Decades before everyone else on this list pulled off the rare feat of being a music and box-office champ all at once, Prince did it — and he did it better than the rest.
The summer of 1984 belonged to Prince. His movie "Purple Rain" came out at the end of July and topped the box office its opening weekend with $7.7 million.
The single, "When Doves Cry," hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the beginning of the month and held its spot into August for five consecutive weeks.
The "Purple Rain" album also knocked off Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." from the top of the Billboard 200 after the movie hit theaters. The soundtrack became the No. 1 album from the week dated August 4, 1984, through the start of 1985.
So Prince didn't just top one of the major Billboard charts while his movie was No. 1 — he topped them both.