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The Very Best of Prince

January 01, 1970

The Very Best of Prince is a greatest hits album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on July 31, 2001, by Warner Bros. Records. The album contains most of his commercially successful singles from 1979 to 1991 including the US number 1s "When Doves Cry", "Let's Go Crazy", "Kiss" and "Cream".

The Very Best of Prince
Greatest hits album by
Prince
ReleasedJuly 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)
Length73:18
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Prince chronology
Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic
(2001) 		The Very Best of Prince
(2001) 		The Rainbow Children
(2001)
Digital cover

The Very Best of Prince does not include the US number 1 hit "Batdance" most likely due to the licensing of the character Batman. Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine believed that the Batman album was unofficially being written out of Prince's discography.[1] All the songs included in this compilation were all previously included in the 3-disc box set The Hits/The B-Sides (1993), with the exception of "Money Don't Matter 2 Night".

Commercial performance edit

On the chart dated August 18, 2001, The Very Best of Prince debuted at number 66 on the US Billboard 200.[5] As of September 21, 2004, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling 1 million copies in the United States.[6]

The Very Best of Prince sold 179,000 album-equivalent units (100,000 in pure album sales) in the week following Prince's death,[7] thus allowing the album to re-enter the Billboard 200 at number one; this makes the album Prince's fifth number-one on the chart.[8] The following week the album fell to number two on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 391,000 equivalent copies (216,000 in pure album sales) behind Beyoncé's Lemonade.[9] In 2016, the album has sold 660,000 recognized copies in the United States in addition to the over 2 million copies sold prior to 2016.[10]

Track listing edit

All songs are written by and credited to Prince, except where noted.

The Very Best of Prince track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."I Wanna Be Your Lover" (single edit) Prince (1979)2:58
2."1999" (single edit; credited to Prince & the Revolution) 1999 (1982)3:37
3."Little Red Corvette" (credited to Prince & The Revolution) 19994:56
4."When Doves Cry" (single edit; credited to Prince & the Revolution) Purple Rain (1984)3:47
5."Let's Go Crazy" (credited to Prince & the Revolution) Purple Rain4:40
6."Purple Rain" (credited to Prince & the Revolution) Purple Rain8:40
7."I Would Die 4 U" (single version; credited to Prince & the Revolution) Purple Rain2:56
8."Raspberry Beret" (credited to Prince & the Revolution) Around the World in a Day (1985)3:32
9."Kiss" (single edit; credited to Prince & the Revolution)Prince, arr. by David ZParade (1986)3:46
10."Sign o' the Times" (single edit) Sign o' the Times (1987)3:42
11."U Got the Look" (featuring Sheena Easton) Sign o' the Times3:47
12."Alphabet St." Lovesexy (1988)5:38
13."Thieves in the Temple" Graffiti Bridge (1990)3:21
14."Gett Off" (credited to Prince and The New Power Generation) Diamonds and Pearls (1991)4:31
15."Cream" (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation) Diamonds and Pearls4:13
16."Diamonds and Pearls" (single edit; credited to Prince and the New Power Generation) Diamonds and Pearls4:19
17."Money Don't Matter 2 Night" (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)Prince, Rosie GainesDiamonds and Pearls4:47

