Prince albums discography

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{{Infobox artist discography

| Artist = Prince albums

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| Studio = 40

| Live = 5

| Compilation = 9

| Video = 17

| EP = 13

| Option name = Special editions

| Option = 6

| 1Option name = Posthumous albums

| 1Option = 3

| 2Option name = Internet albums

| 2Option = 13

| 3Option name = Madhouse albums

| 3Option = 2

| 4Option name = New Power Generation albums

| 4Option = 3

| 5Option name = NPG Orchestra albums

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Prince's albums discography consists of 40 studio albums (including four soundtrack albums and one posthumous album), five live albums, and numerous compilations. Two albums of demo material have been released posthumously. Prince also released several albums under various group names. See Prince singles discography for his singles and extended plays, and Prince videography for his music videos and video albums.

Prince has sold over 100 million records worldwide,{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7wvQh4Sjlw8C&pg=PA128 |title=Ebony |page=128 |date=January 1997 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |access-date=2016-05-22}} including 36.5 million certified units in the United States, and over 10 million records in the United Kingdom. Rolling Stone ranked him at No. 27 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.{{cite magazine|last= Thompson |first= Ahmir |title=100 Greatest Artists |magazine=Rolling Stone| date = March 24, 2004| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/prince-20110419|access-date=May 4, 2016}}

In the weeks following his death in April 2016, 19 different Prince albums charted on the Billboard 200 all at the same time, and he became the first and only artist ever to have 5 albums in the Billboard top 10 simultaneously.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7356812/prince-sets-record-five-albums-top-10-billboard-200|title=Prince Sets Record With Five Albums in Top 10 of Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=2016-05-03|access-date=2017-08-05}}

Overview

Prince signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records when he was 19, soon releasing the albums For You (1978) and Prince (1979). He went on to achieve critical success with the influential albums Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981), and 1999 (1982). His sixth album, Purple Rain (1984), was recorded with his new backing band the Revolution, and was also the soundtrack to the film of the same name in which he starred. Purple Rain garnered continued success for Prince and was a major commercial achievement, spending six consecutive months atop the Billboard 200 chart. The soundtrack also won Prince the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. After disbanding the Revolution, Prince released the album Sign o' the Times (1987), widely hailed by critics as the greatest work of his career.

Prince was a prolific musician who released 39 albums during his life, with a vast array of unreleased material left in a custom-built bank vault underneath his home after his death, including fully completed albums enough that 1 album could be released every year for the next 100 years and over 50 finished music videos. Released posthumously, his demo albums Piano and a Microphone 1983 (2018) and Originals (2019) both received critical acclaim.

Studio albums

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{{cite magazine | url =https://www.billboard.com/artist/prince/chart-history/tlp/ | title = Prince Chart History: Billboard 200| magazine = Billboard | access-date = 2020-06-23}}

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| AUS
Peak chart positions for Prince albums in Australia:

  • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 19, 1988: {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=239}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until June 19, 1988. Lovesexy peaked at number 8 on this chart one week before the ARIA-produced chart (archived on australian-charts.com) commenced.
  • Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from June 26, 1988: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Prince|title=australian-charts.com > Prince in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2008-12-15}}
  • Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| AUT
{{cite web | language = de | url = https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Prince | work = Austrian charts | title = Prince discography | access-date = 2008-12-15}}

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| CAN
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  • {{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/artist/prince/chart-history/cna/ | title = Prince Chart History: Canadian Albums | magazine = Billboard | access-date = 2018-10-02 }}

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| GER
{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Prince&do_search=do|title=Discographie Prince|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=June 27, 2019}}

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| NLD
{{cite web | language = nl | url = https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=a&artist=prince&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts | work = Dutch charts | title = Prince discography | access-date = 2018-09-28}}

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| NOR
{{cite web | url = http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Prince | work = Norwegian charts | title = Prince discography | access-date = 2008-12-15}}

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| NZ
{{cite web | url = https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=a&search=prince| title = NZ Albums chart | work = charts.nz | access-date = 2010-05-08}}

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| SWE
{{cite web | url = http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Prince | work = Swedish charts | title = Prince discography | access-date = 2008-12-15}}

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| SWI
{{cite web| url=http://swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Prince| title= Prince discography | publisher=swisscharts.com| access-date=2008-12-15 }}

