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4Ever
Greatest hits album by Prince
ReleasedNovember 22, 2016 (2016-11-22)
RecordedDecember 1976 – May 1993
Genre
Length155:06
Label
ProducerPrince
Prince chronology
Hit n Run Phase Two
(2015) 		4Ever
(2016) 		Anthology: 1995–2010
(2018)
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4Ever, also known as Prince 4Ever, is a greatest hits album by American recording artist Prince, released on November 22, 2016, by NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records. It is the first Prince release following the musician's death on April 21, 2016.

The two-disc set features 40 songs from Prince's tenure with Warner Bros. Records and features recordings from all of his albums between 1978's For You and 1993's The Hits/The B-Sides. It is the first Prince collection to include his number-one hit single "Batdance" from the soundtrack album to the 1989 film Batman.

4Ever features the first official release of the song "Moonbeam Levels", which had previously circulated on bootlegs of Prince's unreleased material in a low-quality form. The song had been recorded in 1982 during the sessions for 1999 and was subsequently considered for the unreleased 1988–89 album Rave unto the Joy Fantastic.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Prince, except where indicated

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."1999" (single version) 1999 (1982)3:38
2."Little Red Corvette" (single version) 19993:08
3."When Doves Cry" (single version) Purple Rain (1984)3:48
4."Let's Go Crazy" (single version) Purple Rain3:50
5."Raspberry Beret" Around the World in a Day (1985)3:35
6."I Wanna Be Your Lover" (single version) Prince (1979)3:00
7."Soft and Wet"
  • Prince
  • Chris Moon
For You (1978)3:05
8."Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" Prince3:50
9."Uptown" (single version) Dirty Mind (1980)4:12
10."When You Were Mine" Dirty Mind3:45
11."Head" Dirty Mind4:45
12."Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" non-album single (1981)2:57
13."Controversy" (single version) Controversy (1981)3:39
14."Let's Work" (single version) Controversy3:04
15."Delirious" (single version) 19992:41
16."I Would Die 4 U" (single version) Purple Rain3:00
17."Take Me with U" (single version) Purple Rain3:44
18."Paisley Park" Around the World in a Day4:45
19."Pop Life" Around the World in a Day3:45
20."Purple Rain" Purple Rain8:42
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Kiss" (single version) Parade (1986)3:46
2."Sign o' the Times" (single version) Sign o' the Times (1987)3:43
3."Alphabet St." (single version) Lovesexy (1988)2:26
4."Batdance" (single version) Batman (1989)4:07
5."Thieves in the Temple" Graffiti Bridge (1990)3:21
6."Cream" Diamonds and Pearls (1991)4:13
7."Mountains"Parade4:00
8."Girls & Boys" (single version) Parade3:28
9."If I Was Your Girlfriend" (single version) Sign o' the Times3:46
10."U Got the Look" Sign o' the Times3:47
11."I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (single version) Sign o' the Times3:41
12."Glam Slam" (single version) Lovesexy3:30
13."Moonbeam Levels" Previously unreleased (1982)4:06
14."Diamonds and Pearls" (single version) Diamonds and Pearls4:20
15."Gett Off" (UK single remix) Diamonds and Pearls4:00
16."Sexy MF"Love Symbol Album (1992)5:26
17."My Name Is Prince" (single version)
  • Prince
  • Tony M.
Love Symbol Album4:04
18."7" (single version)Love Symbol Album4:23
19."Peach" The Hits/The B-Sides (1993)3:48
20."Nothing Compares 2 U" (single version) The Hits/The B-Sides4:19

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

2016–2017 weekly chart performance for 4Ever
Chart (2016–2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 36
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 64
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 46
Canadian Albums (Billboard) 40
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 10
French Albums (SNEP) 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 87
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) 18
Irish Albums (OCC) 15
Italian Albums (FIMI) 64
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) 1
Portuguese Albums (AFP) 29
Scottish Albums (OCC) 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 21
UK Albums (OCC) 21
UK R&B Albums (OCC) 2
US Billboard 200 33
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 4
2019 weekly chart performance for 4Ever
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 45

Year-end charts

2016 year-end chart performance for 4Ever
Chart (2016) Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 150
UK Albums (OCC) 86
2017 year-end chart performance for 4Ever
Chart (2017) Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 152
US Billboard 200 158
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 63

Certifications

Certifications for 4Ever
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) Gold 100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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