CSPC: Prince Popularity Analysis

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Digital Singles Sales – Part 3

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 1,5 ratio between one album and one digital single.

Diamonds And Pearls (1991) – 282,000 equivalent albums

Diamonds and Pearls – 620,000
Cream – 600,000
Gett Off – 450,000
Insatiable – 140,000
Remaining tracks – 70,000

Love Symbol Album (1992) – 102,000 equivalent albums

My Name Is Prince – 50,000
Sexy MF – 200,000
7 – 370,000
Remaining tracks – 60,000

Come (1994) – 6,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 40,000

The Gold Experience (1995) – 9,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 60,000

Chaos & Disorder (1996) – 2,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 10,000

Emancipation (1996) – 2,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 10,000

Multiple singles from Diamonds and Pearls got decent downloads although they aren’t as strong as during their initial release. Later singles struggled much more, with post-Warner eras facing a lot of availability limitations.

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