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| UK
{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=439}}

scope="row"|For You

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  • Released: October 19, 1979
  • Label: Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: Platinum[https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Prince#search_section RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Prince]. Riaa.com, Retrieved on 2020-06-23.
  • BPI: Silver{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Prince|type=album|access-date=May 13, 2023}}
scope="row"|Dirty Mind

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  • Released: October 8, 1980
  • Label: Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: Gold
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  • Released: October 14, 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
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  • Released: October 27, 1982
  • Label: Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: 4× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum{{cite web| url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=1&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25Prince%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=63&csearch=40&nextprev=1| title=CRIA Certifications| publisher=Canadian Recording Industry Association| access-date=2008-12-15| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822235409/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=1&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25Prince%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=63&csearch=40&nextprev=1| archive-date=2009-08-22}}

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!scope="row"|Purple Rain {{ref label|A|A|}}

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  • Released: June 25, 1984
  • Label: Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: 13× Platinum
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • MC: 6× Platinum

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!scope="row"| Around the World in a Day {{ref label|A|A|}}

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  • Released: April 22, 1985
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold

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!scope="row"|Parade {{ref label|A|A|}}

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  • Released: March 31, 1986
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum

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!scope="row"|Sign o' the Times

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  • Released: March 30, 1987
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=Prince |type=album|certyear=1999|access-date=December 27, 2021}}
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: 4× Platinum

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!scope="row"|Lovesexy

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  • Released: May 10, 1988
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Platinum

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!scope="row"|Batman

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  • Released: June 20, 1989
  • Label: Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum

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!scope="row"|Graffiti Bridge

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  • Released: August 20, 1990
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Gold

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!scope="row"|Diamonds and Pearls {{ref label|B|B|}}

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  • Released: October 1, 1991
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • MC: 2× Platinum

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!scope="row"|Love SymbolDue to copyright issues regarding Prince and the copyrighted symbol, Wikipedia can not show the exact name of this album, outside of it being displayed on the cover art. The title provided is widely recognized as an alternate. {{ref label|B|B|}}

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  • Released: October 13, 1992
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.

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  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum

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!scope="row"|Come

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  • Released: August 16, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.

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| style="text-align:center;"|16

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|1

|

  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Gold

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!scope="row"|The Black Album

|

  • Released: November 22, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;" |47

| style="text-align:center;"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;"|48
{{cite web

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|title = The Black Album - Canadian Album Chart

|publisher = RPM

|access-date = 2008-12-15

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| style="text-align:center;"|49

| style="text-align:center;"|35

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|36

|

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!scope="row"|The Gold Experience

|

  • Released: September 26, 1995
  • Label: NPG, Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|13

| style="text-align:center;"|28

| style="text-align:center;"|35
{{cite web

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|title = The Gold Experience - Canadian Album Chart

|publisher = RPM

|access-date = 2008-12-15

|url-status = dead

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| style="text-align:center;"|24

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|12

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;"|4

|

  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Gold

|-

!scope="row"|Chaos and Disorder

|

  • Released: July 9, 1996
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|26

| style="text-align:center;"|54

| style="text-align:center;"|17

| style="text-align:center;"|43
{{cite web

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|title = Chaos and Disorder - Canadian Album Chart

|publisher = RPM

|access-date = 2008-12-15

|url-status = dead

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|archive-date = 2009-01-22

}}

| style="text-align:center;"|42

| style="text-align:center;"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|32

| style="text-align:center;"|21

| style="text-align:center;"|14

|

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!scope="row"|Emancipation

|

  • Released: November 19, 1996
  • Label: NPG, EMI

| style="text-align:center;" |11

| style="text-align:center;"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|13

| style="text-align:center;"|24
{{cite web

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|title = Emancipation - Canadian Album Chart

|publisher = RPM

|access-date = 2008-12-15

|url-status = dead

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}}

| style="text-align:center;"|21

| style="text-align:center;"|13

| style="text-align:center;"|27

| style="text-align:center;"|22

| style="text-align:center;"|22

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|18

|

  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • MC: Platinum

|-

!scope="row"|Crystal Ball

|

  • Released: January 29, 1998
  • Label: NPG
  • Initially released as a limited edition 5-CD box set together with The Truth and Kamasutra by the NPG Orchestra and a 4-CD box set together with The Truth.

| style="text-align:center;"|62

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

|-

!scope="row"|The Truth

|

  • Released: January 29, 1998
  • Label: NPG
  • Initially released as a limited edition 5-CD box set together with Crystal Ball and Kamasutra by the NPG Orchestra and a 4-CD box set together with Crystal ball.

