some light reading for your thanksgiving holiday .



info courtesy hanboo on ukmix.org .
http://www.ukmix.org/foru...hp?t=13100



* US SINGLES *
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( BILLBOARD HOT 100) (BU=Bubbling Under),( *#*=peak) , (#/#/# wks = weeks on chart/weeks top 10/ weeks #1)

1. SOFT AND WET
Written by: Prince
Date: 04/11/1978 - Run: (BU:101-102-103) 96-96-94-*92* (4 wks)

2. I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER
Written by: Prince
Date: 24/11/1979 - Run: 85-76-40-27-23-23-17-16-13-*11*-11-20-31-36-87-95 (16 wks) UK:#41/3

3. CONTROVERSY
Written by: Prince
Date: 24/10/1981 - Run: 90-80-77-74-*70*-70-76-76-81-97-97 (11 wks) UK:#5/5/1

4. 1999
Written by: Prince
Date: 30/10/1982 - Run: (BU:110-103) 81-71-61-55-53-49-44-44-65-65-77-97 (12 wks)
Re #01: 04/06/1983 70-52-39-33-23-15-13-*12*-12-17-18-27-42-75-95 (15 wks, 27 wsf)
Re #02: 16/01/1999 40 (1 wk)
Total # of weeks: 28-15c () (UK:#10/30/1)

5. LITTLE RED CORVETTE
Written by: Prince
Date: 26/02/1983 - Run: 66-62-54-37-27-24-19-17-12- 10-9-8-*6*-6-8-14-26-36-51-61-73-86 (22/6 wks) UK:#54/11

6. DELIRIOUS
Written by: Prince
Date: 03/09/1983 - Run: 74-55-37-30-21-17-13- *8*-8-8-8-11-18-54-73-94-99-99 (18/4 wks)

7. LET'S PRETEND WE'RE MARRIED / IRRESISTABLE BITCH
Written by: Prince
Date: 17/12/1983 - Run: 91-82-82-75-67-58-*52*-53-67-92 (10 wks)

8. WHEN DOVES CRY
Written by: Prince
Date: 02/06/1984 - Run: 57-36-17- 8-3-*1*-1-1-1-1-2-4-4-5-11-17-23-46-63-70-96 (21/11/5 wks) UK:#4/18/6

9. LET'S GO CRAZY (by Prince & The Revolution)
Written by: Prince
Date: 04/08/1984 - Run: 45-35-23-16- 8-6-4-2-*1*-1-2-5-8-17-32-58-72-78-93 (19/9/2 wks)

10. PURPLE RAIN (by Prince & The Revolution)
Written by: Prince
Date: 06/10/1984 - Run: 28-18- 9-4-3-3-*2*-2-4-15-26-54-54-72-78-91 (16/7 wks) UK:#8/14/2

11. I WOULD DIE 4 U (by Prince & The Revolution)
Written by: Prince
Date: 15/12/1984 - Run: 42-32-32-25-19-14- 10-*8*-10-19-32-47-66-74-97 (15/3 wks) UK:#58/8

12. TAKE ME WITH U (by Prince & The Revolution)
Written by: Prince
Date: 09/02/1985 - Run: 61-51-42-37-33-30-*25*-25-31-42-66-78 (12 wks)

13. RASPBERRY BERET (by Prince & The Revolution)
Written by: Prince
Date: 18/05/1985 - Run: 37-30-25-17-11- 4-4-3-3-*2*-7-14-21-32-52-67-97 (17/6 wks) UK:#25/11

14. POP LIFE (by Prince & The Revolution)
Written by: Prince
Date: 27/07/1985 - Run: 46-36-29-24-18-13- 10-9-*7*-13-21-42-59-90 (14/3 wks) UK:#60/2

15. AMERICA (by Prince & The Revolution)
Written by: Lisa Coleman/Matt Fink/Wendy Melvoin/Prince/Robert Rivkin
Date: 19/10/1985 - Run: 70-57-*46*-46-54-77-93 (7 wks)

