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Michelle Rodriguez
Michelle Rodriguez by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Rodriguez at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con

Born
Mayte Michelle Rodríguez
 July 12, 1978 (age 36)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupation
Actress, screenwriter, DJ
Years active
1999–present
Website
www.michellerodriguez.com
Mayte Michelle Rodriguez[1] (/r??'dri?g?z/; born July 12, 1978),[2] better known as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress, screenwriter, and DJ.[3] She got her breakout role as a troubled boxer in the independent film Girlfight (2000), which was met with critical acclaim and earned her several awards, including the Independent Spirit Award[4] and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance.[5] The following year, she starred as Letty Ortiz in the blockbuster film The Fast and the Furious (2001), reprising her role in its sequels Fast & Furious (2009), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Furious 7 (2015).
During her career, Rodriguez has played tough, independent women in a number of successful action films, such as Blue Crush, S.W.A.T., Battle: Los Angeles, and Avatar. She is also known for her roles as Shé in the action comedy films Machete and Machete Kills, and Rain Ocampo in the science fiction films Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Retribution.
Rodriguez also branched into television, playing Ana Lucia Cortez in the second season of the television series Lost as part of the main cast before making numerous guest appearances before the series ended. She has also done numerous voice work in video games such as Call of Duty and Halo, and lent her voice for the 3D animated film Turbo and the television series IGPX.[6]
With her films grossing over $5 billion collectively, a 2013 Entertainment Weekly article described Rodriguez as "arguably the most iconic actress in the action genre, as well as one of the most visible Latinas in Hollywood".[7]


Contents  [hide]
1 Early life
2 Career 2.1 Film and television 2.1.1 Typecast
2.2 Screenwriting
2.3 Disc jockey
2.4 Notable rankings
3 Personal life 3.1 Relationships
3.2 Legal issues
4 Filmography 4.1 Film
4.2 Television
4.3 Video games
5 References
6 External links

Early life[edit]
Rodriguez was born in San Antonio, Texas. Her mother, Carmen Milady Rodriguez (born Pared Espinal), is a native of the Dominican Republic, and her father, Rafael Rodriguez, was a Puerto Rican who served in the U.S. Army.[8][9][10] Rodriguez moved to the Dominican Republic with her mother when she was eight years old and lived there until the age of 11. Later she moved to Puerto Rico until the age of 17 and finally settled in Jersey City, New Jersey. She dropped out of high school but later earned her GED;[11] in total, she was expelled from five schools.[12] She briefly attended business school before quitting to pursue a career in acting, with the ultimate goal of becoming a screenwriter and director.[13]
She has ten siblings and half-siblings. She was partly raised by her devoutly religious maternal grandmother, and was brought up a Jehovah's Witness (her mother's religion), although she has since abandoned the faith.[14][15] A DNA test of Rodriguez, performed by the television program Finding Your Roots, found that her ancestry is 72.4% European, 21.3% African, and 6.3% Native American.[16] She also stated on the show that there was some racial conflict between her families, since her Puerto Rican father had a light complexion and her Dominican mother had a dark complexion.
Career[edit]
Film and television[edit]



 Rodriguez at the New York Fashion Week, spring 2006
Having run across an ad for an open casting call and attending her first audition, Rodriguez beat 350 other applicants to win her first role in the low-budget 2000 independent film Girlfight. With her performance as Diana Guzman, a troubled teen who decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer,[17] Rodriguez accumulated several awards and nominations for the role in independent circles, including major acting accolades from the National Board of Review, Deauville Film Festival,[18] Independent Spirit Awards,[4] Gotham Awards,[5] Las Vegas Film Critics Sierra Awards, and many others. The film itself took home a top prize at the Sundance[19] and won Award of the Youth at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1999, she auditioned for a role in Sisqó's hit music video, "Thong Song". In 2002, she had a cameo appearance in Ja Rule's music video for his song "Always On Time".
Rodriguez has had notable roles in other successful movies, including Letty Ortiz in The Fast and the Furious (2001) and Rain Ocampo in Resident Evil (2002). She also appeared in Blue Crush and S.W.A.T..[20] In 2004, Rodriguez lent her voice to the video game Halo 2, playing a Marine.[21] She also provided the voice of Liz Ricarro in the Cartoon Network series IGPX.[6] From 2005 to 2006, she played tough cop Ana Lucia Cortez[22] on the television series Lost during the show's second season (the character's first appearance was a flashback during the first season's finale, "Exodus: Part 1"), and returned for a cameo in the second episode of the show's fifth season, "The Lie", in 2009. She returned again in the penultimate episode of the series, "What They Died For", in 2010. In 2006, Rodriguez was featured in her own episode of G4's show Icons.[23]
In 2008, Rodriguez appeared in Battle in Seattle.[24] In 2009, she appeared in Fast & Furious, the fourth installment of the The Fast and the Furious film series.[25][26] Later that year, Rodriguez starred in James Cameron's high-budget sci-fi adventure film Avatar, which became the highest-grossing film in history and Rodriguez's most successful film to date. She has expressed interest in returning for the film's two sequels.[27][28] In 2009, Rodriguez also starred in Trópico de Sangre, an independent film based on the Dominican Republic's historic Mirabal sisters.[29][30]



 From left to right, Rodriguez, Jonathan Liebesman and Aaron Eckhart at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International
In 2010, Rodriguez appeared in Robert Rodriguez's Machete. The film received mostly positive reviews and earned $44 million at the box office.[31] In 2011, she appeared with Aaron Eckhart in the science fiction film Battle: Los Angeles which grossed over $200 million in the worldwide box office. In 2012, she returned to play the good clone and bad clone of Rain Ocampo in Resident Evil: Retribution. In 2013, she reprised her role as Letty Ortiz in Fast & Furious 6. In the same year, Rodriguez appeared in Robert Rodriguez's film Machete Kills.
Typecast[edit]
After her film debut, Girlfight, Rodriguez has consistently portrayed tough and tomboyish characters who operate in traditional male fields such as the police force or armed forces. Rodriguez says that she does not mind the typecasting, and in fact, is somewhat responsible for it:[32]
"Oh man, I was typecast the minute I did a film called Girlfight years ago. You allow yourself to be typecast. If I decided I didn't want to be typecast tomorrow, I'd just do an indie film where I play some poor girl who goes through some excruciating experience and win myself an award for crying or being raped. But at the end of the day, I'm not in it for the acting. I only wanna be someone I respect or someone that I consider interesting or fun. I'm here to entertain people and make a statement about female empowerment and strength, and that's what I've done for the last 10 years. I pigeonholed myself and I put myself in that box by saying no to everything else that came on my plate. Saying no to this, no to that, and eventually I just got left with the strong chick that's always being killed, and there's nothing wrong with that."
Screenwriting[edit]
During the promotional tour of Fast & Furious 6 Rodriguez has stated that she originally joined the Hollywood business to become a screenwriter. She has also stated that she has two screenplays under development and plans to take a break from acting to pursue her writing. One is a family film based on a concept which she describes as "a 2012 story about purity and animals and children",[33] and the other is a revision of an American remake of the 1997 German film Bandits which she describes as a film "about four girls who break out of jail and get chased across the country by the feds and by this MTV-like representative".[34]
Disc jockey[edit]
Rodriguez has been performing as a disc jockey since 2009 – both internationally in nightclubs and at film première after-parties.[35] Rodriguez has stated that her preferred genre to mix is house music and has gone on the record to say, that "for the most part I like playing for mature crowds so that I can go all the way back to the 1930s then through the 1960s, 1970 and 1980s – then kick it into house, hip-hop and R&B. I like to mix it up, it's pretty eclectic."
Notable rankings[edit]
Several times over the course of her career, she has been ranked in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World", Maxim???'??s "100 Sexiest Women", and People en Español???'??s "50 Más Bellos", and was ranked No. 74 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2009".[citation needed]
Personal life[edit]
Relationships[edit]



 Rodriguez in 2009
In early 2000, Rodriguez broke off an engagement to a Muslim boyfriend, citing opposition to religious requests he made of her.[36] She has since reportedly dated her Fast and the Furious co-star Vin Diesel[37] and S.W.A.T. co-star Olivier Martinez.[38][39]
In July 2006, Rodriguez told Cosmopolitan magazine that she is not a lesbian, but had "experimented with both sexes".[40] In November 2006, her openly bisexual Bloodrayne co-star Kristanna Loken made comments to The Advocate that were widely interpreted by the media as an admission that the two were in a relationship, though the relationship was never officially confirmed by either actress.[41] In June 2007, the lesbian magazine Curve ran a cover story that claimed Rodriguez to be bisexual.[42] Rodriguez criticized the magazine for this, asserting that the magazine had "put words in her mouth".[43] She again stated that she was not a lesbian in a November 2008 interview in the Dominican Republic women's magazine Cayena.[44]
In October 2013, Entertainment Weekly quoted her saying: "I've gone both ways. I do as I please. I am too curious to sit here and not try when I can. Men are intriguing. So are chicks."[7] She subsequently explained her coming out to Latina magazine: "I'm getting older. Eventually it's going to wrinkle up and I'm not going to be able to use it. I wanted to be honest about who I am and see what happens."[45] In May 2014, she said in an interview that she hoped her actions would help others in a similar situation: "Maybe by me opening my big fat mouth like I usually do and stepping up and owning who I am, maybe it might inspire somebody else to do the same."[46] She described herself as bisexual in another interview later that month: "Bi, yeah, I fall under the B category of LGBT". Regarding the lack of unconventional female roles available in films, she said: "What's wrong with being bi? I mean, we're getting flak everywhere we go."[47]
Legal issues[edit]
In March 2002, Rodriguez was arrested for assault after getting into a fight with her roommate.[48] The charges were later dropped after the roommate declined to press the allegations in court.[49] In November 2003, Rodriguez went to court to face eight misdemeanor charges based on two driving incidents including a hit and run and DUI.[50] In June 2004, Rodriguez pleaded no contest in Los Angeles to three of the charges: hit and run, drunken driving, and driving with a suspended license.[51] She went to jail for 48 hours, performed community service at the morgues of two New York hospitals, completed a three-month alcohol program, and was placed on probation for three years.[52]
In 2005, while filming Lost in Hawaii, Rodriguez was pulled over by Honolulu police multiple times; she was cited for driving at 83 mph (134 km/h) in a 55 mph (89 km/h) zone on Oahu on November 1, and was fined $357. She paid a $300 fine for driving 90 mph (140 km/h) in a 35 mph (56 km/h) zone on October 20, and was fined $197 for going 80 mph (130 km/h) in a 50 mph (80 km/h) zone on August 24.[53]
On December 1, 2005, Rodriguez was pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence.[54] Rodriguez pleaded not guilty when arraigned,[55] but on the day of her trial in April 2006, she pleaded guilty to one charge of driving under the influence. She chose to pay a $500 fine and spend five days in jail instead of doing 240 hours of community service.[51] She cited her high doses of allergy-relieving steroids as part of the reason for her erratic behavior.[56] Because the Kailua incident was a violation of her Los Angeles probation, she was sentenced to 60 days in jail, a 30-day alcohol rehabilitation program and another 30 days of community service, including work for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, by a Los Angeles judge on May 1, 2006.[57] Because of overcrowding, she was released from jail on the same day she entered. She wrote about the experience on her blog.[58]
In September 2007, Rodriguez allegedly violated her probation by not completing her community service and not following an alcohol education program. It was reported that she originally submitted a document stating she performed community service on September 5, 2006, but it was later confirmed she was actually in New York City that day. Her lawyer claimed it was a clerical error.[59] On October 10, 2007, following a hearing, she was sentenced to 180 days jail time after agreeing to admit to violating her probation. She was expected to spend the full 180-day term in jail, as she had been deemed ineligible for work furloughs and house arrest.[60] However, after turning herself in to begin the jail term at the Century Regional Detention Facility located in Lynwood, California, on December 23, 2007,[61] she was released eighteen days later on January 9, 2008, due to overcrowding.[62]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]

Year
Title
Role
Notes

2000 Girlfight Diana Guzman Deauville Film Festival Prize for Best Female Performance
Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance
National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
Gotham Award for Breakthrough Performance
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Female Newcomer
 Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Newcomer
 Nominated – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
 Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematic Debut/Breakthrough
 Nominated – Black Reel Award: Best Actress
 Nominated – ALMA Award for Outstanding Latino Cast in a Feature Film
2001 The Fast and the Furious Leticia "Letty" Ortiz Nominated – ALMA Award for Best Actress in Film
2001 3 A.M. Salgado Nominated – ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor/Actress in a Made for Television Movie or Miniseries
2002 Resident Evil Rain Ocampo 
2002 Blue Crush Eden Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team (with Kate Bosworth and Sanoe Lake)
2003 S.W.A.T. Officer Chris Sanchez Imagen Foundation Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Film
2004 Control Teresa 
2005 BloodRayne Katarin Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
2006 The Breed Nicki 
2007 Battle in Seattle Lou 
2008 Gardens of the Night Lucy 
2009 Fast & Furious Leticia "Letty" Ortiz Nominated – ALMA Award for Actress in a Film
2009 Trópico de Sangre Minerva Mirabal 
2009 Avatar Captain Trudy Chacon 
2010 Machete Luz/Shé 
2010 Trópico de Sangre Minerva Mirabal 
2011 Battle: Los Angeles Technical Sergeant Elana Santos Nominated – ALMA Award for Favorite Movie Actress-Drama/Adventure
2011 Fast Five Leticia "Letty" Ortiz Cameo/Photograph only
2012 Resident Evil: Retribution Rain Ocampo[63] 
2013 InAPPropriate Comedy Harriet 
2013 Fast & Furious 6 Leticia "Letty" Ortiz Premios Tu Mundo – Fandango Cine's Latino Performance of the Year
 Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Action
2013 Machete Kills Luz/Shé 
2013 Turbo Paz Voice
2015 Furious 7 Leticia "Letty" Ortiz
2016 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Rain Ocampo In-development

Television[edit]

Year
Title
Role
Notes

2005 Punk'd Herself 1 episode
2005 Immortal Grand Prix Liz Ricarro 26 episodes
2005–2010 Lost Ana Lucia Cortez 24 episodes
ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Series
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
 Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
2011 CollegeHumor Original Jessica Episode: "Sorority Pillow Fight"
2012 Germany's Next Top Model Herself Episode: "A dream comes true: Hollywood is waiting"

Video games[edit]

Year
Title
Role
Notes

2003 True Crime: Streets of LA Rosie Velasco 
2003 Driv3r Calita 
2004 Halo 2 Marine 
2009 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game Captain Trudy Chacon 
2012 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Strike Force Soldier 
2015 Battlefield Hardline Female S.W.A.T. Multiplayer Only

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External links[edit]
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 Six Feet Under, season 2 (2002): Ambrose; Conroy; Griffiths; Hall; Krause; Rodríguez; St. Patrick
 Six Feet Under, season 3 (2003): Ambrose; Conroy; Foster; Griffiths; Hall; Krause; Macdissi; Machado; Rodríguez; St. Patrick; Taylor; Wilson
 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, season 4/season 5 (2004): Dourdan; Eads; Fox; Guilfoyle; Hall; Helgenberger; Petersen; Szmanda
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Prince performing in 2008

Background information

Birth name
Prince Roger Nelson [1]
Also known as
Jamie Starr·
Christopher·
Alexander Nevermind·
The Purple One·
Joey Coco·
Prince logo.svg·
The artist formerly known as Prince

Born
June 7, 1958 (age 56)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres
Funk·
R&B·
rock·
pop·
new wave·
Minneapolis sound·
synthpop

Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter·
multi-instrumentalist·
record producer·
dancer·
actor·
film director

Instruments
Vocals·
guitar·
keyboards·
Linn Drum

Years active
1976–present
Labels
Warner Bros.·
Paisley Park·
NPG·
EMI·
Columbia·
Arista·
Universal

Associated acts
The Revolution·
Wendy & Lisa·
The New Power Generation·
The Time·
Morris Day·
Sheila E.·
Vanity 6·
Apollonia 6·
Mazarati·
The Family·
94 East·
Madhouse·
Andy Allo·
3rdeyegirl

