Prince singles discography

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Prince singles discography
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Singles117
Promotional singles41
Internet downloads23
Airplay-only songs5
Streams11
Extended plays13

Prince released several hundred songs both under his own name and under pseudonyms and/or pen names, as well as writing songs which have been recorded by other artists. Estimates of the actual number of songs written by Prince (released and unreleased) range anywhere from 500 to well over 1,000. He has released 117 singles, 41 promotional singles, 24 internet singles, and eight internet downloads.

Contents

Overview

After signing a contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1977 at age 18, he released his debut album For You the following year. Prince's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 was "Soft and Wet" (1978), which peaked at number 92. The following year, he released "I Wanna Be Your Lover", which became a top-40 hit in several countries and peaked at number 11 in the United States; it topped the Billboard R&B chart in early 1980. The album Prince spawned a top-20 R&B hit single ("Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?") and a top-five dance hit ("Sexy Dancer"). His next two albums, Dirty Mind (1980) and Controversy (1981), furthered his success on the dance/R&B charts, spawning the top-five hits "Dirty Mind", "Uptown", "Head", "Controversy", and "Let's Work". In 1982, Prince released the album 1999 , which spawned the Billboard Hot 100 hits "1999", "Little Red Corvette", and "Delirious" throughout 1983, during which time he earned distinction as one of the first black artists to be played on MTV alongside Michael Jackson. Purple Rain (1984) gave Prince two American number one singles ("When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy") while the three other singles, "Purple Rain", "I Would Die 4 U", and "Take Me with U" became worldwide top-10 hits and established him as one of the most popular performers of the decade. [1]

Throughout 1985 and 1986, Prince scored the worldwide top-40 hits "Raspberry Beret", "Pop Life", "Paisley Park", "America", "Girls & Boys", "Mountains", and "Anotherloverholenyohead", [2] as well as the number-one hit "Kiss", from the musically diverse albums Around the World in a Day and Parade . His 1987 double-album Sign o' the Times garnered a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and spawned the top-20 hits "Sign o' the Times", "If I Was Your Girlfriend", "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" and "U Got the Look". His success in Europe and Asia increased throughout the late-1980s with his 1988 album Lovesexy which crafted the top-40 hits "Alphabet St.", "Glam Slam", and "I Wish U Heaven". Prince closed the 1980s recording the soundtrack to the massively successful 1989 film Batman , which included the worldwide number-one hit "Batdance" as well as the top 20 hits "Partyman", "Scandalous!", "The Future" and "The Arms of Orion". By the end of the decade, he had amassed the most entries on the Hot 100 of any act in the previous 10 years, [3] including six worldwide number-one singles. [2]

Prince entered the 1990s with the soundtrack to Graffiti Bridge ; the album spawned the top-10 hit "Thieves in the Temple" and the top-40 hit "New Power Generation". His 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls spawned several hit singles including the title track, the number-one hit "Cream", "Insatiable", "Money Don't Matter 2 Night", "Gett Off", and "Thunder". The 1992 follow-up record, the Love Symbol Album , scored several top-40 hits including "Sexy MF", "My Name is Prince", "7", "Damn U", and "The Morning Papers". Prince's first compilation album, The Hits/The B-Sides (1993) included the top-40 hits "Pink Cashmere" and "Peach", while his 1994 album Come scored the hits "Letitgo" and "Space". [2] That same year, he released a duet with Nona Gaye, "Love Sign" taken from his compilation album 1-800-NEW-FUNK .

In 1994, he released "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", the second most successful hit of his career after "When Doves Cry" 10 years earlier; the single reached the top 10 of 20 countries worldwide. [2] The song's album in question, The Gold Experience , was released the following year and hit the top 40 with the singles "I Hate U" (Prince's last original single to reach the United States top 40), "Gold", and "Endorphinmachine" (in Japan), while the promotional single "Purple Medley", a remix of his greatest hits, reached the top 20 worldwide. After scoring the UK Top 40 hit "Dinner with Delores" in 1996, Prince released the triple CD set Emancipation which spawned the top-20 hits "Betcha by Golly, Wow", "The Holy River", and "Somebody's Somebody" throughout 1996 and 1997. A re-release of the hit song "1999" in 1998 brought Prince back to the pop charts. "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold", released in late 1999, became a moderate worldwide success as Prince's single releases became less frequent.