16. KISS (by Prince & The Revolution)
Written by: Prince
Date: 22/02/1986 - Run: 52-41-28-15- 10-5-3-2-*1*-1-3-12-17-30-36-53-61-90 (18/7/2 wks) UK:#6/14/2

17. MOUNTAINS (by Prince & The Revolution)
Written by: Lisa Coleman/Wendy Melvoin/Prince
Date: 24/05/1986 - Run: 58-49-44-33-27-24-*23*-25-37-54-92 (11 wks) UK:#45/6

18. ANOTHERLOVERHOLENYOHEAD (by Prince & The Revolution)
Written by: Prince
Date: 19/07/1986 - Run: 86-76-67-*63*-63-68-70-84-85-95 (10 wks) UK:#36/3

19. SIGN 'O' THE TIMES
Written by: Prince
Date: 07/03/1987 - Run: 59-35-24-14-12- 7-4-*3*-5-6-17-35-49-80 (14/5 wks) UK:#10/9/1

20. IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
Written by: Prince
Date: 30/05/1987 - Run: 83-79-69-*67*-92-98 (6 wks) UK:#20/6

21. U GOT THE LOOK
Written by: Prince
Date: 01/08/1987 - Run: 67-61-54-43-35-29-20-15- 10-6-5-*2*-3-8-17-30-39-48-58-65-75-75- (22 wsf)
02/01/1988: 75-96-100 (25/6 wks) UK:#11/9

22. I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN
Written by: Prince
Date: 14/11/1987 - Run: 81-56-45-37-32-26-23-23-20-16-13-11- *10*-22-38-55-86 (17/1 wks) UK:#29/6

23. HOT THING
Written by: Prince
Date: 06/02/1988 - Run: 80-75-*63*-63-70-74-87-84-97 (9 wks)

24. ALPHABET ST.
Written by: Prince
Date: 30/04/1988 - Run: 62-49-33-27-19-15-12- 10-*8*-12-30-41-71 (13/2 wks) UK:#9/6/1

25. BATDANCE
Written by: Prince
Date: 17/06/1989 - Run: 53-41-22-12- 6-4-2-*1*-3-8-18-25-37-43-62-70-85-95 (18/6/1 wks) UK:#2/12/4

26. PARTYMAN
Written by: Prince
Date: 26/08/1989 - Run: 46-40-34-31-24-20-*18*-23-51-76 (10 wks) UK:#14/6

27. THE ARMS OF ORION (by Prince With Sheena Easton)
Written by: Prince
Date: 21/10/1989 - Run: 91-75-59-50-47-41-39-39-*36*-46-46-63-74-92 (14 wks) UK:#27/7

28. THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE
Written by: Prince
Date: 04/08/1990 - Run: 55-40-28-18-13-11- 7-*6*-8-22-44-67-86 (13/3 wks) UK:#7/6/2

29. NEW POWER GENERATION
Written by: Prince
Date: 03/11/1990 - Run: 70-67-*64*-67-89 (5 wks) UK:#26/4

30. GETT OFF (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Written by: Prince
Date: 17/08/1991 - Run: 66-78-71-55-47-41-31-25-*21*-22-30-49-63-81 (14 wks) UK:#4/8/3

31. CREAM (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Written by: Prince
Date: 28/09/1991 - Run: 46-32-17-11- 6-3-*1*-1-2-5-7-12-14-14- (14 wsf)
04/01/1992: 26-30-33-52-60-67 (20/7/2 wks) UK:#15/7

32. DIAMONDS AND PEARLS (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Written by: Prince
Date: 07/12/1991 - Run: 88-49-30-30-19-13- 6-6-4-4-*3*-4-5-7-9-17-21-31-35-45-50 (21/9 wks) UK:#25/6

