  Prince or  or "The Artist" was
born Prince Roger Nelson on June 7, 1958 in
Minneapolis. Prince taught himself how to
play many instruments and self-produced his
first LP, For
You, by 1978. As his success grew,
he eventually founded his own label: Paisley
Park. Prince's musical styles have been
compared to James Brown,
Jackie Wilson and other r&b
heavy weights, but as Prince's career grew,
Prince became a legend on his own merit with
a knack for delivering funk, rock and soul
with an occasional pop feel. Prince has
amassed 11 #1 hits and 22 Top 10 hits on the
pop charts. Prince released a string of LPs
throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s in
addition to touring, writing and producing
for other artists and staring in a few
movies. His first 4 LP releases were modest
hits with R&B audiences and are
considered to be some of his best work.
Prince was allowed great independence from
his record label, Warner Brothers, to create
his own kind of music.
 For
You was released and contained the
hit "Soft And Wet" - the only track
on the LP not written exclusively by Prince.
Prince also produced the debut LP and played
all the instruments.
 Prince's 2nd LP, Prince, became his first
million seller and contained his first pop
Top 10 hit, "I Wanna Be Your
Lover."
 # 104
Singles Artist of the Year
Prince hit the Top 10 with "I Wanna Be
Your Lover."
 Prince was certified
platinum.
The single "I
Wanna Be Your Lover" was certified gold.
 Dirty
Mind was released and received great
reviews by critics (ranking # 18 on Rolling
Stone's "100 Best Albums of the
80s."
 # 178
Singles Artist of the Year
Prince released Controversy with the hit title
track and "Let's Work." Prince's
suggestive lyrics continued with the tracks
"Do Me, Baby" and "Jack U
Off."
Prince hit the Top 40
with "Controversy."
 # 188
Singles Artist of the Year
 Controversy was certified gold.
Prince released a 2-LP
set, 1999 which introduced
Prince more to pop audiences the following
year. The set included the hits "1999," "Little Red Corvette,"
"Delirious," and "Let's
Pretend We're Married."
Prince hit the Top 40
with "1999."
 # 12
Singles Artist of the Year
1999 was certified gold.
 Prince's appeal on the
pop charts didn't occur until "Little Red Corvette" became a hit in
1983. 1999, was Prince's first
major crossover hit and prepared him for
super stardom. Prince received even more
notoriety with his radio and video hits,
"1999" and
"Delirious." The LP was later
ranked at #16 on Rolling
Stone's "100 Best Albums of the
80s."
Prince hit the Top
10
with "Little Red Corvette."
1999 was certified
platinum.
 Prince hit the Top 40
with "1999."
Prince hit the Top 10 with "1999."
Prince hit the Top 40
with "Delirious."
Prince hit the Top 10 with "Delirious."
 # 3
Singles Artist of the Year
Prince was nominated
for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Album
(1999).
Prince was nominated
for a Grammy
Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("International Lover").
 It might be said that
1984 was the year of Prince. He starred in
the movie Purple
Rain which found sound
success with the critics, but more
importantly created a soundtrack to the movie
that exemplified the musical genius of
Prince. The LP sold over 13 million copies
and produced the #1 hits: "When Doves Cry," "Let's Go Crazy," and "Purple Rain." The LP also
contained the hits "I Would Die 4
U" and "Take Me With You," the
controversial track, "Darling
Nikki" and the haunting "The
Beautiful Ones." Prince went on to win
an Academy Award for the film's music. When Rolling
Stone ranked the "100 Best
Albums of the 80s," Purple
Rain came in at # 2.
Dirty
Mind was certified gold and the
single "When Doves Cry" was certified
platinum.
 Prince hit the Top
10
with "When Doves Cry."
Prince hit #1 for 5 weeks with "When Doves Cry."
The Purple
Rain soundtrack was
certified platinum.
Prince hit the Top 40
with "Let's Go Crazy."
 Prince hit the Top
10 and
#1 for a week with "Let's Go Crazy."
1999 was certified 2x
platinum.
Prince hit the Top 40
and Top 10 with "Purple Rain."
The Purple
Rain soundtrack was
certified 8x platinum and the single "Let's Go Crazy" was certified
gold.
Prince hit #1 for a week with "Purple Rain."
 The single "Purple Rain" was certified
gold.
 # 9
Singles Artist of the Year
Controversy was certified platinum
and the Purple
Rain soundtrack was
certified 9x platinum.
Prince won 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Purple
Rain) and Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("When Doves Cry"), and was
nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, Favorite Pop/Rock
Male Video Artist, Favorite Pop/Rock Single, Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist,
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Video Artist, and
Favorite Pop/Rock Video and Favorite
Soul/R&B Video ("When Doves Cry").
 Prince won 3 Grammy
Awards for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group, Best Album of Original Score
Written for a Motion Picture or TV Special (Purple
Rain) and Best R&B Song (songwriter) (Chaka
Khan's "I Feel For You")
and was nominated for Album of the Year (Purple
Rain).
The Purple
Rain soundtrack was
certified 10x platinum.
