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3121

Studio album by

Prince

Released

March 21, 2006

Recorded

November 2004 – early 2006^[1]

Studio

Paisley Park, Chanhassen
3121

Genre

Length

53:42

Label

NPG, Universal

Producer

Prince

Prince chronology

Musicology
(2004)

3121
(2006)

Ultimate Prince
(2006)

Singles from 3121

"Te Amo Corazón"
Released: December 20, 2005
"Beautiful, Loved and Blessed"
Released: January 2006
"Black Sweat"
Released: February 7, 2006
"Fury"
Released: June 27, 2006

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Blender	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	C+^[5]
Los Angeles Times	^[6]
Newsday	A^[7]
Pitchfork	6.0/10^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]
Spin	B^[10]
Stylus Magazine	A−^[11]
The Village Voice	A−^[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]

Album information

The album's first single, "Te Amo Corazón", was released in the United States on December 13, 2005; the second single, "Black Sweat", was released on February 2, 2006.^[16]

The album title refers to Prince's rental home at 3121 Antelo Rd, Los Angeles. [1]^[17] Later homes rented by Prince were colloquially referred to as "3121", including a home owned by professional basketball player Carlos Boozer.^[18]

Album sessions started in November 2004 with the recording of the song "3121" at Paisley Park with Michael Bland and Sonny T.^[19]

A limited number of albums included "purple tickets", whose finders were flown in from Europe, Asia, Mexico and the US to attend a semi-private performance (along with a long list of celebrities) at Prince's home in Los Angeles.^[20]

Tickets for the Earth tour in 2007 in London's O2 arena were priced at £31.21, echoing the title of this album.^[21]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Prince

*3121* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"3121"	4:31
2.	"Lolita"	4:06
3.	"Te Amo Corazón"	3:35
4.	"Black Sweat"	3:12
5.	"Incense and Candles"	4:04
6.	"Love"	5:45
7.	"Satisfied"	2:50
8.	"Fury"	4:02
9.	"The Word"	4:11
10.	"Beautiful, Loved and Blessed" (featuring Támar)	5:43
11.	"The Dance"	5:20
12.	"Get On the Boat"	6:18

Personnel

Michael Bland (on "3121"), Cora Coleman Dunham (on "Te Amo Corazón," "Get On the Boat") – drums
Sonny T (on "3121"), Joshua Dunham (on "Te Amo Corazón," "Get On the Boat") – bass
Maceo Parker, Candy Dulfer, Greg Boyer and Ray – horn section
Herbert Urena, Ricky Salas (on "Te Amo Corazón"), Sheila E. (on "Get On the Boat") – percussion
Clare Fischer – string arrangements
The New Power Generation (shouts), Támar (and co-lead on "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed") – additional and backing vocals
Prince – all other instruments and voices

Technical

Produced by Prince
Photo: Afshin Shahidi
Designer: Sam Jennings
Recorded at Paisley Park Studios and 3121
Engineered by Ian Boxill, L. Stu Young
Assisted by Lisa Chamblee Hampton
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *3121*
Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[22]	18
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[23]	15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[24]	3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[25]	15
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[26]	2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[27]	3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[28]	24
French Albums (SNEP)^[29]	8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[30]	4
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[31]	10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[32]	5
Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[33]	13
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[34]	40
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[35]	18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[36]	1
UK Albums (OCC)^[37]	9
US Billboard 200^[38]	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[39]	1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *3121*
Chart (2006)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[40]	75
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[41]	53
French Albums (SNEP)^[42]	193
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[43]	97
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[44]	60
US Billboard 200^[45]	134
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[46]	46

Certifications

Certifications for *3121*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[47]	Gold	15,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[48]	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[49]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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Posthumous albums	Welcome 2 America †
Demo albums	Piano and a Microphone 1983 †  Originals †
Live albums	One Nite Alone... Live! C-Note Indigo Nights Prince and the Revolution: Live †
Remix albums	Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic
Compilation albums	The Hits/The B-Sides Girl 6 The Very Best of Prince Ultimate Prince 4Ever †  Anthology: 1995–2010 †
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Mixtapes	The Versace Experience: Prelude 2 Gold
Unreleased albums	Camille Crystal Ball Dream Factory Other unreleased projects
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