The Hits / The B-Sides

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The Hits / The B-Sides
Prince's compilation album

Publication
(s)

September 13, 1993

admission

1978-1993

Label (s) Warner Bros. Records / Paisley Park Records

Format (s)

Triple album , MC

Genre (s)

Contemporary R&B , electronic dance music , funk , hip-hop , pop music , rock music

Title (number)

56

running time

227: 03
75:47 ( The Hits 1 )
74:39 ( The Hits 2 )
76:37 ( The B-Sides )

occupation
  • Prince
  • Dave Friedlander, Stephen Marcussen - Additional mastering
  • David Carson - Logo Design
  • Gregg Geller - producer of the compilation

production

Prince

Studio (s)

Alpha Studios ( Burbank )
Dierks Studio Mobile Truck
First Avenue ( Minneapolis )
Galpin Blvd Home Studio (Minneapolis)
Hollywood Sound Recorders ( California )
Larrabee West Sound Studios ( Los Angeles )
Olympic Studios ( London )
Paisley Park ( Chanhassen )
Record Plant ( New York City )
SIR Studios (Los Angeles)
Sunset Sound (Los Angeles)
The Warehouse (Minneapolis)
Uptown (Minneapolis)

chronology
- The Hits / The B-Sides The Very Best of Prince
(2001)
Single releases
August 31, 1993 Pink Cashmere ( The Hits 1 )
4th October 1993 Peach ( The Hits 2 )
November 29, 1993 Controversy ( The Hits 2 )

The Hits / The B-Sides ( English for The Successes / The B-Sides ) is the first compilation album by the American musician Prince . It was released on September 13, 1993 as a 3-CD set on the Warner Bros. Records / Paisley Park Records label and includes his most commercially successful single releases from 1978 to 1993 on the first two CDs . In addition, the B-sides are on the third CD of the respective single releases. Parallel to The Hits / The B-Sides , the first two CDs were released as The Hits 1 and The Hits 2 as separate albums.

Guest musicians include Clare Fischer , Mayte Garcia , Rosie Gaines , Sheila E. and Sheena Easton . The music belongs to the genres of contemporary R&B , electronic dance music , funk , hip-hop , pop music and rock music . Music critics rated The Hits / The B-Sides consistently positive, and The Hits / The B-Sides , The Hits 1 and The Hits 2 achieved gold and platinum status in some countries. A tour to the compilation is not completed Prince.

When the triple album was released in mid-September 1993, Prince had given up his stage name three months earlier and was in a dispute with Warner Bros. Records, with which he was still under contract. Although he contributed six previously unreleased songs to The Hits / The B-Sides , Prince's further involvement was rejected by the recording company .

Emergence

Prince, 1993

In early 1993 there was an open conflict between Prince and Warner Bros. Records ; For example, in the summer of 1993 , the major label refused to release the debut album Goldnigga by Prince's companion band The New Power Generation , which he had previously recorded with her. Warner asked Prince to take a break and wanted to bring his greatest hits album onto the market, whereupon the musician found himself restricted in his artistic freedom. Warner originally intended to release a Prince compilation with four or five CDs. But the major label rejected this plan because the selling price for a four or five CD box would have been very high and, measured against the sales figures assumed by Warner, would not have been financially worthwhile. Due to persistent differences with Warner Bros. Records, Prince dropped his stage name on June 7, 1993 and instead carried an unpronounceable symbol as a pseudonym; he no longer wanted to work with the record company. At the time, Warner Bros. Records owned the copyrights to all of the songs Prince recorded for them in his career. Only in 2014 did he get all rights back to the songs.

Although Prince contributed six previously unreleased songs on The Hits / The B-Sides , he initially showed little interest in the project. It was only when he ended his tour Act II show in early September 1993 that he increasingly wanted to exert influence on The Hits / The B-Sides , which Warner Bros. Records refused. The major label wanted to release the triple album promptly and was not interested in a possible postponement. Warner ultimately paid Prince not to have any further influence on The Hits / The B-Sides .

