Prince albums discography

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Prince albums discography
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Studio albums40
Live albums5
Compilation albums9
Video albums17
EPs13
Special editions6
Posthumous albums3
Internet albums13
Madhouse albums2
New Power Generation albums3
NPG Orchestra albums1

Prince's albums discography consists of forty studio albums (including four soundtrack albums and one posthumous album), five live albums, and numerous compilations. Two albums of demo material have been released posthumously. Prince also released several albums under various group names. See Prince singles discography for his singles and extended plays, and Prince videography for his music videos and video albums.

Contents

Prince has sold over 100 million records worldwide, [1] including 36.5 million certified units in the United States, and over 10 million records in the United Kingdom. Rolling Stone ranked him at No. 27 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. [2]

In the weeks following his death in April 2016, 19 different Prince albums charted on the Billboard 200 all at the same time, and he became the first and only artist ever to have 5 albums in the Billboard top 10 simultaneously. [3]

Overview

Prince signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records at the age of 19, soon releasing the albums For You (1978) and Prince (1979). He went on to achieve critical success with the influential albums Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981), and 1999 (1982). His sixth album, Purple Rain (1984), was recorded with his new backing band the Revolution, and was also the soundtrack to the film of the same name in which he starred. Purple Rain garnered continued success for Prince and was a major commercial achievement, spending six consecutive months atop the Billboard 200 chart. The soundtrack also won Prince the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. After disbanding the Revolution, Prince released the album Sign o' the Times (1987), widely hailed by critics as the greatest work of his career.

Prince was a prolific musician who released 39 albums during his life, with a vast array of unreleased material left in a custom-built bank vault underneath his home after his death, including fully completed albums and over 50 finished music videos. Released posthumously, his demo albums Piano and a Microphone 1983 (2018) and Originals (2019) both received critical acclaim.

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[4]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
NZ
[11]
SWE
[12]
SWI
[13]
UK
[14]
For You 138156
Prince
  • Released: October 19, 1979
  • Label: Warner Bros.
2292
Dirty Mind
  • Released: October 8, 1980
  • Label: Warner Bros.
457961
Controversy
  • Released: October 14, 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros.
215550
1999 [A]
  • Released: October 27, 1982
  • Label: Warner Bros.
73523
[17]
374562628
Purple Rain [A]
  • Released: June 25, 1984
  • Label: Warner Bros.
1181
[19]
5142374
Around the World in a Day [A] 112716
[21]
1011016185
Parade [A]
  • Released: March 31, 1986
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
38711
[22]
61107524
Sign o' the Times
  • Released: March 30, 1987
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
620227
[23]
3236614
Lovesexy
  • Released: May 10, 1988
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
11837
[25]
4121111
Batman
  • Released: June 20, 1989
  • Label: Warner Bros.
14313124211
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [15]
  • BPI: Platinum [16]
Graffiti Bridge
  • Released: August 20, 1990
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
610822
[26]
4423721
Diamonds and Pearls [B]
  • Released: October 1, 1991
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
3148
[27]
8655832
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [15]
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum [20]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [16]
  • MC: 2× Platinum [18]
Love Symbol [28] [B]
  • Released: October 13, 1992
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
51116
[29]
561041041
Come
  • Released: August 16, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
152434
[30]
94716741
The Black Album
  • Released: November 22, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
4715748
[31]
4935836
The Gold Experience
  • Released: September 26, 1995
  • Label: NPG, Warner Bros.
6132835
[32]
243121174
Chaos and Disorder
  • Released: July 9, 1996
  • Label: Warner Bros.
26541743
[33]
42815322114
Emancipation
  • Released: November 19, 1996
  • Label: NPG, EMI
1181324
[34]
2113272222118
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [15]
  • MC: Platinum [18]
Crystal Ball
  • Released: January 29, 1998
  • Label: NPG
  • Initially released as a limited edition 5-CD box set together with The Truth and Kamasutra by the NPG Orchestra and a 4-CD box set together with The Truth.
62
The Truth
  • Released: January 29, 1998
  • Label: NPG
  • Initially released as a limited edition 5-CD box set together with Crystal Ball and Kamasutra by the NPG Orchestra and a 4-CD box set together with Crystal ball.
6431
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale
  • Released: August 24, 1999
  • Label: Warner Bros.
854044152147
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
  • Released: November 2, 1999
  • Label: NPG, Arista
1882445
[35]
3917375119145
The Rainbow Children
  • Released: November 20, 2001
  • Label: NPG, Redline Entertainment
10960292830
One Nite Alone...
  • Released: May 14, 2002
  • Label: NPG
Xpectation
  • Released: January 1, 2003
  • Label: NPG
N·E·W·S
  • Released: May 26, 2003
  • Label: NPG, MP Media
9383
Musicology
  • Released: March 27, 2004
  • Label: NPG, Columbia
31941143225623
The Chocolate Invasion
  • Released: March 29, 2004
  • Label: NPG
The Slaughterhouse
  • Released: March 29, 2004
  • Label: NPG
3121
  • Released: March 21, 2006
  • Label: NPG, Universal
1181594351819
Planet Earth
  • Released: July 24, 2007
  • Label: NPG, Columbia
3381117739351
Lotusflow3r / MPLSound
  • Released: March 29, 2009
  • Label: NPG
  • Released as a 3-CD set together with Elixer by Bria Valente
223
20Ten
  • Released: July 10, 2010
  • Label: NPG
Plectrumelectrum [C]
  • Released: September 26, 2014
  • Label: NPG, Warner Bros.
8331031983150811
Art Official Age [C]
  • Released: September 26, 2014
  • Label: NPG, Warner Bros.
515821184217948
Hit n Run Phase One
  • Released: September 7, 2015
  • Label: NPG
48255353112750
Hit n Run Phase Two
  • Released: December 12, 2015
  • Label: NPG
401172047213850921
A ^ With The Revolution
B ^ With The New Power Generation
C ^ With 3rdeyegirl

