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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Website Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, actor, and director. He was known for his eclectic work, flamboyant stage presence, extravagant dress and makeup, and wide. His innovative music integrated a wide variety of styles, including,,,,,, and. He sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the. He won eight, six, a, and an for the 1984 film.

He was inducted into the in 2004. Prince was born in and developed an interest in music as a young child. He signed a recording contract with at the age of 17, and released his debut album in 1978. His 1979 album went, and his next three records— (1980), (1981), and (1982)—continued his success, showcasing Prince's prominently sexual lyrics and blending of funk, dance, and rock music.

In 1984, he began referring to his backup band as and released, the soundtrack album to his film debut. It quickly became his most critically and commercially successful release, spending 24 consecutive weeks atop the and selling over 20 million copies worldwide. After releasing the albums (1985) and (1986), The Revolution disbanded, and Prince released the double album (1987) as a solo artist. He released three more solo albums before debuting band in 1991. In 1993, while in a contractual dispute with Warner Bros., he changed his stage name to, an unpronounceable symbol also known as the 'Love Symbol', and began releasing new albums at a faster pace to remove himself from contractual obligations.

He released five records between 1994 and 1996 before signing with in 1998. In 2000, he began referring to himself as 'Prince' again. He released 16 albums after that, including the platinum-selling (2004). His final album,, was first released on the streaming service on December 2015. Five months later, Prince died of a at his recording studio and home in, at the age of 57.

A lead single from, 'When Doves Cry' became a of Prince's. It features an intro to a and a, followed by a guttural vocal. Problems playing this file? According to his former manager, in the early 1980s Prince required his management to obtain a deal for him to star in a major, despite the fact that his exposure at that point was limited to several pop and R&B hits, music videos and occasional TV performances. This resulted in the hit film (1984), which starred Prince and was loosely autobiographical, and the, which was also the soundtrack to the film. The Purple Rain album sold more than 13 million copies in the US and spent 24 consecutive weeks at No.

1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The film won Prince an and grossed over $68 million in the US (US$160,176,810 in 2017 dollars ). Songs from the film were hits on pop charts around the world; ' and ' reached No. 1, and the reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 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. The Purple Rain album is ranked 72nd in Rolling Stone's; it is also included on the list of Time magazine's All-Time 100 Albums.

The album also produced two of Prince's first three Grammy Awards earned at the —Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. Prince performing in Brussels during the in 1986 After heard her 11-year-old daughter listening to Prince's song ' (which gained wide notoriety for its sexual lyrics and a reference to masturbation), she founded the.

The center advocated the mandatory use of a warning label (': Explicit Lyrics') on the covers of records that have been judged to contain language or lyrical content. The recording industry later voluntarily complied with this request.

In 1985, Prince announced that he would discontinue live performances and music videos after the release of his next album. His subsequent recording, (1985), held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for three weeks. From that album, the single ' reached No.

2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and ' reached No. In 1986, his album reached No.

3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the R&B charts. The first single, ', with the video choreographed by, reached No.

1 on the Billboard Hot 100. (The song was originally written for a side project called.) In the same year, the song ', written by Prince and recorded by, reached No.

2 on the Hot 100 chart. The album Parade served as the soundtrack for Prince's second film, (1986). Prince directed and starred in the movie, which also featured. Although the Parade album went platinum, Under the Cherry Moon received a for Worst Picture (tied with ), and Prince received Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Director, Worst Actor, and Worst Original Song (for the song 'Love or Money'). In 1986, Prince began a series of live performances called the. After the tour Prince disbanded The Revolution and fired.

Brown Mark quit the band; keyboardist Doctor Fink remained. Prince recruited new band members on guitar, on trumpet, and on saxophone. 1987–1991: Solo again, Sign o' the Times [ ] Prior to the disbanding of The Revolution, Prince was working on two separate projects, The Revolution album and a solo effort,. Unlike the three previous band albums, Dream Factory included input from the band members and featured songs with lead vocals by Wendy & Lisa.

