JarviusLovesexy said:

Yes, which is why I specified on the Adult R&B chart.

renfield said:

Yeah but you said top ten

JarviusLovesexy said:

Yes, "Future Baby Mama" reached the TOP TEN on the ADULT R&B chart, a SEPARATE CHART from the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart. Just like Adult Contemporary is different from the Hot 100. Two different charts my friend.

renfield said:

When I said "the same chart", I meant US R&B, and according to the Wikipedia page, both are listed on THAT chart, as I noted, making "Betcha" the last top 10 anything he had in the US.

If you wanna nitpick, every damn chart ends up different anyway. Remember the hubbub over Lotus being #1 or #2 depending on the chart?

Not necessarily top 10 but the last proper release i.e. not a re-release or cover, in the UK that is, was, I think, The Holy River. So thats no proper physical release since 1996! And to think that Prince was the most successful singles artist of the 80's makes this even more perplexing.

ernestsewell said:

Surprisingly, Wikipedia is not always correct. "Betcha By Golly Wow!" is listed with his other main R&B top 100 hits because it looks foolish not to include such a big radio hit, but the fact remains it never appeared on the main Hot R&B singles chart, only the airplay chart. Much the same way No Doubt's "Don't Speak" topped Hot 100 airplay for 16 weeks, but never reached the Hot 100 because there was no physical, commercial single available in the US. According to Billboard chart rules at the time, songs had to be commercially released to chart on the Hot 100/Hot R&B singles chart. As the commercial singles market completely died at the end of the '90s, Billboard did away with that rule in December of 1998, allowing radio-only cuts to chart. Once downloads were added to the Hot 100 in 2005, it revitalized the sales component. The R&B chart still doesn't include downloads to this day, unfortunately.

And "Future Baby Mama" remains his last "top ten anything" in the US.
[Edited 11/23/09 13:45pm]

Yall are making it difficult than it seems.

US Pop Charts
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

UK
Gold

Was his last Top Ten on either chart(not counting the re-release of 1999)
[Edited 11/23/09 13:45pm]

The question "Does anyone out there know when prince last made the top 10 single pop charts in the us and uk?"
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JarviusLovesexy said:

LOL yep ~~~ Just kidding

JarviusLovesexy said:

You're right. I was just explaining to Ernest what his top ten activity on other charts has been since then (since he brought it up).

The fact remains that Prince's final appearance in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 chart (as an artist) was "TMBGITW," a no.3 hit in the late spring/early summer of 1994.

As a songwriter, he was credited on MoKenStef's "He's Mine," a no.6 hit on the Hot 100 in 1995. That song used a sample of "Do Me, Baby," which is why Prince is credited.

I believe "The Good Life" made a surprising re-entry in UK in 1997 (some years later than the original release), at # 17 or something

please correct this if I'm wrong.
[Edited 11/23/09 13:54pm]

thedance said:

It did.

JarviusLovesexy said:

Thank you funky congregation for paying attention. My question was specifically pop chart, not r & b chart, not adult contempary chart, and certainly not x-ray chart...yount...

dolorespark said:

lolol

JarviusLovesexy said:

My pop chart question was a set up. We know he hasn't charted singles like he used to. So here's the rabbit out of the hat.

Does Prince have the chops to write another classic to go all the way to number #1 on the US AND UK POP CHARTS????

Should it be his original, Should it be a cover, Should it be a duet....also for all of you Timbaland lovers forget about him producing a cut for Prince....Prince was allready doing splits when Timbalands diapers were being changed. Yount!!!