Izibalo ezivela emakethe yamarekhodi yaseMelika ziveze lokho Ngesonto lika-Ephreli 15 kuya ku-24, amakhophi ayizinkulungwane ezingama-654 e-discography kaPrince adayisiwe.. Ngokolwazi olunikezwe inkampani ebonisana ne-Nielsen Music yephephabhuku i-Billboard, ukulandwa kwedijithali kukhuphuke kwafinyelela cishe ezigidini ezi-3 ngesikhathi esifanayo, okuhlanganisa umhla zingama-21, usuku lokushona kwesihlabani somculo we-pop. . Uma ubheka imininingwane kusuka ngesonto eledlule kuya ku-Ephreli 21, uPrince wayethengise ama-albhamu ayizinkulungwane ezingama-256, okuyisibalo esikhulu kakhulu kunama-5.000 esonto eledlule.
Ngokusho kweBillboard, cishe wonke lawo marekhodi ayizinkulungwane ezingama-256 athengiswe ngemuva kokwaziwa kwezindaba zokufa kwakhe, ekuseni ngomhlaka-21 e-United States. Indaba yokulandwa kwedijithali iyefana - ezingomeni ngazinye - kusukela ngeviki eledlule, kuze kube umhla zingama-21, kudawunilowe okungaphezudlwana kancane kwesigidi uma kuqhathaniswa nezinkulungwane ezingu-14 zeviki eledlule, futhi okulandiwe okuningi. ukulandwa kwenziwe ngemva kwalokho. Ukushona komculi waseMinneapolis kwakwaziwa.
Imininingwane yokuthengisa e-United States, ngokusho kwezinsuku zokufa, ngokusho kweNielsen Music ibe amarekhodi ayizinkulungwane ezingama-227 nezingoma eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-960 ngo-Ephreli 22, amarekhodi ayizinkulungwane eziyi-113 nezingoma eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-521 kumarekhodi ayizinkulungwane ezingama-23 no-58 kanye nezinkulungwane ezingama-301. izingoma ngo-Ephreli 24. Phakathi kwama-albhamu athengiswa kakhulu ku-Discography kaPrince kukhona 'The Very Best of Prince' (amakhophi ayizinkulungwane ezingu-259), 'Purple Rain' (izinkulungwane ezingu-152) kanye ne-'The Hits - The B-Sides' (izinkulungwane ezingama-64). Endabeni yama-single, abathengisi abahamba phambili kube 'Imvula Ebomvu' (izinkulungwane ezingama-326), 'Lapho amajuba ekhala' (izinkulungwane ezingama-246) kanye 'ne-Little red Corvette' (amakhophi ayizinkulungwane ezingama-201). KuloMsombuluko (25), inhlanganisela ethi 'The Very Best of Prince' ikhuphuke yafinyelela kunombolo 1 ku-Billboard 200, ezisungula njenge-albhamu yesi-5 ukufinyelela inombolo yokuqala ku-discography yakhe kanye neyokuqala esikhathini esingaphezudlwana nje kweshumi leminyaka.
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