The Camille project saw Prince create a new persona primarily singing in a sped-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. Forced Prince to trim the triple album to a double album, and was released on March 31, 1987. The album peaked at No.

6 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The first single, ', charted at No. 3 on the Hot 100. The follow-up single, ', charted at No.

67 on the Hot 100 but went to No. 12 on R&B chart. The third single, a duet with, ', charted at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and No. 11 on the R&B chart, and the final single, ', finished at No.

10 on Hot 100 and No. 14 on the R&B chart. It was named the top album of the year by the critics' poll and sold 3.2 million copies.

In Europe 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, keyboardist Boni Boyer, and dancer/choreographer 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. The Sign o' the Times tour was a success overseas, and Warner Bros. And Prince's managers wanted to bring it to the US to promote sales of the album; however, Prince balked at a full US tour, as he was ready to produce a new album.

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 Prince's studios. The film was released on November 20, 1987. The film got better reviews than Under the Cherry Moon, but its box-office receipts were minimal, and it quickly left theaters. The next album intended for release was. More instrumental and funk and R&B themed than recent releases, The Black Album also saw Prince experiment with on 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, Prince had a spiritual epiphany that the album was evil and had it recalled.

It was later released by Warner Bros. As a limited edition album in 1994. Prince went back in the studio for eight weeks and recorded. Released on May 10, 1988, Lovesexy serves as a spiritual opposite to the dark The Black Album. Every song is a solo effort by Prince, except 'Eye No', which was recorded with his backing band at the time. Lovesexy reached No.

11 on the Billboard 200 and No. 5 on the R&B albums chart. The lead single, ', peaked at No. 8 on the Hot 100 and No.

3 on the R&B chart; it sold 750,000 copies. Prince again took his post-Revolution backing band (minus the Bodyguards) on a three leg, 84-show; although the shows were well received by huge crowds, they lost money due to the expensive sets and props. Prince performing during his in 1990 In 1989, Prince appeared on 's studio album, co-writing and singing the duet 'Love Song' and playing electric guitar (uncredited) on the songs ', ', and 'Act of Contrition'. He also began work on several musical projects, including and early drafts of his Graffiti Bridge film, but both were put on hold when he was asked by (1989) director to 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. Peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 4.3 million copies. The single ' topped the Billboard and R&B charts. Halloweenpsycho Windows 8 Pro Activation Key there. The single, ' with Sheena Easton, charted at No. 36, and ' (also featuring the vocals of Prince's then-girlfriend, nicknamed ) charted at No. 18 on the Hot 100 and at No.

5 on the R&B chart, and the love ballad ' went to No. 5 on the R&B chart. Prince had 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 back-to-basics. With the departures of Boni Boyer, Sheila E., the horns, and Cat, Prince brought in keyboardist, drummer, and dancing trio The Game Boyz (, Kirky J., and Damon Dickson). The European and Japanese tour was a financial success with a short, greatest hits setlist.

As the year progressed, Prince finished production on his fourth film, (1990), and the. Initially, Warner Bros. Was reluctant to fund the film, but with Prince's assurances it would be a sequel to as well as the involvement of the original members of The Time, the studio greenlit the project. Released on August 20, 1990, the album reached No.

6 on the Billboard 200 and R&B albums chart. The single ' reached No.

6 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on the R&B chart; ' placed at No. 12 on the US charts and No.

2 on the R&B charts. The song featured the teenage (who also had a role in the film) on lead vocals. The film, released on November 20, 1990, was a box-office flop, grossing $4.2 million.

After the release of the film and album, the last remaining members of The Revolution, Miko Weaver and Doctor Fink, left Prince's band. 1991–1994: The New Power Generation, Diamonds and Pearls, and name change [ ]. Prince's stage set for the Earth Tour in 2007 On February 2, 2007, Prince played at the press conference, and the in Miami, Florida on February 4, 2007, on a large stage shaped like his symbol.

