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Diamonds and Pearls by Prince
Diamonds and Pearls is an album by Prince, released in 1991. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Cream”, on 8 lists with a best position of #20.
Diamonds and Pearls hit the racks on October 1, 1991, through Paisley Park and Warner Bros., Prince's thirteenth studio album and his first with a fresh backing band, the New Power Generation. He produced it himself, and it plays like a man throwing open every door in the house at once: sweaty, gutbucket funk on "Daddy Pop", "Jughead" and the leadoff single "Gett Off", then a swerve toward slicker pop and rock than he'd bothered with in a while on "Cream", "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" and the title song.
The singles kept coming, "Insatiable" among them. The sleeve was a hologram starring two dancers, Lori Werner and Robia LaMorte, billed as Diamond and Pearl, and the pair turned up again in the videos and on the tour that followed. Even the football crowd got a taste: CBS rolled the closing credits of its Super Bowl XXVI coverage over a montage set to "Willing and Able".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Diamonds and Pearls on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cream | 8 | #20 | – | 1991–2025 | |
| 2 | Diamonds and Pearls | 4 | #444 | – | 2018–2024 | |
| 3 | Gett Off | 1 | #82 | – | 1991 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.