| style="text-align:center;" |64

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|31

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

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!scope="row"|The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale

|

  • Released: August 24, 1999
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|85

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|40

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|44

| style="text-align:center;"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|21

| style="text-align:center;"|47

|

|-

!scope="row"|Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic

|

  • Released: November 2, 1999
  • Label: NPG, Arista

| style="text-align:center;" |18

| style="text-align:center;"|82

| style="text-align:center;"|44

| style="text-align:center;"|5
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|title = Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic - Canadian Album Chart

|publisher = RPM

|access-date = 2008-12-15

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122113817/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.7291&volume=70&issue=5&issue_dt=November%2022%201999&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=1eslr84up6jai4j6cngk0p4cu2

|archive-date = 2009-01-22

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| style="text-align:center;"|39

| style="text-align:center;"|17

| style="text-align:center;"|37

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|51

| style="text-align:center;"|19

| style="text-align:center;"|145

|

  • RIAA: Gold

|-

!scope="row"|The Rainbow Children

|

  • Released: November 20, 2001
  • Label: NPG, Redline Entertainment

| style="text-align:center;"|109

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|60

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|29

| style="text-align:center;"|28

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|30

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

|-

!scope="row"|One Nite Alone...

|

  • Released: May 14, 2002
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

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!scope="row"|Xpectation

|

  • Released: January 1, 2003
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

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!scope="row"|N·E·W·S

|

  • Released: May 26, 2003
  • Label: NPG, MP Media

| style="text-align:center;" |—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|93

| style="text-align:center;"|83

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

|-

!scope="row"|Musicology

|

  • Released: March 27, 2004
  • Label: NPG, Columbia

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|19

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|25

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|3

|

  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Gold

|-

!scope="row"|The Chocolate Invasion

|

  • Released: March 29, 2004
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;" |—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

|-

!scope="row"|The Slaughterhouse

|

  • Released: March 29, 2004
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;" |—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

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!scope="row"|3121

|

  • Released: March 21, 2006
  • Label: NPG, Universal

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|18

| style="text-align:center;"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|5

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|18

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|9

|

  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver

|-

!scope="row"|Planet Earth

|

  • Released: July 24, 2007
  • Label: NPG, Columbia

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|38

| style="text-align:center;"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|17

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|35

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

|-

!scope="row"|Lotusflow3r / MPLSound

|

  • Released: March 29, 2009
  • Label: NPG
  • Released as a 3-CD set together with Elixer by Bria Valente

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|23

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

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!scope="row"|20Ten

|

  • Released: July 10, 2010
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

|-

!scope="row"|Plectrumelectrum {{ref label|C|C|}}

|

  • Released: September 26, 2014
  • Label: NPG, Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|33

| style="text-align:center;"|10

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|31

| style="text-align:center;"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|31

| style="text-align:center;"|50

| style="text-align:center;"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|11

|

|-

!scope="row"|Art Official Age {{ref label|C|C|}}

|

  • Released: September 26, 2014
  • Label: NPG, Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;" |5

| style="text-align:center;"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|21

| style="text-align:center;"|18

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|17

| style="text-align:center;"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|8

|

|-

!scope="row"| Hit n Run Phase One

|

  • Released: September 7, 2015
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;"| 48

| style="text-align:center;"| 25

| style="text-align:center;"| 53

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 53

| style="text-align:center;"| 11

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 27

| style="text-align:center;"| 50

|

|-

!scope="row"|Hit n Run Phase Two

|

  • Released: December 12, 2015
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;" | 40

| style="text-align:center;"| 117

| style="text-align:center;"| 20

| style="text-align:center;"| 47

| style="text-align:center;"| 21

| style="text-align:center;"| 38

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 50

| style="text-align:center;"| 9

| style="text-align:center;"| 21

|

|-

!scope="row"| Welcome 2 America

|

  • Released: July 30, 2021{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/arts/music/prince-new-album-welcome-2-america.amp.html|title = Prince's 'Welcome 2 America,' an Unreleased Album, is Due Out in July|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 8 April 2021|last1 = Coscarelli|first1 = Joe}}
  • Label: NPG / Legacy

| style="text-align:center;" | 4

| style="text-align:center;" | 5

| style="text-align:center;" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | 26

| style="text-align:center;" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | 39
{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/albums/2021-w31/|title=Album 2021 uke 31|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=August 7, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;" | 53
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2021&dspp=31|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 31|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=August 6, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | 5

|}

: A{{Note|A}} With The Revolution

: B{{Note|B}} With The New Power Generation

: C{{Note|C}} With 3rdeyegirl

Demo albums

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:300px;" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="10" | Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | US