Posthumous albums

Studio

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[4]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[12]
SWI
[13]
UK
[14] [36]
Welcome 2 America 453263239
[38]
53
[39]
25

Demo

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[4]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[12]
SWI
[13]
UK
[14] [36]
Piano and a Microphone 1983
  • Released: September 21, 2018
  • Label: NPG / Warner Bros.
  • Note: Compilation album
113310871251822612
Originals
  • Released: June 7, 2019 [40]
  • Label: NPG / Warner Bros.
  • Note: Compilation album
15183466261154921

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[4]
US
R&B/
HH

[41]
GER
[8]
NLD
[9]
SWI
[13]
One Nite Alone... Live!
  • Released: December 17, 2002
  • Label: NPG
[A] 5836
C-Note
  • Released: March 29, 2004
  • Label: NPG
Indigo Nights
  • Released: September 30, 2008
  • Label: NPG
Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection
  • Released: May 29, 2020 [42]
  • Label: NPG / Legacy
[B] 303861
Prince and the Revolution: Live
  • Released: June 4, 2022 [43]
  • Label: Warner Bros.
22
[44]
1187
Live at Glam Slam
  • Released: October 11, 2023 [45]
  • Label: NPG / Warner Bros.
A ^ One Nite Alone... Live! did not enter the US Billboard 200, put peaked at number 95 on the Top Album Sales component chart. [46]
B ^ Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection did not enter the US Billboard 200, put peaked at number 19 on the Top Album Sales component chart. [46]

Special editions

This section contains remix albums, mixtapes and special (expanded) editions from previously released albums.

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[4]
US
R&B

[47]
AUT
[6]
NLD
[9]
SWI
[13]
UK
[36]
The Versace Experience: Prelude 2 Gold
  • Released: July 8, 1995 (limited edition cassette)
  • Re-released: April 13, 2019 (limited edition cassette)
  • Re-released: September 13, 2019 (all other formats)
  • Label: NPG / Legacy
1701750293083
Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic
  • Released: April 29, 2001 [48]
  • Label: NPG
[A]
Purple Rain: Deluxe / Deluxe Expanded
  • Released: June 23, 2017
  • Label: Warner Bros.
493127
Ultimate Rave
  • Released: April 26, 2019 [49]
  • Label: Legacy
[B] 85
1999: Remastered / Deluxe / Super Deluxe
  • Released: November 27, 2019 [50]
  • Label: Warner Bros.
4572152646
Sign o' the Times: Remastered / Deluxe / Super Deluxe
  • Released: September 25, 2020 [51]
  • Label: Warner Bros.
20237
Diamonds and Pearls Super Deluxe Edition
  • Released: October 27, 2023
  • Label: NPG / Legacy / Warner
8510951150
A ^ Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic did not enter the US Billboard 200, put peaked at number 14 on the Vinyl Albums chart. [52]
B ^ Ultimate Rave did not enter the US Billboard 200, put peaked at number 69 on the Top Album Sales component chart. [46]