Personnel edit

  • Prince – lead vocals and various instruments

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Certifications for The Very Best of Prince
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[49] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Belgium (BEA)[50] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[51] Gold 50,000^
Germany (BVMI)[52] Gold 150,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI)[53] Platinum 80,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[54] Platinum 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[55] 3× Platinum 900,000‡
United States (RIAA)[6] Platinum 2,660,000[10]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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The Very Best of Prince is a greatest hits album by American recording artist Prince It was released on July 31 2001 by Warner Bros Records The album contains most of his commercially successful singles from 1979 to 1991 including the US number 1s When Doves Cry Let s Go Crazy Kiss and Cream The Very Best of PrinceGreatest hits album by PrinceReleasedJuly 31 2001 2001 07 31 Length73 18LabelWarner Bros ProducerPrinceThe RevolutionThe New Power GenerationPrince chronologyRave In2 the Joy Fantastic 2001 The Very Best of Prince 2001 The Rainbow Children 2001 Digital cover Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2 Q 3 The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4 The Very Best of Prince does not include the US number 1 hit Batdance most likely due to the licensing of the character Batman Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine believed that the Batman album was unofficially being written out of Prince s discography 1 All the songs included in this compilation were all previously included in the 3 disc box set The Hits The B Sides 1993 with the exception of Money Don t Matter 2 Night Contents 1 Commercial performance 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3 1 The Revolution 3 2 The New Power Generation 3 3 Additional musicians 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Monthly charts 4 3 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 ReferencesCommercial performance editOn the chart dated August 18 2001 The Very Best of Prince debuted at number 66 on the US Billboard 200 5 As of September 21 2004 the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA for selling 1 million copies in the United States 6 The Very Best of Prince sold 179 000 album equivalent units 100 000 in pure album sales in the week following Prince s death 7 thus allowing the album to re enter the Billboard 200 at number one this makes the album Prince s fifth number one on the chart 8 The following week the album fell to number two on the Billboard 200 chart selling 391 000 equivalent copies 216 000 in pure album sales behind Beyonce s Lemonade 9 In 2016 the album has sold 660 000 recognized copies in the United States in addition to the over 2 million copies sold prior to 2016 10 Track listing editAll songs are written by and credited to Prince except where noted The Very Best of Prince track listingNo TitleWriter s Original albumLength1 I Wanna Be Your Lover single edit Prince 1979 2 582 1999 single edit credited to Prince amp the Revolution 1999 1982 3 373 Little Red Corvette credited to Prince amp The Revolution 19994 564 When Doves Cry single edit credited to Prince amp the Revolution Purple Rain 1984 3 475 Let s Go Crazy credited to Prince amp the Revolution Purple Rain4 406 Purple Rain credited to Prince amp the Revolution Purple Rain8 407 I Would Die 4 U single version credited to Prince amp the Revolution Purple Rain2 568 Raspberry Beret credited to Prince amp the Revolution Around the World in a Day 1985 3 329 Kiss single edit credited to Prince amp the Revolution Prince arr by David ZParade 1986 3 4610 Sign o the Times single edit Sign o the Times 1987 3 4211 U Got the Look featuring Sheena Easton Sign o the Times3 4712 Alphabet St Lovesexy 1988 5 3813 Thieves in the Temple Graffiti Bridge 1990 3 2114 Gett Off credited to Prince and The New Power Generation Diamonds and Pearls 1991 4 3115 Cream credited to Prince and the New Power Generation Diamonds and Pearls4 1316 Diamonds and Pearls single edit credited to Prince and the New Power Generation Diamonds and Pearls4 1917 Money Don t Matter 2 Night credited to Prince and the New Power Generation Prince Rosie GainesDiamonds and Pearls4 47Personnel editPrince lead vocals and various instruments The Revolution edit Lisa Coleman keyboards vocals Wendy Melvoin guitar vocals Bobby Z drums percussion Brown Mark bass guitar vocals Matt Dr Fink keyboards vocals The New Power Generation edit Levi Seacer Jr rhythm guitar backing vocals Tony M rapping backing vocals Tommy Barbarella PurpleAxxe sampling keyboards Kirk Johnson percussion backing vocals Damon Dickson percussion backing vocals Sonny T bass backing vocals Michael B drums Rosie Gaines vocals PurpleAxxe sampling organ Additional musicians edit Jill Jones co lead vocals on 1999 Dez Dickerson co lead vocals on 1999 amp Little Red Corvette lead guitar on Little Red Corvette Mazarati backing vocals on Kiss Sheena Easton vocals on U Got the Look Sheila E drums percussion on U Got the Look amp Alphabet St vocals on Alphabet St Cat Glover rap on Alphabet St Eric Leeds brass vocals on Alphabet St flute on Gett Off Charts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for The Very Best of Prince Chart 2001 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 11 40 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 12 13 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 13 18 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 14 3 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 15 6 Irish Albums IRMA 16 1 Spanish Albums AFYVE 17 18 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 18 28 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 19 17 UK Albums OCC 20 2 US Billboard 200 21 66 2011 weekly chart performance for The Very Best of Prince Chart 2011 Peakposition Norwegian Albums VG lista 22 16 2016 weekly chart performance for The Very Best of Prince Chart 2016 Peak position Australian Albums ARIA 23 2 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 24 5 Canadian Albums Billboard 25 1 Danish Albums Hitlisten 26 7 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 27 12 French Albums SNEP 28 8 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 29 5 Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 30 5 Irish Albums IRMA 31 2 Italian Albums FIMI 32 12 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 33 1 Norwegian Albums VG lista 34 2 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 35 4 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 36 1 UK Albums OCC 37 2 US Billboard 200 38 1 Monthly charts edit Monthly chart performance for The Very Best of Prince Chart 2016 Peakposition Argentine Monthly Albums CAPIF 39 3 Year end charts edit 2001 year end chart performance for The Very Best of Prince Chart 2001 Position Canadian R amp B Albums Nielsen SoundScan 40 47 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 41 32 UK Albums OCC 42 75 2002 year end chart performance for The Very Best of Prince Chart 2002 Position Canadian R amp B Albums Nielsen SoundScan 43 131 2016 year end chart performance for The Very Best of Prince Chart 2016 Position Australian Albums ARIA 44 19 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 45 30 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 46 77 UK Albums OCC 47 42 US Billboard 200 48 14Certifications editCertifications for The Very Best of Prince Region Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 49 2 Platinum 140 000 Belgium BEA 50 Platinum 50 000 Canada Music Canada 51 Gold 50 000 Germany BVMI 52 Gold 150 000 Netherlands NVPI 53 Platinum 80 000 New Zealand RMNZ 54 Platinum 15 000 United Kingdom BPI 55 3 Platinum 900 000 United States RIAA 6 Platinum 2 660 000 10 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit a b Allmusic review Larkin Colin 2007 Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4th ed Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0195313734 Very Best of Prince CD Album Rolling Stone Album Guide Rolling Stone Archived from the original on March 20 2011 Retrieved September 16 2017 Prince s The Very Best Of Album Headed for No 1 on Billboard 200 Chart Billboard April 22 2016 Retrieved April 22 2016 a b American album certifications Prince The Very Best of Prince Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved November 28 2013 Prince Dominates Album Sales After His Death HipHopDX April 25 2016 Retrieved April 25 2016 Prince Rules at No 1 amp 2 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart with The Very Best Of amp Purple Rain Billboard April 24 2016 Retrieved April 24 2016 Beyonce Earns Sixth No 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With Lemonade Billboard May 1 2016 Retrieved May 1 2016 a b Grein Paul December 20 2016 The Top Selling Albums of 2016 Yahoo Music Australiancharts com Prince The Very Best Of Hung Medien Retrieved November 28 2013 Austriancharts at 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