Let's toast to mediocrity.

Anyone from the uk whos interested these are some of the numbers i remember (from actually being around at the time ... im old now and my memory is dodgy so they may be wrong)
Purple Rain 7
Around the World In A Day 5
Parade 3
Sign O the Times 3
Lovesexy 1
Batman 1
Graffitti Bridge 1
Diamonds and Pearls 2
(Damn Simply Red - Mich Hucknell looks like a ginger Yoda!)
Come 1
Gold Experience 4
Emancipation 8
Musicology 3

Persian said:

I thought D & P charted at No1... But youre probably right. It took a while for P to really catch on over here in the UK, but we certainly stayed loyal for a while once he made his mark. Wasnt the Symbol album a no1 too?

Its quite hard to believe he has only ever had one no1 single over here tho'. TMBGITW... Do you think 3121 has the potential to give him his 2nd?

and for those who care. Prince's charted albums since his last # 1 , Batman. All according to the Billboard 200 chart.

Graffiti Bridge ; # 6
Diamonds & Pearls : 3
: 5
Hits/B-Sides : 19
Hits 1 : 46
Hits 2 : 54
Come : 15
The Black Album : 47
The Gold Experience : 6
Girl 6 : 75
Choas & Disorder : 26
Emancipation : 11
Crystal Ball : 62
New Power Soul : 22
The Vault : 85
Rave Un2 : 18
Very Best Of : 66
The Rainbow Children : 109
Musicology : 3

As little as I think of the album, I'm happy for Prince and he deserves a number one album for all the great work he's done. Of course, it doesn't mean anything in the long term for an artist, but it seems important to him and many of his fans, so here's a toast to his Purple Majesty. Now get back to making exciting music and we're all happy.

"the Hall of Famer will most probably notch up his first #1 since that Batman soundtrack, and it’ll be his first studio album to top the chart since Around the World in a Day in 1985"

Where do they think he made the Batman album, in the Batcave?

newpower99 said:

Rainbow Children

jthad1129 said:

We won't even talk about NEWS...

TimeKeeper said:

wet blanket, wet blanket

TimeKeeper said:

wet blanket, wet blanket

omnithanos said:

That's what I was wondering

wasitgood4u said:

i guess they mean his first non-soundtrack album...but it is worded dorky.

PurpleCharm said:

i really dont think its appropriate to be labeling folks names like that...you've got your opinion...timekeeper has his/her....if your happy..be happy..

if keeper wants to be bitter, let em....

but please...we've grown up since the whole asskisser/naysayers days..lets not get back into that stupid childish crap...

thanks...

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news06111
ONE-DAY SALES:
THE PRINCE OF TIDES

Through the Shifting Currents of the Music Biz, One Legend Continues to Walk on Water

March 22, 2006

In the early going, Prince’s new album on Universal Republic, 3121, is trending just shy of 200k and has a shot at hitting that sales plateau, depending on how much Starbucks weighs in. What’s stunning about this activity is that the Purple One is pulling it off without a tour, extensive radio play or iTunes (he hasn’t yet made the LP available to online services). That means the Hall of Famer will most probably notch up his first #1 since that Batman soundtrack, and it’ll be his first studio album to top the chart since Around the World in a Day in 1985.That said, we won’t completely rule out incumbent High School Musical (Walt Disney Records), which airs again this week on the Disney Channel. That could conceivably generate another 15-20% bump, which still wouldn’t quite get it over the hump, but this release is a bona fide phenomenon, so anything is possible.

The next big debut is from Virgin’s Ben Harper, which should move over 50k units and possibly top 60k, depending on the total generated by downloads on iTunes, where the Inland Empire icon is currently #1.

Other chart-worthy bows are from rapper B.G. (Koch), which should wind up at 55k-60k; teen rocker Teddy Geiger (Columbia), who’s #3 on iTunes and heading past 40k with a shot at 50k in an impressive first week for a developing artist; a live LP with studio B-sides from My Chemical Romance (WB), which is looking 35k-40k-ish; and indie rockers From First to Last (Epitph/ADA), who are on the way to around 25k.

Dollying back to take in the big picture, ccording to our research, the market was down 2-3% vs. last week according to our research, and down about 4% compared to the same week last year. That puts year-to-date album sales down around 3%.
[Edited 3/22/06 10:49am]

sosgemini said:

Boy, what a difference a few months make.