33. INSATIABLE (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Written by: Prince
Date: 14/12/1991 - Run: 92-88-88-79-*77*-86-89 (7 wks)

34. MONEY DON'T MATTER 2 NIGHT (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Written by: Prince
Date: 28/03/1992 - Run: 90-62-42-33-31-28-26-*23*-25-37-47-67-90 (13 wks) UK:#19/5

35. SEXY M.F. (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Written by: Anthony Mosely/Prince/Levi Seacer
Date: 25/07/1992 - Run: *66*-73-79-97 (4 wks)

36. MY NAME IS PRINCE (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Written by: Anthony Mosely/Prince
Date: 10/10/1992 - Run: 70-52-*36*-43-50-55-59-66-78-97-97 (11 wks) UK:#7/5/2

37. 7 (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Written by: Prince
Date: 28/11/1992 - Run: 98-57-44-38-29-23-19-15-13- 10-8-8-8-*7*-11-13-20-23-27-33-36-39-47 (23/5 wks) UK:#27/6

38. THE MORNING PAPERS (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Written by: Prince
Date: 03/04/1993 - Run: (BU:110) 77-63-51-48-45-45-*44*-47-63-82-97 (11 wks) UK:#52/3

39. PINK CASHMERE
Written by: Prince
Date: 18/09/1993 - Run: 88-60-*50*-51-52-50-55-73-92 (9 wks)

40. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD
Written by: Prince
Date: 05/03/1994 - Run: 60-34-21-13-11- 9-8-6-*3*-3-3-4-4-5-8-10-11-15-19-21-22-26-31-43-45-49 (26/11 wks) UK:#1/13/6/2

41. LETITGO
Written by: Prince
Date: 20/08/1994 - Run: 79-38-44-38-35-*31*-33-31-38-41-58-68-77-93 (14 wks) UK:#30/8

42. PURPLE MEDLEY
Written by: Prince
Date: 01/04/1995 - Run: *84*-95 (2 wks) UK:#33/5

43. I HATE U
Written by: Prince
Date: 23/09/1995 - Run: 56-13-*12*-19-25-36-53-67-86-92 (10 wks)

44. GOLD
Written by: Prince
Date: 23/12/1995 - Run: *88*-100 (2 wks) UK:#10/15/1

45. THE GREATEST ROMANCE EVER SOLD
Written by: Prince
Date: 23/10/1999 - Run: 96-95-73-*63*-63-63-68-74-87-92-89-85-99 (13 wks) UK:#65/5

46. CALL MY NAME
Written by: Prince
Date: 21/08/2004 - Run: (BU:115-104-108-108-116-113-109-102-102) *75*-77-77-82-84-82-87-83-85-86-88-92-94-93-95-98-0-100-100 (18-16c wks)

47. BLACK SWEAT
Date: 11/03/2006 - Run: *60* (1 wk) UK:#43/5

* US SINGLES - BUBBLING UNDER *
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1. UP TOWN
Date: 25/10/1980 - Run: 106-102-102-102-104-*101* (6 wks)

2. LET'S WORK
Date: 30/01/1982 - Run: 109-107-*104* (3 wks)

3. DAMN U (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Date: 02/01/1993 - Run: *108*-108-117-114-116-121-124-0-124 (8-7c wks)

4. MUSICOLOGY
Date: 01/05/2004 - Run: 124-125-0-*120* (3-2c wks)

5. S.S.T. (SADE'S SWEETEST TABOO)
Date: 01/10/2005 - Run: *111* (1 wk)

* US ALBUMS *
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(BILLBOARD 200 )

1. FOR YOU
Date: 28/10/1978 - Run: 190-181-173-165-*163* (5 wks)

2. PRINCE
Date: 17/11/1979 - Run: 141-61-50-45-29-27-27- (7 wsf)
05/01/1980: 25-23-*22*-22-27-34-34-45-43-58-54-54-54-58-68-125-129-154-155-160-179 (28 wks)