Prince Roger Nelson(born June 7, 1958), known by his mononymPrince, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor. A major figure in popular music for over three decades, Prince is renowned as an innovator and is widely-known for his eclectic work, flamboyant stage presence and wide vocal range. Widely regarded as the pioneer of Minneapolis sound, Prince's music combines rock, R&B, soul, funk, hip hop, disco, psychedelia, jazz, and pop.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Prince developed an interest in music at an early age, writing his first song at age seven. After recording songs with his cousin's band 94 East, 19-year-old Prince recorded several unsuccessful demo tapes before releasing his debut album, For You, in 1978 under the guidance of Manager Owen Husney. His 1979 album, Prince, went platinum due to the success of the singles "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" and "I Wanna Be Your Lover". His next three records, Dirty Mind(1980), Controversy(1981) and 1999(1982), continued his success, showcasing Prince's trademark of prominently sexual lyrics and incorporation of elements of funk, dance and rock music. In 1984, he began referring to his backup band as the Revolutionand released Purple Rain, which served as the soundtrack to his film debut of the same name.
After releasing the albums Around the World in a Day(1985) and Parade(1986), The Revolution disbanded and Prince released the critically acclaimed double album Sign "O" the Times(1987) as a solo artist. He released three more solo albums before debuting The New Power Generationband in 1991. After changing his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol (Prince logo.svg), also known as the "Love Symbol", in 1993, he began releasing new albums at a faster pace to remove himself from contractual obligations to Warner Bros; he released five records between 1994 and 1996 before signing with Arista Recordsin 1998. In 2000, he began referring to himself as "Prince" once again. He has released fourteen albums since then, including his latest, Art Official Age, released on September 30, 2014.
Prince has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.[2]He has won seven Grammy Awards[3]a Golden Globe,[4]and an Academy Award.[5]He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Famein 2004, the first year of his eligibility.[6]Rolling Stonehas ranked Prince at number 27 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[7]


Contents [hide]
1Early life
2Career2.11975–84: Beginnings and breakthrough
2.21984–87: The Revolution, Purple Rainand subsequent releases
2.31987–91: Solo again, Sign "O" the Timesand spiritual rebirth
2.41991–94: The New Power Generation, Diamonds and Pearlsand name change
2.51994–2000: Increased output and The Gold Experience
2.62000–06: Turnaround, Musicology, label change and 3121
2.72007–10: Super Bowl XLI, Planet Earthand LOtUSFLOW3R
2.82010–12: 20Tenand The Welcome 2 Tours
2.92013–present: 3rdeyegirl and return to Warner Bros.
3Personal life
4Multi-instrumental abilities
5Stage names
6Copyright issues
7Discography
8Filmography
9Tours
10Awards and nominations10.1Grammy Awards
10.2MTV Video Music Awards
10.3Academy Awards
11See also
12References
13Further reading
14External links

Early life
Prince was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Mattie Della (Shaw) and John Lewis Nelson.[8]His parents were both African-American[8]and his family ancestry is centered in Louisiana, with all four of his grandparents hailing from the state.[9][10]Prince's father was a pianist and songwriter and his mother was a jazzsinger. Prince was named after his father, whose stage namewas Prince Rogers, and who performed with a jazz group called the Prince Rogers Trio. In a 1991 interview with A Current Affair, Prince's father said that "I named my son Prince because I wanted him to do everything I wanted to do".[11]Prince's childhood nickname was Skipper.[12]
In a PBSinterview, Prince told Tavis Smileythat he was "born epileptic" and "used to have seizures" when he was young. During the interview, he also said: "My mother told me one day I walked in to her and said, 'Mom, I'm not going to be sick anymore,' and she said, 'Why?' and I said, 'Because an angel told me so'."[13]
Prince's sister Tika Evene (usually called Tyka) was born in 1960.[14]Both siblings developed a keen interest in music, and this was encouraged by their father.[15]Prince wrote his first tune, "Funk Machine", on his father's piano when he was seven.[15]When Prince was ten years old, his parents separated. Following the separation, Prince constantly switched homes, sometimes living with his father, and sometimes with his mother and stepfather.[15]Finally he moved into the home of neighbors, the Andersons, and befriended their son, Andre Anderson, who later became known as André Cymone.[16]
Prince and Anderson joined Prince's cousin, Charles Smith, in a band called Grand Central while they were attending Minneapolis's Central High School. Smith was later replaced by Morris Dayon the drums. Prince played piano and guitar for the band which performed at clubs and parties in the Minneapolis area. Grand Central later changed its name to Champagne and started playing original music influenced by Sly & the Family Stone, James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, Miles Davis, Parliament-Funkadelic, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, and Todd Rundgren.[17]Prince also played basketball in high school.[18]
Career
1975–84: Beginnings and breakthrough
In 1975, Pepe Willie, the husband of Prince's cousin, Shauntel, formed the band 94 Eastwith Marcy Ingvoldstad and Kristie Lazenberry. Willie hired André Cymone and Prince to record tracks with 94 East. Those songs were written by Willie and Prince contributed guitar tracks. Prince also co-wrote, with Willie, the 94 East song, "Just Another Sucker". The band recorded tracks which later became the album Minneapolis Genius – The Historic 1977 Recordings. Prince also recorded, but never released, a song written by Willie, "If You See Me" (also known as, "Do Yourself a Favor"). In 1995, Willie released the album 94 East featuring Prince, Symbolic Beginning, which included original recordings by Prince and Cymone.
In 1976, Prince created a demo tape with producer Chris Moon in Moon's Minneapolis studio. Unable to secure a recording contract, Moon brought the tape to Owen Husney, a Minneapolis businessman. Husney signed Prince, at the age of 17, to a management contract and helped Prince create a demo recording at Sound 80Studios in Minneapolis using producer/engineer David Z. The demo recording, along with a press kit produced at Husney's ad agency, resulted in interest from several record companies including Warner Bros. Records, A&M Records, and Columbia Records.
With the help of Husney, Prince signed a recording contract with Warner Bros.. The record company agreed to give Prince creative control for three albums and ownership of the publishing rights.[citation needed]Husney and Prince then left Minneapolis and moved to Sausalito, California where Prince's first album, For You, was recorded at Record Plant Studios. Subsequently, the album was mixed in Los Angeles and released in on April 7, 1978.[19]According to the For Youalbum notes, Prince produced, arranged, composed and played all 27 instruments on the recording. The album was written and performed by Prince, except for the song "Soft and Wet" which had lyrics co-written by Moon. The cost of recording the album was twice Prince's initial advance. Prince used the Prince's Music Co.to publishhis songs. "Soft and Wet" reached No. 12 on the Hot Soul Singleschart and No. 92 on the BillboardHot 100. The song "Just as Long as We're Together" reached No. 91 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.




Ticket to Prince's first performance with his band in January 1979
In 1979, Prince created a band that included André Cymone on bass, Dez Dickersonon guitar, Gayle Chapman and Doctor Finkon keyboards, and Bobby Z.on drums. Their first show was at the Capri Theater on January 5, 1979. Warner Bros. executives attended the show but decided that Prince and the band needed more time to develop his music.[20]In October 1979, Prince released a self-titled album, Prince, which was No. 4 on the BillboardTop R&B/Black Albumscharts, and No. 22 on the Billboard200, going platinum. It contained two R&B hits: "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" and "I Wanna Be Your Lover". "I Wanna Be Your Lover" sold over a million copies, and reached No. 11 on the BillboardHot 100, and No. 1 for two weeks on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Prince performed both these songs on January 26, 1980, on American Bandstand. On this album, Prince used Ecnirp Music – BMI.[21]
In 1980, Prince released the album, Dirty Mind, which he recorded in his own studio. The album was certified gold and the attendant single "Uptown" reached No. 5 on the BillboardDance chart and No. 5 on the Hot Soul Singles charts. Prince was also the opening act for Rick James' 1980 Fire It Uptour. Dirty Mindcontained sexually explicit material, including the title song, "Head", and the song "Sister". In February 1981, Prince made his first appearance on Saturday Night Live, performing "Partyup". In October 1981, Prince released the album, Controversy. He played several dates in support of it, at first as one of the opening acts for the Rolling Stones, who were then on tour in the US. He began 1982 with a small tour of college towns where he was the headlining act. The songs on Controversywere published by Controversy Music[22] – ASCAP, a practice he continued until the Emancipationalbum in 1996. Controversyalso marked the introduction of Prince's use of abbreviated spelling, such as spelling the words youas U, toas 2, and foras 4, as indicated by the inclusion of the track "Jack U Off". (His earlier song titles had used conventional spelling.)[23]By 2002, MTV.com noted that "[n]ow all of his titles, liner notes and Web postings are written in his own shorthand spelling, as seen on 1999's Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, which featured 'Hot Wit U.'"[24]
In 1981, Prince formed a side project band called the Time. The band released four albums between 1981 and 1990, with Prince writing and performing most of the instrumentation and backing vocals, with lead vocals by Morris Day.[citation needed]In late 1982, Prince released a double album, 1999, which sold over three million copies.[25]The title trackwas a protest against nuclear proliferationand became his first top ten hit in countries outside the US. Prince's "Little Red Corvette" was one of the first two videos by a black artist played in heavy rotation on MTV, along with Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".[26]The song "Delirious" also placed in the top ten on the BillboardHot 100 chart.
1984–87: The Revolution, Purple Rainand subsequent releases
During this period Prince referred to his band as the Revolution. The band's name was also printed, in reverse, on the cover of 1999inside the letter "I" of the word "Prince". The band consisted of Lisa Colemanand Doctor Fink on keyboards, Bobby Z. on drums, Brown Markon bass, and Dez Dickerson on guitar. Jill Jones, a backing singer, was also part of The Revolution line up for the 1999album and tour. Following the 1999 Tour, Dickerson left the group for religious reasons. In the 2003 book Possessed: The Rise and Fall of Prince, author Alex Hahn says that Dickerson was reluctant to sign a three-year contract and wanted to pursue other musical ventures. Dickerson was replaced by Wendy Melvoin, a childhood friend of Coleman. At first the band was used sparsely in the studio but this gradually changed during the mid-1980s.[citation needed]
Prince's 1984 album Purple Rainsold more than 13 million copies in the US and spent 24 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard200 chart. The film of the same namewon an Academy Awardand grossed more than $80 million in the US.[27]




Prince performing in Brussels during the Hit N Run Tourin 1986
Songs from the film were hits on pop charts around the world, while "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" reached No. 1 and the title trackreached No. 2 on the BillboardHot 100. At one point in 1984, Prince simultaneously had the No. 1 album, single, and film in the US; it was the first time a singer had achieved this feat.[28]Prince won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Scorefor Purple Rain, and the album is ranked 72nd Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[29]The album is included on the list of Timemagazine's All-Time 100 Albums.[30]After Tipper Goreheard her 12-year-old daughter Karennalistening to Prince's song "Darling Nikki", she founded the Parents Music Resource Center.[31]The center advocates the mandatory use of a warning label ("Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics") on the covers of records that have been judged to contain language or lyrical content unsuitable for minors. The recording industry later voluntarily complied with this request.[32]Of what is considered the Filthy FifteenPrince's compositions appear no. 1 and no. 2, with the fourth position occupied by his protégée Vanity.[33]
In 1985, Prince announced that he would discontinue live performances and music videos after the release of his next album. His subsequent recording Around the World in a Dayheld the No. 1 spot on the Billboard200 for three weeks. In 1986 his album Paradereached No. 3 on the Billboard200 and No. 2 on the R&B charts. The first single, "Kiss", with the video choreographed by Louis Falco, reached No. 1 on the BillboardHot 100. The song was originally written for a side project called Mazarati. That same year the song "Manic Monday", which was written by Prince and recorded by The Bangles, reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart. The album Paradeserved as the soundtrack for Prince's second film, Under the Cherry Moon. Prince directed and starred in the movie, which also featured Kristin Scott Thomas. He received the Golden Raspberry Awardfor his efforts in acting and directing.[34]
In 1986, Prince began a series of sporadic live performances called the Hit n Run – Parade Tour. After the tour Prince abolished The Revolution, fired Wendy & Lisaand replaced Bobby Z.with Sheila E. Brown Mark quit the band while keyboardist Doctor Fink remained. Prince then recruited new band members Miko Weaveron guitar, Atlanta Blisson trumpet, Eric Leedson saxophone, Boni Boyer on keyboards, Levi Seacer, Jr.on bass and dancer Cat Glover.[citation needed]
1987–91: Solo again, Sign "O" the Timesand spiritual rebirth
Prior to the disbanding of The Revolution, Prince was working on two separate projects, The Revolution album Dream Factoryand a solo effort, Camille.[35]Unlike the three previous band albums, Dream Factoryincluded significant input from the band members and even featured a number of songs with lead vocals by Wendy & Lisa,[35]while the Camilleproject saw Prince create a new persona primarily singing in a speeded-up, female-sounding voice. With the dismissal of The Revolution, Prince consolidated material from both shelved albums, along with some new songs, into a three-LP album to be titled Crystal Ball.[36]However, Warner Bros. forced Prince to trim the triple album to a double album and Sign "O" the Timeswas released on March 31, 1987.[37]
The album peaked at No.6 on the Billboard200 albums chart.[37]The first single, "Sign o' the Times", would chart at No. 3 on the Hot 100.[38]The follow-up single, "If I Was Your Girlfriend" charted poorly at No. 67 on the Hot 100, but went to No.12 on R&B chart.[38]The third single, a duet with Sheena Easton, "U Got the Look" charted at No. 2 on the Hot 100, No. 11 on the R&B chart,[38]and the final single "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" finished at No.10 on Hot 100 and No.14 on the R&B chart.[38]
Despite receiving the greatest critical acclaim of any album in Prince's career, including being named the top album of the year by the Pazz & Jopcritics' poll, and eventually selling 3.2 million copies, album sales steadily declined.[39]In Europe, however, it performed well and Prince promoted the album overseas with a lengthy tour. Putting together a new backing band from the remnants of The Revolution, Prince added bassist Levi Seacer, Jr., Boni Boyer on keyboards, and dancer/choreographer Cat Glover to go with new drummer Sheila E. and holdovers Miko Weaver, Doctor Fink, Eric Leeds, Atlanta Bliss, and the Bodyguards (Jerome, Wally Safford, and Greg Brooks) for the Sign o' the Times Tour.
The tour was a success overseas, with Warner Bros. and Prince's managers wanting to bring it to the US to resuscitate sagging sales of Sign "O" the Times;[40][41]however, Prince balked at a full US tour, as he was ready to produce a new album.[40]As a compromise the last two nights of the tour were filmed for release in movie theaters. The film quality was deemed subpar and reshoots were performed at his Paisley Park studios.[40]The film Sign o' the Timeswas released on November 20, 1987. Much like the album, the film garnered more critical praise than the previous year's Under the Cherry Moon; however, its box-office receipts were minimal, and it quickly left theaters.[41]
The next album intended for release was to be The Black Album.[42]More instrumental and funk and R&B themed than recent releases,[43]The Black Albumalso saw Prince experiment with hip hop musicon the songs "Bob George" and "Dead on It". Prince was set to release the album with a monochromatic black cover with only the catalog number printed, but after 500,000 copies had been pressed,[44]Prince had a spiritual epiphany that the album was evil and had it recalled.[45]It would later be released by Warner Bros. as a limited edition album in 1994. Prince went back in the studio for eight weeks and recorded Lovesexy.
Released on May 10, 1988, Lovesexyserves as a spiritual opposite to the dark The Black Album.[46]Every song is a solo effort by Prince, with exception of "Eye No" which was recorded with his backing band at the time, dubbed the "Lovesexy Band" by fans. Lovesexywould reach No. 11 on the Billboard200 and No. 5 on the R&B albums chart.[47]The lead single, "Alphabet St.", peaked at No. 8 on the Hot 100 and No. 3 on the R&B chart,[37]but finished with only selling 750,000 copies.[48]
Prince again took his post-Revolution backing band (minus the Bodyguards) on a three leg, 84-show Lovesexy World Tour; although the shows were well received by huge crowds, they lost money due to the expensive sets and incorporated props.[49][50]