The six previously unreleased songs include 4 the Tears in Your Eyes , Power Fantastic , Pink Cashmere , Nothing Compares 2 U , Peach and Pope . The piece 4 the Tears in Your Eyes took Prince on February 2, 1985 in a mobile recording studio in New Orleans in Louisiana in the Louisiana Superdome on, having previously there on the day a live concert as part of his Purple Rain tour had given. At the beginning of April he recorded an acoustic version of the music video with Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin at SIR Studios in Los Angeles , California , which was broadcast worldwide at the Live Aid concert on July 13, 1985. This version can be heard on The Hits / The B-Sides . Prince released a revised version of 4 the Tears in Your Eyes with band members from The Revolution on the album We Are the World , which was released on April 12, 1985.

Power Fantastic recorded Prince on March 19, 1986 with members of The Revolution at what was then Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen , Minnesota and not, as the liner notes read, at his Paisley Park studio. He originally placed the piece on his ultimately unreleased studio album Dream Factory in 1986. Power Fantastic is based on a song called Carousel , which was written by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman in March 1986. Although Prince wrote a new song text , Melvoin and Coleman are not mentioned as authors in the liner notes of The Hits / The B-Sides . He recorded the track Power Fantastic with his band in just one take and Eric Leeds, who contributed a flute solo, said after the recording: "That was one of the greatest songs we have ever done". An instrumental intro that Prince wrote for Power Fantastic was omitted from the version for The Hits / The B-Sides .

Prince recorded the song Pink Cashmere on June 9, 1988 in Chanhassen in his Paisley Park studio. He replaced synthesizers that were originally present in the piece with a string orchestra , which was arranged and composed by Clare Fischer . The music of the string orchestra took Arne Frager in Los Angeles in the Madhatter Studios in summer 1988.

The version of Nothing Compares 2 U on The Hits / The B-Sides can be heard as a duet between Prince and Rosie Gaines in a live version, which was recorded on January 27, 1992 at a concert for invited guests at Paisley Park Studio . Prince's backing band The New Power Generation is part of the musical line-up.

Peach recorded Prince at Olympic Studios in London in June 1992 when he was touring London on the Diamonds and Pearls tour . Prince played the piece regularly on his Act I show, which took place in the United States in March and April 1993. Pope recorded Prince at Paisley Park Studio in late May 1993.

Design of the cover

There is a portrait photo of Prince on the front of the album cover showing him from the side with his eyes closed. His gaze is directed discreetly downwards. Only the track list is printed on the back of the album cover.

The booklet from The Hits / The B-Sides has 24 pages and Warner Bros. Records originally wanted the music journalist Neal Karlen the liner notes writes; Karlen interviewed Prince in 1985 and 1990 for the US music magazine Rolling Stone . But Prince rejected him as a writer and instead appointed Alan Leeds (born January 26, 1947), his tour manager from 1983 to 1989 and chairman of Paisley Park Records from 1989 to 1993, for this task. With the exception of the three songs Peach , Pink Cashmere and Pope , Leeds commented and wrote annotations on every piece of The Hits / The B-Sides .

Herb Ritts took the eleven photos that can be seen in the booklet. Ten of these show Prince, while one shows the bust of his upper body.

music

The music from the album The Hits / The B-Sides can be assigned to different musical genres; for example, the songs Sign "☮" the Times , Cream and Diamonds and Pearls come from the Contemporary R&B division . Uptown , 1999 , Kiss and Gett Off belong to the funk genre, When Doves Cry and I Would Die 4 U come from the electronic dance music sector , Little Red Corvette and I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man from the pop music genre and She's Always in My Hair from the field of rock music .

The six songs Nothing Compares 2 U and Pink Cashmere (both on The Hits 1 ), Peach and Pope (both on The Hits 2 ) as well as 4 the Tears in Your Eyes and Power Fantastic (both on The B-Sides ) were not on any before Prince album available.

The hits 1

The ballad Nothing Compares 2 U wrote Prince in July 1984, the version on The Hits 1 is the duet with Rosie Gaines to hear a live version, recorded in Paisley Park Studio on January 27 1992nd

Pink Cashmere is also a pop music ballad. The arrangement of the song focuses on Prince put forward by him acoustic guitar , paired with a subtle beat of a drum machine . A string orchestra arranged by Clare Fischer can be heard mostly in the background. Pink Cashmere ended with a guitar solo by Prince, which ends in the music of the string orchestra. In the lyrics performed by Prince in falsetto , he expresses his love for a woman by giving her, among other things, a coat made of pink cashmere ("Pink Cashmere").

