10 Questions
How many albums did Prince release during his lifetime?
39
In what year did Prince sign with Arista Records?
1998
What was the cause of Prince's death?
Accidental fentanyl overdose
What was the name of Prince's first album?
For You
What was the name of the band that recorded Purple Rain with Prince?
The Revolution
What was the name of the album that Prince released in 1987?
Sign o' the Times
What was the name of the album that Prince released in 1991 with his new band, the New Power Generation?
Diamonds and Pearls
What was the name of the album that Prince released in 1996 as a major comeback attempt?
Emancipation
What was the name of Prince's Internet subscription service?
NPGOnlineLtd)com
Which album of Prince's is not currently in print due to an ongoing plagiarism case?
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Study Notes
- Prince was a prolific musician who released 39 albums during his life.
- He signed with Arista Records in 1998 and reverted to his original name in 2000.
- Prince died in April 2016 at the age of 57 after accidentally overdosing on fentanyl.
- He released songs under multiple pseudonyms during his life and wrote songs that were made popular after being covered by other musicians.
- Prince attended Minneapolis' Bryant Junior High and then Central High School, where he played sports and was trained in classical ballet.
- He was named after his father's most popular stage name, Prince Rogers, which his father used while performing with Prince's mother in a jazz group called the Prince Rogers Trio.
- Prince signed a recording contract with Warner Bros. and released his first album, For You, in 1978.
- His breakthrough album, Purple Rain, was recorded with his backing band the Revolution and was also the soundtrack to the film of the same name.
- Prince changed his stage name to the unpronounceable symbol in 1993 during a contractual dispute with Warner Bros.
- Posthumously released albums, Piano and a Microphone 1983 and Originals, both received critical acclaim.
- Prince released the album Controversy in 1981 and formed a side project band called The Time.
- In 1984, Prince starred in the film Purple Rain, which was loosely autobiographical, and released the eponymous studio album, selling over 13 million copies in the US and spending 24 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
- Songs from the film were hits on pop charts around the world, and 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.
- Prince's subsequent recording, Around the World in a Day (1985), held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for three weeks, and from that album, the single "Raspberry Beret" reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- In 1986, his album Parade reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the R&B charts, and the first single, "Kiss", reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Prince directed and starred in the movie Under the Cherry Moon (1986), which also featured Kristin Scott Thomas, and the film received a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture.
- Prior to the disbanding of the Revolution, Prince was working on two separate projects, the Revolution album Dream Factory and a solo effort, Camille.
- 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 Crystal Ball, which was trimmed to a double album and released as Sign o' the Times in 1987.
- The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was named the top album of the year by the Pazz & Jop critics' poll.
- Prince continued to release albums and tour throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, including the albums Lovesexy (1988), Batman (1989), and Graffiti Bridge (1990).
- Prince added new members to his band for the Sign o' the Times Tour
- The tour was a success overseas but Prince did not want to do a full US tour
- The last two nights of the tour were filmed and released as Sign o' the Times movie
- Prince recorded The Black Album but recalled it after a spiritual epiphany
- Lovesexy, a spiritual opposite to The Black Album, was released in 1988
- Prince went on a 84-show Lovesexy World Tour but failed to make a net profit
- In 1989, Prince recorded several songs for Batman and released a nine-track album
- Graffiti Bridge, released in 1990, was a box-office flop
- In 1991, Prince formed a new band, the New Power Generation, and released Diamonds and Pearls
- Prince released several albums in quick succession and adopted the "Love Symbol" as his stage name in 1993.
- Prince's album "The Gold Experience" reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200 in 1995 but is not currently in print due to an ongoing plagiarism case.
- In 2003, an Italian court ruled that "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" plagiarized the song "Takin' Me to Paradise" by Bruno Bergonzi and Michele Vicino.
- Prince attempted a major comeback with the release of "Emancipation," a 36-song, 3-CD set in 1996.
- "Emancipation" was certified Platinum by the RIAA and featured covers of other artists' songs.
- Prince released a five-CD collection of unreleased material called "Crystal Ball" in 1998.
- In 1999, Prince signed with Arista Records to release a new record, "Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic."
- Prince primarily released new music through his Internet subscription service, NPGOnlineLtd.com, which later became NPGMusicClub.com.
- In 2004, Prince released "Musicology" through a one-album agreement with Columbia Records.
- Prince signed with Universal Music to release his album, "3121," in 2006.
- Prince received a Webby Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his "visionary use of the Internet to distribute music and connect with audiences" in 2006.
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