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AHT 407 History of Prince
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High school yearbook picture of Prince, 1974
• Prince Rogers Nelson was born in 1958, in Minneapolis • That’s right:
His name is actually Prince.
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Prince, released 1979
• His second album, Prince went PlaInum.
• Prince was 18 when he recorded it.
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Dirty Mind, 1980 and Controversy, 1981
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1999, 1982 I had to listen to the song “1999” at least 15 Imes at a Y2K New Year’s party. It got a liPle weird aQer a while.
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Prince and the RevoluIon, Purple Rain, 1984 • Prince's 1984 album
Purple Rain sold more than 20 million worldwide. and spent twenty-‐four consecuIve weeks at No.1 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
• The song “LiPle Nicky” provoked those Explicit Lyrics labels.
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Prince, Lovesexy, 1988
• I’ll admit – I have no idea what to make of this album cover, either.
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Prince "Nude Tour" 1990 Only Elvis and David Bowie can compete with Prince’s wild ou_its.
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• In 1993, Prince changed his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol.
• In order to use the symbol in print media, Warner Bros. had to provide floppy disks with a custom font.
• Because this symbol is not pronounceable, he was oQen referred to as "The ArIst Formerly Known as Prince”
• In 2000, Prince began calling himself “Prince” again.
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In 2004, Prince opened the Grammy awards with Beyonce. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the same year.
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Prince has released 11 albums in the past ten years