Like many, I am trying to find light in the dark clouds of what has happened and has already been recognized several times, the sales of his music have been unbelieveable. See below from Billboard.

"Here are some fast facts about Prince on the new Billboard 200 chart:

– Prince’s Fifth No. 1 Album: The Very Best of Prince is the Purple One’s fifth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and first since 3121 bowed atop the list on April 8, 2006, spending one week at No. 1. He previously led the chart with the Batman soundtrack (six weeks in 1989), Around the World in a Day (three weeks in 1985) and Purple Rain (24 weeks at No. 1 in 1984 and 1985).

The Very Best of Prince previously debuted and peaked at No. 66 on the Aug. 18, 2001-dated chart.

– First Act With Nos. 1 & 2 Albums in More Than 10 Years: Prince is the first act to concurrently chart the Nos. 1 and 2 albums on the Billboard 200 since Nelly’s simultaneously released Suit and Sweat albums debuted at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Oct. 2, 2004-dated chart. Before that, Guns N’ Roses also released a pair of albums at the same time, which also started at Nos. 1 and 2 the same week: Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. They launched at Nos. 2 and 1, respectively on Oct. 5, 1991, and remained in those positions, side-by-side, for a second week (Oct. 12).

Prior to Guns N’ Roses, the feat last occurred on Feb. 2, 1974, when Jim Croce held down the top rungs with You Don’t Mess Around With Jim, and his posthumously released I Got a Name (No. 2). Croce died on Sept. 20, 1973, and subsequently, his You Don’t Mess Around With Jim album (powered by the posthumous Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single “Time In a Bottle”) rose to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Jan. 12, 1974, and spent five weeks at No. 1. His fifth and final studio album, I Got a Name, was released in late 1973, and climbed to its peak of No. 2 on Jan. 26, 1974.

– The First Greatest Hits Album at No. 1 since 2007: The Very Best of Prince is the first greatest hits compilation to reach No. 1 in more than nine years. The last traditional hits compilation from an artist to top the tally was The Notorious B.I.G.’s Greatest Hits on March 24, 2007.

Since then, the chart’s top slot has housed a couple albums which are somewhat like a hits package, but aren’t traditional best-of sets. The soundtrack to Michael Jackson’s This Is It debuted at No. 1 on Nov. 14, 2009, and included many of Jackson’s biggest singles, but operated as a soundtrack -- not an authoritative best-of. Then, in 2013, Garth Brooks’ box set Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences, hit No. 1. The six-CD package, exclusively sold through Walmart and Sam’s Club, boasted four discs of Brooks covering songs that influenced his career. The remaining two discs were his previously released The Ultimate Hits best-of, first issued as a stand-alone album in 2007.

– Purple Rain’s 100^th Week on the Chart: The smash soundtrack to Prince’s first film returns to the list for a 100^th cumulative week. The album was last on the chart dated Nov. 8, 2014, and has appeared frequently on the chart since 2012. The album’s original chart run lasted from July 14, 1984 (where it debuted at No. 11), through Nov. 23, 1985. The set didn’t return to the list until 2012. (Note: Between May of 1991 and December of 2009, older albums -- referred to as catalog -- were mostly barred from charting on the Billboard 200. In December 2009, the chart began allowing catalog titles back onto the chart, clearing the way for Purple Rain’s return in 2012.)

With 24 weeks at No. 1, Purple Rain is tied with Saturday Night Fever for the third-most weeks at No. 1 by a soundtrack. Ahead of them: only South Pacific (31 weeks at No. 1) and West Side Story (54 weeks).

– 18 Top 10 Albums: With The Very Best of Prince and The Hits/The B-Sides visiting the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for the first time, Prince ups his total of top 10 albums to 18.

– Eight Prince Albums Are on the Billboard 200: In addition to his trio of titles in the top 10, Prince also returns to the chart with 1999 (No. 31), another greatest hits package, Ultimate (No. 61), Sign ‘O’ the Times (No. 95), HITnRun: Phase One (No. 147) and his self-titled album (No. 160)."

[Edited 4/25/16 6:47am]