Prince 'then girlfriend Anna Garcia (born December 31, 1970 in London ), who is also known under the stage name Anna Fantastic, inspired him to write the lyrics of Pink Cashmere . He met the then 15-year-old Garcia on August 14, 1986 in his London hotel room, after giving a live concert as part of the parade tour at Wembley Arena . Prince and Garcia spent the night in the hotel room talking - he didn't make any sexual innuendos, but gave her his phone number and promised to keep in touch with her. At that time Garcia attended an acting school in London. She also recorded a single under the pseudonym Sheree in 1988 called Ronnie - Talk to Russia! which belongs to the Euro Disco genre and was produced by Dieter Bohlen . The song was unsuccessful from a commercial point of view and is not a cover version of Prince's 1981 song Ronnie, Talk to Russia .

On December 31, 1988, her 18th birthday, Garcia flew to Minneapolis , Minnesota, where Prince hosted a birthday party for her. As described in the Pink Cashmere lyrics, he gave her a pink cashmere coat. In addition, the two lived in Prince's house in Minneapolis for a few months in early 1989, but in early 1990 the couple separated and Garcia moved back to London. Prince and Garcia had no contact with each other over the years.

The Hits 2

Peach is from the rock music genre and Prince can often be heard on the electric guitar . In the song you can occasionally hear a groan from Kim Basinger , which Prince sampled , but he doesn't mention it in the liner notes . The lyrics are suggestive at times and deal with the look of a woman; For example, Prince sings about a young woman whose buttocks are sparsely covered by gold-colored hot pants . Her attractive appearance would even " turn a gay pastor into a sinner ". Mayte Garcia , then friend and future wife of Prince, inspired him to write the following line of text: "It was dark, it was light brown, it made me happy to be a man".

The song Pope contains elements from the hip-hop genre . Prince sometimes sings the lyrics and Garcia does the lead vocals at times . Pope contains some samples from the US actor and stand-up comedian Bernie Mac (* 1957, † 2008). The song has no socially critical or political lyrics; Prince uses the term “Pope” (German: “ Pope ”) analogously to a president , ie for someone who is considered excellent in his field. But for the President “nothing works” and his government is “lazy”, which is why Prince “would rather be the Pope”.

The B-Sides

The lyrics to 4 the Tears in Your Eyes are about Jesus Christ and the crucifixion . Power Fantastic is a ballad that Prince plays mainly on the piano . Brass instruments sometimes give the song a touch of the genre of jazz . The lyrics of the song, sung by Prince in falsetto, are about a person who is afraid of being accepted, to let love or God into his heart. For example, Prince sings “At least there is fantastic power (“ Power Fantastic ”) in your life. You are a little worried, but the cause of it is what you want and need ”.

Title list and publication

The Hits / The B-Sides was released on September 13, 1993 in the UK and a day later in the US. The compilation is available as a triple album on compact disc and compact cassette . In addition, The Hits 1 and The Hits 2 were released as separate albums on CD, compact cassette and as a double album on vinyl . The B-Sides was not released as a single phonogram .

The majority of the songs on the first two CDs are singles from 13 Prince albums from 1978 to 1993. The album Batman (1989) for the film of the same name was not included; Prince had to cede the release rights of the songs that can be heard in the film to Warner Bros. Entertainment . Therefore only the B-sides of the Batman single releases are available on The Hits / The B-Sides .

Most of the single releases on The Hits / The B-Sides can be heard in a shortened edit version and most of the B-sides were not previously available on CD. The song When You Were Mine was only released as a promo single in late 1980 and Adore was not released as a single or B-side.