Prince performing during his Nude Tourin 1990
In 1989, Prince appeared on Madonna's studio album Like a Prayer, co-writing and singing the duet "Love Song" and playing electric guitar (uncredited) on the songs "Like a Prayer", "Keep It Together", and "Act of Contrition". He also began work on a number of musical projects, including Rave Unto the Joy Fantasticand early drafts of his Graffiti Bridgefilm,[51][52]but both were put on hold when he was asked by Batmandirector Tim Burtonto record several songs for the upcoming live-action adaptation. Prince went into the studio and produced an entire nine-track album that Warner Bros. released on June 20, 1989. Batmanpeaked at No.1 on the Billboard200,[53]selling 4.3 million copies.[54]The single "Batdance" topped the Billboardand R&B charts.[37]
Additionally, the single "The Arms of Orion" with Sheena Easton charted at No. 36, and "Partyman" (also featuring the vocals of Prince's then-girlfriend, nicknamed Anna Fantastic) charted at No. 18 on the Hot 100 and at No. 5 on the R&B chart, while the love ballad "Scandalous!" went to No. 5 on the R&B chart.[37]However, he did have to sign away all publishing rights to the songs on the album to Warner Bros. as part of the deal to do the soundtrack.
In 1990, Prince went back on tour with a revamped band for his stripped down, back-to-basics Nude Tour. With the departures of Boni Boyer, Sheila E., the horns, and Cat, Prince brought in Rosie Gaines on keys, drummer Michael Bland, and dancing trio The Game Boyz (Tony M., Kirky J., and Damon Dickson). The European and Japanese tour was a financial success with its short, greatest hits setlist.[55]As the year progressed, Prince finished production on his fourth film, Graffiti Bridge, and the album of the same name. Initially, Warner Bros. was reluctant to fund the film, but with Prince's assurances it would be a sequel to Purple Rainas well as the involvement of the original members of The Time, the studio greenlit the project.[56]Released on August 20, 1990, the album reached No. 6 on the Billboard200 and R&B albums chart.[57]The single "Thieves in the Temple" reaching No. 6 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on the R&B chart.[37]Also from that album, "Round and Round" placed at No. 12 on the US charts and No. 2 on the R&B charts. The song featured the teenage Tevin Campbell(who also had a role in the film) on lead vocals. The film, released on November 20, 1990, was a critical and box-office flop, grossing just $4.2 million.[58]After the release of the film and album, the last remaining members of The Revolution, Miko Weaver and Doctor Fink, left Prince's band.
1991–94: The New Power Generation, Diamonds and Pearlsand name change




Prince's Yellow Cloud Guitar at the Smithsonian Castle. Prince can be seen playing this guitar in the "Gett Off" video.
1991 marked the debut of Prince's new band, the New Power Generation. With guitarist Miko Weaver and long-time keyboardist Doctor Fink gone, Prince added bass player Sonny T., Tommy Barbarellaon keyboards, and a brass section known as the Hornheads to go along with Levi Seacer (taking over on guitar), Rosie Gaines, Michael Bland, and the Game Boyz. With significant input from his band members, Diamonds and Pearlswas released on October 1, 1991. Reaching No. 3 on the Billboard200 album chart,[59]Diamonds and Pearlssaw four hit singles released in the United States. "Gett Off" peaked at No. 21 on the Hot 100 and No. 6 on the R&B charts, followed by "Cream", which gave Prince his fifth US No. 1 single. The title track "Diamonds and Pearls" became the album's third single, reaching No. 3 on the Hot 100 and the top spot on the R&B charts. "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" peaked at No. 23 and No. 14 on the Hot 100 and R&B charts respectively.[60]
1992 saw Prince and The New Power Generation release his 12th album, Love Symbol Album,[61]bearing only an unpronounceable symbol on the cover (later copyrighted as Love Symbol #2).[62]The album, generally referred to as the Love Symbol Album, would peak at No. 5 on the Billboard200.[63]While the label wanted "7" to be the first single, Prince fought to have "My Name Is Prince" as he "felt that the song's more hip-hoppery would appeal to the same audience" that had purchased the previous album.[64]Prince got his way but "My Name Is Prince" only managed to reach No. 36 on the BillboardHot 100 and No. 23 on the R&B chart. The follow-up single "Sexy MF" fared worse, charting at No. 66 on the Hot 100 and No. 76 on the R&B chart. The label's preferred lead single choice "7" would be the album's lone top ten hit, reaching No. 7.[60]'Love Symbol Album' would go on to sell 2.8 million copies worldwide.[64]

Logo. Hollow circle above downward arrow crossed with a curlicued horn-shaped symbol and then a short bar

The unpronounceable symbol (later dubbed "Love Symbol #2")
After two failed attempts in 1990 and 1991,[65]Warner Bros. finally released a greatest hitscompilation with the three-disc The Hits/The B-Sidesin 1993. The first two discs were also sold separately as The Hits 1and The Hits 2. In addition to featuring the majority of Prince's hit singles (with the exception of "Batdance" and other songs that appeared on the Batmansoundtrack), The Hitsincludes an array of previously hard-to-find recordings, notably B-sidesspanning the majority of Prince's career, as well as a handful of previously unreleased tracks such as the Revolution-recorded "Power Fantastic" and a live recording of "Nothing Compares 2 U" with Rosie Gaines. Two new songs, "Pink Cashmere" and "Peach", were chosen as promotional singles to accompany the compilation album.
1993 also marked the year in which Prince changed his stage name to the Love Symbol (see left), which was explained as a combination of the symbolsfor male (?) and female (?).[62]In order to use the symbol in print media, Warner Bros. had to organize a mass mailing of floppy disks with a custom font.[66]Because the symbol had no stated pronunciation, he was often referred to as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince", TAFKAP, and "The Artist".
1994–2000: Increased output and The Gold Experience
In 1994, Prince's attitude towards his artistic output underwent a notable shift. He began to view releasing albums in quick succession as a means of ejecting himself from his contractual obligations to Warner Bros. The label, he believed, was intent on limiting his artistic freedom by insisting that he release albums more sporadically. He also blamed Warner Bros. for the poor commercial performance of the Love Symbol Album, claiming that it was insufficiently marketed by Warner. It was out of these developments that the aborted The Black Albumwas officially released, approximately seven years after its initial recording and near-release. The "new" release, which was already in wide circulation as a bootleg, sold relatively poorly.
Following that disappointing venture, Warner Bros. succumbed to Prince's wishes to release an album of new material, to be entitled Come. When Comewas eventually released, it confirmed all of Warner's fears. It became Prince's poorest-selling album to date, struggling to even shift 500,000 copies. Even more frustrating was the fact that Prince insisted on crediting the album to "Prince 1958–1993".
Prince pushed to have his next album The Gold Experiencereleased simultaneously with Love Symbol-era material. Warner Bros. allowed the single "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" to be released via a small, independent distributor, Bellmark Records, in February 1994. The release was successful, reaching No. 3 on the US BillboardHot 100 and No. 1 in many other countries, but it would not prove to be a model for subsequent releases. Warner Bros. still resisted releasing The Gold Experience, fearing poor sales and citing "market saturation" as a defense. When eventually released in September 1995, The Gold Experiencefailed to sell well, although it reached the top 10 of the Billboard200 initially, and many reviewed it as Prince's best effort since Sign "O" the Times. The album is now out-of-print. Chaos and Disorder, released in 1996, was Prince's final album of new material for Warner Bros., as well as one of his least commercially successful releases. Prince attempted a major comeback later that year when, free of any further contractual obligations to Warner Bros., he released Emancipation, a 36-song, 3-CD set (each disc was exactly 60 minutes long). The album was released via his own NPG Recordswith distribution through EMI. To publish his songs on Emancipation, Prince did not use Controversy Music – ASCAP, which he had used for all his records since 1981, but rather used Emancipated Music Inc.[67] – ASCAP.
Certified Platinumby the RIAA, Emancipationis the first record featuring coversby Prince of songs of other artists: Joan Osborne's top ten hit song of 1995 "One of Us";[68]"Betcha by Golly Wow!" (written by Thomas Randolf Bell and Linda Creed);[69]"I Can't Make You Love Me" (written by James Allen Shamblin II and Michael Barry Reid);[70]and "La-La (Means I Love You)" (written by Thomas Randolf Bell and William Hart).[71]
Prince released Crystal Ball, a five-CD collection of unreleased material, in 1998. The distribution of this album was disorderly, with some fans pre-ordering the album on his website up to a year before it was eventually shipped to them; these pre-orders were eventually delivered months after the record had gone on sale in retail stores. The retail edition has only four discs, as it is missing the Kamasutradisc. There are also two different packaging editions for retail, one being in a four-disc sized jewel case with a simple white cover and the Love Symbol in a colored circle; the other is all four discs in a round translucent snap jewel case. The discs are the same, as is the CD jacket. The Newpower Soulalbum released three months later failed to make much of an impression on the charts. His collaboration on Chaka Khan's Come 2 My House, and Larry Graham's GCS2000, both released on the NPG Recordslabel around the same time as Newpower Soulmet with the same fate, despite heavy promotion and live appearances on Vibe with Sinbad, and the NBCTodayshow's Summer Concert Series.
In 1999, Prince once again signed with a major label, Arista Records, to release a new record, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic. In an attempt to make his new album a success, Prince easily gave more interviews than at any other point in his career, appearing on MTV's Total Request Live(with his album cover on the front of the Virgin Megastore, in the background on TRLthroughout the whole show), Larry King Live(with Larry Graham) and other media outlets. Nevertheless, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantasticfailed to perform well commercially. A few months earlier, Warner Bros. had also released The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale, a collection of unreleased material recorded by Prince throughout his career, and his final recording commitment on his contract with Warner Bros. The greatest success he had during the year was with the EP 1999: The New Master, released in time for Prince to collect a small portion of the sales dollars Warner Bros. had been seeing for the album and singles of the original 1999.
The pay-per-view concert, Rave Un2 the Year 2000, was broadcast on December 31, 1999 and consisted of footage from the December 17 and 18 concerts of his 1999 tour. The concert featured appearances by many guest musicians including Lenny Kravitz, George Clinton, Jimmy Russell, and The Time. It was released to home video the following year. A remix album, Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic(as opposed to "Un2") was released exclusively through Prince's NPG Music Clubin April 2000.
2000–06: Turnaround, Musicology, label change and 3121
On May 16, 2000, Prince ceased using the Love Symbol moniker and returned to using "Prince" again, after his publishing contract with Warner/Chappellexpired. In a press conference, he stated that, after being freed from undesirable relationships associated with the name "Prince", he would formally revert to using his real name. Prince still frequently uses the symbol as a logo and on album artwork and continues to play a Love Symbol-shaped guitar. For several years following the release of Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, Prince primarily released new music through his Internet subscription service, NPGOnlineLtd.com (later NPGMusicClub.com). Two albums that show substantive jazz influence were available commercially at record stores: 2001's The Rainbow Children, and the 2003 instrumental record N.E.W.Swhich was nominated for a Best Pop Instrumental AlbumGrammy Award. Another album of largely jazz-influenced music, Xpectation, was released via download in 2003 to members of the NPGMusicClub. Xpectationis jazz themed along with new age and atmospheric themes.
In 2002, Prince released his first live album, One Nite Alone... Live!, which features performances from the One Nite Alone...Tour. The 3-CD box set, which also includes a disc of "aftershow" music entitled It Ain't Over!, failed to chart. During this time, Prince sought to engage more effectively with his fan base via the NPG Music Club, pre-concert sound checks, and at yearly "celebrations" at Paisley Park, his music studios. Fans were invited into the studio for tours, interviews, discussions and music-listening sessions. Some of these fan discussions were filmed for an unreleased documentary, directed by Kevin Smith. Smith discusses what happened during those days at length in his An Evening with Kevin SmithDVD. Performances were also arranged to showcase Prince's talents, as well as to collaborate with popular and well-established artists and guests including Alicia Keys, the Time, Erykah Badu, Nikka Costa, George Clinton, and Norah Jones.
On February 8, 2004, Prince appeared at the Grammy Awardswith Beyoncé Knowles. In a performance that opened the show, Prince and Knowles performed a medley of "Purple Rain", "Let's Go Crazy", "Baby I'm a Star", and Knowles' "Crazy in Love". The following month, Prince was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The award was presented to him by Alicia Keys along with Big Boiand André 3000of OutKast. As well as performing a trio of his own hits during the ceremony, Prince also participated in a tribute to fellow inductee George Harrisonin a rendering of Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", playing a long guitar solo that ended the song. In addition he performed "Red House" on the album Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix. On February 19, The Tavis Smiley Showbroadcast included a performance of "Reflection" from Prince's Musicologyalbum. Prince was accompanied by Wendy Melvoin, formerly of The Revolution.
In April 2004, Prince released Musicologythrough a one-album agreement with Columbia Records. The album rose as high as the top five on a number of international charts (including the US, UK, Germany and Australia). The US chart success was assisted by the CD being included as part of the concert ticket purchase, and each CD thereby qualifying (as chart rules then stood) towards US chart placement. Musicologyis R&B and soul-themed along with funk, pop, quiet storm, and rock. Three months later, Spinnamed him the greatest frontmanof all time.[72]That same year, Rolling Stonemagazine named Prince as the highest-earning musician in the world, with an annual income of $56.5 million,[73]largely due to his Musicology Tour, which Pollstarnamed as the top concert draw among musicians in US. The artist played an impressive run of 96 concerts; the average ticket price for a show was US$61. Further highlighting the success of the album, Prince's Musicologywent on to receive two Grammy wins, for Best Male R&B Vocal Performancefor "Call My Name" and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for the title track. Musicologywas also nominated for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Album, while "Cinnamon Girl" was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The album became the artist's most commercially successful since Diamonds and Pearls, partly due to a radical scheme devised which included in Billboard's sales figures those that were distributed to each customer during ticket sales for the Musicologytour, with concert figures accounting for 25% of the total album sales.[74]Rolling Stonemagazine has ranked Prince No. 27 on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[7]
In April 2005, Prince played guitar (along with En Voguesinging backing vocals) on Stevie Wonder's single "So What the Fuss", Wonder's first since 1999.[75]In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the city of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, Prince offered a personal response by recording two new songs, "S.S.T." and the instrumental "Brand New Orleans", at Paisley Parkin the early hours of September 2. Prince again performed all instrumental and vocal parts. These recordings were quickly dispersed to the public via Prince's NPG Music Club, and "S.S.T." was later picked up by iTunes, where it reached No. 1 on the store's R&B chart. On October 25, Sony Recordsreleased a version of the single on CD.
In late 2005, Prince signed with Universal Recordsto release his album, 3121, on March 21, 2006 (3/21). The first single was the Latin-tinged "Te Amo Corazón", the video for which was directed by actress Salma Hayekand filmed in Marrakech, Morocco, featuring Argentine actress and singer Mía Maestro. The video for the second single, "Black Sweat", was nominated at the MTV VMAsfor Best Cinematography. The immediate success of 3121gave Prince his first No. 1 debut on the Billboard200 with the album. To promote the new album, Prince was the musical guest on Saturday Night Liveon February 4, 2006, 17 years after his last SNLappearance on the 15th anniversary special and nearly 25 years since his first appearance on a regular episode in 1981, making Prince the only SNLmusical guest to have that long of a gap between appearances. He performed two songs from the album, "Fury" and "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed", with Támar. Prince also held a contest to win a trip to see a 'Purple Ticket Concert' at his private residence in Hollywood, California. Seven winning tickets were placed inside 3121CD packages in the US, and other tickets were given away in various contests on the Internet and around the world. On May 6, 2006, 24 prizewinners (with a guest each) attended a star-studded private party and performance at Prince's home.
On June 12, 2006, Prince received a WebbyLifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his "visionary" use of the Internet; Prince was the first major artist to release an entire album, 1997's Crystal Ball, exclusively on the Internet (although he did take phone orders for it as well...1-800-NEW-FUNK).
Only weeks after winning a Webby Award, Prince abruptly shut down his then-official NPG Music Clubwebsite on July 4, 2006, after more than five years of operation.[citation needed]On the day of the music club's shutdown, a lawsuit was filed against Prince by the British company HM Publishing (owners of the Nature Publishing Group, also NPG). Despite these events occurring on the same day, Prince's attorney has called it pure coincidence and stated that the site did not close due to the trademark dispute.[76]Prince appeared at multiple award ceremonies in 2006. On February 15, 2006, Prince performed at the BRIT Awardsalong with Wendy & Lisa and Sheila E. He played "Te Amo Corazón" and "Fury" from 3121and "Purple Rain" and "Let's Go Crazy" from Purple Rain. On June 27, 2006, Prince appeared at the BETAwards, where he was awarded Best Male R&B Artist. In addition to receiving his award, Prince performed a medley of Chaka Khan songs for Khan's BET Lifetime Award. Prince had previously written and performed several songs with the singer.
In November 2006, Prince was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame, appearing to collect his award but not performing. Also in November 2006, Prince opened a nightclub named 3121 in Las Vegasat the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. He performed weekly on Friday and Saturday nights until April 2007, when his contract with the Rio ended. On August 22, 2006, Prince released Ultimate Prince. The double disc set contains one CD of previous hits, and another of extended versions and mixes of material that had largely only previously been available on vinyl record B-sides. Prince wrote and performed a song for the hit 2006 animated film Happy Feet. The song, entitled "The Song of the Heart", appears on the film's soundtrack, which also features a cover of Prince's earlier hit "Kiss", sung by Nicole Kidmanand Hugh Jackman. In January 2007, "The Song of the Heart" won a Golden Globefor Best Original Song.[77]
2007–10: Super Bowl XLI, Planet Earthand LOtUSFLOW3R




