3121

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{{Infobox album

| name = 3121

| type = studio

| artist = Prince

| cover = Prince - 3121.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 21, 2006

| recorded = November 2004 – early 2006{{Cite web|url=https://princevault.com/index.php?title=Album:_3121|title=Album: 3121 - Prince Vault|website=Princevault.com|access-date=March 21, 2025}}

| studio =

• Paisley Park, Chanhassen
• 3121

| genre = {{hlist|R&B|funk|rock|electronica}}

| length = 53:42

| label = NPG, Universal

| producer = Prince

| prev_title = Musicology

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Ultimate Prince

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Singles

| name = 3121

| type = studio

| single1 = Te Amo Corazón

| single1date = December 20, 2005

| single2 = Beautiful, Loved and Blessed

| single2date = January 2006

| single3 = Black Sweat

| single3date = February 7, 2006

| single4 = Fury

| single4date = June 27, 2006

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|MC = 69/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/3121/prince |title=3121 Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |website=Metacritic |access-date=August 5, 2012}}

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r821986|tab=review |label="Prince: 3121 > Review" |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |access-date=17 September 2011}}

|rev2 = Blender

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Catucci|first=Nick|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504080641/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3820|archive-date=May 4, 2006|title=The purple sex machine comes to reclaim pop prominence|work=Blender|date=March 21, 2006|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3820|access-date=July 15, 2018}}

|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev3score = C+{{cite magazine |first=Raymond |last=Fiore |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1174173,00.html |title=3121 (2006): Prince |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time |issn=1049-0434 |date=March 20, 2006 |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018035751/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1174173,00.html |url-status=dead }}

|rev4 = Los Angeles Times

|rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-19-ca-rack19.1-story.html |title=The doves can stop crying now |first=Richard |last=Cromelin |date=March 19, 2006 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |oclc=3638237 |access-date=September 3, 2011}}

|rev5 = Newsday

|rev5score = A{{cite news |url=http://www.newsday.com/columnists/other-columnists/cover-story-1.640280 |title=Backstage Pass: Prince, "3121" |last=Gamboa |first=Glenn |newspaper=Newsday |date=March 20, 2006 |access-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116004512/http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/music/blog/2006/03/prince_3121.html |archive-date=November 16, 2006 |url-status=live}}

|rev6 = Pitchfork

|rev6score = 6.0/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6481-3121/ |title=Prince: 3121 |first=Joe |last=Tangari |date=March 20, 2006 |website=Pitchfork |access-date=September 3, 2011}}

|rev7 = Rolling Stone

|rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cdrev/prince-rs.php |title=Prince's New Sensation |first=Robert |last=Christgau |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=April 6, 2006 |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Wenner Media |issn=0035-791X |access-date=September 3, 2011}}

|rev8 = Spin

|rev8score = B{{cite web|last=Hermes|first=Will|title=Prince: 3121|work=Spin|date=May 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517055943/http://www.spin.com/reviews/magazine/2006/05/0605_prince/|archive-date=May 17, 2006|url=https://www.spin.com/2006/05/prince-3121-universal/|access-date=July 15, 2018|url-status=live}}

|rev9 = Stylus Magazine

|rev9score = A−{{cite magazine |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3915 |title=Prince: 3121 |first=Thomas |last=Inskeep |date=March 31, 2006 |magazine=Stylus |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011043911/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3915 |url-status=dead }}

|rev10 = The Village Voice

|rev10score = A−{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=May 2, 2006|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv506-06.php|title=Consumer Guide: Dear Mr. President|newspaper=The Village Voice|access-date=July 2, 2020|via=robertchristgau.com}}

}}

3121 (pronounced "thirty-one twenty-one") is the thirty-first studio album by American musician Prince. Released on March 21, 2006 (3/21) by NPG Records and distributed, under a "one-album deal", by Universal Music, the album reinforced Prince's big comeback after the critical success of Musicology (2004). The only Prince album ever to debut atop the Billboard 200 during his lifetime, with over 180,000 copies sold in its first week,{{cite book|author=Jason Draper|title=Prince: Life and Times: Revised and Updated Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B75NDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA173|date=November 2016|publisher=Book Sales|isbn=978-0-7858-3497-7|pages=173–}} it knocked the soundtrack for High School Musical off the top spot and became Prince's first number one album since Batman in 1989,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/princes-3121-tops-the-chart-102051/|title=Prince's "3121" Tops the Chart|last=Orloff|first=Brian|date=2006-03-29|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-20}} eventually being certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title=Gold & Platinum|website=RIAA|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-20}}