Last week, we learned that since his tragic death, Princes albums and songs had moved in upwards of 4 million units, shattering expectations, though we probably should have seen that coming.That artist is, of course, the one forever and always known as Prince (except for that time that you couldnt actually call him that, but thats an entirely different discussion.) Chances are well only see this trend continue over the months ahead; a natural turn following the death of one of musics all-time greats.
With Ultimate entering the top 10 for the first time ever, Prince now holds the record for albums to have charted that high with 19 total. Two former Minnesotans also weighed in, Bob Mould and Dan Wilson. Journalists who contributed include yours truly, Erik Thompson from City Pages and local book authors Steven Hyden and Michaelangelo Matos. Some 86 albums are from this century and 154 are new to the Top 500. As Rolling Stone put it, the classics are still the classics, but the canon keeps getting bigger and better. Husker Du (New Day Rising, No. Replacements (Let It Be, No. Rolling Stone called St. In addition to Purple Rain, Prince landed at No. Dirty Mind), No. 130 (1999) and No. Sign O the Times). He was 35 when he died of organ failure, after the life of a great rock n roll guitarist. From right are frontman for the legendary Minneapolis band Paul Westerberg, drummer Chris Mars and bassist and Stinsons kid brother, Tommy. Pioneer Press archives: Photo by Dan Corrigan). Janet Jackson made her three entries Rhythm Nation 1814 (No. The Velvet Rope (No. Control (No. 111) with Minneapolis producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and recorded nearly all of those works in Minnesota. ![]() Love Song. (Madonna traveled to Paisley Park to record the track and later said, Quite frankly, I couldnt stand Minneapolis. When I went there, it was, like, 20 degrees below zero, and it was really desolate. I was miserable and I couldnt write or work under those circumstances.). And while hes not a Minnesotan, Eau Claires Justin Vernon made the list with his Bon Iver breakthrough For Emma, Forever Ago (No. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band routinely landed at the top of such lists, but plummeted all the way down to No. Hip-hop figures more heavily than ever, with Kendrick Lamars To Pimp a Butterfly (No. Kanye Wests My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (No. Lauryn Hill in the Top 20. He covers local and national music as well as some theater and other arts and entertainment topics. His favorite part of his job is reviewing, and live tweeting, Twin Cities arena concerts. Our goal with article comments is to provide a space for civil, informative and constructive conversations. We reserve the right to remove any comment we deem to be defamatory, rude, insulting to others, hateful, off-topic or reckless to the community.
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