3. DIRTY MIND
Date: 08/11/1980 - Run: 63-51-46-46-*45*-81-88-89- (8 wsf)
03/01/1981: 89-95-125-136-147-143-148-148-142-148-150-150-151-151-149-180-175-171-169-173-197-197-196 (31 wks)
Re #01: 13/10/1984 170-150-142-136-136-157-169-168-163-197-191-191- (43 wsf)
05/01/1985: 199-193-189-196-200-196-194-193-200 (21 wks)
Total # of weeks: 52-31c

4. CONTROVERSY
Date: 07/11/1981 - Run: 71-25-*21*-21-21-35-49-52- (8 wsf)
02/01/1982: 52-58-58-56-54-52-64-58-50-50-49-47-65-73-94-92-90-89-114-114-114-155-157-179 (32 wks)
Re #01: 25/08/1984 138-123-119-112-102-99-108-110-112-128-130-125-124-163-161-156-153-151-151- (51 wsf)
05/01/1985: 150-150-145-144-150-157-155-159-196-191-192-197 (31 wks, 63 wsf)
Re #02: 04/05/1985 183 (1 wk)
Total # of weeks: 64-32c ( Top 40: 5)

5. 1999
Date: 20/11/1982 - Run: 56-35-26-23-23-23- (6 wsf)
01/01/1983: 23-23-23-23-27-27-27-42-41-38-38-35-31-30-28-27-23-19-16-14-13- *9*-9-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-16-19-19-22-25-28-30-31-33-36-31-30-29-29-31-43-41-40-38-38-38- (59 wsf)
07/01/1984: 37-37-36-45-43-47-46-53-61-65-60-69-80-78-82-92-101-99-102-101-102-115-105-94-81-71-70-69-66-65-60-59-57-54-53-53-50-52-52-64-59-54-56-56-60-65-85-85-81-90-86-86- (111 wsf)
05/01/1985: 84-82-76-76-74-74-80-80-86-91-93-102-103-122-118-127-138-135-129-127-133-149-154-158-175-178-183-177-193-190-188-183-179-178-177-173-182-182-192-186-187-194 (153/11 wks)
Total # of weeks: 153 (Top 10: 11, Top 20: 18 Top 40: 57) UK:#30/23

6. PURPLE RAIN [Soundtrack] (by Prince & The Revolution)
Date: 14/07/1984 - Run: 11- 3-2-*1*-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1- (25 wsf)
05/01/1985: 1-1-2-3-3-5-7-7-11-11-18-18-21-22-23-27-38-47-52-63-63-61-73-81-87-106-104-101-114-115-110-106-115-110-105-111-108-105-114-114-131-140-154-148-149-154-183 (72/32/24 wks)
Re #01: 24/02/2007 143 (1 wk)
Total # of weeks: 73-72c (Top 10: 32, Top 20: 37 Top 40: 42, #1: 24) UK:#7/111/6

7. AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY (by Prince & The Revolution)
Date: 11/05/1985 - Run: 14- 5-2-*1*-1-1-2-4-4-3-4-5-5-8-9-12-11-11-11-12-15-15-25-28-30-29-34-46-52-58-72-97-107-109- (34 wsf)
04/01/1986: 109-123-137-160-171-195 (40/14/3 wks) UK:#5/20/2

8. PARADE (by Prince & The Revolution)
Date: 19/04/1986 - Run: 14- 6-*3*-3-3-4-5-7-7-9-14-19-20-22-24-31-34-43-54-63-67-68-83-105-127-138-155-187 (28/9 wks) UK:#4/26/2

9. SIGN OF THE TIMES
Date: 18/04/1987 - Run: 40-12- 8-*6*-6-9-12-14-16-22-30-39-44-48-44-51-61-52-51-47-47-48-45-45-43-42-45-45-49-54-56-61-64-65-64-60-55- (37 wsf)
02/01/1988: 55-55-53-48-49-50-58-72-84-87-92-100-109-132-146-167-166 (54/4 wks) UK:#4/37/2

