| Year Rank |
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| Dirty Mind | 1980 | 10 | 69 | 450 | |
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| Controversy | 1981 | 47 | 517 | 2628 | |
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| 1999 |
1982 | 3 | 29 | 183 |
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| Purple Rain | 1984 | 1 | 9 | 49 | |
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| Around the World in a Day | 1985 | 23 | 256 | 1259 | |
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| Parade |
1986 | 13 | 123 | 701 |
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| Sign 'O' the Times | 1987 | 1 | 2 | 26 | |
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| Lovesexy | 1988 | 43 | 394 | 2019 | |
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| The Love Symbol Album | 1992 | 54 | 477 | 2444 | |
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| Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
| Graffiti Bridge | 1990 | |
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| Diamonds and Pearls | 1991 | |
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| Musicology | 2004 | |
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| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Sample | |||
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When You Were Mine | 1980 | 20 | 188 | 1101 |
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Controversy | 1981 | 40 | 421 | 2273 |
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1999 | 1982 | 8 | 44 | 305 |
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Little Red Corvette | 1982 | 3 | 9 | 88 |
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When Doves Cry | 1984 | 1 | 4 | 46 |
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Let's Go Crazy | 1984 | 26 | 300 | 1673 |
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Purple Rain | 1984 | 8 | 64 | 441 |
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Raspberry Beret | 1985 | 27 | 283 | 1600 |
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Kiss | 1986 | 2 | 16 | 140 |
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Sign 'O' the Times | 1987 | 2 | 14 | 130 |
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If I Was Your Girlfriend | 1987 | 23 | 169 | 1001 |
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U Got the Look | 1987 | 35 | 281 | 1574 |
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I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man | 1987 | 37 | 292 | 1648 |
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Alphabet Street |
1988 | 19 | 189 | 1103 | | |
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Batdance |
1989 | 52 | 522 | 2756 | | |
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Gett Off | 1991 | 19 | 188 | 1331 |
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Cream | 1991 | 25 | 237 | 1629 |
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Sexy MF | 1992 | 25 | 271 | 1787 |
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| Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
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I Wanna Be Your Lover | 1979 |
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Pop Life | 1985 |
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The Most Beautiful Girl in the World |
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Black Sweat |
2006 | | ||||
| Album Rock |
| Club/Dance |
| College Rock |
| Funk |
| Hard Rock |
| Neo-Psychedelia |
| Pop/Rock |
| Soul |