The event was carried to 140 million television viewers, his biggest ever audience. In 2015, Billboard.com ranked the performance as the greatest Super Bowl performance ever. Prince played 21 concerts in London during mid-2007. The included 21 nights at the 20,000 capacity, with in his band. Tickets for the O2 Arena were capped by Prince at £31.21 ($48.66). The residency at the O2 Arena was increased to 15 nights after all 140,000 tickets for the original seven sold out in 20 minutes. It was then further extended to 21 nights.

Prince performed with Sheila E. On June 28, 2007, the stated that it had made a deal to give Prince's new album,, away for free with 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,, to withdraw from distributing the album in UK stores. The UK's largest high street music retailer,, stocked the paper on release day due to the giveaway. On July 7, 2007, Prince returned to Minneapolis to perform three shows.

He performed concerts at the Auditorium (to promote his new perfume '3121') on, the arena, and. It was the first time he had played at First Avenue (the club appeared in the film Purple Rain) since 1987. From 2008, Prince was managed by UK-based Kiran Sharma. On April 25, 2008, Prince performed on, where he debuted a new song, 'Turn Me Loose'. Days after, he headlined the 2008.

Prince was paid more than $5 million for his performance at Coachella, according to. Prince cancelled a concert, planned at Dublin's on June 16, 2008, at 10 days' notice. In October 2009 promoters went to court to sue him for €1.6 million to refund 55,126 tickets.

Prince settled the case out of court in February 2010 for $2.95 million. During the trial, it was said that Prince had been offered $22 million for seven concerts as part of a proposed 2008 European tour. In October 2008, Prince released a live album entitled, a collection of songs performed live at aftershows in the IndigO2. Prince at the in 2008 On December 18, 2008, Prince premiered four songs from his new album on LA's Indie rock radio station. The radio station's programmers Max Tolkoff and had been invited to Prince's home to hear the new rock-oriented music. Prince gave them a CD with four songs to premiere on their radio station. The music debuted the next day on Jonesy's Jukebox, hosted by former.

On January 3, 2009, the new website LotusFlow3r.com was launched, streaming and selling some of the recently aired material and concert tickets. On January 31, Prince released two more songs on LotusFlow3r.com: 'Disco Jellyfish', and 'Another Boy'. 'Chocolate Box', 'Colonized Mind', and 'All This Love' were later released on the website. Prince released a triple album set containing, MPLSoUND, and an album credited to, called Elixer, on March 24, 2009, followed by a physical release on March 29. On July 18, 2009, Prince performed two shows at the, backed by including Rhonda Smith, Renato Neto and. On October 11, 2009, he gave two surprise concerts at the. On October 12, he gave another surprise performance.

On October 24, Prince played a concert at Paisley Park. 2010–2012: 20Ten and Welcome 2 Tours [ ] In January 2010, Prince wrote a new song, 'Purple and Gold', inspired by his visit to a football game against the.

The following month, Prince let Minneapolis-area public radio station premiere his new song 'Cause and Effect' as a gesture in support of independent radio. In 2010, Prince was listed in Time magazine's annual ranking of the '100 Most Influential People in the World'. 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, and he received the at the 2010. Prince released his album in July 2010 as a free with publications in the UK, Belgium, Germany, and France.

He refused album access to digital download services and closed LotusFlow3r.com. On July 4, 2010, Prince began his, a concert tour in two legs with shows in Europe.

The second leg began on October 15 and ended with a concert following the on November 14. The second half of the tour had a new band, John Blackwell,, and Sheila E. Prince let debut the snippet of his new song 'Rich Friends' from the new album 20Ten Deluxe on October 8, 2010. Prince started the Tour on December 15, 2010. Prince was inducted into the on December 7, 2010. On February 12, 2011, Prince presented with an award and donated $1.5 million to charities. On the same day, it was reported that he had not authorized the television show to cover his hit ', in an episode that had already been filmed.

