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Prince Breaks Beatles’ Billboard Record

LEGEND LIVES ON

Nineteen albums on the Top 200 in single week.

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More than one month after his death, Prince broke a Billboard record previously set by the Beatles for the most albums charting in the Top 200 during the same week. With 19 albums on the prestigious sales list—including hottest sellers like Purple Rain, 1999, and The Very Best of Prince—the Purple One smashed the Beatles’ single-week record of 13 albums.

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