Prince Rogers Nelson

Prince Rogers Nelson, better known by his stage name Prince, is an American rhythm and blues singer, winner of numerous Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe awards. In the late 80s and early 90s, Prince, along with Madonna and Michael Jackson, was considered the leader of world pop music. Curiously, all three were born in 1958.

Prince was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into a musical family. His father John Lewis Nelson was a pianist, and his mother Mattie Della Shaw was a jazz singer. By the way, the boy got his name from his father's pseudonym, who acted as Prince Rogers. From early childhood, he and his sister Tika showed great interest in their parents' business. The future pop star wrote and played his first tune "Funk Machine" at the age of 7.

After the divorce of his father and mother, Prince alternately lived in their new families, and then settled in the house of the parents of his best friend Andre Simone, who would later be the bass player in his band. As a teenager, the young man began performing in clubs and bars as part of various groups. He played keyboards and guitar, sometimes sat down at the drum kit, and also took his first steps in vocals.

It is curious that, despite his small stature, which is only 158 centimeters, Prince in high school was a member of the school basketball team.

Prince became a professional musician at the age of 19 when he joined his cousin's group 94 East. A year later, the first solo album of the singer “For You” was released, for which the young man himself wrote, arranged and performed all the songs. It is very important to note the sound of the musician's debut compositions. He revolutionized rhythm and blues by replacing standard wind samples with unusual synth sections. In the late 70s, Prince's influences shifted styles such as soul and funk.

On the second album "Prince" was the singer's first super-hit - "I Wanna Be Your Lover". Huge excitement arose around the third album "Dirty Mind", which stunned listeners with more than frank lyrics. No less than his songs, the artist's image was surprising: he went on stage in bright boots with huge heels, in a bikini and a military overcoat.

In 1982, Prince publishes the dystopian disc 1999, which allowed the world community to call him the second pop musician on the planet after Michael Jackson. The album's two songs, the title track and the erotic "Little Red Corvette", are on the list of the greatest hits of all time.

Even greater success, if it is possible to assume, expected the singer after the release of the disc "Purple Rain". The album topped the top US Billboard charts for 24 weeks, with two songs "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" vying for the top hit of the year.

In the second half of the 80s, Prince completely ceased to think about commercial benefits and embarked on open musical experiments. He creates the psychedelic Batdance theme for the Batman movie, the discouraging Sign o 'the Times album and the first LP of his songs, on which Rosie Gaines sings, not he. Prince also makes several duet recordings, the most famous of which is the duet with Madonna "Love Song".

In 1993, the artist shocks the audience again. He changes his stage name to an icon, which is a combination of masculinity and femininity:

This move turned out to be more than a fancy idea. The fact is that in this way the artist showed internal changes: if earlier he was aggressive and shocking, now he has become meek and lyrical. Under this "badge" Prince released several records of different styles, and the biggest hit of the time was the sensual song "Gold".

Prince returned to his original pseudonym in the early 2000s. Album "Musicology" again returned the singer to the musical Olympus. The next disc "3121" is notable for the fact that some of the boxes contained free invitations to the concert of the upcoming world tour. Prince borrowed this idea from the fairy tale "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". In recent years, the artist has released two albums a year. In 2014, “lectrumelectrum” and “Art Official Age” were released, and in 2015 two parts of the disc “HITnRUN”.

Throughout his life, Prince had romantic relationships with many stars of show business, for example, Madonna, Kim Basinger, Carmen Electra, Susan Munsey, Anna Fantastic, Suzanne Hofs and many others. In 1985, he was engaged to singer Suzanne Melvon, but then this marriage did not take place.

At the age of 37, he married his backing vocalist and dancer Maite Garcia. The wedding took place on Valentine's Day in 1996. Soon, a son, Gregory, was born in the family, but the boy was born unhealthy and died just a week later. The couple tried to support each other for a while, but then divorced.

In 2001, Prince married Manuela Testolini again, but five years later, his wife left him for singer Eric Benet.

The likely reason for the breakup is the fact that the star fell under the influence of Jehovah's Witnesses. He not only attended religious meetings, but sometimes he himself went to the houses of neighbors to discuss with them questions of the Christian faith.

Since 2007 he has been dating his protege Bria Valente. In 2016, the musician's memoir entitled "The Beautiful Ones" was to be released.

On April 15, 2016, Prince was on a plane and needed emergency medical attention. The pilot even had to make an emergency landing. Doctors discovered a complex form of the flu virus in the singer's body and began treatment, because of which the artist had to cancel several concerts of the ongoing tour.

It is unknown if the flu was the main cause, but Prince passed away on April 21, 2016. His lifeless body was found at the musician's estate, Paysley Park.

1979 - "Prince" 1982 - "1999" 1984 - "Purple Rain" 1985 - "Around the World in a Day" 1987 - "Sign o 'the Times" 1991 - "Diamonds and Pearls" 1992 - "Love Symbol Album" 2004 - "Musicology" 2014 - "Art Official Age" 2015 - "HITnRUN"

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