Prince Sells 3 Million Tracks, 650K Albums In Just 4 Days
In the 4 day period April 21-24, following Prince's untimely passing, he sold 654,861 albums and had track sales of more than 3 million, according to new stats from Buzz Angle Music. 230K of those albums and 1M songs in the U.S. on April 21st alone. More impressive Prince sales stats:
Prince U.S. Album Sales:
Total U.S. Prince Album Sales from April 15, 2016 through April 20, 2016: 4,263
Total U.S. Prince Album Sales from April 21 through April 24, 2016: 654,861
Daily Breakdown:
| Title | Total | 4/24/2016 | 4/23/2016 | 4/22/2016 | 4/21/2016 |
| All U.S. Albums | 654,861 | 64,529 | 132,788 | 225,710 | 231,834 |
| The Very Best Of Prince | 260,296 | 23,432 | 50,358 | 91,885 | 94,621 |
| Purple Rain | 144,754 | 13,517 | 27,861 | 48,070 | 55,306 |
| The Hits/The B-Sides | 63,951 | 6,116 | 12,971 | 22,519 | 22,345 |
| Ultimate Prince | 37,424 | 4,552 | 8,579 | 15,308 | 8,985 |
| 1999 | 33,371 | 3,041 | 6,692 | 11,998 | 11,640 |
Prince U.S. Song Sales:
Total U.S. Prince Song Sales from April 21 through April 24, 2016: 231,834
Total U.S. Prince Song Sales from April 21 through April 24, 2016: 3,072,893
Daily Breakdown:
| Title | Total | 4/24/2016 | 4/23/2016 | 4/22/2016 | 4/21/2016 |
| All Songs | 3,072,893 | 344,449 | 635,399 | 1,037,134 | 1,055,911 |
| Purple Rain | 352,144 | 40,781 | 69,597 | 115,993 | 125,773 |
| Little Red Corvette | 225,867 | 22,145 | 42,067 | 71,677 | 89,978 |
| Kiss | 205,454 | 20,100 | 36,390 | 62,542 | 86,422 |
| Let’s Go Crazy | 203,778 | 22,150 | 39,046 | 64,819 | 77,763 |
| When Doves Cry | 196,241 | 26,557 | 49,221 | 51,927 | 68,536 |
| 1999 | 184,865 | 19,063 | 36,151 | 64,195 | 65,456 |
Prince Canada Album Sales:
Total Canada Prince Album Sales from April 15, 2016 through April 20, 2016: 157
Total Canada Prince Album Sales on April 21: 7,783
Top 5 Canada Selling Prince Albums on April 21, 2016:
| Title | Album Sales |
| The Very Best Of Prince | 3,574 |
| Purple Rain | 1,491 |
| The Hits/The B-Sides | 656 |
| Ultimate Prince | 552 |
| 1999 | 274 |
Prince Canada Song Sales:
Total Canada Prince Song Sales from April 15, 2016 through April 20, 2016: 997
Total Canada Prince Song Sales on April 21: 38,397
Top 5 Canada Selling Prince Songs on April 21, 2016:
| Title | Song Sales |
| Purple Rain | 5,988 |
| Kiss | 4,106 |
| When Doves Cry | 3,936 |
| Little Red Corvette | 3,844 |
| Let’s Go Crazy | 3,563 |