 Prince's much
anticipated follow-up LP came in 1985 with Around
The World In A Day. The LP was described
as a more pop-friendly Prince with less
sexual overtones in his music. Prince topped
the charts with "Raspberry Beret" and had success
with "Pop Life" and
"America."
Prince hit the Top 40
with "Raspberry Beret."
 Prince hit the Top
10
with "Raspberry Beret."
Prince hit #1 for a week with "Raspberry Beret."
1999 was certified 3x
platinum and Around
The World In A Day was certified 2x
platinum.
The video for "When Doves Cry" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Choreography.
 # 18
Singles Artist of the Year
 Prince was nominated
for 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist,
and Favorite Soul/R&B Male Video Artist.
Prince tried his hand
at the movie/soundtrack combination again
with Parade, the soundtrack to Under
The Cherry Moon. Critical praise was very hard
to find for the film, but Prince's music did
continue his success with the #1 track "Kiss" and hits
"Anotherloverholenyohead" and
"Mountains."
 Prince hit the Top 40
and Top 10 with "Kiss."
Prince hit #1 for 2 weeks with "Kiss."
The single "Kiss" was certified
gold.
 Parade was certified
platinum.
Prince & The
Revolution hit the Top 40 with "Mountains."
The video for "Raspberry Beret" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Choreography.
 # 10
Singles Artist of the Year
 Prince was nominated
for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("Kiss").
Prince won anther Grammy
Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Kiss") and was
nominated for Best R&B Song (songwriter) ("Kiss").
 The release of Sign
O' The Times returned Prince to the top of
the critic's choices lists and earned him a
Grammy nomination for Album Of The Year. The
2-CD set contained the hits "U Got The Look," "I Could Never Take The
Place Of Your Man," "Housequake,"
"If I Was Your Girlfriend,"
"Hot Thing," and the #1 title
track. The LP was ranked as the 74th
"Greatest Album of the 80s" by Rolling
Stone.
Prince hit the Top 40
with "Sign 'O' The Times."
The same year, a
bootleg Prince LP, The
Black Album was "released." The
LP was later officially released to the
public in 1994 in limited amounts.
 Prince hit the Top 10 and #1 for a week with "Sign 'O' The Times."
Sign
O' The Times was certified platinum.
Prince hit the Top 40
with "U Got The Look."
 Prince hit the Top 10 with "U Got The Look."
Prince hit #1 for a week with "U Got The Look."
Prince hit the Top 40
with "I Could Never Take The
Place Of Your Man."
 # 34
Singles Artist of the Year
 Prince hit the Top 10 with "I Could Never Take The
Place Of Your Man."
Prince was nominated
for 3 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year (Sign
O' The Times), Best R&B Song (awarded to
songwriter) Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("U Got The Look") with Sheena Easton).
 Prince released Lovesexy and hit the Top 10
with "Alphabet St." The LP was
Prince first non-Platinum LP since becoming a
superstar.
The video for "U Got The Look" won 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Male Video and Best Stage Performance Video and was nominated for Best Choreography and Best Editing.
 Lovesexy was certified gold.
 # 17
Singles Artist of the Year
 Prince performed music
for the Batman soundtrack and
returned to the spotlight for a bit after a
poor response for, Lovesexy. The
"all-Prince" soundtrack to the hit
movie gave Prince another #1 hit with "Batdance" and the
additional hits "Partyman," "The Arms Of Orion" (with Sheena Easton), and
"Scandalous."
 Prince hit the Top 40
and Top 10 with "Batdance."
Prince #1 for a week with "Batdance."
The Batman soundtrack was
certified 2x platinum and the single "Batdance" was certified
platinum.
 Prince hit the Top 40
and Top 10 with "Partyman."
The video for "I
Wish U Heaven" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Special Effects.
The single "Partyman" was certified
gold.
Prince hit the Top 40
with Sheena Easton with
"The Arms Of Orion."
 # 81
Singles Artist of the Year
Prince was nominated
for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and was honored with the Award of
Achievement.
 Prince was nominated for 4 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male (Batman soundtrack), Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Batdance"), Best
Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television
or Other Visual Media (songwriter) ("Partyman"), and Producer of the
Year.
 Prince embarked on
another movie/soundtrack combination with Graffiti
Bridge and found failure with both.
Although the soundtrack did contain the Top
10 "Thieves
In The Temple," more attention was paid
to the soundtrack contributions of Tevin
Campbell and Mavis Staples.
Prince hit the Top 40
with "Thieves
In The Temple."
 Prince hit the Top 10 with "Thieves
In The Temple."
The video for "Batdance" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Video from a Film.
The single "Thieves
In The Temple" was certified gold.
Graffiti
Bridge was certified gold.
 # 18
Singles Artist of the Year
 Prince was nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year (songwriter)
("Nothing Compares 2 U").
Prince & The N.P.G.
hit the Top 40 with "Gett Off."
 Prince re-emerged with
another commercial success: Diamonds
And Pearls. The LP found audiences in the
emerging hip-hop arena as well as the VH-1
crowd. Songs on the LP ranged from the sexy
funk of "Gett Off" and to the more
vocal focused title track. Prince hit #1 with
the title track and "Cream" and found
success with "Money Don't Matter 2
Night"
and "Insatiable."