10. LOVESEXY
Date: 28/05/1988 - Run: 41-16-*11*-14-17-19-23-29-35-40-52-75-98-113-128-138-147-189-0-191-154-183 (21-18c wks) UK:#1/34/2/1

11. BATMAN
Date: 08/07/1989 - Run: 29- 7-*1*-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-5-11-15-18-20-25-33-43-51-57-64-64-65-66-72-72- (26 wsf)
06/01/1990: 74-78-85-107-132-149-174-199 (34/10/6 wks) UK:#1/24/11/1

12. GRAFFITI BRIDGE
Date: 08/09/1990 - Run: 21- 10-*6*-6-8-14-20-32-45-52-54-62-71-88-111-135-135- (17 wsf)
05/01/1991: 150-161-164-183-193-183-200 (24/4 wks) UK:#1/8/2/1

(SOUNDSCAN ERA BEGINS)

13. DIAMONDS AND PEARLS (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Date: 19/10/1991 - Run: 5-5-4-*3*-6-7-12-15-16-20-20- (11 wsf)
04/01/1992: 23-15-14-11-11- 10-11-13-15-19-24-29-31-34-38-46-48-50-58-61-67-73-83-97-101-111-133-140-154-164-176-181-189-194 (45/7-6c wks) UK:#2/71/10

14. SYMBOL (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Date: 31/10/1992 - Run: *5*-8-10-18-32-38-52-58-70- (9 wsf)
02/01/1993: 73-64-54-55-46-42-42-44-51-55-58-58-63-63-68-75-88-93-103-121-141-150-159-177-199 (34/3 wks) UK:#1/26/3/1

15. THE HITS/THE B-SIDES [box]
Date: 02/10/1993 - Run: *19*-32-48-65-75-72-120-137-166-198-0-0-0- (10 wsf)
01/01/1994: 200-191 (12-10c wks) UK:#4/19/1

16. THE HITS 1
Date: 02/10/1993 - Run: *46*-47-60-64-71-76-91-102-121-148-154-153-180- (13 wsf)
01/01/1994: 178-170-168-161-174-189-198 (20 wks) UK:#5/35/4

17. THE HITS 2
Date: 02/10/1993 - Run: 55-*54*-69-80-91-93-110-128-135-154-170-173-195- (13 wsf)
01/01/1994: 196-199-175-157-177-188 (19 wks) UK:#5/33/5

18. THE BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE [EP]
Date: 04/06/1994 - Run: 144-107-*92*-100-113-115-113-132-127-157-179-189 (12 wks)

19. COME
Date: 03/09/1994 - Run: *15*-24-35-34-67-81-122-145-160-192 (10 wks) UK:#1/9/2/1

20. PRINCE (THE BLACK ALBUM)
Date: 10/12/1994 - Run: *47*-68-104-143- (4 wsf)
07/01/1995: 158-171-148-138-170-198-174 (11 wks)

21. THE GOLD EXPERIENCE
Date: 14/10/1995 - Run: *6*-17-39-44-75-92-124-184 (8/1 wks) UK:#4/16/1

22. GIRL 6 (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Date: 06/04/1996 - Run: *75*-88-132-157 (4 wks)

23. CHAOS AND DISORDER
Date: 27/07/1996 - Run: *26*-65-107-179 (4 wks) UK:#14/6

24. EMANCIPATION [box]
Date: 07/12/1996 - Run: *11*-38-58-66- (4 wsf)
04/01/1997: 63-72-97-79-82-89-96-97-92-107-100-112-140-153-187-183-189 (21 wks) UK:#18/17

25. CRYSTAL BALL
Date: 14/03/1998 - Run: 141-*62*-114-147-194 (5 wks) UK:#121/1

26. NEWPOWER SOUL (by Prince & The New Power Generation)
Date: 18/07/1998 - Run: *22*-56-71-89-103-131-159-196 (8 wks) UK:#38/7