Prince's stage set for the Earth Tour in 2007
On February 2, 2007, Prince played at the Super Bowl XLIpress conference. He and the band played a set comprising Chuck Berry's hit, "Johnny B. Goode", "Anotherloverholenyohead" from Paradeand "Get On the Boat" from 3121. Prince performed at the Super Bowl XLI halftime show in Miami, Florida on February 4, 2007. The performance consisted of three Purple Raintracks ("Let's Go Crazy", "Baby I'm a Star" and the title track), along with cover versions of "We Will Rock You" by Queen, "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan, the Foo Fighterssong "Best of You" and "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Coincidentally, Miami had rain on the day of the Super Bowl, which was lit purple during the performance of "Purple Rain". He played on a large stage shaped as his symbol. The event was carried to 140 million television viewers, the largest audience of his life. On February 4, 2010, Billboard.com ranked the performance as the greatest Super Bowl performance ever.[78]
Prince played 21 concerts in London during the summer of 2007. The Earth Tourincluded 21 nights at the 20,000 capacity O2 Arena, with Maceo Parkerin his band. Tickets for the O2 Arena were capped by Prince at £31.21. The residency at the O2 Arena was increased to 15 nights after all 140,000 tickets for the original seven sold out in just 20 minutes.[79]It was then further extended to 21 nights.[80]On May 10, 2007, Prince performed a "secret" gig at London's KOKOin front of a small crowd of fans and celebrities. A prelude to the forthcoming summer gigs in London, Prince played a relaxed set of hits including ("Kiss", changing the lyric from "You don't have to watch Dynasty" to Desperate Housewives, "Girls & Boys", and "Nothing Compares 2 U") alongside more recent tracks, plus a cover version of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy".
Prince made an appearance at the 2007 ALMA Awards, performing with Sheila E. in June 2007. On June 28, 2007, the UK national newspaper the Mail on Sundayrevealed that it had made a deal to give Prince's new album, Planet Earth, away for free with an "imminent" edition of the paper, making it the first place in the world to get the album. This move sparked controversy among music distributors and also led the UK arm of Prince's distributor, Sony BMG, to withdraw from distributing the album in UK stores.[81]The UK's largest high street music retailer, HMV, decided to stock the paper on release day due to the giveaway. Planet Earthis rock-oriented along with disco, and other various music styles. On July 7, 2007, Prince returned to his hometown of Minneapolisto perform three shows in what was unofficially declared Prince Day in Minnesota. He performed concerts at the Macy'sAuditorium (to promote his new perfume "3121") on Nicollet Mall, the Target Centerarena, and First Avenue.[82]It was the first time he had played at First Avenue (the club appeared in the film Purple Rain) since 1987.[83]




Prince playing with Maceo Parkerin the O2
On April 25, 2008, Prince performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he debuted a new song, "Turn Me Loose". Days after, he headlined the Coachella Festival 2008. Prince was paid more than $5 million for his performance at Coachella, according to Reuters.[84]Prince cancelled a concert, planned at Dublin's Croke Parkon June 16, 2008, at just 10 days' notice. In October 2009 promoters MCD Productionswent to court to sue Prince for €1.6 million, after paying him $1.5 million, half his agreed fee of $3 million for the concert. MCD claim they had to refund 55,126 tickets purchased and its total losses exceeded $1.66 million. Prince's lawyers argued the MCD claim was "greatly inflated".[85][86]Prince settled the case out of court in February 2010 for $2.95 million.[87][88]During the trial, it was revealed that Prince had been offered $22 million for seven concerts as part of a proposed 2008 European tour.[89]In October 2008, Prince released a live album entitled Indigo Nights, as well as 21 Nights, an accompanying book of poems, lyrics and photos. The book chronicled his record-breaking tenure at London's O2 Arena in 2007, while the album is a collection of songs performed live at aftershows in the IndigO2.




Prince at the Coachella Festivalin 2008
On December 18, 2008, Prince premiered four songs from his new album on LA's Indie rock radio station Indie 103.1.[90]The radio station's programmers Max Tolkoff and Mark Sovelhad been invited to Prince's home to hear the new rock-oriented music. Prince then surprised the two by giving them a CD with four songs to premiere on their radio station. The music debuted the next day on Jonesy's Jukebox, hosted by Sex PistolSteve Jones.[91]The music comprised a cover of "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells, together with "Colonized Mind", "Wall of Berlin" and "4ever". The same day, another new Prince composition entitled "(There'll Never B) Another Like Me" premiered on the now obsolete and defunct website mplsound.com — replacing a shorter, instrumental version of the song that streamed several days previously.
On January 3, 2009, a new website LotusFlow3r.com was launched, streaming some of the recently aired material ("Crimson and Clover", "(There'll Never B) Another Like Me" and "Here Eye Come") and promising opportunities to listen to and buy music by Prince and guests, watch videos and buy concert tickets for future events. On January 31, Prince released two more songs on LotusFlow3r.com: "Disco Jellyfish", and "Another Boy". "Chocolate Box", "Colonized Mind", and "All This Love" have since been released on the website. Prince released a triple album set containing LOtUSFLOW3R, MPLSoUND, and an album credited to his new protégé, Bria Valente, called Elixer, on March 24, 2009, followed by a physical release on March 29. The release was preceded by performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Lenoand The Ellen DeGeneres Show. It was released in other countries digitally, with official physical release dates yet to be announced. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard200, and critics' opinions were mixed to positive.
On July 18, 2009, Prince performed two shows at the Montreux Jazz Festival, being backed by the New Power Generationincluding Rhonda Smith, Renato Neto and John Blackwell. There he played "A Large Room with No Light", which had been in Prince's "vault" for some time. On October 11, 2009, Prince gave two surprise concerts at the glass-and-iron Grand Palaisexhibition hall after visiting the landmark Paris building on the banks of the Seine.[92]On October 12, he gave another surprise gig at La Cigale. On October 24, Prince played a concert at his own Paisley Parkcomplex in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[93]
2010–12: 20Tenand The Welcome 2 Tours
In January 2010, Prince wrote a new song, "Purple and Gold", inspired by his visit to a Minnesota Vikingsfootball game against the Dallas Cowboys.[94]The song is a simple, drumline-driven track. The following month, Prince let Minneapolis-area public radio station 89.3 The Currentpremiere his new song "Cause and Effect" as a gesture in support of independent radio.[95]
In 2010, Prince was listed in TIMEmagazine's annual ranking of the "100 Most Influential People in the World".[96]
Prince released a new single on Minneapolis radio station 89.3 The Current called "Hot Summer" on June 7, his 52nd birthday. Also in June, Prince appeared on the cover of the July 2010 issue of Ebony,[97]and he received the Lifetime Achievement Awardat the 2010 BET Awards.[98]
Prince released his album 20Tenin July 2010 as a free covermountwith publications in the UK, Belgium, Germany, and France.[99]Prince has refused access to the album to digital download services. He also closed his official website, LotusFlow3r.com. In an interview with the Daily Mirror, Prince said, "The Internet's completely over. I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it... Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."[100]
On July 4, 2010 Prince began his 20Ten Tour, a concert tour in two legs with shows in Europe. The second leg began on October 15[101]and ended with a concert following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prixon November 14.[102]The second half of the tour has a new band, John Blackwell, Ida Kristine Nielsen, and Sheila E.[103]Prince let Europe 1debut the snippet of his new song "Rich Friends" from the "new" album 20Ten Deluxeon October 8, 2010.[104]Prince started the Welcome 2Tour on December 15, 2010.[105]
Prince was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame on December 7, 2010.[106]
On February 12, 2011, Prince presented Barbra Streisandwith an award and donated $1.5 million to charities.[107]On the same day, it was reported that he was unimpressed about Gleecovering his hit "Kiss", and that he had not authorised its use.[108]
On the May 18, 2011, it was announced that Prince would be headlining Hop Farm Festivalon July 3, 2011, marking his first UK show since 2007 and his first ever UK festival appearance.[109]
Despite having previously rejected the Internet for music distribution, on November 24, 2011, Prince re-released a reworked version of the previously unreleased song "Extraloveable" through both iTunes and Spotify.[110][111][112]Purple Music, a Switzerland-based record label, released a CD single "Dance 4 Me" on December 12, 2011, as part of a club remixes package including Bria ValenteCD single "2 Nite" released on February 23, 2012. The CD features club remixes by Jamie Lewis and David Alexander, produced by Prince.[113][114]
2013–present: 3rdeyegirl and return to Warner Bros.
In January 2013, Prince released a lyric videofor a new song called "Screwdriver".[115]A couple of months later in April 2013, Prince announced a short West Coast tour with 3rdeyegirlas his backing band.[116]The final two dates of the tour were in Minneapolis where former Revolutiondrummer Bobby Z.sat in as guest drummer on both shows.[117]In May, Prince announced a deal with Kobalt Music to market and distribute his music.[118]
On August 14, 2013, Prince officially sent his first tweet through the 3RDEYEGIRL Twitter account.[119]The same day, he released a new solo single for exclusive download through the 3RDEYEGIRL.com website.[120]The single "Breakfast Can Wait" received attention for its cover art, featuring comedian Dave Chappelle's notable impersonation of the singer in a sketch on the 2000s Comedy Centralseries Chappelle's Show.[121]
In February 2014, Prince performed concerts with 3rdeyegirl in London. Beginning with intimate shows, the first was held at the London home of singer Lianne La Havas, followed by two performances of what Prince described as a "sound check" at the Electric Ballroom in Camden,[122]and another at Shepherds Bush Empire.[123]
On April 18, 2014, Prince released a new single entitled "The Breakdown". Along with the surprise release, news came that a new album was in the works, an expanded edition of Purple Rainwould be released for the 30th anniversary, and he has re-signed with his former label, Warner Bros. Recordsafter an 18-year split. He also gained the rights to his master recordings from the 1980s, which had been a point of contention for his initial split with the major label.[124]
In May 2015, following the death of Freddie Grayand the subsequent riots, Prince released a song entitled 'Baltimore' in tribute to Gray and in support of the protesters in Baltimore. [125][126][127][128]He also held a surprise tribute concert for Gray at his Paisley Park estate called 'Dance Rally 4 Peace' in which he reportedly encouraged fans to wear the color gray in honor of Freddie Gray.[129]
Personal life
Prince resides near Minneapolis, Minnesota.[130]Over the years Prince has been romantically linked with many celebrities, including Kim Basinger, Madonna, Vanity, Sheila E., Carmen Electra, Susanna Hoffs, Anna Fantastic,[11]Sherilyn Fenn,[131]and Susan Moonsieof Vanity 6and Apollonia 6.[14]Prince was engaged to Susannah Melvoinin 1985.[132]He married his backup singer and dancer, Mayte Garcia, on Valentine's Day, 1996. They had a son, Boy Gregory (born October 16, 1996), who was born with Pfeiffer syndromeand died a week after birth.[133]Prince and Mayte divorced in 1999. In 2001, Prince married Manuela Testolini in a private ceremony. Testolini filed for divorce in May 2006.[134]He also had a short-term relationship with protégée Bria Valentein 2007.[100]
Prince became a member of Jehovah's Witnessesin 2001 following a two-year-long debate with friend and fellow Jehovah's Witness, musician Larry Graham. Prince said he didn't consider it a conversion, but a "realization"; "It's like Morpheusand Neoin The Matrix," he explained. He attends meetings at a local Kingdom Halland occasionally knocks on people's doors to discuss his faith.[135]Prince has reportedly needed double-hip-replacement surgery since 2005 but won't undergo the operation unless it is a bloodless surgerybecause Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept blood transfusions.[136]The condition is rumored to be aggravated by repeated onstage dancing in high-heeled boots.[137]However, when Prince was interviewed in 2010, journalist Peter Willis said he believed the rumors of Prince needing double hip surgery to be unfounded and untrue as Prince appeared to be agile.[100]
Prince is vegan.[138]The liner notesfor his album Rave Un2 the Joy Fantasticfeatured a message about the cruelty involved in woolproduction.[139]
Since 2008, Prince has been managed by UK-based Kiran Sharma.[140]
Speaking about her relationship with Prince in an interview with Norwegian station NRKin November 2014, Sinead O'Connorsaid that Prince had summoned her to his house after "Nothing Compares 2U". O'Connor said "I made it without him. I'd never met him. He summoned me to his house—and it's foolish to do this to an Irish woman—he said he didn't like me saying bad words in interviews. So I told him to fuck off." O'Connor alleged the row became physical. "He got quite violent. I had to escape out of his house at 5 in the morning. He packed a bigger punch than mine."[141]"Nothing Compares 2U" is the song Prince penned which later became a worldwide hit for O'Connor in 1990.
Multi-instrumental abilities


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In addition to his singing abilities (which encompass a wide range from falsetto to baritone and rapid, flamboyant shifts of register, as well as diverse characterisation) Prince is one of pop music's most prominent multi-instrumentalists. The precise number of instruments he is capable of playing remains obscure, partly due to the active mythologizing of his abilities and working practices (such as the claim that he had played "all 27 instruments" on his debut album, which appears to have included various different kinds of guitar, keyboard and synthesizer in the total).
As a live performer he tends to focus on guitar, piano, lead vocals and occasional harmonica. On recordings he has also played assorted keyboards and synthesizers, bass guitar, drums, various percussion instruments and saxophone, as well as mastering both drum and synthesizer programming. Prince has mentioned learning and performing simple parts on particular instruments that he does not otherwise play (such as concert harp) in order to serve song arrangements on albums.
Stage names
In 1993, during negotiations regarding the release of The Gold Experience, a legal battle ensued between Warner Bros. and Prince over the artistic and financial control of his musical output. During the lawsuit, he appeared in public with the word "slave" written on his cheek. Prince explained his name change as follows:

The first step I have taken toward the ultimate goal of emancipation from the chains that bind me to Warner Bros. was to change my name from Prince to the Love Symbol. Prince is the name that my mother gave me at birth. Warner Bros. took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing tool to promote all of the music that I wrote. The company owns the name Prince and all related music marketed under Prince. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for Warner Bros...
I was born Prince and did not want to adopt another conventional name. The only acceptable replacement for my name, and my identity, was the Love Symbol, a symbol with no pronunciation, that is a representation of me and what my music is about. This symbol is present in my work over the years; it is a concept that has evolved from my frustration; it is who I am. It is my name.[142]
Princeis a trademark owned by Paisley Park Enterprises Inc. It was initially filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office(USPTO) in 2005 in the categories of printed materials, clothing, electronic commerce, and entertainment services based on first commercial in 1978.[143]Various searches to the USPTO did not find any registrations or transfers of "Prince" or related names by Warner Bros. In 1991, PRN Music Corporation assigned the trademarks Prince, The Time, Paisley Park, New Power Generation, and Prince and the Revolutionto Paisley Park Enterprises.[144]
Prince has used pseudonyms to separate himself from the music (either his own or that of others) for which he has had input; "I was just getting tired of seeing my name," he said, "If you give away an idea, you still own that idea. In fact, giving it away strengthens it. Why do people feel they have to take credit for everything they do? Ego, that's the only reason."[145]These pseudonyms include: Jamie Starrand The Starr Company(for the songs he wrote for the Timeand many other artists from 1981–1984),[146][147]Joey Coco(for many unreleased Prince songs in the late 1980s, as well as songs written for Sheena Easton& Kenny Rogers),[148]Paisley Park(occasionally used in the early 1990s for his production credits on songs, including those written for Martikaand Kid Creole),[149]Alexander Nevermind(for writing the 1984 song "Sugar Walls" by Sheena Easton),[150]and Christopher(used for his song writing credit of "Manic Monday" for the Bangles).[151]
Copyright issues
On September 14, 2007, Prince announced that he was going to sue YouTubeand eBaybecause they "are clearly able [to] filter porn and pedophile material but appear to choose not to filter out the unauthorized music and film content which is core to their business success." Web Sheriff, the international Internet policing company he hired, told Reuters: "The problem is that one can reduce it to zero and then the next day there will be 100 or 500 or whatever. This carries on ad nauseam at Prince's expense."[152][153]
In October 2007, Stephanie Lenz filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Publishing Group, claiming they were abusing copyright law, after the music publisher had YouTube take down Lenz's home movie in which the Prince song "Let's Go Crazy" played faintly in the background.[154]
On November 5, 2007, several fan sites of Prince formed "Prince Fans United" to fight back against legal requests they claim Prince made to cease and desist all use of photographs, images, lyrics, album covers and anything linked to Prince's likeness.[155]While Prince's lawyers claimed that the use of such representations constituted copyright infringement, the Prince Fans United claimed that the legal actions were "attempts to stifle all critical commentary about Prince." A few days later, Prince released a statement denying the fansites' claims, stating "The action taken earlier this week was not to shut down fansites, or control comment in any way. The issue was simply to do with in regards to copyright and trademark of images and only images, and no lawsuits have been filed." The statement from AEG, Prince's promoter, asserted that the only "offending items" on the three fansites were live shots from Prince's 21 nights in London at the O2 Arena earlier in the year.[156]
On November 8, 2007, Prince Fans United received a song named "PFUnk", providing a kind of "unofficial answer" to their movement. The song, originally debuted on the PFU main site,[157]was retitled "F.U.N.K." and is available on iTunes.
On November 14, 2007, it was reported that the satirical website b3ta.comhad pulled their "image challenge of the week" devoted to Prince after legal threats from the star under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. B3ta co-founder Rob Manuelwrote on the site: "Under threat of legal action from Prince's legal team of 'potential closure of your web site' – We have removed the Prince image challenge and B3ta apologizes unreservedly to AEG / NPG and Prince for any offence caused. We also ask our members to avoid photoshopping Prince and posting them on our boards."[158]
At the 2008 Coachella Music Festival, Prince performed a cover of Radiohead's "Creep", but immediately after he forced YouTube and other sites to remove footage that fans had taken of the performance, despite Radiohead's demand for it to remain on the website.[159]Days later, YouTube reinstated the videos, while Radiohead claimed "it's our song, let people hear it." In 2009, Prince put the video of that Coachella performance on his then-official website LotusFlow3r.com.
In 2013, the Electronic Frontier Foundationgranted to Prince the inaugural "Raspberry Beret Lifetime Aggrievement Award",[160]a reference to resentment of parties who allege unfair treatment and misuse of copyright claims by the artist and his lawyers.[161]
In January 2014, Prince filed a lawsuit titled Prince v. Chodera against 22 online users for direct copyright infringement, unauthorized fixation, and contributory copyright infringement and bootlegging.[162]Several of the users were fans who had shared links to bootlegged versions of several Prince concerts through social media websites like Facebook.[163][164]
Discography
Main articles: Prince albums discographyand Prince singles discography
Studio albums
For You(1978)
Prince(1979)
Dirty Mind(1980)
Controversy(1981)
1999(1982)
Purple Rain(1984)
Around the World in a Day(1985)
Parade(1986)
Sign o' the Times(1987)
Lovesexy(1988)
Batman(1989)
Graffiti Bridge(1990)
Diamonds and Pearls(1991)
Love Symbol AlbumPrince logo.svg(1992)
Come(1994)
The Black Album(1994)
The Gold Experience(1995)
Chaos and Disorder(1996)
Emancipation(1996)
Crystal Ball(1998)
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic(1999)
The Rainbow Children(2001)
One Nite Alone...(2002)
Xpectation(2003)
N.E.W.S(2003)
The Chocolate Invasion(2004)
The Slaughterhouse(2004)
Musicology(2004)
3121(2006)
Planet Earth(2007)
Lotusflow3r / MPLSound(2009)
20Ten(2010)
Plectrumelectrum(2014)
Art Official Age(2014)
Filmography

Year
Film
Role

1984 Purple Rain The Kid
1986 Under the Cherry Moon Christopher Tracy
1987 Sign o' the Times Himself
1990 Graffiti Bridge The Kid

Tours
Prince Tour(1979–80)
Dirty Mind Tour(1980–81)
Controversy Tour(1981–82)
1999 Tour(1982–83)
Purple Rain Tour(1984–85)
Parade Tour(1986)
Sign o' the Times Tour(1987)
Lovesexy Tour(1988–89)
Nude Tour(1990)
Diamonds and Pearls Tour(1992)
Act I and II(1993)
The Ultimate Live Experience(1995)
Gold Tour(1996)
Love 4 One Another Charities Tour(1997)
Jam of the Year Tour(1997–98)
New Power Soul Tour/Festival(1998)
Hit n Run Tour(2000–01)
A Celebration(2001)
One Nite Alone... Tour(2002)
2003–2004 World Tour(2003–04)
Musicology Live 2004ever(2004)
Per4ming Live 3121(2006–07)
21 Nights in London: The Earth Tour(2007)
20Ten Tour(2010)
Welcome 2(2010–12)
Live Out Loud Tour w/3rdeyegirl (2013)
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
Earning 33 nominations, Prince has won seven Grammys. He also has had two albums - 1999and Purple Rain- awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award.

Year
Nominated work
Award category
Result
1984 "International Lover" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
1985 Purple Rain Album of the Year Nominated
Purple Rain Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Won
Purple Rain Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Won
"I Feel for You" Best R&B Song Won
1987 "Kiss" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Won
"Kiss" Best R&B Song Nominated
1988 Sign "O" the Times Album of the Year Nominated
"U Got the Look" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated
"U Got the Look" Best R&B Song Nominated
1990 Batman Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
"Batdance" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
1991 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Song of the Year Nominated
1992 "Gett Off" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated
1993 "Diamonds and Pearls" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated
1995 "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
1996 "Eye Hate U" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
The Gold Experience Best R&B Album Nominated
2004 N.E.W.S. Best Pop Instrumental Album Nominated
2005 "Cinnamon Girl" Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
"Call My Name" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Won
"Call My Name" Best R&B Song Nominated
"Musicology" Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance Won
Musicology Best R&B Album Nominated
2007 "Black Sweat" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
"Beautiful, Loved and Blessed" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated
"3121" Best Urban/Alternative Performance Nominated
"Black Sweat" Best R&B Song Nominated
3121 Best R&B Album Nominated
2008 "Future Baby Mama" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Won
"The Song of the Heart" Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Nominated
2010 "Dreamer" Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards(VMAs) is an award show by cable network MTV to honor the top music videos of the year. It was first held in September 1984 and was originally meant as an alternative to the Grammy Awards in the video category. Prince has won four awards from 12 nominations throughout his career.

Year
Nominated work
Award category
Result
1985 "When Doves Cry" Best Choreography in a Video Nominated
1986 "Raspberry Beret" Best Choreography in a Video Won
1988 "U Got the Look" Best Male Video Won
Best Stage Performance in a Video Won
Best Choreography in a Video Nominated
Best Editing in a Video Nominated
1989 "I Wish U Heaven" Best Special Effects in a Video Nominated
1990 "Batdance" Best Video from a Film Nominated
1992 "Cream" Best Dance Video Won
1993 "7" Best R&B Video Nominated
2004 "Musicology" Best Male Video Nominated
2006 "Black Sweat" Best Cinematography in a Video Nominated
Academy Awards

Year
Nominated work
Award category
Result
1985 "Purple Rain" Best Original Song Score Won
See also
Book icon Book: Prince

List of best-selling music artists
List of best-selling music artists in the United States
Unreleased Prince projects
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152.Jump up ^"Prince To Sue YouTube, eBay Over Unauthorized Content". Billboard. 2007.
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155.Jump up ^Gibson, Owen (November 7, 2007). "Prince threatens to sue his fans over online images". The Guardian(UK). Retrieved July 18,2009.
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160.Jump up ^"The Raspberry Beret Lifetime Aggrievement Award". Eff.org. May 7, 2013. Retrieved August 31,2013.
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162.Jump up ^"Prince v. Chodera - Scribd". Scribd.com. Retrieved September 30,2014.
163.Jump up ^"Prince Files Lawsuit Against Facebook Fans Over Bootlegged Concerts". TIME.com. Retrieved September 30,2014.
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Further reading
Draper, Jason (2008). Prince: Life & Times. Jawbone Press. ISBN 978-1-906002-18-3.
Hahn, Alex (2004). Possessed: The Rise And Fall Of Prince. Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7749-7.
Jones, Liz (1998). Purple Reign: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince. Birch Lane Press. ISBN 978-1-55972-448-7.
Uptown (2004). The Vault – The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince. Nilsen Publishing. ISBN 91-631-5482-X.
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Prince
Prince at Coachella 001.jpg
Prince performing in 2008

Background information

Birth name
Prince Roger Nelson [1]
Also known as
Jamie Starr·
Christopher·
Alexander Nevermind·
The Purple One·
Joey Coco·
Prince logo.svg·
The artist formerly known as Prince

Born
June 7, 1958 (age 56)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres
Funk·
R&B·
rock·
pop·
new wave·
Minneapolis sound·
synthpop

Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter·
multi-instrumentalist·
record producer·
dancer·
actor·
film director

Instruments
Vocals·
guitar·
keyboards·
Linn Drum

Years active
1976–present
Labels
Warner Bros.·
Paisley Park·
NPG·
EMI·
Columbia·
Arista·
Universal

Associated acts
The Revolution·
Wendy & Lisa·
The New Power Generation·
The Time·
Morris Day·
Sheila E.·
Vanity 6·
Apollonia 6·
Mazarati·
The Family·
94 East·
Madhouse·
Andy Allo·
3rdeyegirl

Prince Roger Nelson(born June 7, 1958), known by his mononymPrince, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor. A major figure in popular music for over three decades, Prince is renowned as an innovator and is widely-known for his eclectic work, flamboyant stage presence and wide vocal range. Widely regarded as the pioneer of Minneapolis sound, Prince's music combines rock, R&B, soul, funk, hip hop, disco, psychedelia, jazz, and pop.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Prince developed an interest in music at an early age, writing his first song at age seven. After recording songs with his cousin's band 94 East, 19-year-old Prince recorded several unsuccessful demo tapes before releasing his debut album, For You, in 1978 under the guidance of Manager Owen Husney. His 1979 album, Prince, went platinum due to the success of the singles "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" and "I Wanna Be Your Lover". His next three records, Dirty Mind(1980), Controversy(1981) and 1999(1982), continued his success, showcasing Prince's trademark of prominently sexual lyrics and incorporation of elements of funk, dance and rock music. In 1984, he began referring to his backup band as the Revolutionand released Purple Rain, which served as the soundtrack to his film debut of the same name.
After releasing the albums Around the World in a Day(1985) and Parade(1986), The Revolution disbanded and Prince released the critically acclaimed double album Sign "O" the Times(1987) as a solo artist. He released three more solo albums before debuting The New Power Generationband in 1991. After changing his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol (Prince logo.svg), also known as the "Love Symbol", in 1993, he began releasing new albums at a faster pace to remove himself from contractual obligations to Warner Bros; he released five records between 1994 and 1996 before signing with Arista Recordsin 1998. In 2000, he began referring to himself as "Prince" once again. He has released fourteen albums since then, including his latest, Art Official Age, released on September 30, 2014.
Prince has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.[2]He has won seven Grammy Awards[3]a Golden Globe,[4]and an Academy Award.[5]He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Famein 2004, the first year of his eligibility.[6]Rolling Stonehas ranked Prince at number 27 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[7]


Contents [hide]
1Early life
2Career2.11975–84: Beginnings and breakthrough
2.21984–87: The Revolution, Purple Rainand subsequent releases
2.31987–91: Solo again, Sign "O" the Timesand spiritual rebirth
2.41991–94: The New Power Generation, Diamonds and Pearlsand name change
2.51994–2000: Increased output and The Gold Experience
2.62000–06: Turnaround, Musicology, label change and 3121
2.72007–10: Super Bowl XLI, Planet Earthand LOtUSFLOW3R
2.82010–12: 20Tenand The Welcome 2 Tours
2.92013–present: 3rdeyegirl and return to Warner Bros.
3Personal life
4Multi-instrumental abilities
5Stage names
6Copyright issues
7Discography
8Filmography
9Tours
10Awards and nominations10.1Grammy Awards
10.2MTV Video Music Awards
10.3Academy Awards
11See also
12References
13Further reading
14External links

Early life
Prince was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Mattie Della (Shaw) and John Lewis Nelson.[8]His parents were both African-American[8]and his family ancestry is centered in Louisiana, with all four of his grandparents hailing from the state.[9][10]Prince's father was a pianist and songwriter and his mother was a jazzsinger. Prince was named after his father, whose stage namewas Prince Rogers, and who performed with a jazz group called the Prince Rogers Trio. In a 1991 interview with A Current Affair, Prince's father said that "I named my son Prince because I wanted him to do everything I wanted to do".[11]Prince's childhood nickname was Skipper.[12]
In a PBSinterview, Prince told Tavis Smileythat he was "born epileptic" and "used to have seizures" when he was young. During the interview, he also said: "My mother told me one day I walked in to her and said, 'Mom, I'm not going to be sick anymore,' and she said, 'Why?' and I said, 'Because an angel told me so'."[13]
Prince's sister Tika Evene (usually called Tyka) was born in 1960.[14]Both siblings developed a keen interest in music, and this was encouraged by their father.[15]Prince wrote his first tune, "Funk Machine", on his father's piano when he was seven.[15]When Prince was ten years old, his parents separated. Following the separation, Prince constantly switched homes, sometimes living with his father, and sometimes with his mother and stepfather.[15]Finally he moved into the home of neighbors, the Andersons, and befriended their son, Andre Anderson, who later became known as André Cymone.[16]
Prince and Anderson joined Prince's cousin, Charles Smith, in a band called Grand Central while they were attending Minneapolis's Central High School. Smith was later replaced by Morris Dayon the drums. Prince played piano and guitar for the band which performed at clubs and parties in the Minneapolis area. Grand Central later changed its name to Champagne and started playing original music influenced by Sly & the Family Stone, James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, Miles Davis, Parliament-Funkadelic, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, and Todd Rundgren.[17]Prince also played basketball in high school.[18]
Career
1975–84: Beginnings and breakthrough
In 1975, Pepe Willie, the husband of Prince's cousin, Shauntel, formed the band 94 Eastwith Marcy Ingvoldstad and Kristie Lazenberry. Willie hired André Cymone and Prince to record tracks with 94 East. Those songs were written by Willie and Prince contributed guitar tracks. Prince also co-wrote, with Willie, the 94 East song, "Just Another Sucker". The band recorded tracks which later became the album Minneapolis Genius – The Historic 1977 Recordings. Prince also recorded, but never released, a song written by Willie, "If You See Me" (also known as, "Do Yourself a Favor"). In 1995, Willie released the album 94 East featuring Prince, Symbolic Beginning, which included original recordings by Prince and Cymone.
In 1976, Prince created a demo tape with producer Chris Moon in Moon's Minneapolis studio. Unable to secure a recording contract, Moon brought the tape to Owen Husney, a Minneapolis businessman. Husney signed Prince, at the age of 17, to a management contract and helped Prince create a demo recording at Sound 80Studios in Minneapolis using producer/engineer David Z. The demo recording, along with a press kit produced at Husney's ad agency, resulted in interest from several record companies including Warner Bros. Records, A&M Records, and Columbia Records.
With the help of Husney, Prince signed a recording contract with Warner Bros.. The record company agreed to give Prince creative control for three albums and ownership of the publishing rights.[citation needed]Husney and Prince then left Minneapolis and moved to Sausalito, California where Prince's first album, For You, was recorded at Record Plant Studios. Subsequently, the album was mixed in Los Angeles and released in on April 7, 1978.[19]According to the For Youalbum notes, Prince produced, arranged, composed and played all 27 instruments on the recording. The album was written and performed by Prince, except for the song "Soft and Wet" which had lyrics co-written by Moon. The cost of recording the album was twice Prince's initial advance. Prince used the Prince's Music Co.to publishhis songs. "Soft and Wet" reached No. 12 on the Hot Soul Singleschart and No. 92 on the BillboardHot 100. The song "Just as Long as We're Together" reached No. 91 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.