title The hits Duration Original sound carrier
When Doves Cry (edit) The Hits 1 # 1 3:48 1984: Purple Rain
Pop Life C The Hits 1 # 2 3:41 1985: Around the World in a Day
Soft and Wet The Hits 1 # 3 3:02 1978: For You
I feel for you The Hits 1 # 4 3:24 1979: Prince
Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? The Hits 1 # 5 3:38 1979: Prince
When You Were Mine The Hits 1 # 6 3:43 1980: Dirty Mind
Uptown (edit) The Hits 1 # 7 4:08 1980: Dirty Mind
Let's Go Crazy C The Hits 1 # 8 4:39 1984: Purple Rain
1999 (edit) The Hits 1 # 9 3:36 1982: 1999
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (edit) The Hits 1 # 10 3:38 1987: Sign "☮" the Times
Nothing Compares 2 U ( duet with Rosie Gaines ) The Hits 1 # 11 4:57 1993: The Hits / The B-Sides
Adore (edit) The Hits 1 # 12 4:39 1987: Sign "☮" the Times
Pink cashmere The Hits 1 # 13 6:13 1993: The Hits / The B-Sides
Alphabet St. The Hits 1 # 14 5:38 1988: Lovesexy
Sign "☮" the Times (edit) The Hits 1 # 15 3:42 1987: Sign "☮" the Times
Thieves in the Temple The Hits 1 # 16 3:20 1990: Graffiti Bridge
Diamonds and Pearls (edit) F. The Hits 1 # 17 4:19 1991: Diamonds and Pearls
7 G The Hits 1 # 18 5:08 1992: Love Symbol
Controversy (edit) The Hits 2 # 1 3:36 1981: Controversy
Dirty Mind (edit) A. The Hits 2 # 2 3:39 1980: Dirty Mind
I wanna be your lover (edit) The Hits 2 # 3 2:57 1979: Prince
Head The Hits 2 # 4 4:43 1980: Dirty Mind
Do me, baby (edit) The Hits 2 # 5 3:56 1981: Controversy
Delirious (edit) The Hits 2 # 6 2:38 1982: 1999
Little Red Corvette The Hits 2 # 7 4:55 1982: 1999
I Would Die 4 U C The Hits 2 # 8 2:56 1984: Purple Rain
Raspberry Beret C The Hits 2 # 9 3:31 1985: Around the World in a Day
If I Was Your Girlfriend (edit) The Hits 2 # 10 3:46 1987: Sign "☮" the Times
Kiss D The Hits 2 # 11 3:46 1986: parade
Peach The Hits 2 # 12 3:48 1993: The Hits / The B-Sides
U Got the Look ( duet with Sheena Easton ) The Hits 2 # 13 3:46 1987: Sign "☮" the Times
Sexy MF F The Hits 2 # 14 5:25 1992: Love Symbol
Gett Off F. The Hits 2 # 15 4:30 1991: Diamonds and Pearls
Cream F The Hits 2 # 16 4:12 1991: Diamonds and Pearls
Pope The Hits 2 # 17 3:28 1993: The Hits / The B-Sides
Purple Rain C The Hits 2 # 18 8:40 1984: Purple Rain
Hello (edit) C. The B-Sides # 1 3:24 1985: B-side of Pop Life
200 balloons The B-Sides # 2 5:05 1989: B-side of Batdance
Escape (edit) The B-Sides # 3 3:30 1988: B-side of Glam Slam
Gotta Stop (Messin 'About) The B-Sides # 4 2:54 1981: B-side of Let's Work
Horny Toad The B-Sides # 5 2:12 1983: B-side of Delirious
Feel U Up (edit) The B-Sides # 6 3:43 1989: Partyman's B-side
Girl (edit) C The B-Sides # 7 3:47 1985: B-side of America
I love U in Me The B-Sides # 8 4:12 1989: B-side of The Arms of Orion
Erotic City (edit) C The B-Sides # 9 3:55 1984: B-side of Let's Go Crazy
Shockadelica (edit) The B-Sides # 10 3:30 1987: B-side of If I Was Your Girlfriend
Irresistible bitch The B-Sides # 11 4:12 1983: B-side of Let's Pretend We're Married
Scarlet Pussy (edit) (lead vocals: Sheila E. ) The B-Sides # 12 4:18 1988: B-side of I Wish U Heaven
La, La, La, He, He, Hee (edit) E The B-Sides # 13 3:21 1987: B-side of Sign "☮" the Times
She's Always in My Hair (edit) C. The B-Sides # 14 3:27 1985: B-side of Raspberry Beret
17 Days B The B-Sides # 15 3:55 1984: B-side of When Doves Cry
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? The B-Sides # 16 3:51 1982: B-side from 1999
Another Lonely Christmas (edit) C. The B-Sides # 17 4:52 1984: B-side of I Would Die 4 U
God (edit) C The B-Sides # 18 4:02 1984: B-side of Purple Rain
4 the Tears in Your Eyes The B-Sides # 19 3:23 1993: The Hits / The B-Sides
Power Fantastic C The B-Sides # 20 4:45 1993: The Hits / The B-Sides
Total: 56
Notes: Prince is the author of all songs unless otherwise stated
A.Authors: Prince, Dr. finch
B.Authors: Prince, Dr. Fink, Lisa Coleman , Wendy Melvoin
D. Authors: Prince, David Z.
E.Authors: Prince, Sheena Easton
GAuthors: Prince, Lowell Fulson , Jimmy McCracklin

