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# Prince Sells 3 Million Tracks, 650K Albums In Just 4 Days
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/prince-sells-3-million-tracks-650k-albums-in-just-4-days/
- Published: 2016-04-25T17:04:52.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-25T17:04:52.000Z
- Description: 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. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/04/prince-sells-3-million-tracks-650k-albums-in-just-4-days.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

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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      |

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**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        |

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**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         |

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**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      |