| 4Ever | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Prince |
| Cover: | 4everCover.JPG |
| Border: | yes |
| Recorded: | December 1976 – May 1993 |
| Length: | 155:06 |
| Label: | |
| Producer: | Prince |
| Prev Title: | Hit n Run Phase Two |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
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.[1] [2] [3] [4] 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.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7]
| Peak position | |
| New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[8] | 1 |
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| Peak position | ||
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[9] | 45 |
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| Position | ||
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] | 150 | |
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| UK Albums (OCC)[11] | 86 |
| Position | ||
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] | 152 | |
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| US Billboard 200[13] | 158 | |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[14] | 63 |