The Billboard 200

Definition

Below are all Prince albums that have charted the The Billboard 200 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.

Visit Billboard Top R&B Albums for an history of Prince’s album hits in the US black charts and the Billboard Hot 100 Chart for the singles' on the US pop 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	28 Oct. 1978	163		5	Warner 3150
	Prince	19 Oct. 1979	17 Nov. 1979⁺	22		28	Warner 3366	Platinum
	Dirty Mind	8 Oct. 1980	8 Nov. 1980	45		31	Warner 3478	Gold
	Controversy	14 Oct. 1981	7 Nov. 1981	21		64	Warner 3601	Platinum
	1999	27 Oct. 1982	20 Nov. 1982⁺	9		153	Warner 23720 [2]	Platinum x4
	Purple Rain	25 Jun 1984	14 Jul. 1984	1	⁽²⁴⁾	72	Warner 25110	Platinum x13
	Around The World In A Day	22 Apr. 1985	11 May 1985	1	⁽³⁾	40	Paisley Park 25286	Platinum x2
	Parade	31 Mar. 1986	19 Apr. 1986	3	⁽³⁾	28	Paisley Park 25395	Platinum
	Sign O’ The Times	31 Mar. 1987	18 Apr. 1987	6		54	Paisley Park 25577 [2]	Platinum
	Lovesexy	10 May 1988	28 May 1988	11		21	Paisley Park 25720	Gold
	Batman	20 Jun. 1989	8 Jul. 1989	1	⁽⁶⁾	34	Warner 25936	Platinum x2
	Graffiti Bridge	21 Aug. 1990	8 Sep. 1990	6		24	Paisley Park 27493	Gold
	Diamonds And Pearls	1 Oct. 1991	19 Oct. 1991	3	⁽¹⁾	45	Paisley Park 25379	Platinum x2
		13 Oct. 1992	31 Oct. 1992	5		34	Paisley Park 45037	Platinum
	The Hits 1	14 Sep. 1993	2 Oct. 1993	46		20	Paisley Park 45431	Platinum
	The Hits 2	14 Sep. 1993	2 Oct. 1993	54		19	Paisley Park 45435	Platinum
	The Hits / The B-Sides	14 Sep. 1993	2 Oct. 1993	19		12	Paisley Park 45440 [3]	Platinum
	The Beautiful Experience	17 May 1994	4 Jun. 1994	92		12	NPG 71003
	Come	16 Aug. 1994	3 Sep. 1994	15		10	Warner 45700	Gold
	The Black Album	22 Nov. 1994	10 Dec. 1994	47		11	Warner 45793
	The Gold Experience	26 Sep. 1995	14 Oct. 1995	6		8	Warner 45999	Gold
	Chaos And Disorder	9 Jul. 1996	27 Jul. 1996	26		4	Warner 46317
	Emancipation	19 Nov. 1996	7 Dec. 1996	11		21	NPG 54982 [3]	Platinum x2
	Crystal Ball	29 Jan. 1998 Unconfirmed	14 Mar. 1998	62		5	NPG 9871 [4]
	1999: The New Master	2 Feb. 1999	20 Feb. 1999	150		1	NPG 1999
	The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale	24 Aug. 1999	11 Sep. 1999	85		5	Warner 47522
	Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic	9 Nov. 1999	27 Nov. 1999	18		15	NPG 14624	Gold
	The Very Best Of Prince	31 Jul. 2001	18 Aug. 2001	66		25	Warner 74272	Platinum
	The Rainbow Children	20 Nov. 2001	8 Dec. 2001	109		2	NPG 70004
	Musicology	20 Apr. 2004	8 May 2004	3	⁽⁴⁾	26	NPG 92560	Platinum x2
	3121	21 Mar. 2006	8 Apr. 2006	1	⁽¹⁾	16	NPG 06296	Gold
	Ultimate	22 Aug. 2006	9 Sep. 2006	61		5	NPG 73381 [2]
