DETROIT, MI – NOVEMBER 4: American singer Prince (1958-2016) performs onstage during the 1984 Purple … [+]
Prince was the kind of musician who loved to use his music for different purposes. He didn’t just record songs and albums and release them—he tried new things and entered new fields with his work. Known as an incredible live performer, he also found great success in the movie world, in addition to the music industry.
Two of Prince’s most popular forays into the film business are performing incredibly well in the U.K. this week. The rocker fills several spaces on the Official Soundtrack Albums chart, and both of his current wins are living inside the highest tier on the ranking of the bestselling soundtrack albums in the country.
Prince occupies a pair of spaces inside the top 10 alone on the Official Soundtrack Albums tally. One of his projects climbs, while the other returns to the list—impressively inside the loftiest tier.
Purple Rain rises ever so slightly this time around. The blockbuster release lifts from No. 6 to No. 5, returning to the highest half of the top 10.
Meanwhile, the full-length that accompanied the Batman movie released in 1989 is back on the chart. The set reappears at No. 10 on the Official Soundtrack Albums list in the U.K. this week. It’s previously climbed as high as No. 4, a position it’s not too far away from at the moment.
Purple Rain is one of the longest-charting and most successful soundtracks of all time. The title has now spent 924 frames on the Official Soundtrack Albums tally in the U.K. Batman, meanwhile, has only managed 14 stays.
Prince’s Batman project is one of several returning champions to the Official Soundtrack Albums chart, and it ranks as the loftiest of the bunch. Further down on the roster come titles like High School Musical, Drive, Les Miserables (a staged concert version), and Dirty Dancing, among others.