Single releases

Three singles were released from The Hits / The B-Sides ; Pink Cashmere was released on August 31, 1993 and was only released in Germany, the USA and Japan. There are two different versions of the single; Pink Cashmere (Vocal Version) is shortened to 3:56 minutes and Pink Cashmere (Guitar Version) is shortened to 3:58 minutes. The guitar version features Prince's guitar solo and the vocal version features Prince's vocals instead.

The second single was released on October 4, 1993, Peach , in the US only on November 18, 1993. The single version is identical to the album version of The Hits 2 . On November 29, 1993 Controversy was released again as a single exclusively in England ; the single was originally released in September 1981. The three single releases from The Hits / The B-Sides are available for purchase as 7 " singles , 12" and CD singles .

Furthermore, with Purple Rain , Nothing Compares 2 U and Pope three promotional records have been released. Purple Rain was released as a 1-track CD single in the album version in 1993. On November 18, 1993, Nothing Compares 2 U was released as a CD single and 12 ″ vinyl maxi single. The song is available in a shortened edit version with a length of 4:17 minutes, as well as in the album version of The Hits / The B-Sides . In April 1994 Pope was released as a 1-track CD single in the album version. Moreover, it is Pope available as 12 "vinyl maxi-single, the song in a remix can be heard with a length of 6:06 minutes. Pink Cashmere serves as the B-side , also available as a remix and with a length of 6:19 minutes.

Music videos

The Hits Collection (DVD)
  1. Peach
  2. Uptown
  3. 1999
  4. Alphabet St.
  5. Sign "☮" the Times
  6. Diamonds and Pearls
  7. Controversy
  8. Dirty Mind
  9. I want to be your lover
  10. Little Red Corvette
  11. I would die 4 u
  12. Raspberry Beret
  13. Kiss
  14. Cream
  15. 7th

With Peach , Pink Cashmere and Nothing Compares 2 U there are three music videos for songs by The Hits / The-Bides . The music video for Peach is recorded in a studio and shows Prince playing guitar, Michael Bland drums and Sonny Thompson electric bass. Mayte Garcia poses for a photographer and director of the music video was Parris Patton.

Pink Cashmere is a cut from previous Prince videos and contains footage from it . Nothing Compares 2 U also shows passages from previous Prince videos as well as excerpts from Prince and Rosie Gaines from a Paisley Park concert.

The music video compilation The Hits Collection was released on September 14, 1993 and features 15 Prince videos from 1979 to 1993. The compilation is 61 minutes long and available on VHS , laser disc and DVD . The Hits Collection has not yet been released on Blu-ray Disc . (Status: 2020)

Cover versions

Apart from the songs Peach and Nothing Compares 2 U , no cover versions of the previously unreleased songs on The Hits / The B-Sides are known. Peach recorded Rod Stewart in 2001 and in 2005 the band called Triggerdaddy, put together by Canadian rock musician Tim Karr. Nothing Compares 2 U covered several artists, such as Sinéad O'Connor (1990), Hitomi Yaida (2000), Texas Lightning (2006), Brian McFadden (2013) and Aretha Franklin (2014).

reception

Press

Music journalists rated The Hits / The B-Sides consistently positive. Many believed that the compilation represented pop music from 1978 to 1993. Prince fans, however, complained that songs such as Girls & Boys (1986), Housequake (1987) and Batdance (1989) were missing.

The US music journalist Jon Bream was enthusiastic about the triple album and believed that Prince should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as soon as possible . The music critics David Wilson and John Alroy gave the highest number of five possible stars and particularly praised the B-sides; Prince is "probably the first artist since The Beatles to put some of his best songs on B-sides rather than on an LP".

Christian Wright of the US music magazine Rolling Stone gave almost the top grade with four and a half out of five possible stars and was of the opinion that The Hits 1 and The Hits 2 were "essential documents of the past decade". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic also gave four and a half out of five possible stars and assumed, apart from the song Erotic City , the B-sides were "only of interest to loyal Prince fans".

