Billboard Top R&B/HipHop Albums

Definition

Below are listed all Prince albums that have charted on the Billboard Top R&B/HipHop Albums from 1978 to present day. Top 10 hits are highlighted in light purple. Release dates are for the USA. Numbers in brackets after peak number indicate the number of weeks the record remained at peak position.

Visit The Billboard 200 for an history of Prince’s album hits in the US pop charts and Billboard R&B Singles Chart for the singles' on the US black charts.
The Billboard charts are published on Wednesdays and feature the airplay and sales figures collected for the week ending the preceding Saturday.

Chart Records

Album		Release	Debut	Peak		Weeks	Reference	RIAA Certification
	For You	7 Apr. 1978	22 Jul. 1978	21		23	Warner 3150
	Prince	19 Oct. 1979	17 Nov. 1979	3	⁽⁵⁾	31	Warner 3366	Platinum
	Dirty Mind	8 oct. 1980	8 Nov. 1980	7		35	Warner 3478	Gold
	Controversy	14 Oct. 1981	7 Nov. 1981	3	⁽⁸⁾	35	Warner 3601	Platinum
	1999	27 Oct. 1982	20 Nov. 1982	4		93	Warner 23720 [2]	Platinum x4
	Purple Rain	25 Jun 1984	14 Jul. 1984	1	⁽¹⁹⁾	48	Warner 25110	Platinum x13
	Around The World In A Day	22 Apr. 1985	11 May 1985	4		43	Paisley Park 25286	Platinum x2
	Parade	31 Mar. 1986	26 Apr. 1986	2	⁽³⁾	28	Paisley Park 25395	Platinum
	Sign O’ The Times	31 Mar. 1987	2 May 1987	4		48	Paisley Park 25577 [2]	Platinum
	Lovesexy	10 May 1988	28 May 1988	5		17	Paisley Park 25720	Gold
	Batman	20 Jun. 1989	15 Jul. 1989	5		29	Warner 25936	Platinum x2
	Graffiti Bridge	21 Aug. 1990	15 Sep. 1990	6		21	Paisley Park 27493	Gold
	Diamonds And Pearls	1 Oct. 1991	19 Oct. 1991	1	⁽¹⁾	42	Paisley Park 25379	Platinum x2
		13 Oct. 1992	31 Oct. 1992	8		35	Paisley Park 45037	Platinum
	The Hits 1	14 Sep. 1993	2 Oct. 1993	14		21	Paisley Park 45431	Platinum
	The Hits 2	14 Sep. 1993	2 Oct. 1993	23		21	Paisley Park 45435	Platinum
	The Hits / The B-Sides	14 Sep. 1993	2 Oct. 1993	6		20	Paisley Park 45440 [3]	Platinum
	The Beautiful Experience	17 May 1994	4 Jun. 1994	29		12	NPG 71003
	Come	16 Aug. 1994	3 Sep. 1994	2	⁽¹⁾	13	Warner 45700	Gold
	The Black Album	22 Nov. 1994	10 Dec. 1994	18		13	Warner 45793
	The Gold Experience	26 Sep. 1995	14 Oct. 1995	2	⁽¹⁾	17	Warner 45999	Gold
	Emancipation	19 Nov. 1996	7 Dec. 1996	6		26	NPG 54982 [3]	Platinum x2
	Crystal Ball	29 Jan. 1998 Unconfirmed	14 Mar. 1998	59		4	NPG 9871 [4]
	1999: The New Master	2 Feb. 1999	20 Feb. 1999	58		2	NPG 1999
	The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale	24 Aug. 1999	11 Sep. 1999	27		8	Warner 47522
	Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic	9 Nov. 1999	27 Nov. 1999	8		16	NPG 14624	Gold
	The Very Best Of Prince	31 Jul. 2001	18 Aug. 2001	72		4	Warner 74272	Platinum
	The Rainbow Children	20 Nov. 2001	8 Dec. 2001	33		7	NPG 70004
	Musicology	20 Apr. 2004	8 May 2004	3	⁽¹⁾	38	NPG 92560	Platinum x2
	3121	21 Mar. 2006	8 Apr. 2006	1	⁽¹⁾	24	NPG 06296	Gold
	Ultimate	22 Aug. 2006	9 Sep. 2006	31		6	NPG 73381 [2]
	Planet Earth	24 Jul. 2007	11 Aug. 2007	1	⁽¹⁾	17	NPG 12970
	Lotusflow3r	29 Mar. 2009	18 Apr. 2009	1	⁽¹⁾	67	NPG 02762 [3]
	Art Official Age	30 Sep. 2014	18 Oct. 2014	1	⁽¹⁾	3	Warner 545612
	Hitnrun Phase One	14 Sep. 2015	3 Oct. 2015	7		8	Universal
	Hitnrun Phase Two	12 Dec. 2015	2 Jan. 2016	41		1	Universal
Posthumous Charting
Album		Release	Debut	Peak		Weeks	Reference	RIAA Certification
	Hitnrun Phase One	14 Sep. 2015	7 May 2016	4		10	Universal
	Hitnrun Phase Two	12 Dec. 2015	14 May 2016	5		11	Universal
	4Ever	22 Nov. 2016	10 Dec. 2016	4		17	NPG [2]
	Piano & A Microphone 1983	21 Sept. 2018	6 Oct. 2018	6		1	NPG
	Originals	21 Jun. 2019	6 Jul. 2019	9		2	NPG
	1999 Super Deluxe Edition	29 Nov. 2019	14 Dec. 2019	20		1	NPG **
	Sign O’ The Times Deluxe	25 Sept. 2020	10 Oct. 2020	2		2	NPG **
	Welcome 2 America	30 July 2021	14 Aug. 2021	1		2	NPG **
	Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition	27 Oct. 2023	11 Nov. 2023	10		1	NPG **
⁺ indicates single peaked in the year after it first charted. [2] indicates a 2-album set. [3] indicates a 3-album set. [4] indicates a 4-album set. [*] indicates a reissue with multiple formats*