The single "Gett Off" was certified
gold.
Prince hit the Top 40
and Top 10 with "Cream."
 Prince hit #1 for 3 weeks with
"Cream."
Prince hit the Top 40
with "Diamonds And Pearls.."
Diamonds
And Pearls was certified platinum.
 # 13
Singles Artist of the Year
 Diamonds
And Pearls was certified 2x platinum and
the single "Cream" was certified
gold.
Prince hit the Top 10 with "Diamonds And Pearls."
Prince was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
 Prince & the NPG hit #1 for a week with "Diamonds And Pearls."
Prince & the NPG were
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Gett Off").
 Prince & the NPG topped the
Billboard R&B Singles chart for 1 week
with "Diamonds And Pearls."
Prince hit the Top 40
with "Money Don't Matter 2
Night."
The video for "Cream" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Dance Video.
 The release of / Prince
& The New Power Generation continued
Prince's success with hits such as "Sexy
MF' and Top 10 "7."
Prince hit the Top 40 with
"My Name Is Prince."
Prince hit the Top 40 with
"7."
 The LP / Prince
& The New Power Generation was certified
platinum.
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
 Prince hit the Top 10 with "7."
Prince & the NPG were
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Diamonds And Pearls").
 The single "7" was certified
gold.
Prince hit the Top 40
with "The Morning Papers."
 Prince changed his name
to a combination of the male and female
symbol: . His name
pronunciation since then has ranged from
"The Artist Formerly Known As
Prince," "TAFKAP," The
Artist," and "Victor." Yet,
most people, Rock On The Net included, have
their own pronunciation of the symbol:
"Prince." Prince also implied that
he might never release a studio LP again.
As fans pondered what
to call Prince, they were rewarded with a
3-CD release of his hits and b-sides in
September, 1993: The
Hits - The B-Sides.
The video for "7" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best R&B Video.
 Prince hit the Top 40
with "Pink Cashmere."
Rolling
Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "Kiss" at # 18, "Gett Off" at # 21 and "Little Red Corvette" at # 85.
The
Hits was certified gold.
 # 16
Singles Artist of the Year
 Prince hit the Top 40
with "The Most Beautiful Girl
In The World" - a single he released
independently as The
Beautiful Experience (7 remixes of
"The Most Beautiful Girl
In The World").
Prince hit the Top 10 with "The Most Beautiful Girl
In The World" and hit #1 for 3 weeks by the end
of the month.
 The single "The Most Beautiful Girl
In The World" was certified gold.
The Purple
Rain soundtrack was
certified 11x platinum.
 "Old Prince"
material was released as Come
1958-1993 - an attempt to put
"Prince" to rest.
Prince hit the Top 40
with "Letitgo."
Come
1958-1993 was certified gold.
 # 62
Singles Artist of the Year
 Prince was honored at
the American Music
Awards with the Award of Merit and was
also nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Prince was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("The Most Beautiful Girl
In The World").
The
Hits was certified platinum.
 Prince released The
Gold Experience which contained his #1 hit
"The Most Beautiful Girl
In The World" as well as
"Gold" and "Billy Jack
Bitch." The LP received great reviews
with many stating it was Prince best work
since Sign
O' The Times.
Prince hit the Top 40
with "I Hate U."
The
Gold Experience was certified gold.
Prince hit the Top 40
with "Gold."
 In the past few years,
Prince's LPs have been moderately successful,
yet have been plagued with problems with the
record company and sometimes overshadowed by
Prince's personality. Often seen as distant
and eccentric, non-Prince fans are often
unwilling to take the chance with buying his
music - especially when presented at a rapid
pace.
 # 105
Singles Artist of the Year
Prince was nominated for a few Grammy
Awards including Best R&B Album (The
Gold Experience) and Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("I Hate U").
 Prince could be heard
on the Girl
6
soundtrack - including the hit "Pink Cashmere."
The Purple
Rain soundtrack was
certified 13x platinum.
Prince released his
final offering from Warner Brothers, Chaos
And Disorder with the moderate hit,
"Dinner With Delores."
 Prince's
dissatisfaction with fulfilling his record
company's obligations were evident when he
appeared on the Today Show
performing tracks from the LP with the word
"slave" written on his face.
Prince released an
ambitious 3-CD set called Emancipation and hit the Top 40
with the remake "Betcha By Golly Wow!." His marriage
and media support for Emancipation had appeared to reduce
Prince's aloof image and his music was once
again appreciated.
 Prince hit the Top 40 with
"Betcha By Golly Wow!"
 # 56
Singles Artist of the Year
Emancipation was certified
platinum.
 Rock
'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500
Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll includes "Little Red Corvette" and "When Doves Cry."
Prince hit the Top 10 with "Betcha By Golly Wow!"
Emancipation was certified 2x
platinum.
Prince hit the Top 40
with "The Holy River."
 Prince released a 3-CD
set of unreleased material available by
mail-order from Prince's website. With Prince
no longer associated with EMI Records, the
artist felt a greater sense of musical
freedom: "My success is no longer
defined by others..." Internet sales of
Crystal
Ball have shown to be brisk.
