Billboard Top R&B Albums (Associated)

Definition

Below are all Related Artists albums with a Prince contribution that have charted on the Billboard Top R&B Albums Chart 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 a record remained at peak position.

Albums containing a cover of a Prince or a Related Artist song previously released on an album are not considered as containing one or several "original" Prince song, and therefore are not eligible for this list. Albums that were part of a multiple-album set, released under the Prince moniker are not eligible for this list, and will be listed on the The Billboard 200 page to avoid duplicate entries.

Visit The Billboard 200 (Associated) for an history of Related Artists' album charting in the US pop charts and Billboard R&B Singles (Associated) for the Related Artists singles' in 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
	The Time The Time	29 Jul. 1981	29 Aug. 1981	7		45	Warner 3598	Gold
	Vanity 6 Vanity 6	11 Aug. 1982	2 Oct. 1982	6		36	Warner 23716	Gold
	The Time What Time Is It?	25 Aug. 1982	18 Sep. 1982	2	⁽³⁾	38	Warner 23701	Gold
	Sheila E. The Glamorous Life	4 Jun. 1984	30 Jun. 1984	7		42	Warner 25107	Gold
	The Time Ice Cream Castle	9 Jul. 1984	28 Jul. 1984	3	^(?)	46	Warner 25109	Platinum
	Sheena Easton A Private Heaven¹	7 Sep. 1984	16 Feb. 1985	26		13	EMI America 17132	Platinum
	Apollonia 6 Apollonia 6	1 Oct. 1984	27 Oct. 1984	24		21	Warner 25108
	Various Artists We Are The World¹	12 Apr. 1985	20 Apr. 1985	6		17	Columbia 40043	Platinum x3
	André Cymone A.C.¹	16 Aug. 1985	21 Sep. 1985	28		13	Columbia 40037
	The Family The Family	19 Aug. 1985	7 Sep. 1985	17		30	Paisley Park 25322
	Sheila E. Romance 1600	26 Aug. 1985	21 Sep. 1985	12		33	Paisley Park 25317	Gold
	Various Artists Krush Groove¹	30 Sep. 1985	2 Nov. 1985	14		22	Warner 25295
	Mazarati Mazarati³	4 Mar. 1986	19 Apr. 1986	49		21	Paisley Park 25368
	Madhouse 8	21 Jan. 1987	28 Feb. 1987	25		12	Paisley Park 25545
	Sheila E. Sheila E.⁵	19 Feb. 1987	28 Mar. 1987	24		12	Paisley Park 25498
	Nona Hendryx Female Trouble¹	17 Apr. 1987	23 May 1987	30		14	EMI America 17248
	Sheena Easton The Lover In Me²	7 Nov. 1988	3 Dec. 1988⁺	29		25	MCA 42249	Gold
	Chaka Khan CK²	22 Nov. 1988	17 Dec. 1988⁺	17		28	Warner 25707
	Madonna Like A Prayer³	21 Mar. 1989	15 Apr. 1989	55		12	Sire 25844	Platinum x4
	Patti Labelle Be Yourself²	26 Jun. 1989	22 Jul. 1989	14		39	MCA 6292
	The Time Pandemonium⁵	10 Jul. 1990	4 Aug. 1990	9		22	Paisley Park 27490	Gold
	Mica Paris Contribution¹	19 Feb. 1991	30 Mar. 1991	58		15	Island 846814
	Paula Abdul Spellbound¹	14 May 1991	1 Jun. 1991	31		27	Captive 91611	Platinum x3
	Patti Labelle Burnin’¹	1 Oct. 1991	26 Oct. 1991⁺	9		51	MCA 10439	Gold
	Tevin Campbell T.E.V.I.N.¹	19 Nov. 1991	7 Dec. 1991⁺	5		70	Qwest 26291	Platinum
	Howard Hewett Allegiance¹	17 Nov. 1992	5 Dec. 1992	73		3	Elektra 61393
	Monie Love In A Word Or 2²	9 Mar. 1993	10 Apr. 1993	75		1	Warner 45054
	Earth, Wind & Fire Millennium¹	14 Sep. 1993	2 Oct. 1993	8		24	Reprise 45274
	George Clinton Hey Man... Smell My Finger²	12 Oct. 1993	30 Oct. 1993	31		11	Paisley Park 25518
	Tevin Campbell I’m Ready⁴	26 Oct. 1993	13 Nov. 1993	3	^(?)	58	Qwest 45388	Platinum x2
	Various Artists 1-800 New Funk	12 Aug. 1994	13 Aug. 1994	45		9	NPG 71006
	Rosie Gaines Closer Than Close²	13 Jun. 1995	1 Jul. 1995	99		1	Motown 0462
	Various Artists Girl 6	19 Mar. 1996	6 Apr. 1996	15		9	Warner 46239
	The NPG New Powersoul	30 Jun. 1998	18 Jul. 1998	9		11	NPG 9872
	Chaka Khan Come 2 My House	29 Sep. 1998	17 Oct. 1998⁺	49		15	NPG 9281
	Various Artists Bamboozled¹	26 Sep. 2000	14 Oct. 2000	69		6	Motown 159687
	Common Electric Circus¹	10 Dec. 2002	28 Dec. 2002	9		19	MCA 113114
	Stevie Wonder A Time To Love¹	18 Oct. 2005	5 Nov. 2005	2	^(?)	22	Motown 002402	Gold
	Dr Cornel West & BMWMB Never Forget: A Journey Of Revelations¹	21 Aug. 2007	8 Mar. 2008	37		1	Hidden Beach B000QUCPZ2
	Janelle Monáe The Electric Lady¹	10 Sep. 2013	28 Sep. 2013	3		1	Bad Boy 536210
⁺ indicates single peaked in the year after it first charted. ¹ contains only 1 song on which Prince contributed. ² contains 2 songs on which Prince contributed. ³ contains 3 songs on which Prince contributed. ⁴ contains 4 songs on which Prince contributed. ⁵ contains 5 songs on which Prince contributed.