NOTE L002075
DATEMay 30, 2026
STATUSFiled
SUBJECT1999

What was the commercial impact of Prince’s 1999 album?

1999 was Prince’s breakthrough crossover album and his first top 10 on the Billboard 200, reaching number nine. It sold five million copies worldwide and became the fifth best-selling album on the Billboard Year-End chart of 1983. It marked the beginning of two years of heightened fame leading into Purple Rain.

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