Although total sales are less than a typical
release would initiate, the direct profit for
the musicians is more substantial. Prince
stated that "...charts, awards and
grades at school R sociopsychotic
illusion."
 Crystal
Ball was later sold exclusively at
Best Buy stores followed by Musicland and
Blockbuster stores. The CD set - a collection
of older, unreleased Prince material -
included the acoustic tracks on The Truth
(a CD free when the Crystal
Ball was also purchased).
When the nominations
for the 12th annual Soul Train Awards were
announced, Prince got a nomination for Best
R&B/Soul Album - Male for Emancipation.
Ranked # 18 on VH1: Greatest
Artists of Rock & Roll (and
# 27 on Rock On The Net's
Poll).
 Prince released Newpower
Soul with the single "The
One." The LP was distributed through NPG
Records.
Prince allowed fans to
download his 26-minute single, "The
War" for free off his website, love4oneanother, and talked with SonicNet
Music News: "It's our music... go
tape it and give it to friends... spread it
around." Prince is also encouraging fans
who download the song make a donation to a
children's charity.
Prince had to postpone
several dates of his current tour with Chaka
Khan after he sprained his ankle
while performing in Atlantic City. The
accident was believed to be due to a slick
stage caused by a fog machine.
Prince announced that
he have annulled his marriage to Mayte and
the 2 will remain apart until next year's
Valentine's Day when they will be re-married.
 # 102
Singles Artist of the Year
Prince released 1999
- The New Masters - a
collection of "1999" remixes.
 1999 was certified 4x
platinum.
Warner Bros. Records
released older, unreleased Prince music in
the form of Vault
- Old Friends 4 Sale. The LP contains music
recorded between 1985 and 1994 and includes
the first single "Extraordinary."
 Prince hit the record
shelves with new material entitled Rave
Un2 The Joy Fantastic after
allowing a record label (Arista Records) to
release the music. The first single was
"The
Greatest Romance Ever Sold" and the LP
features appearances by Ani
DiFranco, Sheryl
Crow, Chuck D of Public
Enemy, and Gwen
Stefani of No
Doubt.
Prince hit the Top 40
with "The
Greatest Romance Ever Sold."
 Rave
Un2 The Joy Fantastic was certified gold.
Prince ended the year
with a pay-per-view concert on New Year's Eve
and officially retired his hit "1999" stating on The
Early Show "This is going to be the
last time we play it. We're going to retire
it after this, and there won't be no need to
play it in the 00s."
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"1999" at # 91.
VH1: 100
Greatest Rock Songs includes "When Doves Cry" at # 92.
 Prince was honored with
the "Artist of the Decade" award at
the Soul Train Music Awards.
The same month Prince
disputed with his new label Arista and
refused to release a remix of his latest LP
stating that his label did not promote his LP
adequately enough for a hit single.
Prince asked that he be
called 'Prince' again instead of - a
symbol he used as his name "to free
myself from all undesirable
relationships" - Prince also broke with
Arista Records.
 Prince celebrated the
reinstitution of his name with a 6-day
open-house and tour of his Paisley Park
studios ending with a 3+ hour concert.
VH1: 100
Greatest Dance Songs includes Prince's
"1999" at # 66.
Prince kicked off his
"Hit N' Run" tour in Massachusetts.
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "When Doves Cry" at # 27 and "Little Red Corvette" at # 50.
![Prince - U Make My Sun Shine / When Will We Be Paid? [CD-SINGLE]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005BC8T.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) VH1: 100
Greatest Albums includes Purple
Rain at # 18, Sign
O' The Times at # 35, and 1999 at # 49.
VH1: 100
Greatest Videos includes:
# 17
- "When Doves Cry"
and # 81
- "1999."
Prince
kicked off a 7-week North America tour - but
the tour was cancelled for unknown reasons in
July.
 Prince released another
hits compilation - The
Very Best Of Prince.
Prince released The
Rainbow Children.
 Prince ranked #
5 on
VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
The
Very Best Of Prince was certified gold.
Prince released the
3-CD live set - One
Nite Alone Live.
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "When Doves Cry" at # 7 and "Little Red Corvette" at # 23.
 Prince released the EP N.E.W.S.
Prince released the DVD Live
At The Aladdin Las Vegas.
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 72:
Purple
Rain, # 93: Sign
O' The Times, # 163: 1999, # 204:
Dirty
Mind.
 # 139
Singles Artist of the Year
Prince was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop
Instrumental Album (N.E.W.S.). Prince opened the
ceremony with a performance with Beyoncé
Knowles.
 Prince was inducted
into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and
said at the ceremony "When I first
started out in this music industry, I was
most concerned with freedom. I wish you all
the best on this fascinating journey. It
ain't over."
Rolling Stone:
The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of
All Time included Prince at # 28.
Prince released his
next LP Musicology - released by Columbia
Records instead of the Internet.
 Prince appeared on the cover of Rolling
Stone.
Musicology was certified gold.
Musicology was certified
platinum.
The video for
"Musicology" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award including Best Male Video.
The
Very Best Of Prince was certified
platinum.
 Prince was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Album.
Prince was chosen by Rolling
Stone magazine's readers as the best
male performer and most welcome comeback.
 Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time included "When Doves Cry" at # 52.
# 5 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Musicology was certified 2x
platinum.
Prince won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance ("Musicology")
and Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Male ("Call My Name"), and was
nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("Cinnamon Girl"), Best R&B Song
(awarded to the songwriter) ("Call My
Name"), and Best R&B Album (Musicology).
 Prince won a
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album (Musicology). Prince was also
honored with the Vanguard Award at the
ceremony.
Prince released the charity
single "S.S.T." on-line with
proceeds going to help those impacted by
Hurricane Katrina.
 # 94
Singles Artist of the Year
 Prince performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Prince released 3121.
Prince topped the Billboard Hot
Singles Sales chart with "Black
Sweat."
Prince topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for the first time in
17 years and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
with 3121 - the LP sold
over 183,000 copies in the US its first week
of release.
 Prince won a BET Award for Best
Male R&B Artist.
3121 was certified gold.
The video for "Black
Sweat" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award including Best Cinematography.
Ultimate
Prince was released.
 VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included "When Doves Cry" at # 5,
"Little Red Corvette" at # 75,
and "Kiss" at # 83.
Prince could be heard on the Happy
Feet soundtrack with
"Song Of The Heart."
Prince won a Golden Globe for
Best Original Song for "The Song Of The
Heart" from the film Happy
Feet.
Prince performed at the Super
Bowl XLI Halftime Show.
 Prince was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
and Best R&B Song
(awarded to the songwriter) ("Black
Sweat"), Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Beautiful,
Loved And Blessed" with Tamar),
Best R&B Album (3121), and Best Urban / Alternative
Performance ("3121").
Prince won a NAACP
Image Award for Outstanding Male Artist.
 Prince could be heard on the
tribute LP A
Tribute To Joni Mitchell with the
track "A Case Of You."
Prince released his
next LP Planet
Earth.
Prince topped the
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
with Planet
Earth.
 Purple
Rain was named the greatest film
soundtrack by Vanity Fair.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "Gett Off" at # 97.
Prince won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Future Baby Mama") and was
nomianted for Best Song Written for a
Motion Picture, Television or Visual Media
(awarded to the songwriter) ("The Song
Of The Heart").
 Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included Purple
Rain at # 1.
Rolling Stone:
'The Greatest Singers' includes Prince at # 30.
 Prince will release LOtUSFLOW3R
and MPLSoUND on March 29th
exclusively at Target stores.
Prince topped the
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
with LOtUSFLOW3R / MPLSoUND.
Prince was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance ("Dreamer").
Prince received
the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET
Awards.
 |
For You
Released: October, 1978
Billboard
peak:
# 163
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "For
You" - "In Love" -
"Soft And Wet" - "Crazy
You" - "Just As Long As We're
Together" - "Baby" -
"My Love Is Forever" - "So
Blue" - "I'm Yours" |
|
Prince
Released: October, 1979
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 22
Tracks: "I Wanna Be
Your Lover" - "Why You Wanna
Treat Me So Bad?" - "Sexy
Dancer" - "When We're Dancing
Close And Slow" - "With
You" - "Bambi" -
"Still Waiting" - "I Feel
For You" - "It's Gonna Be
Lovely" |
|
Dirty Mind
Released: October, 1980
US: Gold
 Billboard
peak:
# 45
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Dirty
Mind" - "When You Were
Mine" - "Do It All Night"
- "Gotta Broken Heart Again" -
"Uptown" - "Head" -
"Sister" - "Partyup" |
|
Controversy
Released: November, 1981
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 21
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Controversy" -
"Sexuality" - "Do Me,
Baby" - "Private Joy" -
"Ronnie, Talk To Russia" -
"Let's Work" - "Annie
Christian" - "Jack U Off" |
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1999
Released: October, 1982
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "1999" - "Little Red Corvette" - "Delirious" -
"Let's Pretend We're Married" -
"D.M.S.R." -
"Automatic" - "Something
In The Water (Does Not Compute)" -
"Free" - "Lady Cab
Driver" - "All The Critics Love
U In New York" - "International
Lover" |
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Purple Rain (soundtrack)
Released: June, 1984
US: 13x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 24 weeks)
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Let's Go Crazy" - "Take
Me With U" - "The Beautiful
Ones" - "Computer Blue" -
"Darling Nikki" - "When Doves Cry" - "I
Would Die 4 U" - "Baby I'm A
Star" - "Purple Rain" |
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Around The World In A
Day
Released: April, 1985
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 3 weeks)
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Around The
World In A Day" - "Paisley
Park" - "Condition Of The
Heart" - "Raspberry Beret" -
"Tambourine" -
"America" - "Pop
Life" - "The Ladder" -
"Temptation" |
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Parade
Released: March, 1986
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Christopher
Tracy's Parade" - "New
Position" - "I Wonder U" -
"Under The Cherry Moon" -
"Girls & Boys" - "Life
Can Be So Nice" - "Venus De
Milo" - "Mountains" - "Do U
Lie?" - "Kiss" -
"Anotherloverholenyohead" -
"Sometimes It Snows In April" |
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Sign O' The Times
Released: March, 1987
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Sign 'O' The Times" - "Play
In The Sunshine" -
"Housequake" - "Ballad Of
Dorothy Parker" - "It" -
"Starfish And Coffee" -
"Slow Love" - "Hot
Thing" - "Forever In My
Life" - "U Got The Look" - "If I
Was Your Girlfriend" - "Strange
Relationship" - "I Could Never Take
The Place Of Your Man" - "The
Cross" - "It's Gonna Be A
Beautiful Night" - "Adore" |
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Lovesexy
Released: May, 1988
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Eye
No" - "Alphabet St." -
"Glam Slam" - "Anna
Stesia" - "Dance On" -
"Lovesexy" - "When 2 R In
Love" - "I Wish U Heaven"
- "Positivity" |
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Batman soundtrack
Released: June, 1989
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 6 weeks)
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "The
Future" - "Electric Chair"
- "The Arms Of Orion" (with Sheena
Easton) - "Partyman" -
"Vicki Waiting" -
"Trust" - "Lemon
Crush" - "Scandalous" -
"Batdance" |
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Graffiti Bridge
Released: August, 1990
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A+
Tracks: "Can't Stop
This Feeling I Got" - "New
Power Generation" - "Release
It" - "The Question Of U"
- "Elephants & Flowers" -
"Round & Round" (Tevin
Campbell) - "We Can Funk" -
"Joy In Repetition" -
"Love Machine" - "Tick,
Tick, Bang" - "Shake!"