Prince headlined the on July 3, 2011, marking his first UK show since 2007 and his first ever UK festival appearance. Despite having previously rejected the Internet for music distribution, on November 24, 2011, Prince released a reworked version of the previously unreleased song 'Extraloveable' through both iTunes and Spotify. 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 CD single '2 Nite' released on February 23, 2012. The CD features club remixes by Jamie Lewis and David Alexander, produced by Prince. 2013–2016: Return to Warner Bros., 3rdEyeGirl and Prince's Final Years [ ] In January 2013, Prince released a for a new song called 'Screwdriver'. In April 2013, Prince announced a West Coast tour titled with as his backing band.

The final two dates of the first leg of the tour were in Minneapolis where former drummer sat in as guest drummer on both shows. In May, Prince announced a deal with Kobalt Music to market and distribute his music. On August 14, 2013, Prince released a new solo single for download through the 3rdeyegirl.com website. The single 'Breakfast Can Wait' had cover art featuring comedian 's impersonation of the singer in a sketch on the 2000s series. In February 2014, Prince performed concerts with 3rdeyegirl in London titled the. Beginning with intimate shows, the first was held at the London home of singer, followed by two performances of what Prince described as a 'sound check' at the in, and another at Shepherds Bush Empire.

On April 18, 2014, Prince released a new single entitled 'The Breakdown'. He re-signed with his former label, after an 18-year split.

Warner announced that Prince would release a remastered deluxe edition of his 1984 album in 2014 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album. In return, Warner gave Prince ownership of the master recordings of his Warner recordings. In spring 2014, he launched NPG Publishing a music company to administer his own music and that of other artists without the restrictions of mainstream record companies In May 2015, following the and the subsequent, Prince released a song entitled 'Baltimore' in tribute to Gray and in support of the protesters in Baltimore. He also held a tribute concert for Gray at his Paisley Park estate called 'Dance Rally 4 Peace' in which he encouraged fans to wear the color gray in honor of Freddie Gray. Prince's penultimate album,, was first made available on September 7, 2015, on the music streaming service before being released on CD and download on September 14. His final album,, was meant as a continuation of this one, and was released on Tidal for streaming and download on December 12, 2015. 2016–Onwards: Posthumous projects [ ] The first album released following Prince's death was a greatest hits album,, which was released on November 22, 2016.

The album contains one previously unreleased song: 'Moonbeam Levels', recorded in 1982 during the 1999 sessions. On April 19, 2017, an EP featuring six unreleased Prince recordings, titled Deliverance, was announced, with an expected release date for later that week. The next day, Prince's estate was granted a temporary restraining order against George Ian Boxill – an engineer who co-produced the tracks and was in possession of the master tapes – and halted the release of the EP. On February 9, 2017, Prince's estate signed a distribution deal with, which includes the post-1995 recordings on his NPG Records label and unreleased tracks from his vault. However, on June 27, (acting on behalf of the estate) requested that Carver County District Judge Kevin Eide cancel the estate's deal with Universal, as UMG's contract would interfere with a contract with that Prince signed in 2014. After Universal's attorneys were granted access to the Warner contract, the attorneys also offered to cancel the deal. On July 13, the court voided Universal's deal with Prince's estate, though Universal will continue to administer Prince's songwriting credits and create merchandise.

On June 23, 2017, Purple Rain was released as a and edition. It is the first Prince album to be remastered and reissued. The Deluxe edition consists of two discs, the first being a remaster of the original album made in 2015 overseen by Prince himself and a bonus disc of previously unreleased songs called 'From the Vault & Previously Unreleased'.

The Deluxe Expanded edition consists of two more discs, a disc with all the single edits, maxi-single edits and b-sides from the Purple Rain era and a DVD with a concert from the filmed in, on March 30, 1985, previously released on home video in 1985. The album debuted at No.

