Prince
American musician (1958-2016) · United States · Musicians · Died at 57
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Something wrong?He invented the Minneapolis sound, wrote 'When Doves Cry,' and once changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol to escape a label war - then spent the rest of his life proving one artist could outwork an entire industry.
A life in dates
TimelessAlbum released after his death, 2026 posthumous studio album by PrinceNPG Records2024Songwriters Hall of FameAward2023Diamonds and Pearls (Super Deluxe Edition)Album released after his death27 October 2023, 2023 studio album reissue by Prince and The New Power Generation75 tracksNPG RecordsWith The New Power GenerationOpen on Spotify2021
Welcome 2 AmericaAlbum released after his death21 July 2021, 2021 studio album by Prince12 tracks2020Sign o’ the Times DeluxeAlbum released after his death25 September 2020, 2020 album by Prince2019OriginalsAlbum released after his death7 June 2019, 2019 compilation album by Prince15 tracksNPG RecordsOpen on Spotify2018Piano & a Microphone 1983Album released after his death21 September 2018, 2018 demo album by Prince9 tracksWarner Bros. RecordsAnthology: 1995-2010Album released after his death, 2018 compilation album by Prince2018NPG RecordsHonorary DoctorateAward2016Prince 4EverAlbum released after his death22 November 2016, 2016 greatest hits album by PrinceWarner Music GroupDied21 April 20162014
Art Official AgeAlbum2011The Cookhouse FiveAlbum2010“The internet's completely over. [...] The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.”In their words5 July 2010Daily Mirror: Prince - world exclusive interview: Peter Willis goes inside the star's secret world (5 July 2010)20TenAlbum2009“Well, the reason why is because I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses and we've never voted.”In their words27 April 2009When asked why he doesn't vote, Tavis Smiley Show (April 27, 2009).2007Golden Globe Award for Best Original SongAwardPlanet EarthAlbum2006Webby Lifetime Achievement AwardAward3121Album2004Rock and Roll Hall of FameAward
MusicologyAlbum, 20042003N.E.W.S.Album2001The Rainbow ChildrenAlbum2000Dream FactoryAlbum1999Rave Un2 the Joy FantasticAlbum1997The TruthAlbum1996Chaos and DisorderAlbum1987Golden Raspberry Award for Worst ActorAwardGolden Raspberry Award for Worst DirectorAwardGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Original SongAward1985“Thank you very much. This is Lisa and this is Wendy. Want to hold it? [Gives the Oscar to Wendy] This is very unbelievable. I could've never imagined this in my wildest dreams.”In their words25 March 198557th Academy Award Speech after winning best original song score award, California (March 25, 1985)“At this point, I wouldn't want to jinx it by meeting him. His arrangements are incredible.”In their words25 March 1985Discussing his then nearly decade-and-a-half-long working relationship with arranger Clare Fischer (whom he'd never met, nor ever would“I've been to the mountaintop. There's nothing there.”In their words25 March 1985To Jim Walsh, in context of writing new material.“Everyone has a rock bottom”In their words25 March 1985To Neil Strauss, in their last conversationAcademy Award for Best Original Song ScoreAward1958Born7 June 1958Also in Deutsch
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The Minneapolis house, seen here in August 2017, where Prince stayed with André Cymone's family
Ticket to Prince's first performance with his band in January 1979
Prince in a 1980 promotional picture for Dirty Mind
Prince performing during the Purple Rain Tour in 1984, which solely took place in the United States
Prince on the red carpet at Mann's Chinese Theater for the premiere of Purple Rain on July 26, 1984
Prince from Under the Cherry Moon in 1986
Prince performing during the Act I and II tour in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1993In their own words 8
, The internet's completely over. [...] The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.
It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. And we're in a place now where we all need one another, and it's going to get rougher.
Well, the reason why is because I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses and we've never voted.
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Prince Rogers Nelson signed to Warner Bros. at 18 and released For You two years later. Critical success came with Dirty Mind in 1980, Controversy in 1981, and 1999 in 1982. In 1984, with the Revolution, he became the first artist to simultaneously hold the number-one film, album, and single in the United States: Purple Rain spent 24 weeks atop the Billboard 200 and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. After disbanding the Revolution, he released Sign o' the Times in 1987, widely considered his greatest work. In 1993, mid-dispute with Warner, he changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol and became known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince. He reverted to Prince in 2000 after signing with Arista, released 39 albums in his lifetime, and died April 21, 2016, at 57, from an accidental fentanyl overdose at Paisley Park.
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