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PRINCE

Prince Rogers Nelson, the multi-talented Minneapolis-born singer/songwriter/musician/producer and musical icon made his first UK chart appearance in January 1980 with I Wanna Be Your Lover peaking at Number 41.

In 1983 Prince entered the Official Chart Top 40 for the first time with the classic 1999, a Number 25 hit, but his big UK chart breakthrough came with the Purple Rain official soundtrack. When Doves Cry delivered Prince his first taste of Top 10 success in early 1984 and kicked off a string of Top 10 singles over the next few years. 

Prince’s first (and only) UK Number 1 single came courtesy of The Most Beautiful Girl In The World from his Diamonds & Pearls album. 

Prince sadly passed away in April 2016 and a selection of his hit singles and albums re-charted following the news.

PRINCE Songs stats

UK No1s
1
UK Top 10s
16
UK Top 40s
40
UK Top 75s
53
Weeks at No1
2
Weeks in the Top 10
44
Weeks in the Top 40
190
Weeks in the Top 75
306

PRINCE Albums stats

UK No1s
5
UK Top 10s
22
UK Top 40s
34
UK Top 75s
40
Weeks at No1
5
Weeks in the Top 10
75
Weeks in the Top 40
304
Weeks in the Top 75
530

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Mick Lynch

1

Don't forget Prince wrote, at least 3 UK no. 1s

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Andrew077

2

You've left off "Betcha By Golly Wow", "The Holy River" and "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" which also charted and I think he released those under the name of The Artist.

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christine

1

I cant believe Prince only had one number 1 hit in the UK. Shows there was not much taste in good music back then, not that it has improved much these days.

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Nelson Roger

0

The Itv network chart Prince had at least 3 number 1 's and would've been 4 but Warners didn't press enough Batdance copies.

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support

1

Its "I Would Die 4 U", surely Gallup never made this mistake???

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Karl

1

It did flop in the UK shockingly and sadly yes. The live video wasn't much cop i thought.