Ticket to Prince's first performance with his band in January 1979
In 1979, Prince created a band that included André Cymone on bass, Dez Dickersonon guitar, Gayle Chapman and Doctor Finkon keyboards, and Bobby Z.on drums. Their first show was at the Capri Theater on January 5, 1979. Warner Bros. executives attended the show but decided that Prince and the band needed more time to develop his music.[20]In October 1979, Prince released a self-titled album, Prince, which was No. 4 on the BillboardTop R&B/Black Albumscharts, and No. 22 on the Billboard200, going platinum. It contained two R&B hits: "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" and "I Wanna Be Your Lover". "I Wanna Be Your Lover" sold over a million copies, and reached No. 11 on the BillboardHot 100, and No. 1 for two weeks on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Prince performed both these songs on January 26, 1980, on American Bandstand. On this album, Prince used Ecnirp Music – BMI.[21]
In 1980, Prince released the album, Dirty Mind, which he recorded in his own studio. The album was certified gold and the attendant single "Uptown" reached No. 5 on the BillboardDance chart and No. 5 on the Hot Soul Singles charts. Prince was also the opening act for Rick James' 1980 Fire It Uptour. Dirty Mindcontained sexually explicit material, including the title song, "Head", and the song "Sister". In February 1981, Prince made his first appearance on Saturday Night Live, performing "Partyup". In October 1981, Prince released the album, Controversy. He played several dates in support of it, at first as one of the opening acts for the Rolling Stones, who were then on tour in the US. He began 1982 with a small tour of college towns where he was the headlining act. The songs on Controversywere published by Controversy Music[22] – ASCAP, a practice he continued until the Emancipationalbum in 1996. Controversyalso marked the introduction of Prince's use of abbreviated spelling, such as spelling the words youas U, toas 2, and foras 4, as indicated by the inclusion of the track "Jack U Off". (His earlier song titles had used conventional spelling.)[23]By 2002, MTV.com noted that "[n]ow all of his titles, liner notes and Web postings are written in his own shorthand spelling, as seen on 1999's Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, which featured 'Hot Wit U.'"[24]
In 1981, Prince formed a side project band called the Time. The band released four albums between 1981 and 1990, with Prince writing and performing most of the instrumentation and backing vocals, with lead vocals by Morris Day.[citation needed]In late 1982, Prince released a double album, 1999, which sold over three million copies.[25]The title trackwas a protest against nuclear proliferationand became his first top ten hit in countries outside the US. Prince's "Little Red Corvette" was one of the first two videos by a black artist played in heavy rotation on MTV, along with Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".[26]The song "Delirious" also placed in the top ten on the BillboardHot 100 chart.
1984–87: The Revolution, Purple Rainand subsequent releases
During this period Prince referred to his band as the Revolution. The band's name was also printed, in reverse, on the cover of 1999inside the letter "I" of the word "Prince". The band consisted of Lisa Colemanand Doctor Fink on keyboards, Bobby Z. on drums, Brown Markon bass, and Dez Dickerson on guitar. Jill Jones, a backing singer, was also part of The Revolution line up for the 1999album and tour. Following the 1999 Tour, Dickerson left the group for religious reasons. In the 2003 book Possessed: The Rise and Fall of Prince, author Alex Hahn says that Dickerson was reluctant to sign a three-year contract and wanted to pursue other musical ventures. Dickerson was replaced by Wendy Melvoin, a childhood friend of Coleman. At first the band was used sparsely in the studio but this gradually changed during the mid-1980s.[citation needed]
Prince's 1984 album Purple Rainsold more than 13 million copies in the US and spent 24 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard200 chart. The film of the same namewon an Academy Awardand grossed more than $80 million in the US.[27]




Prince performing in Brussels during the Hit N Run Tourin 1986
Songs from the film were hits on pop charts around the world, while "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" reached No. 1 and the title trackreached No. 2 on the BillboardHot 100. At one point in 1984, Prince simultaneously had the No. 1 album, single, and film in the US; it was the first time a singer had achieved this feat.[28]Prince won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Scorefor Purple Rain, and the album is ranked 72nd Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[29]The album is included on the list of Timemagazine's All-Time 100 Albums.[30]After Tipper Goreheard her 12-year-old daughter Karennalistening to Prince's song "Darling Nikki", she founded the Parents Music Resource Center.[31]The center advocates the mandatory use of a warning label ("Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics") on the covers of records that have been judged to contain language or lyrical content unsuitable for minors. The recording industry later voluntarily complied with this request.[32]Of what is considered the Filthy FifteenPrince's compositions appear no. 1 and no. 2, with the fourth position occupied by his protégée Vanity.[33]
In 1985, Prince announced that he would discontinue live performances and music videos after the release of his next album. His subsequent recording Around the World in a Dayheld the No. 1 spot on the Billboard200 for three weeks. In 1986 his album Paradereached No. 3 on the Billboard200 and No. 2 on the R&B charts. The first single, "Kiss", with the video choreographed by Louis Falco, reached No. 1 on the BillboardHot 100. The song was originally written for a side project called Mazarati. That same year the song "Manic Monday", which was written by Prince and recorded by The Bangles, reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart. The album Paradeserved as the soundtrack for Prince's second film, Under the Cherry Moon. Prince directed and starred in the movie, which also featured Kristin Scott Thomas. He received the Golden Raspberry Awardfor his efforts in acting and directing.[34]
In 1986, Prince began a series of sporadic live performances called the Hit n Run – Parade Tour. After the tour Prince abolished The Revolution, fired Wendy & Lisaand replaced Bobby Z.with Sheila E. Brown Mark quit the band while keyboardist Doctor Fink remained. Prince then recruited new band members Miko Weaveron guitar, Atlanta Blisson trumpet, Eric Leedson saxophone, Boni Boyer on keyboards, Levi Seacer, Jr.on bass and dancer Cat Glover.[citation needed]
1987–91: Solo again, Sign "O" the Timesand spiritual rebirth
Prior to the disbanding of The Revolution, Prince was working on two separate projects, The Revolution album Dream Factoryand a solo effort, Camille.[35]Unlike the three previous band albums, Dream Factoryincluded significant input from the band members and even featured a number of songs with lead vocals by Wendy & Lisa,[35]while the Camilleproject saw Prince create a new persona primarily singing in a speeded-up, female-sounding voice. With the dismissal of The Revolution, Prince consolidated material from both shelved albums, along with some new songs, into a three-LP album to be titled Crystal Ball.[36]However, Warner Bros. forced Prince to trim the triple album to a double album and Sign "O" the Timeswas released on March 31, 1987.[37]
The album peaked at No.6 on the Billboard200 albums chart.[37]The first single, "Sign o' the Times", would chart at No. 3 on the Hot 100.[38]The follow-up single, "If I Was Your Girlfriend" charted poorly at No. 67 on the Hot 100, but went to No.12 on R&B chart.[38]The third single, a duet with Sheena Easton, "U Got the Look" charted at No. 2 on the Hot 100, No. 11 on the R&B chart,[38]and the final single "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" finished at No.10 on Hot 100 and No.14 on the R&B chart.[38]
Despite receiving the greatest critical acclaim of any album in Prince's career, including being named the top album of the year by the Pazz & Jopcritics' poll, and eventually selling 3.2 million copies, album sales steadily declined.[39]In Europe, however, it performed well and Prince promoted the album overseas with a lengthy tour. Putting together a new backing band from the remnants of The Revolution, Prince added bassist Levi Seacer, Jr., Boni Boyer on keyboards, and dancer/choreographer Cat Glover to go with new drummer Sheila E. and holdovers Miko Weaver, Doctor Fink, Eric Leeds, Atlanta Bliss, and the Bodyguards (Jerome, Wally Safford, and Greg Brooks) for the Sign o' the Times Tour.
The tour was a success overseas, with Warner Bros. and Prince's managers wanting to bring it to the US to resuscitate sagging sales of Sign "O" the Times;[40][41]however, Prince balked at a full US tour, as he was ready to produce a new album.[40]As a compromise the last two nights of the tour were filmed for release in movie theaters. The film quality was deemed subpar and reshoots were performed at his Paisley Park studios.[40]The film Sign o' the Timeswas released on November 20, 1987. Much like the album, the film garnered more critical praise than the previous year's Under the Cherry Moon; however, its box-office receipts were minimal, and it quickly left theaters.[41]
The next album intended for release was to be The Black Album.[42]More instrumental and funk and R&B themed than recent releases,[43]The Black Albumalso saw Prince experiment with hip hop musicon the songs "Bob George" and "Dead on It". Prince was set to release the album with a monochromatic black cover with only the catalog number printed, but after 500,000 copies had been pressed,[44]Prince had a spiritual epiphany that the album was evil and had it recalled.[45]It would later be released by Warner Bros. as a limited edition album in 1994. Prince went back in the studio for eight weeks and recorded Lovesexy.
Released on May 10, 1988, Lovesexyserves as a spiritual opposite to the dark The Black Album.[46]Every song is a solo effort by Prince, with exception of "Eye No" which was recorded with his backing band at the time, dubbed the "Lovesexy Band" by fans. Lovesexywould reach No. 11 on the Billboard200 and No. 5 on the R&B albums chart.[47]The lead single, "Alphabet St.", peaked at No. 8 on the Hot 100 and No. 3 on the R&B chart,[37]but finished with only selling 750,000 copies.[48]
Prince again took his post-Revolution backing band (minus the Bodyguards) on a three leg, 84-show Lovesexy World Tour; although the shows were well received by huge crowds, they lost money due to the expensive sets and incorporated props.[49][50]




Prince performing during his Nude Tourin 1990
In 1989, Prince appeared on Madonna's studio album Like a Prayer, co-writing and singing the duet "Love Song" and playing electric guitar (uncredited) on the songs "Like a Prayer", "Keep It Together", and "Act of Contrition". He also began work on a number of musical projects, including Rave Unto the Joy Fantasticand early drafts of his Graffiti Bridgefilm,[51][52]but both were put on hold when he was asked by Batmandirector Tim Burtonto record several songs for the upcoming live-action adaptation. Prince went into the studio and produced an entire nine-track album that Warner Bros. released on June 20, 1989. Batmanpeaked at No.1 on the Billboard200,[53]selling 4.3 million copies.[54]The single "Batdance" topped the Billboardand R&B charts.[37]
Additionally, the single "The Arms of Orion" with Sheena Easton charted at No. 36, and "Partyman" (also featuring the vocals of Prince's then-girlfriend, nicknamed Anna Fantastic) charted at No. 18 on the Hot 100 and at No. 5 on the R&B chart, while the love ballad "Scandalous!" went to No. 5 on the R&B chart.[37]However, he did have to sign away all publishing rights to the songs on the album to Warner Bros. as part of the deal to do the soundtrack.
In 1990, Prince went back on tour with a revamped band for his stripped down, back-to-basics Nude Tour. With the departures of Boni Boyer, Sheila E., the horns, and Cat, Prince brought in Rosie Gaines on keys, drummer Michael Bland, and dancing trio The Game Boyz (Tony M., Kirky J., and Damon Dickson). The European and Japanese tour was a financial success with its short, greatest hits setlist.[55]As the year progressed, Prince finished production on his fourth film, Graffiti Bridge, and the album of the same name. Initially, Warner Bros. was reluctant to fund the film, but with Prince's assurances it would be a sequel to Purple Rainas well as the involvement of the original members of The Time, the studio greenlit the project.[56]Released on August 20, 1990, the album reached No. 6 on the Billboard200 and R&B albums chart.[57]The single "Thieves in the Temple" reaching No. 6 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on the R&B chart.[37]Also from that album, "Round and Round" placed at No. 12 on the US charts and No. 2 on the R&B charts. The song featured the teenage Tevin Campbell(who also had a role in the film) on lead vocals. The film, released on November 20, 1990, was a critical and box-office flop, grossing just $4.2 million.[58]After the release of the film and album, the last remaining members of The Revolution, Miko Weaver and Doctor Fink, left Prince's band.
1991–94: The New Power Generation, Diamonds and Pearlsand name change




Prince's Yellow Cloud Guitar at the Smithsonian Castle. Prince can be seen playing this guitar in the "Gett Off" video.
1991 marked the debut of Prince's new band, the New Power Generation. With guitarist Miko Weaver and long-time keyboardist Doctor Fink gone, Prince added bass player Sonny T., Tommy Barbarellaon keyboards, and a brass section known as the Hornheads to go along with Levi Seacer (taking over on guitar), Rosie Gaines, Michael Bland, and the Game Boyz. With significant input from his band members, Diamonds and Pearlswas released on October 1, 1991. Reaching No. 3 on the Billboard200 album chart,[59]Diamonds and Pearlssaw four hit singles released in the United States. "Gett Off" peaked at No. 21 on the Hot 100 and No. 6 on the R&B charts, followed by "Cream", which gave Prince his fifth US No. 1 single. The title track "Diamonds and Pearls" became the album's third single, reaching No. 3 on the Hot 100 and the top spot on the R&B charts. "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" peaked at No. 23 and No. 14 on the Hot 100 and R&B charts respectively.[60]
1992 saw Prince and The New Power Generation release his 12th album, Love Symbol Album,[61]bearing only an unpronounceable symbol on the cover (later copyrighted as Love Symbol #2).[62]The album, generally referred to as the Love Symbol Album, would peak at No. 5 on the Billboard200.[63]While the label wanted "7" to be the first single, Prince fought to have "My Name Is Prince" as he "felt that the song's more hip-hoppery would appeal to the same audience" that had purchased the previous album.[64]Prince got his way but "My Name Is Prince" only managed to reach No. 36 on the BillboardHot 100 and No. 23 on the R&B chart. The follow-up single "Sexy MF" fared worse, charting at No. 66 on the Hot 100 and No. 76 on the R&B chart. The label's preferred lead single choice "7" would be the album's lone top ten hit, reaching No. 7.[60]'Love Symbol Album' would go on to sell 2.8 million copies worldwide.[64]

Logo. Hollow circle above downward arrow crossed with a curlicued horn-shaped symbol and then a short bar