	Planet Earth	24 Jul. 2007	11 Aug. 2007	3	⁽¹⁾	10	NPG 12970
	Lotusflow3r	29 Mar. 2009	18 Apr. 2009	2	⁽¹⁾	13	NPG 02762 [3]
	Ultimate	22 Aug. 2006	? Aug. 2012	55	^R	6	NPG 73381 [2]
	Purple Rain	25 Jun 1984	12 Jul. 2014	193	^R	1	Warner 25110	Platinum x13
	Plectrumelectrum	30 Sep. 2014	18 Oct. 2014	8		3	Warner 545610
	Art Official Age	30 Sep. 2014	18 Oct. 2014	5		4	Warner 545612
	Purple Rain	25 Jun 1984	8 Nov. 2014	195	^R	1	Warner 25110	Platinum x13
	Hitnrun Phase One	14 Sep. 2015	3 Oct. 2015	70		1	NPG / Island 9600021
Posthumous charting
Album		Release	Debut	Peak		Weeks	Reference	RIAA Certification
	The Very Best Of Prince	31 Jul. 2001	7 May 2016	1	⁽¹⁾	22	Warner 74272	Platinum
	Purple Rain	25 Jun 1984	7 May 2016	2	⁽¹⁾	17	Warner 25110	Platinum x13
	The Hits / The B-Sides	14 Sep. 1993	7 May 2016	4		6	Paisley Park 45440 [3]	Platinum
	Ultimate	22 Aug. 2006	7 May 2016	6		10	NPG 73381 [2]
	1999	27 Oct. 1982	7 May 2016	7		9	Warner 23720 [2]	Platinum x4
	Sign O’ The Times	31 Mar. 1987	7 May 2016	20		54	Paisley Park 25577 [2]	Platinum
	Hitnrun Phase One	14 Sep. 2015	7 May 2016	48		4	NPG / Island 9600021
	Prince	19 Oct. 1979	7 May 2016	52		5	Warner 3366	Platinum
	Hitnrun Phase Two	12 Dec. 2015	14 May 2016	40		3	Universal
	Parade	31 Mar. 1986	14 May 2016	50		1	Paisley Park 25395	Platinum
	Around The World In A Day	22 Apr. 1985	14 May 2016	51		4	Paisley Park 25286	Platinum x2
	Controversy	14 Oct. 1981	14 May 2016	55		2	Warner 3601	Platinum
	Dirty Mind	8 Oct. 1980	14 May 2016	56		2	Warner 3478	Gold
	Batman	20 Jun. 1989	14 May 2016	61		2	Warner 25936	Platinum x2
	Diamonds And Pearls	1 Oct. 1991	14 May 2016	80		1	Paisley Park 25379	Platinum x2
	Art Official Age	30 Sep. 2014	14 May 2016	81		2	Warner 545612
		13 Oct. 1992	14 May 2016	111		1	Paisley Park 45037	Platinum
	For You	7 Apr. 1978	14 May 2016	138		1	Warner 3150
	Plectrumelectrum	30 Sep. 2014	14 May 2016	192		1	Warner 545610
	4Ever	22 Nov. 2016	10 Dec. 2016	33		26	NPG [2]
	Purple Rain Deluxe	23 Jun. 2017	15 Jul. 2017	4		8	NPG
	Piano & A Microphone 1983	21 Sept. 2018	6 Oct. 2018	11		2	NPG
	His Majesty’s Pop Life	13 Apr. 2019	27 Apr. 2019	184		1	NPG [2]
	Originals	21 Jun. 2019	6 Jul. 2019	15		3	NPG
	The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)	13 Sept. 2019	28 Sept. 2019	170		1	NPG
	1999 Deluxe Edition	29 Nov. 2019	14 Dec. 2019	45		1	NPG [4]
	Sign O’ The Times Deluxe	25 Sept. 2020	10 Oct. 2020	20		2	NPG **
	Welcome 2 America	30 July 2021	14 Aug. 2021	4		2	NPG **
⁺ indicates single peaked in the year after it first charted. ^R indicates re-entry of an album that had already 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*