Prince has sold over 150 million records worldwide, [4] including 48.9 million certified units in the United States, 4.7 million in France [5] and over 5 million records in the United Kingdom, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He has accumulated five US number-one singles and fifteen worldwide number 1 hits, as well as 8 worldwide number one albums. He was the most successful artist on the Billboard charts from 1980 to 2000, scoring 8 number 1 R&B singles and 7 number 1 Dance singles (tied for second place for male entertainers with Enrique Iglesias and Michael Jackson). He has scored over 50 top 40 hits around the world since 1979. He has been ranked as the 21st most successful sales act of all time, [6] the 26th most successful chart artist worldwide, [7] including 27 overall number-one entries, [8] and being the most successful chart act of the 1980s, [3] as well as the 10th most successful chart act of the 1990s. [9] Prince has scored at least one top-40 hit every year from 1979 until 1999. [2]

His most commercial period was from 1982's 1999 to 1996's Emancipation, however, he has maintained a loyal audience since and experienced a commercial resurgence with 2004's Musicology. The title track and "Call My Name" reached top 40 positions. In 2006, several compositions including "Black Sweat", "Fury", and "Te Amo Corazon" reached the top 20 of charts throughout Europe and Asia. Art Official Age was released in September 2014 reaching all major Top 40 markets. Prince's penultimate album, Hit n Run Phase One , was released on CD and for download on September 14, 2015. His final album, Hit n Run Phase Two , was meant as a continuation of this, and was released on Tidal for streaming and download on December 12, 2015. [10] After a series of warm-up shows at Paisley Park in late January 2016, Prince embarked on the Piano & A Microphone Tour, a tour that saw his show stripped back to only him and a custom piano on stage, commencing in Melbourne, Australia, on February 16, 2016, to critical acclaim prior to his death. [11]

Singles

1970s–1980s

List of singles released in the 1970s and 1980s decades, showing selected chart positions, certifications, and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[12]
US
R&B

[13]
AUS
[14]
CAN
[15]
FRA
[16]
GER
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
"Soft and Wet"19789212 For You
"Just as Long as We're Together"91
"I Wanna Be Your Lover"19791116225341 Prince
"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"198013
"Still Waiting"65
"Sexy Dancer" (UK and Japan only)
"Bambi" (Netherlands and Belgium only)
"Uptown" [upper-alpha 1] 5 Dirty Mind
"Head" (Philippines only)
"Dirty Mind"65
"Do It All Night" (UK only)1981
"Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" (UK only)Non-album single
"Controversy"7031552 Controversy
"Let's Work" [upper-alpha 2] 9
"Sexuality" (Germany and Australia only)198288
"Do Me, Baby" [upper-alpha 3]
"1999"12426327542 [RI] 1999
"Little Red Corvette"19836118594122 [RI]
"Delirious"8182733
"Let's Pretend We're Married"5255
"Automatic" (Australia only)
"When Doves Cry" [A] 198411111116218174 Purple Rain
"Let's Go Crazy" [A] 1110250137
"Purple Rain" [A] 2333158546
"I Would Die 4 U" [A] 811961212358
"Take Me with U" [A] 198525407
"Raspberry Beret" [A] 231383635225 Around the World in a Day
"Paisley Park" [A] (Europe and Australia only)382618
"Pop Life" [A] 7867116654460
"America" [A] 4635
"Kiss" [A] 198611242421036 Parade
"Mountains" [A] 231545323745
"Anotherloverholenyohead" [A] 63183636
"Girls & Boys" [A] (Europe only)272711
"Sign o' the Times"19873129201535471110 Sign o' the Times
"If I Was Your Girlfriend"6712188481520
"U Got the Look"211902218961811
"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"101433929
"Alphabet St."198883141447181159 Lovesexy
"Glam Slam"44331229
"I Wish U Heaven"18532424
"Batdance"198911215101112 Batman
"Partyman"185383132162514
"The Arms of Orion" (with Sheena Easton)361084427
"Scandalous!" (limited release)595
"—" denotes a single that was not released or did not chart in the region.

