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AHT 407 History of Prince

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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