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The figures on this page are compiled from RIAA, Billboard, Soundscan, etc... However, since it's a forum listing it's not an appropriate "official" source. We need something better. If someone were so inclined they could probably dig through that thread for some valid citations on at least a few of
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This article could do with a section of songs written by prince and made famous/recorded by others. Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You" which has it's own wiki page doesn't get a mention and I am sure there are other significant omissions. Sorry for requesting work I'm not ready to take on myself but
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first 2 or 3 produced under "The Time" moniker (where Prince and a couple of his own bandmates actually composed/performed on the entire album). Compilations are also an iffy category as Prince himself often seemed to have little directly to do with them. --
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a) It ruins the chronological progression of the discography. A person new to Prince's body of work would assume, at first glance, that Sign O' The Times was a follow up to Around The World In A Day which was in turn a follow up to 1999,
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