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | AUS

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | AUT

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | CAN

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | GER

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | NLD

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | NOR

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | SWE

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | SWI

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | UK
{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17019/prince/|title=Prince {{!}} full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=June 29, 2019}}

scope="row"| Piano and a Microphone 1983

|

  • Released: September 21, 2018
  • Label: NPG / Warner Bros.
  • Note: Compilation album

| style="text-align:center;" | 11

| style="text-align:center;" | 33

| style="text-align:center;" | 10

| style="text-align:center;" | 87

| style="text-align:center;" | 12

| style="text-align:center;" | 5

| style="text-align:center;" | 18

| style="text-align:center;" | 22

| style="text-align:center;" | 6

| style="text-align:center;" | 12

scope="row"| Originals

|

  • Released: June 7, 2019{{cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=April 24, 2019 |title=Prince Estate to Release 'Originals' Album: His Versions of Songs He Gave to Other Artists (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/prince-estate-to-release-originals-album-songs-he-gave-to-other-artists-1203197451/ |access-date=April 25, 2019 |work=Variety}}
  • Label: NPG / Warner Bros.
  • Note: Compilation album

| style="text-align:center;" | 15

| style="text-align:center;" | 18

| style="text-align:center;" | 34

| style="text-align:center;" | 66

| style="text-align:center;" | 26

| style="text-align:center;" | 11

| style="text-align:center;" | —

| style="text-align:center;" | 54

| style="text-align:center;" | 9

| style="text-align:center;" | 21

Live albums

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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:360px;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| US

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| US
R&B/
HH

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/prince/chart-history/blp/|title=Prince Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2022}}

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| GER

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| NLD

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| SWI

scope="row"| One Nite Alone... Live!

|

  • Released: December 17, 2002
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;"| —{{ref label|A|A

}

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 58

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 36

|-

!scope="row"| C-Note

|

  • Released: March 29, 2004
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

|-

!scope="row"| Indigo Nights

|

  • Released: September 30, 2008
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

|-

!scope="row"| Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection

|

  • Released: May 29, 2020{{Cite web|url=https://store.prince.com/product/5QCDPR032/up-all-nite-with-prince-the-one-nite-alone-collection?cp=103229_104317_107503|title=Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection (4CD / 1 DVD) | Shop the Prince Official Store}}
  • Label: NPG / Legacy

| style="text-align:center;"| —{{ref label|B|B|}}

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 30

| style="text-align:center;"| 38

| style="text-align:center;"| 61

|-

!scope="row"| Prince and the Revolution: Live

|

  • Released: June 4, 2022{{Cite web|url=https://www.deltaplexnews.com/restored-version-of-1985-concert-film-prince-and-the-revolution-live-companion-album-released-today|title =Restored version of 1985 concert film 'Prince and The Revolution: Live,' companion album released today|date= 4 June 2022}}
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"| 22
{{cite tweet|user=billboardcharts|number=1536435557244588033|title=Debuts on this week's #Billboard200...|date=June 13, 2022|access-date=June 14, 2022}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 11

| style="text-align:center;"| 8

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 7

|-

!scope="row"|Live at Glam Slam

|

  • Released: October 11, 2023{{Cite web |last=Geraci |first=Samantha |date=2023-10-11 |title=Prince's 'Live At Glam Slam' Released In Dolby ATMOS & Sony 360 Reality Audio Formats |url=https://www.legacyrecordings.com/2023/10/11/princes-live-at-glam-slamreleased-in-dolby-atmos-sony-360-reality-audio-formats/ |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=Legacy Recordings |language=en-US}}
  • Label: NPG / Warner Bros.

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: A{{Note|A}} One Nite Alone... Live! did not enter the US Billboard 200, put peaked at number 95 on the Top Album Sales component chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/prince/chart-history/tsl/|title=Prince Chart History (Top Album Sales)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2022}}

: B{{Note|B}} Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection did not enter the US Billboard 200, put peaked at number 19 on the Top Album Sales component chart.

Special editions

This section contains remix albums, mixtapes and special (expanded) editions from previously released albums.

