Prince 
Variations: The New Power Generation, Prince & 3rdEyeGirl, Prince & The New Power Generation, Prince And The Revolution.
The best album credited to Prince is Sign 'O' The Times which is ranked number 183 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 9,165.
The best album credited to Prince taking into account any aliases or variations is Purple Rain by Prince And The Revolution which is ranked number 81 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 17,095.
Prince is ranked number 42 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 39,716 (this takes into account any aliases or variations).
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This may not be a complete discography for Prince.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!
Prince bestography composition
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2000s | 15 | 0% | |
2010s | 8 | 0% | |
2020s | 2 | 0% |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 81.8/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 21.1.
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One of the best artists, showmen, musicians, instrumentalists (guitarists, drummers, pianists/keyboardists, at least) – to come from....well, wherever he came from – of all time. Transcending and influencing genres as well as gathering the fanfare of other established contemporary and future artists (David Bowie, Dave Grohl, George Clinton, Steve Lukather, and Elton John, to name a few, but there are COMPILATIONS of various artists' opinions on him) ever since his inception. Sometimes, he seems otherworldly in his performances and musicianship (hear the 1988 Lovesexy rehearsal – yes, rehearsal, believe it or not, after listening – of "Feel U Up"), but at other times, he's a down-to-earth, charismatic, cool guy (like when he would talk to and have various discussions – about things from religion to philosophy – with his fans at the mall). So enigmatic and mysterious at times, but then goofy/hilarious and accessible at others; well, enigmatic regardless. Akin to what another said, it's as if a classical or romantic composer was born centuries late – or reborn – just in time (for me, at least). Instrumental ability, vocal ability, and range (one of the best, at least out of famous singers; not counting your aunt down the street who "would've gotten a record deal. if only [blah, blah, blah]"). Unfortunately, I'm too young to have been able to go to any of his concerts, let alone see him in his prime (in my opinion, that is from around '87 to the early '90s [perhaps '91?]) or from his get-go (1977/78, "For You), and worst of all, appreciate him at a younger age (to be fair, my parents never really played his music, occasionally save the hits). Truly a gift to this world; if only he (always) had lived a bit longer.

I don't like many of his songs, but boy could he play guitar! His performance on 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' is sensational. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdfMh8QgJjA

I agree with all the comments of him being overrated. I listened to the "Dirty Mind" record with great expectations cause I read about how great it was from a chart I liked, but turned out to be a plain and dull record.
While I can't get into a lot of his stuff, I recognize his immense talent. Purple rain is a perfect album, and pretty much all of his eighties stuff is amazing. Oh yeah, and he could shred a good guitar

I like Purple Rain and some of the singles, (Little Red Corvette, 1999 etc) but most of the rest I could do without, especially Sign 'O the Times. Definitely overrated. I find it hard to believe his net worth is comparable to David Bowie.
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