1990s

List of singles released in the 1990s decade, showing selected chart positions, certifications, and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[12]
US
R&B/HH

[13]
AUS
[14]
CAN
[15]
FRA
[16]
GER
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
"The Future" (Europe only)19903915 Batman
"Thieves in the Temple"611652154127 Graffiti Bridge
"New Power Generation"64279126
"Gett Off" [B] 19912168259713131334 Diamonds and Pearls
"Cream" [B] 1 [upper-alpha 4] 2252153315
"Insatiable" [B] (US only; limited release)773
"Diamonds and Pearls" [B] 311352028812725
"Money Don't Matter 2 Night" [B] 199223141819264820342319
"Thunder" [B] (Europe only)28
"Sexy MF" [B] 667651119116584 Love Symbol
"My Name Is Prince" [B] 3625752919915147
"7" [B] 76125377122827
"Damn U" [B] (US only; limited release) [upper-alpha 5] 32
"The Morning Papers" [B] 199344388783152
"Pink Cashmere"5014877 The Hits/The B-Sides
"Peach"28354515391314
"Controversy" (re-issue; UK only)5
"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"199432165911311 The Gold Experience
"Letitgo"3110222046452472130 Come
"Space" (limited release)7191
"Purple Medley" (limited release)199584744033Non-album single
"I Hate U"123332562223120The Gold Experience
"Gold"88929439581910
"Dinner with Delores" (UK and Australia only)199612136 Chaos and Disorder
"Betcha by Golly Wow!" [upper-alpha 6] [upper-alpha 7] 18962242711 Emancipation
"The Holy River"1997 [upper-alpha 8] 138319219
"The Truth" [36] The Truth
"1999" (re-issue)19984045478610 1999
"The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"199963237965 Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
"1999" (1999 re-issue) [upper-alpha 9] 401999
"—" denotes a single that was not released or did not chart in the region.

2000s

List of singles released in the 2000s decade, showing selected chart positions and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[12]
US
R&B/HH

[13]
AUS
[14]
GER
[17]
IRE
[38]
NLD
[39]
NOR
[40]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone)2000 [upper-alpha 10] 108 The Chocolate Invasion
"When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild)Non-album single
"Supercute"2001The Chocolate Invasion
"The Work, pt. 1" The Rainbow Children
"Days of Wild" (2002 version) [B] 2002Non-album singles
"Controversy" (live in Hawaii) [B] 2004
"Musicology" [upper-alpha 11] 4429321927 Musicology
"Cinnamon Girl"893443
"S.S.T."2005 [upper-alpha 12] [upper-alpha 13] Non-album single
"Te Amo Corazón"67581124 3121
"Black Sweat"200660838041295243
"Fury"47729260
"Guitar"200713296381 Planet Earth
"F.U.N.K."Non-album single
"Dance 4 Me"2009 [upper-alpha 14] MPLSound
"—" denotes a single that was not released or did not chart in the region.

2010s–2020s

List of singles released in the 2010s and 2020s decades, showing selected chart positions and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Adult
R&B