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[4]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
NZ
[11]
SWE
[12]
SWI
[13]
UK
[14]
His Majesty's Pop Life
  • Released: Late 1985 (Japan only promotional copy)
  • Re-released: April 13, 2019
  • Label: Paisley Park / Warner Bros.
184
The Hits 1
  • Released: September 14, 1993
  • Label: Warner Bros.
46197342014151210225
The Hits 2
  • Released: September 14, 1993
  • Label: Warner Bros.
542093619151486105
The Hits/The B-Sides
  • Released: September 14, 1993
  • Label: Warner Bros.
4419
[53] [54]
5810111
[55]
1994
Girl 6
  • Released: March 19, 1996
  • Label: Warner Bros.
7583
The Very Best of Prince
  • Released: July 31, 2001
  • Label: Warner Bros.
12515321412
  • RIAA: Platinum [15]
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum [20]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [16]
  • MC: Gold [18]
  • RMNZ: Platinum [57]
Ultimate Prince
  • Released: August 22, 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
6622121939103793
4Ever
  • Released: November 22, 2016
  • Label: NPG / Warner Bros.
3336644087102121
Anthology: 1995–2010
  • Released: August 17, 2018 [58]
  • Label: NPG / Legacy
[A] 197100
A ^ Anthology: 1995–2010 did not enter the US Billboard 200, put peaked at number 85 on the Current Album Sales component chart. [59]

Internet albums

This section lists albums that have only been made available for download on the internet.

TitleAlbum details
NPG Music Club Volume 1
  • Released: February 18, 2001
  • Label: NPG
NPG Music Club Volume 2
  • Released: March 22, 2001
  • Label: NPG
NPG Music Club Volume 3
  • Released: April 22, 2001
  • Label: NPG
NPG Music Club Volume 4
  • Released: May 15, 2001
  • Label: NPG
NPG Music Club Volume 5
  • Released: June 11, 2001
  • Label: NPG
NPG Music Club Volume 6
  • Released: July 7, 2001
  • Label: NPG
NPG Music Club Volume 7
  • Released: August 28, 2001
  • Label: NPG
NPG Music Club Volume 8
  • Released: September 18, 2001
  • Label: NPG
NPG Music Club Volume 9
  • Released: October 16, 2001
  • Label: NPG
NPG Music Club Volume 10
  • Released: November 15, 2001
  • Label: NPG
NPG Music Club Volume 11
  • Released: December 15, 2001
  • Label: NPG
NPG Music Club Volume 12
  • Released: January 17, 2002
  • Label: NPG
Lotusflow3r
(download version including "The Morning After" replacing "Crimson and Clover")
  • Released: March 24, 2009
  • Label: NPG

Albums credited to Madhouse

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[4]
8
  • Released: January 21, 1987
  • Label: Paisley Park
107
16
  • Released: November 18, 1987
  • Label: Paisley Park

Albums credited to The New Power Generation

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[4]
US
R&B/
HH

[41]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[6]
GER
[8]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[12]
SWI
[13]
UK
[14]
Gold Nigga
  • Released: August 31, 1993
  • Label: NPG
Exodus
  • Released: March 27, 1995
  • Label: NPG
313411
Newpower Soul 2294724342340572238

Albums credited to The NPG Orchestra

TitleAlbum details
Kamasutra
  • Released: February 14, 1997 (limited edition cassette) [60]
  • Released: January 29, 1998 (limited edition CD as part of the 5-CD box set Crystal Ball / The Truth / Kamasutra )
  • Label: NPG

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