(The Time) - "Thieves In The Temple" - "The
Latest Fashion" - "Melody
Cool" - "Still Would Stand All
Time" - "Graffiti Bridge"
- "New Power Generation (Pt
II)" |
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Diamonds And Pearls
Released: October, 1991
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C
Tracks:
"Thunder" - "Daddy
Pop" - "Diamonds And Pearls" - "Cream" -
"Stollin'" - "Willing And
Able" - "Gett Off" - "Walk
Don't Walk" - "Jughead" -
"Money Don't Matter
2 Night" - "Push" -
"Insatiable" - "Live 4
Love" |
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/ Prince & The New
Power Generation
Released: October, 1992
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "My Name Is Prince" - "Sexy
MF" - "Love 2 The 9's" -
"The Morning Papers" - "The
Max" - "Blue Light" -
"I Wanna Melt With U" -
"Sweet Baby" - "The
Continental" - "Damn U" -
"Arrogance" - "The
Flow" - "7" - "And
God Created Woman" - "3 Chains
O' Gold" - "The Sacrifice Of
Victor" |
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The Hits - The B-Sides [ The Hits - The Hits 2 ]
Released: September, 1993
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
#19 [ The Hits 1: # 46 and The Hits 2: #
54 ]
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "When Doves Cry" - "Pop
Life" - "Soft And Wet" -
"I Feel For You" - "Why
You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" -
"When You Were Mine" -
"Uptown" - "Let's Go Crazy" - "1999" - "I Could Never Take
The Place Of Your Man" -
"Nothing Compares 2 U" -
"Adore" - "Pink Cashmere" -
"Alphabet St." - "Sign 'O' The Times" - "Thieves In The Temple" -
"Diamonds & Pearls" -
"7" - "Controversy" -
"Dirty Mind" - "I Wanna Be
Your Lover" - "Head" -
"Do Me, Baby" - "Delirious" - "Little Red Corvette" - "I
Would Die 4 U" - "Raspberry Beret" - "If I
Was Your Girlfriend" - "Kiss" -
"Peach" - "U Got The Look" - "Sexy
MF" - "Gett Off" - "Cream" -
"Pope" - "Purple Rain" -
"Hello" - "200
Balloons" - "Escape" -
"Gotta Stop (Messin' Around)" -
"Horny Toad" - "Feel U
Up" - "Girl" - "I
Love U In Me" - "Erotic
City" - "Shockadelica" -
"Irresistible Bitch" -
"Scarlet Pussy" - "La, La,
La, He Hee" - "She's Always In
My Hair" - "17 Days" -
"How Come U Don't Call Me
Anymore" - "Another Lonely
Christmas" - "God" -
"4 The Tears In Your Eyes" -
"Power Fantastic" |
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The Beautiful Experience EP
Released: 1994
Billboard
peak:
# 92
Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks: "The Most Beautiful
Girl In The World" (Beautiful)
- "The Most Beautiful
Girl In The World" (Staxowax) -
"The Most Beautiful
Girl In The World" (Mustang
Mix) - "The Most Beautiful
Girl In The World"
(Flutestramental) - "The Most Beautiful
Girl In The World" (Sexy
Staxaphone & Guitar) - "The Most Beautiful
Girl In The World" (Mustang
Instrumental) - "The Most Beautiful
Girl In The World" |
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Come 1958-1993
Released: August, 1994
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 15
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Come"
- "Space" -
"Phermone" - "Loose!"