[43]
US
R&B

[44]
US
R&B/HH
Digital

[27]
US
R&B/HH
Sales

[42]
UK
[21]
"Extraloveable" (featuring Andy Allo) [SV] 2011 Hit n Run Phase Two
"Rock and Roll Love Affair" [SV] 2012 [upper-alpha 15] 7121
"Screwdriver" [C] [SV] 2013 [upper-alpha 16]
"Fixurlifeup" [C] Plectrumelectrum
"Breakfast Can Wait"26271 Art Official Age
"Pretzelbodylogic" [C] 201490Plectrumelectrum
"Fallinlove2nite" (featuring Zooey Deschanel) [47] [SV] 29113 Hit n Run Phase One
"Breakdown" [upper-alpha 17] 49Art Official Age
"Baltimore" [48] [SV] 2015Hit n Run Phase Two
"Hardrocklover" [49] Hit n Run Phase One
"This Could B Us" [50] 19
"Free Urself" [51] Non-album single
Posthumous
"Nothing Compares 2 U" (original studio version)201821 Originals
"Mary Don't You Weep" [52] Piano and a Microphone 1983
"Rock 'n' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives in Minneapolis)" [53] 2019Non-album single
"Holly Rock"Originals
"I Feel for You" (acoustic demo) [upper-alpha 18] Non-album single
"Sign o' the Times" (limited edition 7" vinyl box set)2020 Sign o' the Times Deluxe
"Welcome 2 America" [54] 2021 Welcome 2 America
"Do Me, Baby" (demo) [55] Non-album single
"Diamonds and Pearls" (live at Glam Slam) [56] 2022 Diamonds and Pearls Deluxe
"All a Share Together Now"2023 [upper-alpha 19] Non-album singles
"7" (E flat version)
"Alice Through the Looking Glass"Diamonds and Pearls Deluxe
"Insatiable" (early mix – full version)
"Get Blue"
"Live 4 Love"
"Daddy Pop" (12" mix)
"Darkside"
"United States of Division"2024Non-album singles
"Magnificent"
"Silver Tongue"
"—" denotes a single that was not released or did not chart in the region.
SV 1 2 3 4 5 Single version differs from the album version.
RI 1 2 "1999" and "Little Red Corvette" originally reached #25 and #54 respectively upon their 1983 UK release. Their peak (#2) was as part of a double A-side reissue in early 1985. [58]

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing selected chart positions and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[12]
US
R&B/HH

[13]
US
Dance

[59]
NLD
Tip

[60]
UK
[21]
"When You Were Mine" [upper-alpha 20] 1980 Dirty Mind
"D.M.S.R."1983 1999
"Another Lonely Christmas"1984 [upper-alpha 21] "I Would Die 4 U" single
"Erotic City" [upper-alpha 22] [upper-alpha 23] 1"Let's Go Crazy" single
"Hot Thing" [upper-alpha 24] 198763144 Sign o' the Times
"The Cross"
"Trust"1989 Batman
"Willing and Able"1992 Diamonds and Pearls
"Nothing Compares 2 U" [upper-alpha 25] 1993 [upper-alpha 26] 62 The Hits/The B-Sides
"Pope"1994
"Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) [upper-alpha 27] [upper-alpha 28] 1-800-NEW-FUNK
"Come" Come
"Pussy Control" [63] 1995 The Gold Experience
"Dolphin"
"Endorphinmachine"
"Slave"1996 Emancipation
"Somebody's Somebody" [upper-alpha 29] 1997 [upper-alpha 30] 19
"Face Down"
"I Can't Make U Love Me"
"The One" [B] 1998 [upper-alpha 31] Newpower Soul
"Extraordinary"1999 [upper-alpha 32] The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale
"The Rest of My Life"
"5 Women"
"It's About That Walk"
"Baby Knows" Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
"Man'O'War"2000 [upper-alpha 33]
"She Loves Me 4 Me"2001 [upper-alpha 34] The Rainbow Children
"Last December"2002
One Nite Alone... Live EP One Nite Alone... Live!
Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas2003 Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas DVD
"Call My Name"20047527 Musicology
"The Song of the Heart"2006 Happy Feet
"Beautiful, Loved & Blessed" (with Támar Davis) [upper-alpha 35] [upper-alpha 36] 3121
"Chelsea Rodgers"2007 Planet Earth
"Future Baby Mama"39
"The One U Wanna C"14
"U're Gonna C Me"2009 MPLSound
"Clouds"2014 [upper-alpha 37] Art Official Age
"17 Days" (piano version)2018 Piano and a Microphone 1983
"My Computer" (featuring Kate Bush)2019Emancipation
"Hot Summer"2021 Welcome 2 America

Other charted songs

This section includes songs that were not released as commercial or promotional singles, but charted in the US due to airplay by radio stations or digital song sales.

