--- description: Legendary artist Prince has sold nearly 3.5 million songs and albums since his death on April 21. title: Prince Has Sold Almost 3 Million Songs Since His Death image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc25ca9812c78ff31/6988904f0a4a2223ec9c95f4/gettyimages-51020844.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Prince Has Sold Almost 3 Million Songs Since His Death  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 26, 2016 12:03 PM CUT  Prince performs at the 10th Anniversary Essence Music Festival at the Superdome on July 2, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prince performs at the 10th Anniversary Essence Music Festival at the Superdome on July 2, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana.Chris Graythen—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 26, 2016 12:03 PM CUT Legendary artist [Prince](http://time.com/4303531/prince-dead-photos/ "undefined") has sold nearly 3.5 million songs and albums since [his death](http://time.com/4303558/prince-dead-paisley-park-57/ "undefined") on April 21. [According to Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7341907/prince-sold-35-million-albums-songs-us "undefined"), Prince’s albums sold 654,000 copies in the U.S. between April 15 and April 24, and his individual songs netted 2.82 million downloads in the same time. The impact of Prince’s death is clear on the sales— the week ending April 21 saw 256,000 album sales; the previous week saw just 5,000\. 1.04 million individual songs were sold in the week of his death, compared to 14,000 the previous week. Four of Prince’s albums [jumped to the top 5 sellers on iTunes](http://time.com/4303731/prince-dead-itunes-music-sales/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") the day fans learned of his death. Prince died at age 57 at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4307565/prince-music-sales-death/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4307565/prince-music-sales-death/"},"headline":"Prince Has Sold Almost 3 Million Songs Since His Death","datePublished":"2016-04-26T12:03:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:01:57.740Z","description":"Legendary artist Prince has sold nearly 3.5 million songs and albums since his death on April 21.","url":"https://time.com/4307565/prince-music-sales-death/","keywords":["Music","Prince"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc25ca9812c78ff31/6988904f0a4a2223ec9c95f4/gettyimages-51020844.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc25ca9812c78ff31/6988904f0a4a2223ec9c95f4/gettyimages-51020844.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"10th Anniversary Essence Music Festival - Day 1","caption":"10th Anniversary Essence Music Festival - Day 1","creditText":"Chris Graythen—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4307565/prince-music-sales-death/","name":"Prince Has Sold Almost 3 Million Songs Since His Death"}}]}] ```