After his untimely death last week, pop icon Prince’s reign on the Billboard charts is nothing short of magnificent and a befitting send off to the music royal.
As we reported here, the singer/songwriter shot to #1 on Billboard 200 within just 24 hours of news of his passing. Selling over 179,000 units of his greatest hits project on April 21 alone, the album sits pretty at #1 this week while his magnum opus, ‘Purple Rain,‘ follows at #2.
But, the damage doesn’t stop there. Check in below to see how the musical genius wrecked shop on the week’s competition:
According to Nielsen Music, Prince’s catalog of albums sold 654,000 copies in the U.S. between April 15 and April 24, while his individual songs sold 2.82 million downloads in that same span of time.
In the week ending April 21, his catalog of albums sold 256,000…
As for his song downloads, 1.04 million were sold in the week ending April 21…
On Friday, April 22, his albums sold 227,000 while his songs moved 960,000 downloads. On April 23: 113,000 albums and 521,000 songs. And on April 24: 58,000 albums and 301,000 songs.”
His biggest selling albums in the April 15-24 frame were The Very Best of Prince(259,000), Purple Rain (152,000) and The Hits/The B-Sides (64,000). In terms of songs, the best sellers were “Purple Rain” (326,000), “When Doves Cry” (246,000) and “Little Red Corvette” (201,000).
Check in tomorrow for the full TGJ chart check.