13	NPG 006139
	Black Sweat	21 Feb. 2006 (NPGMC)	11 Mar. 2006	82		7	NPG 006371
	Satisfied	No relase date	12 Aug. 2006	70		11	Album cut
	Future Baby Mama	No relase date	28 Jul. 2007	39		20	Album cut
	Better With Time	No relase date	12 Sep. 2009	78		6	Album cut
⁺ indicates single peaked in the year after it first charted. ^A indicates single charted in the Billboard R&B Airplay* chart only. ^R indicates re-entry of a single that had already charted*.