France Top 50

Definition

Below are all Prince singles that have charted the french Top 50 from 4 Nov. 1984 to present day. Top 10 hits are highlighted in light purple. Release dates are for France.

From 4 Nov. 1984 to 3 Sep. 1993 the charts were compiled by Nielsen & Ipsos. IFOP / Tite Live for SNEP took over from this latter date. The data are compiled on fridays and published on Saturdays and feature a compilation of "genuine sales" figures.

Promotional records as well as imports are excluded from the French charts.

Before Top 50 was created in 1984, Music Média Magazine was the publication selected by Billboards to feature french data in its "Charts Of The Worlds" section. From 1978 to late 1981 they issued monthly charts with 25 positions (later 20 positions). Another publication, Show Magazine, monthly published a chart of 10, then 30 positions from late 1973 to June 1984.

Visit Top Albums for an history of Prince’s album hits in France.

Chart Records

Single		Release	Debut	Peak	Weeks	Reference
	When Doves Cry	Late Oct. 1984 Unconfirmed	3 Nov. 1984	32	7	Warner Bros. 929 286-7
	Purple Rain	Late Dec. 1984 Unconfirmed	12 Jan. 1985	12	16	Warner Bros. 929 174-7
	Kiss	Late Apr. 1986 Unconfirmed	10 May 1986	31	14	Paisley Park 928 751-7
	Girls & Boys	Late Sep. 1986 Unconfirmed	4 Oct. 1986	38	7	Paisley Park 928 586-7
	Alphabet St.	Late May. 1988 Unconfirmed	4 Jun. 1988	47	1	Paisley Park 927 900-7
	Batdance	Late Jun. 1989 Unconfirmed	22 Jul. 1989	5	19	Warner Bros. 922 924-7
	Cream	Late Sep. 1991 Unconfirmed	26 Oct. 1991	5	18	Paisley Park 5439-19175-7
	Diamonds And Pearls	Late Jan. 1992 Unconfirmed	22 Feb. 1992	20	14	Paisley Park 5439-19059-7
	Money Don’t Matter 2 Night	Early Jun. 1992 Unconfirmed	27 Jun. 1992	26	10	Paisley Park 5439-19020-7
	Sexy M.F./Strollin’	Late Jul. 1992 Unconfirmed	15 Aug. 1992	19	10	Paisley Park 5439-18817-7
	My Name Is Prince	Late Oct. 1992 Unconfirmed	14 Nov. 1992	29	6	Paisley Park 5439-18704-7
	Peach	Early Sep. 1993 Unconfirmed	18 Sep. 1993	35	1	Paisley Park 5439-18345-7
	The Most Beautiful Girl In The World	28 Mar. 1994	9 Apr. 1994	5	24	NPG 60155
	Letitgo	Late Jul. 1994 Unconfirmed	13 Aug. 1994	46	1	Warner Bros. 5439-18074-7
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