4 on the Bilboard 200 and at No. 1 on both the Billboard R&B Albums Chart and the Billboard Vinyl Albums Chart According to an Advisor for Prince’s estate, new music will be being released in 2018.

Illness and death [ ]. Following his death, fans left flowers, purple balloons, and other mementos beneath Prince's star painted on the front of the nightclub. Prince saw Michael T. Schulenberg, a Twin Cities specialist in, in on April 7, 2016, and again on April 20. On April 7, Prince postponed two performances at the in from his; the venue released a statement saying he had.

Prince rescheduled and performed the show on April 14, even though he still was not feeling well. While flying back to Minneapolis early the next morning, he became unresponsive, and his private jet made an emergency landing at in, where he was hospitalized and received.

Once he became conscious he left. Representatives said he suffered from dehydration and had influenza for several weeks. Prince was seen bicycling the next day in his hometown of. He shopped that evening at the in Minneapolis for and made a brief appearance at an impromptu dance party at his Paisley Park recording studio complex, stating that he was feeling fine.

On April 19, he attended a performance by singer at the. On April 20, Prince's representatives called Howard Kornfeld, a California specialist in and, seeking medical help for Prince.

Kornfeld scheduled to meet with Prince on April 22, and he contacted a local physician who cleared his schedule for a physical examination on April 21. On April 21, at 9:43 am, the Sheriff's Office received a call requesting that an ambulance be sent to Prince's home at Paisley Park. The caller initially told the dispatcher that an unidentified person at the home was unconscious, then moments later said he was dead, and finally identified the person as Prince. The caller was Kornfeld's son, who had flown in with that morning to devise a treatment plan for. Emergency responders found Prince unresponsive in an elevator and performed, but a paramedic said he had been dead for about six hours, and they were unable to revive him.

They pronounced him dead at 10:07 am, 19 minutes after their arrival. There were no signs of suicide or foul play. A press release from the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office in on June 2 stated that Prince had died of an accidental of, at the age of 57.

It is not yet known whether Prince obtained the fentanyl by a prescription or through an illicit channel. However, the question of how and from what source Prince obtained the drug which led to his death is the subject of investigations by several law enforcement agencies. A sealed was issued for his estate, and another, unsealed, warrant was issued for the local pharmacy. Following an autopsy, his remains were. On April 26, 2016, Prince's sister and only full sibling Tyka Nelson filed court documents in Carver County, to open a case, stating that no will had been found. Prince's five half-siblings also have a claim to his estate, which totals millions of dollars and includes real estate, stocks, and cars.

As of three weeks after his death, 700 people claimed to be half-siblings or descendants. Was given temporary control of his estate, had his vault drilled open, and was authorized to obtain a blood sample for. Prince's cremated remains were placed into a custom, urn shaped like the Paisley Park estate. The urn was placed on display in the atrium of the Paisley Park complex in October 2016. Remembrances [ ] Numerous musicians and cultural figures reacted to Prince's death.

Mourned him, and the passed a resolution praising his achievements 'as a musician, composer, innovator, and cultural icon'. Cities across the US held tributes and vigils, and lit buildings, bridges, and other venues in purple. In the first five hours after the media reported his death, 'Prince' was the top trending term on Twitter, and Facebook had 61 million Prince-related interactions. Interrupted its programming to air a marathon of Prince music videos and Purple Rain. And screened Purple Rain in select theaters over the following week.

Aired an episode in his honor titled 'Goodnight, Sweet Prince,' featuring his performances from the show. Reported an initial sales spike of 42,000 percent. Prince's catalog sold 4.41 million albums and songs from April 21 to 28, with five albums simultaneously in the top ten of the, a first in the chart's history.

At the, with and performed a tribute to him. Artistry [ ] Music and image [ ]. A costume worn by Prince and associated memorabilia, displayed at a in Australia The called Prince 'our first post-everything pop star, defying easy categories of race, genre and commercial appeal.' Of described him as 'a master architect of funk, rock, R&B and pop', and highlighted his ability to defy labels. Los Angeles Times writer Randall Roberts called Prince 'among the most versatile and restlessly experimental pop artists of our time,' writing that his 'early work connected and synthetic funk [while his] fruitful mid-period merged rock, soul, R&B and.'

