Purple Rain (soundtrack) (30th anniversary)

Today (June 25th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Purple Rain, the sixth studio album from Prince and the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name. The record spent seventy-two weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, including twenty-four weeks at the number 1 spot.

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Purple Rain (soundtrack)

Welcome to another edition of Soundtrack Sunday.

On June 25th of 1984, the film Purple Rain was released along with the accompanying soundtrack album by Prince and the Revolution. This was the sixth album by the multi-talented singer/songwriter from Minneapolis. It went to number 8 in Austria, number 7 in Switzerland and the UK, number 5 in Germany, number 4 in Norway, number 3 in Sweden and number 2 in New Zealand. It topped out at number 1 in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and in the US (on both the Billboard Album chart and the Billboard R&B chart).