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Minneapolis, United States (1976 – present)

Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958), known from 1993 to 2000 as an unpronounceable symbol (or informally, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Tafkap, or simply The Artist), is a popular American musician. He had 1984’s biggest hit song in the US with “When Doves Cry” and is best known for his album and movie “Purple Rain”.

During the 1980s Prince was comparable with the “mega-superstars” of Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston & Madonna in terms of star power and sales. However, his popularity has waned since the mid 90s. None could match the formidable breadth of his talents, which included not just singing and dancing but also composing, producing, and playing instruments (not to mention directing videos and movies). In fact, Prince played nearly all the instruments on his first five albums, and has produced himself since signing with Warner Bros. at age 15 (Rolling Stone).

His music has spanned myriad styles; from his early material, rooted in funk and soul, he has constantly expanded his musical palette throughout his career, absorbing many other genres including new wave, pop, rock, blues, jazz and hip hop. Born in Minneapolis, he has based his entire career in Minnesota. He now resides in Los Angeles.

The distinctive characteristics of the early-to-mid 1980s work that raised him to super-stardom - which includes industrial sounding drum machine arrangements, the use of synthesizer riffs to serve the role of horn riffs traditionally used in earlier R&B, funk and soul music - became known as “the Minneapolis sound”.
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  • top20fanatico

    Batman OST is really damn good just because of him! Prince! ♥

    12 May 4:57pm Reply

  • cjkisaragi

    I wouldn't trust Prince with The Vault now anyway, he'd probably re-record it all, ala 1999 The New Master. :-/

    8 May 3:46pm Reply

  • echoghost

    lol jae__moon i don't think you've picked up a record either (nobody calls a record "a vinyl")

    4 May 2:20am Reply

  • corpsetastic

    OHHH WHYYYYYYYYYYYSIIIIIIIIIYIIIIIIIIIGN OFFFF THAAAA TIIIIIIMESSSSSSZZZZZZ

    3 May 10:35pm Reply

  • ibelongtoprince

    What Kaoru_is_here said, same goes with The Vault unless he's got a bomb that's set to go off when his heart stops

    1 May 9:43am Reply

  • Kaoru_is_here

    I don't think we're ever going to see remastered albums (let alone outtakes) until his highness dies in a plane crash or something. This might sound a bit morbid... but I just don't see it happening as long as he's alive.

    30 Apr 8:04pm Reply

  • jae__moon

    Shannonline I don't think you've ever fucking picked up a vinyl

    21 Apr 4:58pm Reply

  • Shannonline

    "no remastered album has ever been better than its original", i don't think you understand the concept of remastering. :/

    20 Apr 2:59am Reply

  • dollface622

    http://youtu.be/IFmGNjSMiik Friends and I love this and Purple Rain.

    19 Apr 3:28pm Reply

  • cjkisaragi

    By outtakes I mean things like In a large Room with No Light, Big Tall Wall, Wonderful Ass, Others Here With Us, Rebirth of the Flesh, and so on. There are so many songs that deserve a life beyond bootlegs!

    17 Apr 7:00am Reply

  • cjkisaragi

    What would really be ideal is remasters with bonus CDs of outtakes from the vault, but that will never happen.

    17 Apr 6:55am Reply

  • wdrew

    A new photo from last nights show in Vancouver: http://www.last.fm/music/Prince/+images/88615741

    16 Apr 6:47pm Reply

  • Bruce19931002

    Prince divulga mais uma música inédita. Ouça "FixUrLifeUp"! Saiba mais no link: http://www.botapratocar.com/2013/04/prince-inedita-fixurlifeup.html

    14 Apr 6:36pm Reply

  • no31531

    I don't think he actually hates them. Actually, he said he doesn't. I'd rather say he just doesn't want to focus on his past, while he still has new ideas.

    13 Apr 3:32pm Reply

  • u2theedge

    i heard that Prince didn't want Warner Bros to get his past albums remastered because he hates Warner so much. is it true?

    13 Apr 11:47am Reply

  • no31531

    @Batiste369 1 fo all, he should let them remaster them. Although I don't think they really need it. Special Reissues would serve better

    12 Apr 4:59pm Reply

  • jae__moon

    did somebody just say "SHOULD'VE been remastered" ??? you can't fuck with classic recordings!!! no remastered album has ever been better than its original. NEVER!

    7 Apr 9:42pm Reply

  • RadioKaKa

    @ibelongtoprince Thanks so much for telling me the title, it's very kind of you!

    4 Apr 6:17am Reply

  • san1l

    whenever i hear his falsetto, i just feel like blowing him

    3 Apr 6:29pm Reply

  • SimonePerrota

    He probably has the best discography of the '80s...

    1 Apr 4:15pm Reply
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