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Prince

American musician (1958–2016)

  • Audience2.6M
  • Fame85.0
  • Momentum9.3
Source-basedRising
2.6M youtube followers
  • Audience2.6M
  • Fame85.0
  • Momentum9.3
  • Global rank#239
  • United States rank#71
  • Musicians rank#56
Lived 1958–2016, aged 58United States
United States flagUnited StatesMusiciansSinger / Musician
  • Biggest on YouTube
    2.6M
    @@prince
  • Wikipedia
    102 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Global rank
    #239
    Fame.am leaderboard
  • Era
    1958–2016
    Aged 58
  • Known for
    Purple Rain
    1984
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

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.

Biography

About

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 unpronounc…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Prince

Prince
said
The internet's completely over. [...] The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.
— Daily Mirror: Prince - world exclusive interview: Peter Willis goes inside the star's secret world (5 July 2010)
Prince
said
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.
— Tavis Smiley Show, PBS (April 27, 2009).
Prince
said
Well, the reason why is because I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses and we've never voted.
— When asked why he doesn't vote, Tavis Smiley Show (April 27, 2009).
Prince
said
Love... Thy will be done I can no longer hide, I can no longer run No longer can I resist Your guiding light That gives me the power 2 keep up the fight Oh Lord, Love...
— "Love... Thy Will Be Done", co-written with Martika; Martika's version first released as a single (25 July 1991), for the album Martika's
Prince
said
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.
— 57th Academy Award Speech after winning best original song score award, California (March 25, 1985)
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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Deep cuts

Albums

Low confidence
  • HITnRUN Phase One
    2015
  • PLECTRUMELECTRUM
    2014
  • The Cookhouse Five
    2011
  • 20Ten
    2010
  • Lotusflow3r
    2009
  • Planet Earth
    2007
By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Rising
85.0
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum9.3
Historical40.5
Now attention38.5
Source confidence100.0
Completeness90.0
Global rank
#239
Country rank
#71
Category rank
#56
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Sources

  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Wikipedia
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    High confidence
  • Prince
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence