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Prince's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 was "Soft and Wet" (1978), which peaked at number 92. The following year, he released "I Wanna Be Your Lover", which became a top-40 hit in several countries and peaked at number 11 in the United States; it topped the Billboard R&B chart in early 1980.
1999 was Prince's first top 10 album on the Billboard 200, charting at number nine upon release, and was fifth in the Billboard Year-End Albums of 1983. "1999", a protest against nuclear proliferation, was a Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hit, peaking at number 12. It has since become one of Prince's most recognizable compositions.
On November 29, 2015, 25 by Adele registered the highest weekly sales figure for a number one album in the Billboard 200 chart history, with 3.38 million units sold. [188] It also became the first album to sell 1 million copies in different weeks, with 1.11 million sold in its second week and 1.16 million sold in its fifth week on the chart. [189]
The week following Prince's death, the album sold 40,000 equivalent copies (24,000 in pure album sales) thus allowing the album to re-enter the Billboard 200 at number 6. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The next week it sold 106,000 units and hit a new peak of number four on the chart. [ 16 ]
Prince changed the face of music during his life, and the legendary performer continues to break new ground even after death. Prince breaks Billboard record over a month after death Skip to main ...
A song that topped multiple pre-Hot 100 charts is counted only once towards the artist's total. The ° symbol indicates that all or part of an artist's total includes number-ones occurring on any of the pre-Hot 100 chart(s) listed above (January 1, 1955 through July 28, 1958).
Bowie posthumously marked his biggest sales week for an album since Nielsen began electronically tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991. David Bowie's 'Blackstar' album debuts at no. 1 on ...
"1999" is a song by American musician Prince, the title track from his 1982 album of the same name. Originally peaking at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100, a mid-1983 re-release later reached number 12 in the US, while a January 1985 rerelease, a double A-side with "Little Red Corvette", later peaked at number 2 in the UK.