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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:360px;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="6"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| US

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| US
R&B

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/prince/chart-history/rbl/|title=Prince Chart History (Top R&B Albums)|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 3, 2022}}

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| AUT

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| NLD

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| SWI

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| UK

scope="row"|The Versace Experience: Prelude 2 Gold

|

  • Released: July 8, 1995 (limited edition cassette)
  • Re-released: April 13, 2019 (limited edition cassette)
  • Re-released: September 13, 2019 (all other formats)
  • Label: NPG / Legacy

| style="text-align:center;"|170

| style="text-align:center;"|17

| style="text-align:center;"|50

| style="text-align:center;"|29

| style="text-align:center;"|30

| style="text-align:center;"|83

scope="row"|Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic

|

  • Released: April 29, 2001Uptown, 2004, p.263
  • Label: NPG

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!scope="row"|Purple Rain: Deluxe / Deluxe Expanded

|

  • Released: June 23, 2017
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|12

| style="text-align:center;"|7

|-

!scope="row"| Ultimate Rave

|

  • Released: April 26, 2019{{cite web|url=https://store.princeestate.com/product/5QAMPR023/ultimate-rave-2cd1dvd|title=Ultimate Rave (2CD/1DVD)|website=princeestate.com|access-date=February 23, 2019}}
  • Label: Legacy

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| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|85

| style="text-align:center;"|—

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!scope="row"| 1999: Remastered / Deluxe / Super Deluxe

|

  • Released: November 27, 2019{{Cite web|url=https://store.prince.com/dept/1999-remastered?cp=103229_106293|title = 1999 Remastered | Shop the Prince Official Store}}
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|45

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|72

| style="text-align:center;"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|26

| style="text-align:center;"|46

|-

!scope="row"| Sign o' the Times: Remastered / Deluxe / Super Deluxe

|

  • Released: September 25, 2020{{Cite web|url=https://store.prince.com/dept/sign-o-the-times-104236|title = Sign O' the Times | Shop the Prince Official Store}}
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|20

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|7

|-

!scope="row"| Diamonds and Pearls Super Deluxe Edition

|

  • Released: October 27, 2023
  • Label: NPG / Legacy / Warner

| style="text-align:center;"|85

| style="text-align:center;"|10

| style="text-align:center;"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|5

| style="text-align:center;"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|50

|}

: A{{Note|A}} Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic did not enter the US Billboard 200, put peaked at number 14 on the Vinyl Albums chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/prince/chart-history/vnl/|title=Prince Chart History (Vinyl Albums)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2022}}

: B{{Note|B}} Ultimate Rave did not enter the US Billboard 200, put peaked at number 69 on the Top Album Sales component chart.

Compilation albums

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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:275px;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="11"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications
(sales thresholds)

scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| US

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| AUS

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| AUT

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| CAN

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| GER

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| NLD

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| NOR

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| NZ

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| SWE

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| SWI

! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| UK

scope="row"| His Majesty's Pop Life

|

  • Released: Late 1985 (Japan only promotional copy)
  • Re-released: April 13, 2019
  • Label: Paisley Park / Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"| 184

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scope="row"|The Hits 1

|

  • Released: September 14, 1993
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|46

| style="text-align:center;"|19

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;"|34

| style="text-align:center;"|20

| style="text-align:center;"|14

| style="text-align:center;"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|12

| style="text-align:center;"|10

| style="text-align:center;"|22

| style="text-align:center;"|5

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
scope="row"|The Hits 2

|

  • Released: September 14, 1993
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|54

| style="text-align:center;"|20

| style="text-align:center;"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|36

| style="text-align:center;"|19

| style="text-align:center;"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|14

| style="text-align:center;"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|10

| style="text-align:center;"|5

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BPI: Platinum
scope="row"|The Hits/The B-Sides

|

  • Released: September 14, 1993
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|19
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|title = The Hits/The B-Sides - Canadian Album Chart

|publisher = RPM

|access-date = 2008-12-15

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122120413/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2302&volume=58&issue=18&issue_dt=November%2013%201993&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=1eslr84up6jai4j6cngk0p4cu2

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}}{{Cite magazine |date=2013-01-02 |title=Billboard Canadian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums/ |access-date=2022-06-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

| style="text-align:center;"|58

| style="text-align:center;"|10

| style="text-align:center;"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|1
{{cite web | url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2016-06-10 | title=The Official New Zealand Music Chart }}

| style="text-align:center;"|19

| style="text-align:center;"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|4