Called him a 'pop polymath, flitting between,, deep soul, —often within the same song'. Wrote that, 'With each album he released, Prince showed remarkable stylistic growth and musical diversity, constantly experimenting with different sounds, textures, and genres [.] no other contemporary artist blended so many diverse styles into a cohesive whole.' Ranked Prince at number 27 on its list of 100 Greatest Artists, 'the most influential artists of the rock & roll era'. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant style and showmanship. He came to be regarded as a for his, amorphous sexuality, play with signifiers of, and defiance of. His 'audacious, idiosyncratic' fashion sense made use of 'ubiquitous purple, alluring makeup and frilled garments.'

His androgynous look has been compared to that of and. In 2016, Reynolds described it as 'Prince's '80s evasion of conventional gender definitions speaks to us now in this trans-aware moment. But it also harks backwards in time to the origins of rock 'n' roll in racial mixture and sexual blurring'. Prince was known for the strong female presence in his bands and his support for women in the music industry throughout his career. Said he worked with an 'astounding range of female stars' and 'promised a world where men and women looked and acted like each other.' Influences and musicianship [ ] Prince's music synthesized a wide variety of influences, and drew inspiration from a range of musicians, including,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ ] and. Prince has been compared with great in regard to the artistic changes throughout his career.

Davis said he regarded Prince as an otherwordly blend of,,,,,, and. Journalist described him as 'rock's greatest ever natural talent'. His singing abilities encompassed a wide range from to and rapid, seemingly effortless shifts of. Prince was also renowned as a multi-instrumentalist. He was considered a guitar virtuoso and a master of drums, percussion, bass, keyboards, and synthesizer. On his first five albums, he played nearly all the instruments, including 27 instruments on his debut album, among them various types of bass, keyboards and synthesizers.

Prince was also quick to embrace technology in his music, making pioneering use of like the on his early '80s albums and employing a wide range of studio effects. The LA Times also noted his 'harnessing [of] new-generation sounds in service of the groove,' laying the foundations for post-'70s funk music. Prince was also known for his prolific and perfectionist tendencies, which resulted in him recording large amounts of unreleased material. Prince also wrote songs for other artists such as the hit songs for, for and for.

He co-wrote for. Legal issues [ ] Pseudonyms [ ] In 1993, during negotiations regarding the release of, a legal battle ensued between Warner Bros. And Prince over the artistic and financial control of his musical output. During the lawsuit, Prince appeared in public with the word 'slave' written on his cheek. He explained that he had changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol to emancipate himself from his contract with Warner Bros., and that he had done it out of frustration because he felt his own name now belonged to the company.

Prince sometimes used pseudonyms to separate himself from the music he had written, produced, or recorded, and at one point stated that his ownership and achievement were strengthened by the act of giving away ideas. Pseudonyms he adopted, at various times, include: Jamie Starr and The Starr Company (for the songs he wrote for and many other artists from 1981 to 1984), Joey Coco (for many unreleased Prince songs in the late 1980s, as well as songs written for and ), Alexander Nevermind (for writing the song ' (1984) by Sheena Easton), and Christopher (used for his song writing credit of ' (1986) for the ). Copyright issues [ ] On September 14, 2007, Prince announced that he was going to sue and, because they hosted his copyrighted material, and he hired the international Internet policing company. In October, claiming that they were abusing copyright law after the music publisher had YouTube take down Lenz's home movie in which the Prince song ' played faintly in the background. On November 5, several Prince fan sites formed 'Prince Fans United' to fight back against legal requests which, they claim, Prince made to prevent all use of photographs, images, lyrics, album covers, and anything linked to his likeness.

