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{{Infobox album
| name       = 3121
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
| cover      = Prince - 3121.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 21, 2006
| recorded   = November 2004 – early 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=Album:_3121 |title=Album: 3121 - Prince Vault }}</ref>
| studio     =
*[[Paisley Park]], [[Chanhassen, Minnesota|Chanhassen]]
*3121
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[funk]]|[[Rock music|rock]]|[[electronica]]}}
| length     = 53:42
| label      = [[NPG Records|NPG]], [[Universal Music|Universal]]
| producer   = Prince
| prev_title = [[Musicology (album)|Musicology]]
| prev_year  = 2004
| next_title = [[Ultimate Prince]]
| next_year  = 2006
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = 3121
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Te Amo Corazón]]
| single1date = December 20, 2005
| single2     = Beautiful, Loved and Blessed
| single2date = January 2006
| single3     = [[Black Sweat]]
| single3date = February 7, 2006
| single4     = [[Fury (song)|Fury]]
| single4date = June 27, 2006
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|MC = 69/100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/3121/prince |title=3121 Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=August 5, 2012}}</ref>
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r821986|tab=review |label="Prince: ''3121'' > Review" |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |access-date=17 September 2011}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Catucci|first=Nick|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504080641/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3820|archive-date=May 4, 2006|title=The purple sex machine comes to reclaim pop prominence|work=Blender|date=March 21, 2006|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3820|access-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev3score = C+<ref>{{cite journal |first=Raymond |last=Fiore |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1174173,00.html |title=''3121'' (2006): Prince |journal=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=Time |issn=1049-0434 |date=March 20, 2006 |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018035751/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1174173,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-19-ca-rack19.1-story.html |title=The doves can stop crying now |first=Richard |last=Cromelin |date=March 19, 2006 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |issn=0458-3035 |oclc=3638237 |access-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Newsday]]''
|rev5score = A<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsday.com/columnists/other-columnists/cover-story-1.640280 |title=Backstage Pass: Prince, "3121" |last=Gamboa |first=Glenn |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |date=March 20, 2006 |access-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116004512/http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/music/blog/2006/03/prince_3121.html |archive-date=November 16, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
|rev6score = 6.0/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6481-3121/ |title=Prince: ''3121'' |first=Joe |last=Tangari |date=March 20, 2006 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cdrev/prince-rs.php |title=Prince's New Sensation |first=Robert |last=Christgau |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=April 6, 2006 |journal=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Wenner Media |issn=0035-791X |access-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
|rev8score = B<ref name=Spin>{{cite web|last=Hermes|first=Will|title=Prince: 3121|work=Spin|date=May 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517055943/http://www.spin.com/reviews/magazine/2006/05/0605_prince/|archive-date=May 17, 2006|url=https://www.spin.com/2006/05/prince-3121-universal/|access-date=July 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[Stylus Magazine]]''
|rev9score = A−<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3915 |title=Prince: ''3121'' |first=Thomas |last=Inskeep |date=March 31, 2006 |magazine=[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]] |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011043911/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3915 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
|rev10score = A−<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=May 2, 2006|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv506-06.php|title=Consumer Guide: Dear Mr. President|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=July 2, 2020|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
}}
'''''3121''''' (pronounced "thirty-one twenty-one") is the thirty-first [[studio album]] by American musician [[Prince (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 (album)|Musicology]]'' (2004). The only Prince album ever to debut atop the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] during his lifetime, with over 180,000 copies sold in its first week,<ref>{{cite book|author=Jason Draper|title=Prince: Life and Times: Revised and Updated Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B75NDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA173|date=November 2016|publisher=Book Sales|isbn=978-0-7858-3497-7|pages=173–}}</ref> it knocked the [[soundtrack]] for ''[[High School Musical]]'' off the top spot and became Prince's first number one album since ''[[Batman (album)|Batman]]'' in 1989,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/princes-3121-tops-the-chart-102051/|title=Prince's "3121" Tops the Chart|last=Orloff|first=Brian|date=2006-03-29|website=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref> eventually being certified [[RIAA certification|Gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title=Gold & Platinum|website=RIAA|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=Album:_3121&oldid=90411 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231058/http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=Album:_3121&oldid=90411 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |article=3121 |encyclopedia=Prince Vault |date=August 22, 2011 |access-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
