Prince Dominates British Chart - Noise11 Music News

Prince Dominates British Chart

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on April 30, 2016

in New Music,News,Noise Pro

Prince has placed fourteen albums in the British Top 100 just eight days after his death.

The bigger news, though, is that four of them have reached new peaks with Ultimate coming back at number 3 after previously going to 6, Purple Rain coming in at 4 (previous high 7), 1999 at 28 (previously 30) and Dirty Mind at 61 which is the first time that it has charted in the U.K.

The full list:
02. The Very Best of Prince
03. Ultimate Prince
04. Purple Rain
13. The Hits/The B-Sides
15. Sign O’ the Times
28. 1999
41. Parade
47. Around the World in a Day
50. HITNRUN Phase 1
51. Diamonds and Pearls
61. Dirty Mind
75. Lovesexy
92. Batman (Original Soundtrack)
94. Art Official Age

Six of Prince’s singles have also made their way up the British Singles chart:
06. Purple Rain
26. When Doves Cry
38. Kiss
47. Raspberry Beret
49. 1999
70. Little Red Corvette

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