Danny Kelly of British entertainment magazine Q wrote that many compilations “contain some stars from the astrological map of popular music; but these three [disks] contain the Milky Way . " David Browne of the US magazine Entertainment Weekly praised the triple album also and distributed for The Hits 1 and The Hits 2 the note A , for The B-Sides the grade A , with the The highest grade is A + .

Robert Christgau , who gave the grade B + , was somewhat more reserved , with A being the top grade; Songs like Irresistible Bitch , Scarlet Pussy , "the bad" Feel U Up and "the absolute classic" Erotic City should "be heard by every sex fan". On the other hand, some ballads from The B-Sides are “shitty” - Christgau did not mention which ballads he was alluding to. Pete Cashmore from the British music magazine New Musical Express gave it six out of ten points. He said the tracklist of 56 songs should have been shortened by "someone with a large pair of secateurs"; although you hear “a lot of good stuff”, but also less good songs.

Warner Bros. Records , meanwhile, made fun of Prince's name change and published an ironic advertisement in US magazine Billboard ; It was a text made up of a mixture of words and symbols and read as follows: “At Warner Bros, we treat our artists with a lot of heart. Don't call him Prince, call him O (+>, okay? ”A week later, Prince published a similarly designed ad, also a mixture of words and symbols, and responded as follows:“ We, here at NPG Records , treat our artists with respect. It makes us sad when the artists are sad. When they have new music, they want to give it to their fans. That 's cool ”.

Charts and awards

The three compilations The Hits / The B-Sides , The Hits 1 and The Hits 2 have been sold over four million times worldwide and have been awarded gold and platinum status several times around the world. The DVD The Hits Collection achieved gold status in the United States on December 6, 1993 for 50,000 units.

The Hits / The B-Sides

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 58 (8 weeks) 8th
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) - (- Where.) -
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 9 (10 weeks) 10
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 4th (18 weeks) 18th
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 4th (18 weeks) 18th

In the US, The Hits / The B-Sides reached its top ranking in May 2016 after Prince's death; in 1993 the album was at number 19.

  • US: December 1, 1993: 1 × platinum (1,000,000)
  • OFF: October 30, 2000: 1 × platinum (70,000)
  • UK: July 22, 2013: 1 × Gold (100,000)
  • NZ: May 23, 2016: 1 × platinum (15,000)

The hits 1

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 20th (11 weeks) 11
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 7th (13 weeks) 13
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 22nd (5 weeks) 5
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 5 (36 weeks) 36
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 46 (20 weeks) 20th
  • UK: June 1, 1995: 1x platinum (300,000)
  • US: August 10, 1995: 1 × platinum (1,000,000)
  • AUS: December 17, 1995: 1 × gold (35,000)

The Hits 2

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 19th (11 weeks) 11
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 9 (14 weeks) 14th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 10 (9 weeks) 9
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 5 (32 weeks) 32
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 54 (19 weeks) 19th
  • FRA: 1993: 1 × gold (100,000)
  • UK: June 1, 1995: 1x platinum (300,000)
  • US: August 10, 1995: 1 × platinum (1,000,000)
  • OFF: November 10, 1996: 1 × gold (35,000)

The DVD The Hits Collection achieved gold status in the United States on December 6, 1993 for 50,000 units.

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1993 Pink cashmere - ATnvAT CHnvCH UKnvUK US50 (9 weeks)
US
• Only decoupled in Germany, the USA and Japan
Peach DE45 (6 weeks)
DE 		AT25 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH13 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK14 (5 weeks)
UK 		US107 (4 weeks)
US
Controversy DEnvDE ATnvAT CHnvCH UK5 (5 weeks)
UK 		USnvUS
• Only decoupled in UK

In contrast to the 11 single releases I Wanna Be Your Lover , 1999 , When Doves Cry , Let's Go Crazy , Purple Rain , Raspberry Beret , Kiss , Thieves in the Temple , Gett Off , Cream and 7 , the three single releases from The Hits / The B-Sides do not achieve gold or platinum status.

literature

  • Jason Draper: Prince - Life & Times (Revised & Updated Edition). Chartwell Books, New York 2016, ISBN 978-0-7858-3497-7 .
  • Alex Hahn: Obsessed - Prince's turbulent life . Hannibal Verlag, Höfen 2016, ISBN 978-3-85445-610-0 .
  • Liz Jones: Slave to the Rhythm - The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. Warner Books, Little Brown and Company 1997, ISBN 0-7515-2393-3 .
  • Per Nilsen: DanceMusicSexRomance - Prince: The First Decade. Firefly Publishing, London 1999, ISBN 0-946719-23-3 .
  • Ronin Ro: Prince - Inside the Music and the Masks. St. Martin's Press, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-312-38300-8 .
  • Uptown: The Vault - The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince. Nilsen Publishing, Linköping 2004, ISBN 91-631-5482-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