27. 1999: THE NEW MASTER [EP] (by Prince & The Revolution)
Date: 20/02/1999 - Run: *150* (1 wk)

28. THE VAULT ... OLD FRIENDS 4 SALE
Date: 11/09/1999 - Run: *85*-128-114-130-166 (5 wks) UK:#47/2

29. RAVE UN2 THE JOY FANTASTIC
Date: 27/11/1999 - Run: *18*-42-90-101-104- (5 wsf)
01/01/2000: 96-98-115-107-126-134-142-154-182-197 (15 wks) UK:#145/1

30. THE VERY BEST OF
Date: 18/08/2001 - Run: 66-77-85-82-108-102-119-143-173-182 (10 wks)
Re #01: 23/02/2002 182 (1 wk, 11 wsf)
Re #02: 18/05/2002 165-149-135-170-160-153-178-192 (8 wks, 19 wsf)
Re #03: 12/10/2002 155-143-151-151-162-184 (6 wks, 25 wsf)
Re #04: 20/03/2004 191-178-94-76-86-100-67-*55*-68-80-88-101-109-108-130-167-166-193-183-197-200 (21 wks, 46 wsf)
Re #05: 24/02/2007 85-147 (2 wks)
Total # of weeks: 48-21c (UK:#2/66/5)

31. THE RAINBOW CHILDREN
Date: 08/12/2001 - Run: *109*-133 (2 wks)

32. MUSICOLOGY
Date: 08/05/2004 - Run: *3*-3-3-7-16- 8-4-5-6-5-15-64- 8-8-15- 7-9-3-7-9-13-12-127-158-172 (25/16-5c wks)
Top 10 re-entries: 3 UK:#3/9/1

33. 3121
Date: 08/04/2006 - Run: *1*-8-13-30-28-53-81-95-118-79-90-135-141-167-179 (15/2/1 wks) UK:#9/7/1

34. ULTIMATE
Date: 09/09/2006 - Run: *61*-130-162 (3 wks) UK:#6/12/3

35. PLANET EARTH
Date: 11/08/2007 - Run: *3*-11-20-41-51-76-81 (7/1 wks)
(THROUGH SEPT 7, 2007)

Very Informative, thanks for Posting

Thank you

Thanks. Good Stuff.

Thanks a bunch! Wow, I somehow got totally wrong info on The Greatest Romance on the Billboard chart. Cool to know that it was on the chart longer than I was lead to believe. Good deal.

audience1 said:

TGRES stuck around on the lower portion of the Hot 100 mainly feuled by its sucess on the R&B chart thanks to the release of the remix with Eve.


Thing that surprised me looking at this list was the time the 1999 album stayed on the charts . I always knew it stuck around awhile.. just never relilized it was close to 3 years on the charts (153 weeks)

Unbelievable! Thank you!

It's amazing to see the effect Purple Rain had on Prince's back catalogue. To a lesser extent, Musicology, The 2004 Grammy performance and the 2007 Super Bowl Halftime performance seem to have also given him a significant bump.

The bubbling under bits are fascinating. Poor "Uptown" and "Let's Work"! I'm also sure I read somewhere that "Peach" got to 107 based on the Bubbling Under chart.
[Edited 11/20/07 18:56pm]

And look how whacked out Musicology's chart run is. Prince certainly made the charts interesting with that one!

>>>I'm also sure I read somewhere that "Peach" got to 107 based on the Bubbling Under chart<<<

youre good. I recall something similar . must be a overlook by the author.


>>And look how whacked out Musicology's chart run is<<<

yeah you can tell the week he didnt have any shows.
[Edited 11/20/07 21:09pm]

I didn't read all that but I think you're hot.

I did read all of that
but I only think of you as a friend.

Thank you. both. i think.