The album title refers to Prince's rental home at 3121 Antelo Rd, Los Angeles. [http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=Album:_3121]<ref name="Thorne2012">{{cite book|author=Matt Thorne|title=Prince|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkFbWY4NgYgC&pg=PT8|date=2 October 2012|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-27326-3|pages=8–}}</ref> Later homes rented by Prince were colloquially referred to as "3121", including a home owned by professional basketball player [[Carlos Boozer]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Richardson |first1=Brenda |title=For $30 Million, The Los Angeles Mansion That Prince Painted Purple Could Be Yours |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brendarichardson/2020/04/18/for-30-million-the-los-angeles-mansion-that-prince-painted-purple-could-be-yours/?sh=32363e6c4128 |website=Forbes}}</ref>
Album sessions started in November 2004 with the recording of the song "3121" at Paisley Park with [[Michael Bland]] and [[Sonny T]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Amendola |first=Billy |date=August 2008 |title=Michael Bland Interview |magazine=[[Modern Drummer]] }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jason Draper|title=Prince: Life and Times: Revised and Updated Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B75NDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA171|date=November 2016|publisher=Book Sales|isbn=978-0-7858-3497-7|pages=171–}}</ref>
Tickets for the Earth tour in 2007 in London's O2 arena were  priced at £31.21, echoing the title of this album.<ref name="getinto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.getintothis.co.uk/2017/08/prince-21-nights-at-the-o2-in-london-10-years-on-from-the-greatest-show-on-planet-earth/|title=Prince 21 Nights at the O2 in London - 10 years on from the greatest show on Planet Earth|date=August 3, 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''3121'' track listing
| all_writing = [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
| title1 = 3121
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Lolita
| length2 = 4:06
| title3 = [[Te Amo Corazón]]
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = [[Black Sweat]]
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Incense and Candles
| length5 = 4:04
| title6 = Love
| length6 = 5:45
| title7 = Satisfied
| length7 = 2:50
| title8 = [[Fury (song)|Fury]]
| length8 = 4:02
| title9 = The Word
| length9 = 4:11
| title10 = Beautiful, Loved and Blessed
| note10 = featuring [[Támar]]
| length10 = 5:43
| title11 = The Dance
| length11 = 5:20
| title12 = Get On the Boat
| length12 = 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 (musician)|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'''
* [[Record producer|Produced]] by Prince
* [[Photography|Photo]]: Afshin Shahidi
* [[Designer]]: Sam Jennings
* [[Sound recording and reproduction|Recorded]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] and 3121
* [[Audio engineer|Engineered]] by Ian Boxill, L. Stu Young
* Assisted by Lisa Chamblee Hampton
* [[Audio mastering|Mastered]] at Bernie Grundman Mastering
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''3121''
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|18|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|15|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|3|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|15|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Denmark|2|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|3|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Finland|24|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|France|8|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|4|id=31624|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Italy|10|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|5|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Poland|13|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=April 3, 2006}}
|-
{{album chart|Spain|40|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|18|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Prince|album=3121|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|9|artist=Prince|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Prince|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|1|artist=Prince|rowheader=true|access-date=July 29, 2020}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for ''3121''
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2006|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
| 75
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2006&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2006|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
| 53
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2006|title=Top de l'année Top Albums 2006|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
| 193
|-
! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2006|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=[[GfK Entertainment]]|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
| 97
|-
! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2006|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2006|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
| 60
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
| 134
|-
! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
| 46
|}
{{col-end}}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''3121''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|title=3121|type=album|artist=Prince|relyear=2006|award=Gold|certyear=2006|access-date=11 September 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=3121|type=album|artist=Prince|relyear=2006|award=Silver|id=12180-1115-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=3121|type=album|artist=Prince|relyear=2006|award=Gold}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060224133843/http://www.3121countdown.com/ ''3121'' countdown and contest details]
* {{Metacritic album|title=3121}}
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