some orger asked for the uk album chart peak positions for prince, so here they are....



...
... 30 ...1999
... 7 ...purple rain
... 5 ...around the world in a day
... 4 ...parade
... 4 ...sign o the times
... 1 ...lovesexy
... 1 ...batman
... 1 ...graffiti bridge
... 2 ...diamonds and pearls
... 1 ...symbol
... 1 ...come
... 4 ...the hits/the b-sides(triple album)
... 36...the black album
... 4 ...the gold experience
... 14...chaos and disorder
... 18...emancipation (triple album)
... 47...old friends 4 sale-the vault
... -- ...rave un2 the joy fantastic (banned from uk chart for illegal tokens included)
... 3?...musicology

Both The Hits 1 & 2 made it to no.5 and The Very Best Of reached no.2. Let's not deny our boy his top ten entries, eh?

Come reached the top spot?

r1ghteousone said:

It was only in the charts for eight weeks, tho'.

Cloudbuster said:

There must've been very little competition for that album to reach no.1 and then pretty much disappear without a trace.

blackboab said:[quote]some orger asked for the uk album chart peak positions for prince, so here they are....

that "some orger" was me. Thanks for the info blackboab.

I wonder whether he has any kind of albums success (based on chart placings) anywhere else?

That run of 11 Top 10 albums in a row must take some beating.

blackboab said:

Actually, it was 13 if you include The Hits 1 & 2.


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[This message was edited Thu Apr 22 5:20:03 2004 by Cloudbuster]

Mind you, having said that, Purple Rain charted before 1999 so maybe it's 12.

Cloudbuster said:

Purple Rain didnt chart before 1999.

The 1999/LRC single was released after the success of PR but the album was already out.

Interesting though that Controversy and anything earlier didnt chart at all. I wonder if thats true or whether they scraped into the Top100 somewhere?

MattUK said:

Yes it did. Purple Rain charted on the 21 July 1984 whereas 1999 didn't chart until 8 September the same year.