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Prince
Studio albums

For You (1978) • Prince (1979) • Dirty Mind (1980) • Controversy (1981) • 1999 (1982) / 1999 Deluxe (2019) • Purple Rain (1984) / Purple Rain Deluxe (2017) • Around the World in a Day (1985) • Parade (1986) • Sign "☮" the Times (1987) • Lovesexy (1988) • Batman (1989) • Graffiti Bridge (1990) • Diamonds and Pearls (1991) • Love Symbol (1992) • Come (1994) • Black Album (1994) • The Gold Experience (1995) • Chaos and Disorder (1996) • Emancipation (1996) • Crystal Ball (1998) • The Truth (1998) • The Vault… Old Friends 4 Sale ( 1999) • Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic (1999) • The Rainbow Children (2001) • One Nite Alone… (2002) • Xpectation (download album - 2003) • NEWS (2003) • The Chocolate Invasion (download album - 2004) • The Slaughterhouse (Download album - 2004) • Musicology (2004) • 3121 (2006) • Planet Earth (2007) • Lotusflow3r (2009) • MPLSound (2009) • 20Ten (2010) • PlectrumElectrum (2014) • Art Official Age (2014) • HITnRUN Phase One (2015) • HITnRUN Phase Two (2015) • Piano & A Microphone 1983 (2018) • Originals (2019)

Mix tapes

NYC (1997)

Extended plays

The Scandalous Sex Suite (1989) • New Power Generation Remixes (1990) • Gett Off Remix EP (1991) • Cream Remixes (1991) • My Name Is Prince Remixes (1992) • 7 Remixes (1992) • The Beautiful Experience (1994 ) • Letitgo Remixes (1994) • Space Remixes (1994) • Eye Hate U Remixes (1995) • 1999 - The New Master (1999) • The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Remixes (1999) • The Breakfast Experience (2013)

Remix albums

His Majesty's Pop Life / The Purple Mix Club (1985) • The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) (1995) • Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic (2001)

Live albums

One Nite Alone… Live! (2002) • One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! (2002) • C-Note (2003) • Indigo Nights (2008) • Live in Detroit - November 30, 1982 (2019)

Soundtracks

Purple Rain (1984) • Under the Cherry Moon (1986) • Batman (1989) • Graffiti Bridge (1990) • Girl 6 (1996)

Compilation albums

The Hits / The B-Sides (1993) • The Hits 1 (1993) • The Hits 2 (1993) • The Very Best of Prince (2001) • Ultimate (2006) • 4Ever (2016) • Anthology: 1995–2010 ( 2018)

Tours

Prince tour (1979–80) • Fire It Up tour by Rick James (Prince as opening act - 1980) • Dirty Mind tour (1980–81) • Controversy tour (1981–82) • 1999 tour (1982–83) • Purple Rain Tour (1984–85) • Hit-N-Run Tour (1986) • Parade Tour (1986) • Sign-o'-the-Times-Tour (1987) • Lovesexy -Tour (1988-89) • Nude-Tour (1990) • Diamonds-and-Pearls-Tour (1992) • Act-I-Show (1993) • Act-II-Show (1993) • The Ultimate Live Experience (1995 ) • Japan ′96 (1996) • Love-4-One-Another-Charities-Tour 1997 (1997) • Jam-of-the-Year-Tour (1997-98) • Newpower-Soul-Tour / Newpower-Soul- Festival-Tour (1998) • Hit-N-Run-Tour (2000–01) • One-Nite-Alone-Tour (2002) • World-Tour 2003 (2003) • Musicology Live 2004ever (2004) • Per4ming Live 3121 in Las Vegas (2006–07) • 21 Nights in London: The Earth Tour (2007) • 20Ten Tour (2010) • Welcome 2 America Tour (2010–12) • Live Out Loud Tour (2013 ) • Hit-N-Run-Tour (2014) • Hit-N-Run-Tour 2015 (2015) • Piano & A Microphone (2016)