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Het Love Symbol Album of het Symbol Album is het veertiende album van de Amerikaanse popartiest Prince, het tweede album van Prince and The New Power Generation, dat verscheen in 1992. Het album heeft als titel een onuitspreekbaar symbool. Hierdoor ontstonden er in de media en onder fans diverse alternatieve titels, waarvan Love Symbol Album, of in mindere mate Symbol Album, het meest worden gebruikt. Prince gebruikte het symbool tussen 7 juni 1993 en 1 januari 2000 tevens als zijn naam. Het album werd als een enkele cd en in een gelimiteerde oplage als dubbel-lp uitgebracht.

Love Symbol is the fourteenth studio album by American recording artist Prince, and the second of the two that featured his backing band the New Power Generation. It was released on October 13, 1992, by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records. It was originally conceived as a "fantasy rock soap opera" with various spoken segues throughout, and contains elements of R&B, funk, pop, rock, and soul.

The official title of the album is an unpronounceable symbol depicted on its cover art, which Prince copyrighted under the title "Love Symbol #2", and adopted as his stage name from 1993 to 2000 to protest his treatment by Warner Bros. Records (which had refused to steadily release his back catalog of unreleased music, and trademarked his given name for promotional purposes). The release has been referred to under titles such as Love Symbol, Symbol Album, or Symbol.

Its first two singles, "Sexy MF" and "My Name Is Prince", achieved modest success on the US pop chart, though both made the top ten in the United Kingdom. Conversely, the third single, "7", was not as successful in the United Kingdom, but was a top ten hit in the United States.