Prince's lawyers claimed that this constituted; the Prince Fans United said that the legal actions were 'attempts to stifle all critical commentary about Prince'. Prince's promoter stated that the only offending items on the three fansites were live shots from Prince's 21 nights in London at earlier in the year. On November 8, 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, was retitled ', but this is not one of the selected songs available on the. On November 14, the satirical website pulled their 'image challenge of the week' devoted to Prince after legal threats from the star under the (DMCA). At the 2008 ('Coachella Festival'), Prince performed a cover of 's ', but immediately afterward he forced YouTube and other sites to remove footage that fans had taken of the performance, despite Radiohead's request to leave it on the website.

Days later, YouTube reinstated the videos, as Radiohead said: 'it's our song, let people hear it.' In 2009, Prince put the video of the Coachella performance on his official website. In 2010 he declared 'the internet is completely over', elaborating five years later that 'the internet was over for anyone who wants to get paid, tell me a musician who's got rich off digital sales'. In 2013, the granted to Prince the inaugural 'Raspberry Beret Lifetime Aggrievement Award' for what they said was abuse of the DMCA takedown process. In January 2014, Prince filed a lawsuit titled Prince v. Chodera against 22 online users for direct copyright infringement, unauthorized fixation, contributory copyright infringement, and. Several of the users were fans who had shared links to bootlegged versions of Prince concerts through websites like.

In the same month, he dismissed the entire action without prejudice. Prince was one of a small handful of musicians to deny permission to parody his music. By Yankovic's account, he'd done so 'about a half-dozen times' and has been the sole artist not to give any explanation for his rejection beyond a flat 'no'. Personal life [ ].

Prince's home and recording studio,, in Prince was romantically linked with many celebrities over the years, including,,,,,,,, and. He was engaged to in 1985. On February 14, 1996, he married his backup singer and dancer.

He was 37 and she was 22. They had a son named Amiir Nelson, who was born on October 16, 1996 and died a week later on October 23 after suffering from. The distress of losing a child and a subsequent miscarriage took a toll on the marriage, and the couple divorced in 2000.

In 2001, Prince married Manuela Testolini in a private ceremony. They separated in 2003 and divorced in May 2006. Divorce records indicate that Prince had cut off her credit cards and locked Testolini out of their Minnesota home in early 2005 before completely demolishing the home months later. Prince was an activist who followed a diet for part of his life, but later described himself as.

The for his album (1999) featured a message about the cruelty involved in production. He joined the in 2001, following a two-year debate with friend and fellow Jehovah's Witness musician.

Prince said that he did not consider it a conversion, but a 'realization', comparing it to ' and in '. Prince attended meetings at a local and occasionally knocked on people's doors to discuss his faith. Prince had needed double hip-replacement surgery since 2005. A false rumor was spread by the tabloids that he would not undergo the operation because of his. However, the Star Tribune reported that Graham, Prince's mentor and Bible teacher, 'denied claims that Prince couldn't have hip surgery because his faith prohibited blood transfusions' and put the false rumor to rest as hip surgery does not require blood transfusions. According to Morris Day, Prince in fact had the hip surgery in 2008.

The condition was reportedly caused by repeated onstage dancing in high-heeled boots. Prince had been using canes as part of his outfit from the early 1990s onwards; towards the end of his life he regularly walked with a cane in public engagements, which led to speculation that it resulted from his not having undergone the surgery. As a Jehovah's Witness, Prince did not speak publicly about his charitable endeavors; the extent of his activism, philanthropy, and charity was publicized after his death.

In 2001, Prince donated $12,000 anonymously to the system to keep the historic, the first full service library for in the country, from closure. Also in 2001, he anonymously paid off the medical bills of drummer, who was undergoing cancer treatment.

In 2015, he conceived and launched, paying for many outright and performing at some of them. He also helped fund. In late March 2016, Prince told an audience he was writing a, tentatively titled The Beautiful Ones. Awards and nominations [ ].

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