List of charting songs not released as singles or promotional singles
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Digital

[62]
US
R&B/HH

[13]
US
R&B/HH
Airplay

[35]
US
R&B/HH
Digital

[27]
US
R&B
Digital

[30]
US
Rock

[65]
"Shhh"199562 The Gold Experience
"Satisfied"20077070 3121
"Better with Time"200978 MPLSound
"Funknroll"20144623 Art Official Age
"1000 X's and O's"201641 Hit n Run Phase One
Posthumous
"Adore"2016332317 Sign o' the Times
"The Beautiful Ones"473122 Purple Rain
"Darling Nikki"2620169
"Baby I'm a Star" [A] 492130
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (live)
(with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn, Steve Winwood, and Dhani Harrison)
10 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Vol. 8: 2004–2005
"Purple Rain" (Piano and a Microphone 1983 version)20186 Piano and a Microphone 1983

Internet downloads

In this section all full songs are listed that have only been made available for download on the internet.

List of Internet download singles
TitleYearWebsite
"One Song"2000Love4OneAnother.com
"Cybersingle"NPGOnlineLtd.com
"Bataclan"2004 NPGMusicClub.com
"Glasscutter"2005
"Live from Paisley Park"
"Strange Relationship" (Live in Minneapolis)
"Guitar" (original "demo" version)20073121.com
"Love" (acoustic version)
"Rock and Roll Love Affair" (Remix 7)20133rdeyegirl.com
"Screwdriver" (Remix) [C]
"Boyfriend" (Demo) [C]
"That Girl Thang" [C]
"Live Out Loud" [C]
"Ain't Gonna Miss U When U're Gone"
(featuring Ledisi)
"Extraloveable Reloaded"
"Menstrual Cycle" [C]
"Octopus Heart" [C]
"Groovy Potential"
"The Sweeter She Is" [C]
"Something in the Water" (Paisley Park Rehearsal) [C]
"Da Bourgeoisie"
"What If" [C] 2015Live Nation email download
"The X's Face"

"Extraloveable Reloaded" and "Groovy Potential" were finally included on the album HITnRUN Phase Two (2015). "The X's Face" was later included on the album HITnRUN Phase One (2015).

Streams

This section lists full songs that have only been made available to stream over the internet by Prince or a third-party affiliated to Prince, or to which Prince delivered a song for streaming purposes like music streaming services.

List of stream singles
TitleYearWebsite/Streaming service
"U're Still the One"1999Love4OneAnother.com
"Xylophone"2003 NPGMusicClub.com
"In a Large Room with No Light"2009Montreuxjazz.com
"Purple and Gold" [66] 2010Vikings.com
"Cause and Effect" [67] 89.3 The Current website
"Hot Summer" [68]
"Rich Friends" [69] KTU.com
"Same Page, Different Book" [C] 20133rdeyegirl.com
"Stare"2015Spotify, Tidal
"Pretzelbodylogic Reloaded"Tidal
"If Eye Could Get Ur Attention"
"Black Muse" (Edited Version)2016
"Little Red Corvette" / "Dirty Mind" (live)
"Rock 'n' Roll Is Alive (And It Lives in Minneapolis)"2019Spotify, Tidal

"Stare" was included on the album HITnRUN Phase Two (2015). "Hot Summer" was later released as a promotional single and included on the album Welcome 2 America (2021). "Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives in Minneapolis)" was released as a single in April 2019 and was originally released as the b-side of the single "Gold" in 1995.

Songs appearing on various artist compilations

TitleYearAlbum
"4 the Tears in Your Eyes"1985 We Are the World
"Good Love"1988 Bright Lights, Big City soundtrack
"2045: Radical Man"2000 Bamboozled soundtrack
"Purple House"2004 Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
"The Song of the Heart"2006 Happy Feet soundtrack
"A Case of U"2007 A Tribute to Joni Mitchell

Extended plays

List of extended plays, showing selected details and chart positions
TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
US
[70]
US
R&B/
HH