- "Papa" - "Race" -
"Dark" - "Solo" -
"Letitgo" -
"Orgasm" |
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The Black Album
Released: 1994
Billboard
peak:
# 47
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Le
Grind" - "Cindy C." -
"Dead On It" - "When 2 R
In Love" - "Bob George" -
"Superfunkycalifragisexy" -
"2 Nigs United 4 West Compton"
- "Rock Hard In A Funky Place" |
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The Gold Experience
Released: September, 1995
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "P
Control" -
"Endorphinmachine" -
"Shhh" - "We March" -
"The Most Beautiful
Girl In The World" -
"Dolphin" - "Now" -
"319" - "Shy" -
"Billy Jack Bitch" - "I Hate U" - "Gold" |
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Girl 6 soundtrack
Released: March, 1996
Billboard
peak:
# 75
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "She Spoke 2
Me" - "Pink Cashmere" -
"Count The Days" - "Girls
& Boys" - "Screams Of
Passion" (Saint Paul) - "Nasty
Girl" (Vanity) - "Erotic
City" - "Hot Thing" -
"Adore" - "Cross" -
"How Come U Don't Call Me
Anymore?" - "Don't Talk 2
Strangers" - "Girl 6" |
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Chaos And Disorder
Released: July, 1996
Billboard
peak:
# 26
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Chaos And
Disorder" - "I Like It
There" - "Dinner With
Delores" - "The Same
December" - "Right And
Wrong" - "Zannalee" -
"I Rock Therefore I Am" -
"Into The Light" - "I
Will" - "Dig U Better
Dead" - "Had U" |
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Emancipation
Released: November, 1996
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Jam Of The
Year" - "Right Back Here In My
Arms" - "Somebody's
Somebody" - "Get Yo Groove
On" - "Courtin' Time" -
"Betcha By Golly
Wow!" - "We Gets
Up" - "White Mansion" -
"Damned If I Do" - "I
Can't Make U Love Me" - "Mr.
Happy" - "In This Bed I
Scream" - "Sex In The
Summer" - "One Kiss At A
Time" - "Soul Sanctuary" -
"Emale" - "Curious
Child" - "Dreamin' About
U" - "Joint 2 Joint" -
"The Holy River" -
"Let's Have A Baby" -
"Saviour" - "The
Plan" - "Friend Lover Sister
Mother/Wife" |
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Crystal Ball
Released: 1998
Billboard
peak:
# 62
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Crystal
Ball" - "Dream Factory" -
"Acknowledge Me" -
"Ripopgodazippa" - "Love
Sign" (Shock G's Silky Remix) -
"Hide The Bone" -
"2morrow" - "So Dark"
- "Movie Star" - "Tell Me
How U Want 2 B Done" -
"Interactive" - "Da
Bang" - "Calhoun Square" -
"What's My Name" -
"Crucial" - "An Honest
Man" - "Sexual Suicide" -
"Cloreen Bacon Skin" -
"Good Live" - "Strays Of
The World" - "(These Are The)
Days Of Wild" - "Last
Heart" - "Poom Poom" -
"She Gave Her Angels" -
"18 & Over" - "The
Ride" - "Get Loose" -
"Make Your Mama Happy" -
"Goodbye" - "The
Truth" - "Don't Play Me" -
"Circle Of Amour" - "3rd
Eye" - "Dionne" -
"Man In A Uniform" -
"Animal Kingdom" - "The
Other Side Of The Pillow" -
"Fascination" - "One Of
Your Tears" - "Comeback" -
"Welcome 2 The Dawn" (Acoustic
Version) |
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Newpower Soul
Released: 1998
includes: "The
One"
Billboard
peak:
# 22
Tracks: "Newpower
Soul" - "Mad Sex" -
"Until U're In My Arms Again" -
"When U Love Somebody" -
"Shoo-Bee-Ooh" - "Push It
Up" - "Freaks On This
Side" - "Come On" -
"The One" - "(I Like)
Funky Music" - "Wasted
Kisses" |
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1999 - The New Masters
Released: February, 1999
Billboard
peak:
# 150
Tracks: "1999" (The New
Master) - "1999" (Rosario) -
"1999" (The
Inevitable Mix) - "1999" (Keepbustin)
- "1999" (Rosie, Doug
E. In A Deep House) - "1999" (The New
Master - Single Edit) - "1999" (Acapella) |
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Vault - Old Friends 4
Sale
Released: August, 1999
Billboard
peak:
# 85
Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "The Rest Of
My Life" - "It's About That
Walk" - "She Spoke 2 Me" -
"5 Women +" - "When The
Lights Go Down" - "My Little
Pill" - "There Is Lonely"
- "Old Friends 4 Sale" -
"Sarah" -
"Extraordinary" |
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Rave Un2 The Joy
Fantastic
Released: November, 1999
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 18
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Rave Un2
The Joy Fantastic" -
"Undisputed" - "The Greatest Romance Ever
Sold" - "Hot Wit
U" - "Tangerine" -
"So Far, So Pleased" -
"The Sun, The Moon And Stars" -
"Everyday Is A Winding Road" -
"ManOwar" - "Baby
Knows" - "I Love U, But I Don't
Trust U Anymore" - "Silly
Game" - "Strange But True"
- "Wherever U Go, Whatever U
