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# Prince Fans Pay Tribute, Buying 1 Million Tracks, 240000 Albums In U.S. On Day Of His Death
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/prince-fans-pay-tribute-buying-1-million-tracks-240000-albums-in-us-on-day-of-his-death/
- Published: 2016-04-23T07:21:04.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-23T07:21:04.000Z
- Description: U.S fans paid tribute to Prince by purchasing an unprecedented number of his albums and songs on the day of his untimely death – 230,000 albums and 1 million tracks.. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/04/prince-fans-pay-tribute-buying-1-million-tracks-240000-albums-in-us-on-day-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, music, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![Prince](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1cf1bea970c-150wi "Prince")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1cf1bea970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)U.S fans **paid tribute to Prince** by purchasing an **unprecedented number** of his albums and songs on the day of his untimely death – 230,000 albums and 1 million tracks. **The breakdown:**

**Prince Album Sales:**

- Total Prince Album Sales from April 15, 2016 through April 20, 2016: **4,263**  
Total Prince Album Sales on April 21: **231,834Top 5 Selling Prince Albums on April 21, 2016:**

| Title                   | Album Sales |
| ----------------------- | ----------- |
| The Very Best Of Prince | 94,621      |
| Purple Rain             | 55,306      |
| The Hits/The B-Sides    | 22,345      |
| 1999                    | 11,640      |
| Ultimate Prince         | 8,985       |

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**Prince Song Sales:**

- Total Prince Song Sales from April 15, 2016 through April 20, 2016: **18,821**
- Total Prince Song Sales on April 21: **1,055,911Top 5 Selling Prince Songs on April 21, 2016:**

| Title               | Song Sales |
| ------------------- | ---------- |
| Purple Rain         | 125,773    |
| Little Red Corvette | 89,978     |
| Kiss                | 86,422     |
| Let’s Go Crazy      | 77,763     |
| When Doves Cry      |            |

**The stats were compiled by BuzzAngle Music, a sales & streaming tracking service of music technology company Border City Me*dia.* 

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