[71]
AUS
[14]
AUT
[72]
GER
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
The Scandalous Sex Suite EP
(featuring Kim Basinger)
  • Released: December 1, 1989
  • Label: Warner Bros.
25
New Power Generation Remixes
  • Released: November 29, 1990
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
Gett Off Remix EP [B]
  • Released: August 12, 1991
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
33
Cream Remixes [B]
  • Released: November 4, 1991
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
My Name Is Prince Remixes [B]
  • Released: October 22, 1992
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
51
7 Remixes [B]
  • Released: December 3, 1992
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
The Beautiful Experience
  • Released: May 17, 1994 [73]
  • Label: NPG, Bellmark
922914162947418
Letitgo Remixes
  • Released: September 27, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
Space Remixes
  • Released: November 1, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
I Hate U Remixes
  • Released: September 19, 1995
  • Label: NPG, Warner Bros.
NYC
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: NPG
1999: The New Master [A] [B]
  • Released: February 2, 1999
  • Label: NPG
15058
The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Remixes
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: NPG, Arista
163
The Breakfast Experience [74] [75] [76] [77]
  • Released: October 24, 2013
  • Label: NPG
1999(EP version) [78]
  • Released: April 20, 2018
  • Label: NPG
[upper-alpha 38]

Notes

A ^ With the Revolution
B ^ With the New Power Generation
C ^ With 3rd Eye Girl

See also

Notes

  1. "Uptown" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [25]
  2. "Let's Work" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [26]
  3. "Do Me, Baby" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 35 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales component chart. [27]
  4. "Cream" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 20 on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart. [30]
  5. "Damn U" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [31]
  6. "Betcha by Golly Wow!" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 the Mainstream Top 40 chart [33] and number 31 on the Radio Songs component chart. [34]
  7. "Betcha by Golly Wow!" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number ten on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay component chart. [35]
  8. "The Holy River" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 the Mainstream Top 40 chart [33] and number 58 on the Radio Songs component chart. [34]
  9. Prince's second re-issue of "1999" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 68 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart on January 29, 2000. [37]
  10. "U Make My Sun Shine" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 59 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. [41]
  11. "Musicology" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 20 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [31]
  12. "S.S.T." did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [31]
  13. "S.S.T." did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 22 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales component chart. [42]
  14. "Dance 4 Me" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number seven on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales component chart. [42]
  15. "Rock and Roll Love Affair" did not enter the Adult R&B Songs chart, but peaked at number 22 on the Adult Contemporary chart. [45]
  16. "Screwdriver" did not enter the UK Singles Chart Top 100, but debuted and peaked at number 49 on the UK Independent Singles Chart. [46]
  17. "Breakdown" did not enter the Hot R&B Songs chart, but peaked at number 19 on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart. [30]
  18. "I Feel for You (Acoustic Demo)" did not enter the Hot R&B Songs chart, but peaked at number eight on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart. [30]
  19. "All a Share Together Now" did not enter the UK Singles Chart Top 100, but debuted and peaked at number 90 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart. [57]
  20. "When You Were Mine" was also the B-side of the "Controversy" single.
  21. "Another Lonely Christmas" charted for one week at number 5 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart. [61]
  22. "Erotic City" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 34 on the Digital Song Sales component chart. [62]
  23. "Erotic City" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 24 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales component chart. [27]
  24. "Hot Thing" was also the B-side of the "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" single.
  25. "Nothing Compares 2 U" was also the B-side of the "Peach" single.
  26. "Nothing Compares 2 U" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [31]
  27. "Love Sign" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 72 on the Radio Songs component chart. [34]
  28. "Love Sign" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart but peaked at number 32 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay component chart. [35]
  29. "Somebody's Somebody" was also the B-side of "The Holy River" single.
  30. "Somebody's Somebody" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart but peaked at number 15 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay component chart. [35]
  31. "The One" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart but peaked at number 44 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay component chart. [35]
  32. "Extraordinary" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart but peaked at number 23 on the Adult R&B Airplay component chart. [43]
  33. "Man'O'War" peaked at number 22 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [64]
  34. "She Loves Me 4 Me" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart but peaked at number 31 on the Adult R&B Airplay component chart. [43]
  35. "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed" was also the B-side of the "Black Sweat" single.
  36. "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart but peaked at number 25 on the Adult R&B Airplay component chart. [43]
  37. "Clouds" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 24 on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart. [30]
  38. The 1999 EP did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 60 on the Top Album Sales component chart. [79]

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