3121

For other uses, see 3121 (disambiguation).

3121
Studio album by
Prince
ReleasedMarch 21, 2006
RecordedNovember 2004 – early 2006[1]
Studio
Genre
Length53:42
LabelNPG, Universal
ProducerPrince
Prince chronology
Musicology
(2004) 		3121
(2006) 		Ultimate Prince
(2006)
Singles from 3121
  1. "Te Amo Corazón"
    Released: December 20, 2005
  2. "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed"
    Released: January 2006
  3. "Black Sweat"
    Released: February 7, 2006
  4. "Fury"
    Released: June 27, 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Blender[4]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
NewsdayA[7]
Pitchfork6.0/10[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
SpinB[10]
Stylus MagazineA−[11]
The Village VoiceA−[12]

3121 (pronounced "thirty-one twenty-one") is the thirty-first studio album by American musician Prince. Released on March 21, 2006 (3/21) by NPG Records and distributed, under a "one-album deal", by Universal Music, the album reinforced Prince's big comeback after the critical success of Musicology (2004). The only Prince album ever to debut atop the Billboard 200 during his lifetime, with over 180,000 copies sold in its first week,[13] it knocked the soundtrack for High School Musical off the top spot and became Prince's first number one album since Batman in 1989,[14] eventually being certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[15]

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  4. ^ Catucci, Nick (March 21, 2006). "The purple sex machine comes to reclaim pop prominence". Blender. Archived from the original on May 4, 2006. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Fiore, Raymond (March 20, 2006). "3121 (2006): Prince". Entertainment Weekly. Time. ISSN 1049-0434. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  6. ^ Cromelin, Richard (March 19, 2006). "The doves can stop crying now". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. OCLC 3638237. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  7. ^ Gamboa, Glenn (March 20, 2006). "Backstage Pass: Prince, "3121"". Newsday. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  8. ^ Tangari, Joe (March 20, 2006). "Prince: 3121". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert (April 6, 2006). "Prince's New Sensation". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  10. ^ Hermes, Will (May 2, 2006). "Prince: 3121". Spin. Archived from the original on May 17, 2006. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  11. ^ Inskeep, Thomas (March 31, 2006). "Prince: 3121". Stylus. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  12. ^ Christgau, Robert (May 2, 2006). "Consumer Guide: Dear Mr. President". The Village Voice. Retrieved July 2, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  13. ^ Jason Draper (November 2016). Prince: Life and Times: Revised and Updated Edition. Book Sales. pp. 173–. ISBN 978-0-7858-3497-7.
  14. ^ Orloff, Brian (March 29, 2006). "Prince's "3121" Tops the Chart". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  15. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved December 20, 2019.