The unpronounceable symbol (later dubbed "Love Symbol #2")
After two failed attempts in 1990 and 1991,[65]Warner Bros. finally released a greatest hitscompilation with the three-disc The Hits/The B-Sidesin 1993. The first two discs were also sold separately as The Hits 1and The Hits 2. In addition to featuring the majority of Prince's hit singles (with the exception of "Batdance" and other songs that appeared on the Batmansoundtrack), The Hitsincludes an array of previously hard-to-find recordings, notably B-sidesspanning the majority of Prince's career, as well as a handful of previously unreleased tracks such as the Revolution-recorded "Power Fantastic" and a live recording of "Nothing Compares 2 U" with Rosie Gaines. Two new songs, "Pink Cashmere" and "Peach", were chosen as promotional singles to accompany the compilation album.
1993 also marked the year in which Prince changed his stage name to the Love Symbol (see left), which was explained as a combination of the symbolsfor male (?) and female (?).[62]In order to use the symbol in print media, Warner Bros. had to organize a mass mailing of floppy disks with a custom font.[66]Because the symbol had no stated pronunciation, he was often referred to as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince", TAFKAP, and "The Artist".
1994–2000: Increased output and The Gold Experience
In 1994, Prince's attitude towards his artistic output underwent a notable shift. He began to view releasing albums in quick succession as a means of ejecting himself from his contractual obligations to Warner Bros. The label, he believed, was intent on limiting his artistic freedom by insisting that he release albums more sporadically. He also blamed Warner Bros. for the poor commercial performance of the Love Symbol Album, claiming that it was insufficiently marketed by Warner. It was out of these developments that the aborted The Black Albumwas officially released, approximately seven years after its initial recording and near-release. The "new" release, which was already in wide circulation as a bootleg, sold relatively poorly.
Following that disappointing venture, Warner Bros. succumbed to Prince's wishes to release an album of new material, to be entitled Come. When Comewas eventually released, it confirmed all of Warner's fears. It became Prince's poorest-selling album to date, struggling to even shift 500,000 copies. Even more frustrating was the fact that Prince insisted on crediting the album to "Prince 1958–1993".
Prince pushed to have his next album The Gold Experiencereleased simultaneously with Love Symbol-era material. Warner Bros. allowed the single "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" to be released via a small, independent distributor, Bellmark Records, in February 1994. The release was successful, reaching No. 3 on the US BillboardHot 100 and No. 1 in many other countries, but it would not prove to be a model for subsequent releases. Warner Bros. still resisted releasing The Gold Experience, fearing poor sales and citing "market saturation" as a defense. When eventually released in September 1995, The Gold Experiencefailed to sell well, although it reached the top 10 of the Billboard200 initially, and many reviewed it as Prince's best effort since Sign "O" the Times. The album is now out-of-print. Chaos and Disorder, released in 1996, was Prince's final album of new material for Warner Bros., as well as one of his least commercially successful releases. Prince attempted a major comeback later that year when, free of any further contractual obligations to Warner Bros., he released Emancipation, a 36-song, 3-CD set (each disc was exactly 60 minutes long). The album was released via his own NPG Recordswith distribution through EMI. To publish his songs on Emancipation, Prince did not use Controversy Music – ASCAP, which he had used for all his records since 1981, but rather used Emancipated Music Inc.[67] – ASCAP.
Certified Platinumby the RIAA, Emancipationis the first record featuring coversby Prince of songs of other artists: Joan Osborne's top ten hit song of 1995 "One of Us";[68]"Betcha by Golly Wow!" (written by Thomas Randolf Bell and Linda Creed);[69]"I Can't Make You Love Me" (written by James Allen Shamblin II and Michael Barry Reid);[70]and "La-La (Means I Love You)" (written by Thomas Randolf Bell and William Hart).[71]
Prince released Crystal Ball, a five-CD collection of unreleased material, in 1998. The distribution of this album was disorderly, with some fans pre-ordering the album on his website up to a year before it was eventually shipped to them; these pre-orders were eventually delivered months after the record had gone on sale in retail stores. The retail edition has only four discs, as it is missing the Kamasutradisc. There are also two different packaging editions for retail, one being in a four-disc sized jewel case with a simple white cover and the Love Symbol in a colored circle; the other is all four discs in a round translucent snap jewel case. The discs are the same, as is the CD jacket. The Newpower Soulalbum released three months later failed to make much of an impression on the charts. His collaboration on Chaka Khan's Come 2 My House, and Larry Graham's GCS2000, both released on the NPG Recordslabel around the same time as Newpower Soulmet with the same fate, despite heavy promotion and live appearances on Vibe with Sinbad, and the NBCTodayshow's Summer Concert Series.
In 1999, Prince once again signed with a major label, Arista Records, to release a new record, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic. In an attempt to make his new album a success, Prince easily gave more interviews than at any other point in his career, appearing on MTV's Total Request Live(with his album cover on the front of the Virgin Megastore, in the background on TRLthroughout the whole show), Larry King Live(with Larry Graham) and other media outlets. Nevertheless, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantasticfailed to perform well commercially. A few months earlier, Warner Bros. had also released The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale, a collection of unreleased material recorded by Prince throughout his career, and his final recording commitment on his contract with Warner Bros. The greatest success he had during the year was with the EP 1999: The New Master, released in time for Prince to collect a small portion of the sales dollars Warner Bros. had been seeing for the album and singles of the original 1999.
The pay-per-view concert, Rave Un2 the Year 2000, was broadcast on December 31, 1999 and consisted of footage from the December 17 and 18 concerts of his 1999 tour. The concert featured appearances by many guest musicians including Lenny Kravitz, George Clinton, Jimmy Russell, and The Time. It was released to home video the following year. A remix album, Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic(as opposed to "Un2") was released exclusively through Prince's NPG Music Clubin April 2000.
2000–06: Turnaround, Musicology, label change and 3121
On May 16, 2000, Prince ceased using the Love Symbol moniker and returned to using "Prince" again, after his publishing contract with Warner/Chappellexpired. In a press conference, he stated that, after being freed from undesirable relationships associated with the name "Prince", he would formally revert to using his real name. Prince still frequently uses the symbol as a logo and on album artwork and continues to play a Love Symbol-shaped guitar. For several years following the release of Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, Prince primarily released new music through his Internet subscription service, NPGOnlineLtd.com (later NPGMusicClub.com). Two albums that show substantive jazz influence were available commercially at record stores: 2001's The Rainbow Children, and the 2003 instrumental record N.E.W.Swhich was nominated for a Best Pop Instrumental AlbumGrammy Award. Another album of largely jazz-influenced music, Xpectation, was released via download in 2003 to members of the NPGMusicClub. Xpectationis jazz themed along with new age and atmospheric themes.
In 2002, Prince released his first live album, One Nite Alone... Live!, which features performances from the One Nite Alone...Tour. The 3-CD box set, which also includes a disc of "aftershow" music entitled It Ain't Over!, failed to chart. During this time, Prince sought to engage more effectively with his fan base via the NPG Music Club, pre-concert sound checks, and at yearly "celebrations" at Paisley Park, his music studios. Fans were invited into the studio for tours, interviews, discussions and music-listening sessions. Some of these fan discussions were filmed for an unreleased documentary, directed by Kevin Smith. Smith discusses what happened during those days at length in his An Evening with Kevin SmithDVD. Performances were also arranged to showcase Prince's talents, as well as to collaborate with popular and well-established artists and guests including Alicia Keys, the Time, Erykah Badu, Nikka Costa, George Clinton, and Norah Jones.
On February 8, 2004, Prince appeared at the Grammy Awardswith Beyoncé Knowles. In a performance that opened the show, Prince and Knowles performed a medley of "Purple Rain", "Let's Go Crazy", "Baby I'm a Star", and Knowles' "Crazy in Love". The following month, Prince was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The award was presented to him by Alicia Keys along with Big Boiand André 3000of OutKast. As well as performing a trio of his own hits during the ceremony, Prince also participated in a tribute to fellow inductee George Harrisonin a rendering of Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", playing a long guitar solo that ended the song. In addition he performed "Red House" on the album Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix. On February 19, The Tavis Smiley Showbroadcast included a performance of "Reflection" from Prince's Musicologyalbum. Prince was accompanied by Wendy Melvoin, formerly of The Revolution.
In April 2004, Prince released Musicologythrough a one-album agreement with Columbia Records. The album rose as high as the top five on a number of international charts (including the US, UK, Germany and Australia). The US chart success was assisted by the CD being included as part of the concert ticket purchase, and each CD thereby qualifying (as chart rules then stood) towards US chart placement. Musicologyis R&B and soul-themed along with funk, pop, quiet storm, and rock. Three months later, Spinnamed him the greatest frontmanof all time.[72]That same year, Rolling Stonemagazine named Prince as the highest-earning musician in the world, with an annual income of $56.5 million,[73]largely due to his Musicology Tour, which Pollstarnamed as the top concert draw among musicians in US. The artist played an impressive run of 96 concerts; the average ticket price for a show was US$61. Further highlighting the success of the album, Prince's Musicologywent on to receive two Grammy wins, for Best Male R&B Vocal Performancefor "Call My Name" and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for the title track. Musicologywas also nominated for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Album, while "Cinnamon Girl" was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The album became the artist's most commercially successful since Diamonds and Pearls, partly due to a radical scheme devised which included in Billboard's sales figures those that were distributed to each customer during ticket sales for the Musicologytour, with concert figures accounting for 25% of the total album sales.[74]Rolling Stonemagazine has ranked Prince No. 27 on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[7]
In April 2005, Prince played guitar (along with En Voguesinging backing vocals) on Stevie Wonder's single "So What the Fuss", Wonder's first since 1999.[75]In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the city of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, Prince offered a personal response by recording two new songs, "S.S.T." and the instrumental "Brand New Orleans", at Paisley Parkin the early hours of September 2. Prince again performed all instrumental and vocal parts. These recordings were quickly dispersed to the public via Prince's NPG Music Club, and "S.S.T." was later picked up by iTunes, where it reached No. 1 on the store's R&B chart. On October 25, Sony Recordsreleased a version of the single on CD.
In late 2005, Prince signed with Universal Recordsto release his album, 3121, on March 21, 2006 (3/21). The first single was the Latin-tinged "Te Amo Corazón", the video for which was directed by actress Salma Hayekand filmed in Marrakech, Morocco, featuring Argentine actress and singer Mía Maestro. The video for the second single, "Black Sweat", was nominated at the MTV VMAsfor Best Cinematography. The immediate success of 3121gave Prince his first No. 1 debut on the Billboard200 with the album. To promote the new album, Prince was the musical guest on Saturday Night Liveon February 4, 2006, 17 years after his last SNLappearance on the 15th anniversary special and nearly 25 years since his first appearance on a regular episode in 1981, making Prince the only SNLmusical guest to have that long of a gap between appearances. He performed two songs from the album, "Fury" and "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed", with Támar. Prince also held a contest to win a trip to see a 'Purple Ticket Concert' at his private residence in Hollywood, California. Seven winning tickets were placed inside 3121CD packages in the US, and other tickets were given away in various contests on the Internet and around the world. On May 6, 2006, 24 prizewinners (with a guest each) attended a star-studded private party and performance at Prince's home.
On June 12, 2006, Prince received a WebbyLifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his "visionary" use of the Internet; Prince was the first major artist to release an entire album, 1997's Crystal Ball, exclusively on the Internet (although he did take phone orders for it as well...1-800-NEW-FUNK).
Only weeks after winning a Webby Award, Prince abruptly shut down his then-official NPG Music Clubwebsite on July 4, 2006, after more than five years of operation.[citation needed]On the day of the music club's shutdown, a lawsuit was filed against Prince by the British company HM Publishing (owners of the Nature Publishing Group, also NPG). Despite these events occurring on the same day, Prince's attorney has called it pure coincidence and stated that the site did not close due to the trademark dispute.[76]Prince appeared at multiple award ceremonies in 2006. On February 15, 2006, Prince performed at the BRIT Awardsalong with Wendy & Lisa and Sheila E. He played "Te Amo Corazón" and "Fury" from 3121and "Purple Rain" and "Let's Go Crazy" from Purple Rain. On June 27, 2006, Prince appeared at the BETAwards, where he was awarded Best Male R&B Artist. In addition to receiving his award, Prince performed a medley of Chaka Khan songs for Khan's BET Lifetime Award. Prince had previously written and performed several songs with the singer.
In November 2006, Prince was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame, appearing to collect his award but not performing. Also in November 2006, Prince opened a nightclub named 3121 in Las Vegasat the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. He performed weekly on Friday and Saturday nights until April 2007, when his contract with the Rio ended. On August 22, 2006, Prince released Ultimate Prince. The double disc set contains one CD of previous hits, and another of extended versions and mixes of material that had largely only previously been available on vinyl record B-sides. Prince wrote and performed a song for the hit 2006 animated film Happy Feet. The song, entitled "The Song of the Heart", appears on the film's soundtrack, which also features a cover of Prince's earlier hit "Kiss", sung by Nicole Kidmanand Hugh Jackman. In January 2007, "The Song of the Heart" won a Golden Globefor Best Original Song.[77]
2007–10: Super Bowl XLI, Planet Earthand LOtUSFLOW3R




Prince's stage set for the Earth Tour in 2007
On February 2, 2007, Prince played at the Super Bowl XLIpress conference. He and the band played a set comprising Chuck Berry's hit, "Johnny B. Goode", "Anotherloverholenyohead" from Paradeand "Get On the Boat" from 3121. Prince performed at the Super Bowl XLI halftime show in Miami, Florida on February 4, 2007. The performance consisted of three Purple Raintracks ("Let's Go Crazy", "Baby I'm a Star" and the title track), along with cover versions of "We Will Rock You" by Queen, "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan, the Foo Fighterssong "Best of You" and "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Coincidentally, Miami had rain on the day of the Super Bowl, which was lit purple during the performance of "Purple Rain". He played on a large stage shaped as his symbol. The event was carried to 140 million television viewers, the largest audience of his life. On February 4, 2010, Billboard.com ranked the performance as the greatest Super Bowl performance ever.[78]
Prince played 21 concerts in London during the summer of 2007. The Earth Tourincluded 21 nights at the 20,000 capacity O2 Arena, with Maceo Parkerin his band. Tickets for the O2 Arena were capped by Prince at £31.21. The residency at the O2 Arena was increased to 15 nights after all 140,000 tickets for the original seven sold out in just 20 minutes.[79]It was then further extended to 21 nights.[80]On May 10, 2007, Prince performed a "secret" gig at London's KOKOin front of a small crowd of fans and celebrities. A prelude to the forthcoming summer gigs in London, Prince played a relaxed set of hits including ("Kiss", changing the lyric from "You don't have to watch Dynasty" to Desperate Housewives, "Girls & Boys", and "Nothing Compares 2 U") alongside more recent tracks, plus a cover version of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy".
Prince made an appearance at the 2007 ALMA Awards, performing with Sheila E. in June 2007. On June 28, 2007, the UK national newspaper the Mail on Sundayrevealed that it had made a deal to give Prince's new album, Planet Earth, away for free with an "imminent" edition of the paper, making it the first place in the world to get the album. This move sparked controversy among music distributors and also led the UK arm of Prince's distributor, Sony BMG, to withdraw from distributing the album in UK stores.[81]The UK's largest high street music retailer, HMV, decided to stock the paper on release day due to the giveaway. Planet Earthis rock-oriented along with disco, and other various music styles. On July 7, 2007, Prince returned to his hometown of Minneapolisto perform three shows in what was unofficially declared Prince Day in Minnesota. He performed concerts at the Macy'sAuditorium (to promote his new perfume "3121") on Nicollet Mall, the Target Centerarena, and First Avenue.[82]It was the first time he had played at First Avenue (the club appeared in the film Purple Rain) since 1987.[83]




Prince playing with Maceo Parkerin the O2
On April 25, 2008, Prince performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he debuted a new song, "Turn Me Loose". Days after, he headlined the Coachella Festival 2008. Prince was paid more than $5 million for his performance at Coachella, according to Reuters.[84]Prince cancelled a concert, planned at Dublin's Croke Parkon June 16, 2008, at just 10 days' notice. In October 2009 promoters MCD Productionswent to court to sue Prince for €1.6 million, after paying him $1.5 million, half his agreed fee of $3 million for the concert. MCD claim they had to refund 55,126 tickets purchased and its total losses exceeded $1.66 million. Prince's lawyers argued the MCD claim was "greatly inflated".[85][86]Prince settled the case out of court in February 2010 for $2.95 million.[87][88]During the trial, it was revealed that Prince had been offered $22 million for seven concerts as part of a proposed 2008 European tour.[89]In October 2008, Prince released a live album entitled Indigo Nights, as well as 21 Nights, an accompanying book of poems, lyrics and photos. The book chronicled his record-breaking tenure at London's O2 Arena in 2007, while the album is a collection of songs performed live at aftershows in the IndigO2.