Do" - "Prettyman" |
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The Very Best Of Prince
Released: July, 2001
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 66
Tracks: "I Wanna Be
Your Lover" - "1999" - "Little Red Corvette" - "When Doves Cry" - "Let's Go Crazy" - "Purple Rain" - "I
Would Die 4 U" - "Raspberry Beret" - "Kiss" - "Sign 'O' The Times" - "U Got The Look" -
"Alphabet St." - "Thieves In The Temple" - "Gett Off" - "Cream" -
"Diamonds & Pearls" -
"Money Don't Matter
2 Night" |
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The Rainbow Children
Released: November, 2001
Billboard
peak:
# 109
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Rainbow
Children" - "Muse 2 The
Pharaoh" - "Digital
Garden" - "The Work Pt. 1"
- "Everywhere" - "The
Sensual Everafter" -
"Mellow" - "1+1+1 Is
3" - "Deconstruction" -
"Wedding Feast" - "She
Loves Me 4 Me" - "Family
Name" - "The Everlasting
Now" - "Last December" |
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One Nite Alone Live
Released: December, 2002
Live Tracks: "Rainbow
Children" - "Muse 2 The
Pharaoh" - "Xenophobia" -
"Extraordinary" -
"Mellow" - "1+1+1=3"
- "The Other Side Of The
Pillow" - "Strange
Relationship" - "When U Were
Mine" - "Avalanche" -
"Family Name" - "Take Me
With U" - "Raspberry Beret" -
"Everlasting Now" - "One
Nite Alone" - "Adore" -
"Eye Wanna B UR Lover" -
"Do Me, Baby" - "Condition
Of The Heart (Interlude)" -
"Diamonds & Pearls" -
"The Beautiful One" -
"Nothing Compares 2 U" -
"Free" - "Starfish &
Coffee" - "Sometimes It Snows
In April" - "How Come U Don't
Call Me Anymore" - "Anna
Stesia" - "Joy In
Repetition" - "We Do This"
- "Just Friends (Sunny) / If You
Want Me To Stay" - "2 Nigs
United 4 West Compton" -
"Alphabet St." -
"Peach" - "Dorothy
Parker" - "Girls &
Boys" - "Everlasting Now" |
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N.E.W.S. EP
Released: July, 2003
Tracks: "North"
- "East" - "West" -
"South" |
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Musicology
Released: April, 2004
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks:
"Musicology" - "Illusion,
Coma, Pimp & Circumstance" -
"A Million Days" - "Life
'O' The Party" - "Call My
Name" - "Cinnamon Girl" -
"What Do U Want Me 2 Do?" -
"The Marrying Kind" - "If
Eye Was The Man In Ur Life" -
"On The Couch" - "Dear Mr.
Man" - "Reflection" |
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3121
Released: March, 2006
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "3121"
- "Lolita" - "Te Amo
Corazon" - "Black Sweat" -
"Incense And Candles" -
"Love" - "Satisfied"
- "Fury" - "The Word"
- "Beautiful, Loved &
Blessed" - "The Dance" -
"Get On The Boat" |
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Ultimate Prince
Released: August, 2006
Billboard
peak:
# 61
Tracks: "I Wanna Be
Your Lover" - "Uptown" -
"Controversy" - "1999" - "Delirious" - "When Doves Cry" - "I
Would Die 4 U" - "Purple Rain" - "Sign 'O' The Times" - "I Could Never Take
The Place Of Your Man" -
"Alphabet St." - "Diamonds
& Pearls" - "Gett Off"
- "Money Don't Matter 2 Nite" -
"7"- "Nothing Compares 2
U" - "My Name Is Prince" -
"Let's Go Crazy" (Special
Dance Mix) - "Little Red Corvette" (Dance
Remix) - "Let's Work" (Dance
Remix) - "Pop Life" (Fresh
Dance Mix) - "She's Always In My
Hair" (12" Version) - "Raspberry Beret" (12"
Version) - "Kiss" (Extended
Version) - "U Got The Look" (Long Look)
- "Hot Thing" (Extended Remix)
- "Thieves In The Temple"
(Remix) - "Cream" (N.P.G. Mix) |
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Planet Earth
Released: July, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Planet
Earth" - "Guitar" -
"Somewhere Here On Earth" -
"The One U Wanna C" -
"Future Baby Mama" - "Mr.
Goodnight" - "All The Midnights
In The World" - "Chelsea
Rodgers" - "Lion Of Judah"
- "Resolution" |
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LOtUSFLOW3R (only
available at Target)
Released: March, 2009
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "From The
Lotus..." - "Boom" -
"Crimson & Clover" -
"The Morning After" -
"4Ever" - "Colonized
Mind" - "Feel Good, Feel
Better, Feel Wonderful" - "Love
Like Jazz" - "77 Beverly
Park" - "Wall Of Berlin" -
"$" - "Dreamer" -
"...Back To The Lotus" |
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MPLSoUND (only
available at Target)
Released: March, 2009
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C-
Tracks: "There'll
Never B (Another Like Me)" -
"Chocolate Box" - "Dance 4
Me" - "U're Gonna C Me" -
"Here" - "Valentina"
- "Better With Time" -
"Ol' Skool Company" - "No
More Candy 4 U" |
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