The Very Best of Prince is heading to become Prince's #2 selling album of all time, behind Purple Rain of course.

Both 1999 and D&P have sold over 6 million copies world wide, however in the 2 weeks after Prince's death, TVBOP sold over 500,000 copies in the U.S. alone.

7 weeks now on the charts it is still selling strong world wide currently at #21 with over 32,000 copies sold.

The estimated sales so far for TVBOP combinding the old Platinum certification it received in 2002 stands at over 5 million copies world wide.

With steady sales and still in the TOP 50 it can surpass 1999 and D&P in the next few weeks.

breakdown2k14 said:

Why isn't this the very best of Prince on vinyl..?

I would have loved to buy this on LP..

thedance said:

Why isn't this the very best of Prince on vinyl..?

I would have loved to buy this on LP..

phase 1 and phase 2 is... fake though, but its on ebay...

endiadj said:

breakdown2k14 said:

Moonbeam said:

breakdown2k14 said:

This actually kinda sucks..Prince was against the release of this CD and its very far from being the "best of" prince .I would rather it be ultimate or the hits b sides CD instead

Agreed. It absolutely sucks as a compilation, from the track listing down to the misleading cover art. The response to his passing with all of these sales has been amazing, but The Hits/The B-Sides and Ultimate are far better compilations (and not that much more expensive).

I agree , for the casual fan this is a must.

Moonbeam said:

breakdown2k14 said:

This actually kinda sucks..Prince was against the release of this CD and its very far from being the "best of" prince .I would rather it be ultimate or the hits b sides CD instead

Agreed. It absolutely sucks as a compilation, from the track listing down to the misleading cover art. The response to his passing with all of these sales has been amazing, but The Hits/The B-Sides and Ultimate are far better compilations (and not that much more expensive).

Completely agree...

In terms of BEST selling PRINCE albums after his death, in order are:

1. THE VERY BEST OF PRINCE

2. PURPLE RAIN

3. THE HITS/THE B-SIDES

4. ULTIMATE PRINCE

5. 1999

I'm surprised Diamonds and Pearls didn't sell more than it has. It was a big hit back in 91/92 but didn't even re-enter the BB 200 after his death. Hell, even "For You" made the chart again.

The Hits/B-Sides is the only compilation worth having.

CharismaDove said:

I'm surprised Diamonds and Pearls didn't sell more than it has. It was a big hit back in 91/92 but didn't even re-enter the BB 200 after his death. Hell, even "For You" made the chart again.

It did re enter but I believe only for 1 or 2 weeks.

As a matter of fact all these albums re entered the BB 200 after his death, and exited just as fast...

FOR YOU

PRINCE

DIRTY MIND

CONTROVERSY

1999

PURPLE RAIN

PARADE

SIGN O' THE TIMES

LOVESEXY

BATMAN

DIAMONDS & PEARLS

LOVE SYMBOL

COME

THE HITS/THE B-SIDES

THE VERY BEST OF PRINCE

ULTIMATE PRINCE

AOA

PLECTRUM ELECTRUM

HITnRUN PHASE 1

HITnRUN PHASE 2

thisisreece said:

The Hits/B-Sides is the only compilation worth having.

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I'd agree it's far better than The Very Best of, however "Ultimate" is well worth having for the CD of remixes/extended versions that were previously only available on vinyl.

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all the great albums he put out and Diamonds And Pearls is his 3rd biggest selling album? lame.

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i'd put it nearly at the bottom of his works. only emancipation would be lower in my eyes.

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thisisreece said:

The Hits/B-Sides is the only compilation worth having.

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i didn't like the track listing in this collection. it should have started from the beginning and worked it's way through. it was all over the place, a real turnoff. plus they didn't even put some of his best songs in there, just the singles.

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anyway, i just bought it for the b-sides. that was a fun listen from beginning to end.

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blacksignparade said:

Even if it's not the ideal compilation, what's nice is that maybe its popularity has inspired some news fans to delve deeper into the discography.

CharismaDove said:

I'm surprised Diamonds and Pearls didn't sell more than it has. It was a big hit back in 91/92 but didn't even re-enter the BB 200 after his death. Hell, even "For You" made the chart again.

It got to #80 on the week of May 14, 2016:

http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2016-05-14

It fell off the following week, though.

Here are the Billboard chart placings for his albums since the May 7, 2016 chart (the first chart published after April 21st):

The Very Best of Prince: 1-2-4-5-7-12-16
Purple Rain: 2-3-3-8-19-32-38
The Hits/The B-Sides: 6-4-42-50-90-155-NR
1999: 31-7-14-18-41-77-102
Ultimate: 61-6-37-34-73-79-78
Sign o' the Times: 95-20-NR-150-NR-NR-NR
HitnRun Phase One: 147-48-110-198-NR-NR-NR
Prince: 160-52-59-61-NR-NR-NR
Parade: NR-50-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
Around the World in a Day: NR-51-116-91-181-NR-NR
Controversy: NR-55-NR-162-NR-NR-NR
Dirty Mind: NR-56-NR-184-NR-NR-NR
Batman: NR-61-NR-181-NR-NR-NR
Diamonds and Pearls: NR-80-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
Art Official Age: NR-81-179-NR-NR-NR-NR
Symbol: NR-111-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
HitnRun Phase Two: NR-116-40-71-NR-NR-NR
For You: NR-138-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
PlectrumElectrum: NR-192-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR

[Edited 6/13/16 18:04pm]

Here are the chart placings in the UK since April 22:

Ultimate: 10-3-24-69-80-NR-NR-NR
The Very Best of Prince: 18-2-3-6-7-7-12-14
Purple Rain: 55-4-11-11-24-42-51-62
The Hits/The B-Sides: NR-13-NR-52-NR-NR-NR-NR
Sign o' the Times: NR-15-NR-17-46-90-NR-NR
1999: NR-28-NR-36-70-NR-NR-NR
Parade: NR-41-NR-48-NR-NR-NR-NR
Around the World in a Day: NR-47-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
HitnRun Phase One: NR-50-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
Diamonds and Pearls: NR-51-NR-74-NR-NR-NR-NR
Dirty Mind: NR-61-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
Lovesexy: NR-75-82-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
Batman: NR-92-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
Art Official Age: NR-94-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
The Hits 1: NR-NR-31-20-11-20-33-36
The Hits 2: NR-NR-52-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
HitnRun Phase Two: NR-NR-NR-21-NR-NR-NR-NR

how much have the hit n run 1 & 2 cds have sold ?

Here are the Australian chart placings since May 2:

The Very Best of Prince: 2-6-6-11-7-12-8
The Hits/The B-Sides: 4-14-10-17-21-44-NR
Purple Rain: 5-22-50-42-45-NR-NR
Ultimate: 6-21-11-16-23-34-31
Sign o' the Times: 20-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
Diamonds and Pearls: 22-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
HitnRun Phase One: 25-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
The Hits 1: 40-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR
1999: 46-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR-NR