Prince at the Coachella Festivalin 2008
On December 18, 2008, Prince premiered four songs from his new album on LA's Indie rock radio station Indie 103.1.[90]The radio station's programmers Max Tolkoff and Mark Sovelhad been invited to Prince's home to hear the new rock-oriented music. Prince then surprised the two by giving them a CD with four songs to premiere on their radio station. The music debuted the next day on Jonesy's Jukebox, hosted by Sex PistolSteve Jones.[91]The music comprised a cover of "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells, together with "Colonized Mind", "Wall of Berlin" and "4ever". The same day, another new Prince composition entitled "(There'll Never B) Another Like Me" premiered on the now obsolete and defunct website mplsound.com — replacing a shorter, instrumental version of the song that streamed several days previously.
On January 3, 2009, a new website LotusFlow3r.com was launched, streaming some of the recently aired material ("Crimson and Clover", "(There'll Never B) Another Like Me" and "Here Eye Come") and promising opportunities to listen to and buy music by Prince and guests, watch videos and buy concert tickets for future events. On January 31, Prince released two more songs on LotusFlow3r.com: "Disco Jellyfish", and "Another Boy". "Chocolate Box", "Colonized Mind", and "All This Love" have since been released on the website. Prince released a triple album set containing LOtUSFLOW3R, MPLSoUND, and an album credited to his new protégé, Bria Valente, called Elixer, on March 24, 2009, followed by a physical release on March 29. The release was preceded by performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Lenoand The Ellen DeGeneres Show. It was released in other countries digitally, with official physical release dates yet to be announced. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard200, and critics' opinions were mixed to positive.
On July 18, 2009, Prince performed two shows at the Montreux Jazz Festival, being backed by the New Power Generationincluding Rhonda Smith, Renato Neto and John Blackwell. There he played "A Large Room with No Light", which had been in Prince's "vault" for some time. On October 11, 2009, Prince gave two surprise concerts at the glass-and-iron Grand Palaisexhibition hall after visiting the landmark Paris building on the banks of the Seine.[92]On October 12, he gave another surprise gig at La Cigale. On October 24, Prince played a concert at his own Paisley Parkcomplex in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[93]
2010–12: 20Tenand The Welcome 2 Tours
In January 2010, Prince wrote a new song, "Purple and Gold", inspired by his visit to a Minnesota Vikingsfootball game against the Dallas Cowboys.[94]The song is a simple, drumline-driven track. The following month, Prince let Minneapolis-area public radio station 89.3 The Currentpremiere his new song "Cause and Effect" as a gesture in support of independent radio.[95]
In 2010, Prince was listed in TIMEmagazine's annual ranking of the "100 Most Influential People in the World".[96]
Prince released a new single on Minneapolis radio station 89.3 The Current called "Hot Summer" on June 7, his 52nd birthday. Also in June, Prince appeared on the cover of the July 2010 issue of Ebony,[97]and he received the Lifetime Achievement Awardat the 2010 BET Awards.[98]
Prince released his album 20Tenin July 2010 as a free covermountwith publications in the UK, Belgium, Germany, and France.[99]Prince has refused access to the album to digital download services. He also closed his official website, LotusFlow3r.com. In an interview with the Daily Mirror, Prince said, "The Internet's completely over. I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it... Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."[100]
On July 4, 2010 Prince began his 20Ten Tour, a concert tour in two legs with shows in Europe. The second leg began on October 15[101]and ended with a concert following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prixon November 14.[102]The second half of the tour has a new band, John Blackwell, Ida Kristine Nielsen, and Sheila E.[103]Prince let Europe 1debut the snippet of his new song "Rich Friends" from the "new" album 20Ten Deluxeon October 8, 2010.[104]Prince started the Welcome 2Tour on December 15, 2010.[105]
Prince was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame on December 7, 2010.[106]
On February 12, 2011, Prince presented Barbra Streisandwith an award and donated $1.5 million to charities.[107]On the same day, it was reported that he was unimpressed about Gleecovering his hit "Kiss", and that he had not authorised its use.[108]
On the May 18, 2011, it was announced that Prince would be headlining Hop Farm Festivalon July 3, 2011, marking his first UK show since 2007 and his first ever UK festival appearance.[109]
Despite having previously rejected the Internet for music distribution, on November 24, 2011, Prince re-released a reworked version of the previously unreleased song "Extraloveable" through both iTunes and Spotify.[110][111][112]Purple Music, a Switzerland-based record label, released a CD single "Dance 4 Me" on December 12, 2011, as part of a club remixes package including Bria ValenteCD single "2 Nite" released on February 23, 2012. The CD features club remixes by Jamie Lewis and David Alexander, produced by Prince.[113][114]
2013–present: 3rdeyegirl and return to Warner Bros.
In January 2013, Prince released a lyric videofor a new song called "Screwdriver".[115]A couple of months later in April 2013, Prince announced a short West Coast tour with 3rdeyegirlas his backing band.[116]The final two dates of the tour were in Minneapolis where former Revolutiondrummer Bobby Z.sat in as guest drummer on both shows.[117]In May, Prince announced a deal with Kobalt Music to market and distribute his music.[118]
On August 14, 2013, Prince officially sent his first tweet through the 3RDEYEGIRL Twitter account.[119]The same day, he released a new solo single for exclusive download through the 3RDEYEGIRL.com website.[120]The single "Breakfast Can Wait" received attention for its cover art, featuring comedian Dave Chappelle's notable impersonation of the singer in a sketch on the 2000s Comedy Centralseries Chappelle's Show.[121]
In February 2014, Prince performed concerts with 3rdeyegirl in London. Beginning with intimate shows, the first was held at the London home of singer Lianne La Havas, followed by two performances of what Prince described as a "sound check" at the Electric Ballroom in Camden,[122]and another at Shepherds Bush Empire.[123]
On April 18, 2014, Prince released a new single entitled "The Breakdown". Along with the surprise release, news came that a new album was in the works, an expanded edition of Purple Rainwould be released for the 30th anniversary, and he has re-signed with his former label, Warner Bros. Recordsafter an 18-year split. He also gained the rights to his master recordings from the 1980s, which had been a point of contention for his initial split with the major label.[124]
In May 2015, following the death of Freddie Grayand the subsequent riots, Prince released a song entitled 'Baltimore' in tribute to Gray and in support of the protesters in Baltimore. [125][126][127][128]He also held a surprise tribute concert for Gray at his Paisley Park estate called 'Dance Rally 4 Peace' in which he reportedly encouraged fans to wear the color gray in honor of Freddie Gray.[129]
Personal life
Prince resides near Minneapolis, Minnesota.[130]Over the years Prince has been romantically linked with many celebrities, including Kim Basinger, Madonna, Vanity, Sheila E., Carmen Electra, Susanna Hoffs, Anna Fantastic,[11]Sherilyn Fenn,[131]and Susan Moonsieof Vanity 6and Apollonia 6.[14]Prince was engaged to Susannah Melvoinin 1985.[132]He married his backup singer and dancer, Mayte Garcia, on Valentine's Day, 1996. They had a son, Boy Gregory (born October 16, 1996), who was born with Pfeiffer syndromeand died a week after birth.[133]Prince and Mayte divorced in 1999. In 2001, Prince married Manuela Testolini in a private ceremony. Testolini filed for divorce in May 2006.[134]He also had a short-term relationship with protégée Bria Valentein 2007.[100]
Prince became a member of Jehovah's Witnessesin 2001 following a two-year-long debate with friend and fellow Jehovah's Witness, musician Larry Graham. Prince said he didn't consider it a conversion, but a "realization"; "It's like Morpheusand Neoin The Matrix," he explained. He attends meetings at a local Kingdom Halland occasionally knocks on people's doors to discuss his faith.[135]Prince has reportedly needed double-hip-replacement surgery since 2005 but won't undergo the operation unless it is a bloodless surgerybecause Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept blood transfusions.[136]The condition is rumored to be aggravated by repeated onstage dancing in high-heeled boots.[137]However, when Prince was interviewed in 2010, journalist Peter Willis said he believed the rumors of Prince needing double hip surgery to be unfounded and untrue as Prince appeared to be agile.[100]
Prince is vegan.[138]The liner notesfor his album Rave Un2 the Joy Fantasticfeatured a message about the cruelty involved in woolproduction.[139]
Since 2008, Prince has been managed by UK-based Kiran Sharma.[140]
Speaking about her relationship with Prince in an interview with Norwegian station NRKin November 2014, Sinead O'Connorsaid that Prince had summoned her to his house after "Nothing Compares 2U". O'Connor said "I made it without him. I'd never met him. He summoned me to his house—and it's foolish to do this to an Irish woman—he said he didn't like me saying bad words in interviews. So I told him to fuck off." O'Connor alleged the row became physical. "He got quite violent. I had to escape out of his house at 5 in the morning. He packed a bigger punch than mine."[141]"Nothing Compares 2U" is the song Prince penned which later became a worldwide hit for O'Connor in 1990.
Multi-instrumental abilities


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In addition to his singing abilities (which encompass a wide range from falsetto to baritone and rapid, flamboyant shifts of register, as well as diverse characterisation) Prince is one of pop music's most prominent multi-instrumentalists. The precise number of instruments he is capable of playing remains obscure, partly due to the active mythologizing of his abilities and working practices (such as the claim that he had played "all 27 instruments" on his debut album, which appears to have included various different kinds of guitar, keyboard and synthesizer in the total).
As a live performer he tends to focus on guitar, piano, lead vocals and occasional harmonica. On recordings he has also played assorted keyboards and synthesizers, bass guitar, drums, various percussion instruments and saxophone, as well as mastering both drum and synthesizer programming. Prince has mentioned learning and performing simple parts on particular instruments that he does not otherwise play (such as concert harp) in order to serve song arrangements on albums.
Stage names
In 1993, during negotiations regarding the release of The Gold Experience, a legal battle ensued between Warner Bros. and Prince over the artistic and financial control of his musical output. During the lawsuit, he appeared in public with the word "slave" written on his cheek. Prince explained his name change as follows:

The first step I have taken toward the ultimate goal of emancipation from the chains that bind me to Warner Bros. was to change my name from Prince to the Love Symbol. Prince is the name that my mother gave me at birth. Warner Bros. took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing tool to promote all of the music that I wrote. The company owns the name Prince and all related music marketed under Prince. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for Warner Bros...
I was born Prince and did not want to adopt another conventional name. The only acceptable replacement for my name, and my identity, was the Love Symbol, a symbol with no pronunciation, that is a representation of me and what my music is about. This symbol is present in my work over the years; it is a concept that has evolved from my frustration; it is who I am. It is my name.[142]
Princeis a trademark owned by Paisley Park Enterprises Inc. It was initially filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office(USPTO) in 2005 in the categories of printed materials, clothing, electronic commerce, and entertainment services based on first commercial in 1978.[143]Various searches to the USPTO did not find any registrations or transfers of "Prince" or related names by Warner Bros. In 1991, PRN Music Corporation assigned the trademarks Prince, The Time, Paisley Park, New Power Generation, and Prince and the Revolutionto Paisley Park Enterprises.[144]
Prince has used pseudonyms to separate himself from the music (either his own or that of others) for which he has had input; "I was just getting tired of seeing my name," he said, "If you give away an idea, you still own that idea. In fact, giving it away strengthens it. Why do people feel they have to take credit for everything they do? Ego, that's the only reason."[145]These pseudonyms include: Jamie Starrand The Starr Company(for the songs he wrote for the Timeand many other artists from 1981–1984),[146][147]Joey Coco(for many unreleased Prince songs in the late 1980s, as well as songs written for Sheena Easton& Kenny Rogers),[148]Paisley Park(occasionally used in the early 1990s for his production credits on songs, including those written for Martikaand Kid Creole),[149]Alexander Nevermind(for writing the 1984 song "Sugar Walls" by Sheena Easton),[150]and Christopher(used for his song writing credit of "Manic Monday" for the Bangles).[151]
Copyright issues
On September 14, 2007, Prince announced that he was going to sue YouTubeand eBaybecause they "are clearly able [to] filter porn and pedophile material but appear to choose not to filter out the unauthorized music and film content which is core to their business success." Web Sheriff, the international Internet policing company he hired, told Reuters: "The problem is that one can reduce it to zero and then the next day there will be 100 or 500 or whatever. This carries on ad nauseam at Prince's expense."[152][153]
In October 2007, Stephanie Lenz filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Publishing Group, claiming they were abusing copyright law, after the music publisher had YouTube take down Lenz's home movie in which the Prince song "Let's Go Crazy" played faintly in the background.[154]
On November 5, 2007, several fan sites of Prince formed "Prince Fans United" to fight back against legal requests they claim Prince made to cease and desist all use of photographs, images, lyrics, album covers and anything linked to Prince's likeness.[155]While Prince's lawyers claimed that the use of such representations constituted copyright infringement, the Prince Fans United claimed that the legal actions were "attempts to stifle all critical commentary about Prince." A few days later, Prince released a statement denying the fansites' claims, stating "The action taken earlier this week was not to shut down fansites, or control comment in any way. The issue was simply to do with in regards to copyright and trademark of images and only images, and no lawsuits have been filed." The statement from AEG, Prince's promoter, asserted that the only "offending items" on the three fansites were live shots from Prince's 21 nights in London at the O2 Arena earlier in the year.[156]
On November 8, 2007, Prince Fans United received a song named "PFUnk", providing a kind of "unofficial answer" to their movement. The song, originally debuted on the PFU main site,[157]was retitled "F.U.N.K." and is available on iTunes.
On November 14, 2007, it was reported that the satirical website b3ta.comhad pulled their "image challenge of the week" devoted to Prince after legal threats from the star under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. B3ta co-founder Rob Manuelwrote on the site: "Under threat of legal action from Prince's legal team of 'potential closure of your web site' – We have removed the Prince image challenge and B3ta apologizes unreservedly to AEG / NPG and Prince for any offence caused. We also ask our members to avoid photoshopping Prince and posting them on our boards."[158]
At the 2008 Coachella Music Festival, Prince performed a cover of Radiohead's "Creep", but immediately after he forced YouTube and other sites to remove footage that fans had taken of the performance, despite Radiohead's demand for it to remain on the website.[159]Days later, YouTube reinstated the videos, while Radiohead claimed "it's our song, let people hear it." In 2009, Prince put the video of that Coachella performance on his then-official website LotusFlow3r.com.
In 2013, the Electronic Frontier Foundationgranted to Prince the inaugural "Raspberry Beret Lifetime Aggrievement Award",[160]a reference to resentment of parties who allege unfair treatment and misuse of copyright claims by the artist and his lawyers.[161]
In January 2014, Prince filed a lawsuit titled Prince v. Chodera against 22 online users for direct copyright infringement, unauthorized fixation, and contributory copyright infringement and bootlegging.[162]Several of the users were fans who had shared links to bootlegged versions of several Prince concerts through social media websites like Facebook.[163][164]
Discography
Main articles: Prince albums discographyand Prince singles discography
Studio albums
For You(1978)
Prince(1979)
Dirty Mind(1980)
Controversy(1981)
1999(1982)
Purple Rain(1984)
Around the World in a Day(1985)
Parade(1986)
Sign o' the Times(1987)
Lovesexy(1988)
Batman(1989)
Graffiti Bridge(1990)
Diamonds and Pearls(1991)
Love Symbol AlbumPrince logo.svg(1992)
Come(1994)
The Black Album(1994)
The Gold Experience(1995)
Chaos and Disorder(1996)
Emancipation(1996)
Crystal Ball(1998)
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic(1999)
The Rainbow Children(2001)
One Nite Alone...(2002)
Xpectation(2003)
N.E.W.S(2003)
The Chocolate Invasion(2004)
The Slaughterhouse(2004)
Musicology(2004)
3121(2006)
Planet Earth(2007)
Lotusflow3r / MPLSound(2009)
20Ten(2010)
Plectrumelectrum(2014)
Art Official Age(2014)
Filmography

Year
Film
Role

1984 Purple Rain The Kid
1986 Under the Cherry Moon Christopher Tracy
1987 Sign o' the Times Himself
1990 Graffiti Bridge The Kid

Tours
Prince Tour(1979–80)
Dirty Mind Tour(1980–81)
Controversy Tour(1981–82)
1999 Tour(1982–83)
Purple Rain Tour(1984–85)
Parade Tour(1986)
Sign o' the Times Tour(1987)
Lovesexy Tour(1988–89)
Nude Tour(1990)
Diamonds and Pearls Tour(1992)
Act I and II(1993)
The Ultimate Live Experience(1995)
Gold Tour(1996)
Love 4 One Another Charities Tour(1997)
Jam of the Year Tour(1997–98)
New Power Soul Tour/Festival(1998)
Hit n Run Tour(2000–01)
A Celebration(2001)
One Nite Alone... Tour(2002)
2003–2004 World Tour(2003–04)
Musicology Live 2004ever(2004)
Per4ming Live 3121(2006–07)
21 Nights in London: The Earth Tour(2007)
20Ten Tour(2010)
Welcome 2(2010–12)
Live Out Loud Tour w/3rdeyegirl (2013)
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
Earning 33 nominations, Prince has won seven Grammys. He also has had two albums - 1999and Purple Rain- awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award.

Year
Nominated work
Award category
Result
1984 "International Lover" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
1985 Purple Rain Album of the Year Nominated
Purple Rain Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Won
Purple Rain Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Won
"I Feel for You" Best R&B Song Won
1987 "Kiss" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Won
"Kiss" Best R&B Song Nominated
1988 Sign "O" the Times Album of the Year Nominated
"U Got the Look" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated
"U Got the Look" Best R&B Song Nominated
1990 Batman Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
"Batdance" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
1991 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Song of the Year Nominated
1992 "Gett Off" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated
1993 "Diamonds and Pearls" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated
1995 "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
1996 "Eye Hate U" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
The Gold Experience Best R&B Album Nominated
2004 N.E.W.S. Best Pop Instrumental Album Nominated
2005 "Cinnamon Girl" Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
"Call My Name" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Won
"Call My Name" Best R&B Song Nominated
"Musicology" Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance Won
Musicology Best R&B Album Nominated
2007 "Black Sweat" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
"Beautiful, Loved and Blessed" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated
"3121" Best Urban/Alternative Performance Nominated
"Black Sweat" Best R&B Song Nominated
3121 Best R&B Album Nominated
2008 "Future Baby Mama" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Won
"The Song of the Heart" Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Nominated
2010 "Dreamer" Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards(VMAs) is an award show by cable network MTV to honor the top music videos of the year. It was first held in September 1984 and was originally meant as an alternative to the Grammy Awards in the video category. Prince has won four awards from 12 nominations throughout his career.

Year
Nominated work
Award category
Result
1985 "When Doves Cry" Best Choreography in a Video Nominated
1986 "Raspberry Beret" Best Choreography in a Video Won
1988 "U Got the Look" Best Male Video Won
Best Stage Performance in a Video Won
Best Choreography in a Video Nominated
Best Editing in a Video Nominated
1989 "I Wish U Heaven" Best Special Effects in a Video Nominated
1990 "Batdance" Best Video from a Film Nominated
1992 "Cream" Best Dance Video Won
1993 "7" Best R&B Video Nominated
2004 "Musicology" Best Male Video Nominated
2006 "Black Sweat" Best Cinematography in a Video Nominated
Academy Awards

Year
Nominated work
Award category
Result
1985 "Purple Rain" Best Original Song Score Won
See also
Book icon Book: Prince

List of best-selling music artists
List of best-selling music artists in the United States
Unreleased Prince projects
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Further reading
Draper, Jason (2008). Prince: Life & Times. Jawbone Press. ISBN 978-1-906002-18-3.
Hahn, Alex (2004). Possessed: The Rise And Fall Of Prince. Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7749-7.
Jones, Liz (1998). Purple Reign: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince. Birch Lane Press. ISBN 978-1-55972-448-7.
Uptown (2004). The Vault – The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince. Nilsen Publishing. ISBN 91-631-5482-X.
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