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=Prince|type=album|certyear=2002|access-date=December 27, 2021}}
  • BPI: Gold
  • RMNZ: Platinum{{cite certification|region=New Zealand|id=2016-05-20|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|type=album}}
scope="row"|Girl 6

|

  • Released: March 19, 1996
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|75

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|83

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

scope="row"|The Very Best of Prince

|

  • Released: July 31, 2001
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|5

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|5

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|2

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • MC: Gold
  • RMNZ: Platinum
scope="row"|Ultimate Prince

|

  • Released: August 22, 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|22

| style="text-align:center;"|12

| style="text-align:center;"|19

| style="text-align:center;"|39

| style="text-align:center;"|10

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|3

|

  • BPI: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Platinum
scope="row"|4Ever

|

  • Released: November 22, 2016
  • Label: NPG / Warner Bros.

| style="text-align:center;"| 33

| style="text-align:center;"| 36

| style="text-align:center;"| 64

| style="text-align:center;"| 40

| style="text-align:center;"| 87

| style="text-align:center;"| 10

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| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 21

| style="text-align:center;"| 21

|

  • BPI: Gold
scope="row"| Anthology: 1995–2010

|

  • Released: August 17, 2018{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/23-prince-albums-released-between-1995-2010-have-been-made-available-to-stream-for-the-first-time__23664/|title=23 Prince albums made available to stream for the first time|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=Birzniece|first=Elsa|date=August 16, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2018}}
  • Label: NPG / Legacy

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| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 197

| style="text-align:center;"| —

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| style="text-align:center;"| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 100

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: A{{Note|A}} Anthology: 1995–2010 did not enter the US Billboard 200, put peaked at number 85 on the Current Album Sales component chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/prince/chart-history/tcl/|title=Prince Chart History (Current Album Sales)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2022}}

Internet albums

This section lists albums that have only been made available for download on the internet.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:475px;"| Album details

scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 1

|

  • Released: February 18, 2001
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 2

|

  • Released: March 22, 2001
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 3

|

  • Released: April 22, 2001
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 4

|

  • Released: May 15, 2001
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 5

|

  • Released: June 11, 2001
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 6

|

  • Released: July 7, 2001
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 7

|

  • Released: August 28, 2001
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 8

|

  • Released: September 18, 2001
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 9

|

  • Released: October 16, 2001
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 10

|

  • Released: November 15, 2001
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 11

|

  • Released: December 15, 2001
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|NPG Music Club Volume 12

|

  • Released: January 17, 2002
  • Label: NPG
scope="row"|Lotusflow3r
(download version including "The Morning After" replacing "Crimson and Clover")

|

  • Released: March 24, 2009
  • Label: NPG

Albums credited to Madhouse

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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:300px;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| US
scope="row"|8

|

  • Released: January 21, 1987
  • Label: Paisley Park

| style="text-align:center;"|107

scope="row"|16

|

  • Released: November 18, 1987
  • Label: Paisley Park

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Albums credited to The New Power Generation

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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:300px;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| US

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| US
R&B/
HH

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| AUS

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| AUT

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| GER

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| NLD

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| NOR

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| SWE

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| SWI

!scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| UK

scope="row"|Gold Nigga

|

  • Released: August 31, 1993
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;"|—

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| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

scope="row"|Exodus

|

  • Released: March 27, 1995
  • Label: NPG

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|31

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|34

| style="text-align:center;"|11

scope="row"|Newpower Soul

|

| style="text-align:center;"|22

| style="text-align:center;"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|47

| style="text-align:center;"|24

| style="text-align:center;"|34

| style="text-align:center;"|23

| style="text-align:center;"|40

| style="text-align:center;"|57

| style="text-align:center;"|22

| style="text-align:center;"|38

Albums credited to The NPG Orchestra

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scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Album details

scope="row"|Kamasutra

|

  • Released: February 14, 1997 (limited edition cassette)Uptown, 2004, p. 203
  • Released: January 29, 1998 (limited edition CD as part of the 5-CD box set Crystal Ball / The Truth / Kamasutra)
  • Label: NPG

References

{{Reflist}}

Bibliography

  • {{cite book|last=Nilsen|first=Per|title=The Vault – The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince|year=2004|publisher=Uptown|isbn=91-631-5482-X|author2=Joozt Mattheij}}