It contained two RB hits: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad and I Wanna Be Your Lover, which sold over a million copies, and reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 for two weeks on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

He is widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation.

Considered a guitar virtuoso, he was well known for his eclectic work across multiple genres, flamboyant and androgynous persona, and wide vocal range which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams.

He pioneered the Minneapolis sound, a funk rock subgenre that emerged in the late 1970s.

He was also known for his prolific output, releasing 39 albums during his life, with a vast array of unreleased projects left in a vault at his home after his death; it is believed that the vault contains dozens of fully produced albums and over 50 music videos that have never been released, along with various other media.

He released hundreds of songs both under his own name and multiple pseudonyms during his life, as well as writing songs that were made famous by other musicians, such as Nothing Compares 2 U and Manic Monday.

Estimates of the complete number of songs written by Prince range anywhere from 500 to well over 1,000.

Prince went on to achieve critical success with the innovative albums Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981), and 1999 (1982).

His sixth album, Purple Rain (1984), was recorded with his backup band the Revolution, and was the soundtrack to his film acting debut of the same name.

Purple Rain spent six consecutive months atop the Billboard 200.

Prince won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score.

After disbanding the Revolution, Prince went on to achieve continued critical success with Sign o the Times (1987).

In the midst of a contractual dispute with Warner Bros in 1993, he changed his stage name to the unpronounceable symbol (known to fans as the Love Symbol), and was sometimes referred to as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince or TAFKAP, or simply the Artist.

He signed with Arista Records in 1998 and began referring to himself by his own name again in 2000.

After returning to mainstream prominence following a performance at the Grammy Awards ceremony in 2004, he 9 scored six US top ten albums over the following decade.

Joni Mitchell said of Prince, Hes driven like an artist.

His motivations are growth and experimentation as opposed to formula and hits.

Prince sold over 150 million records worldwide, ranking him among the best-selling music artists of all time.

His awards included the Grammy Presidents Merit Award, the American Music Awards for Achievement and of Merit, the Billboard Icon Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2016.

He stated, My mother told me one day I walked in to her and said, Mom, Im not going to be sick anymore, and she said, Why and I said, Because an angel told me so.

Princes younger sister, Tyka, was born on May 18, 1960.

Both siblings developed a keen interest in music, which was encouraged by their father.

His parents were members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, an evangelical denomination.

He grew to become an advocate for, and supporter of, dancers.

In the 1990s he used his wealth to save the ailing Joffrey Ballet in Chicago.

His mother remarried to Hayward Baker, with whom she had a son named Omarr; Prince had a fraught relationship with Omarr, to the extent that it caused him to repeatedly switch homes, sometimes living with his father and sometimes with his mother and stepfather.

Baker took Prince to see James Brown in concert, and he credited Baker with improving the familys finances.

After a brief period of living with his father, who bought him his first guitar, Prince moved into the basement of his neighbors, the Anderson family, after his father kicked him out.

He befriended the Andersons son, Andre, who later collaborated with Prince and became known as Andr Cymone.

He attended Minneapoliss Bryant Junior High and then Central High School, where he played football, basketball, and baseball.

He was a student at the Minnesota Dance Theatre through the Urban Arts Program of Minneapolis Public Schools.

He played on Centrals junior varsity basketball team, and continued to play basketball for fun as an adult.

The record company agreed to give Prince creative control for three albums and retain his publishing rights.

Husney and Prince then left Minneapolis and moved to Sausalito, California, where Princes first album, For You, was recorded at Record Plant Studios.

The cost of recording the album was twice Princes initial advance.

Soft and Wet reached No.

Hot Soul Singles chart and No.

Billboard Hot 100.

The song Just as Long as Were Together reached No.

Hot Soul Singles chart.

Warner Bros. executives attended the show but decided that Prince and the band needed more time to develop his music.

In October 1979, Prince released the album Prince, which was No.

Billboard Top RBBlack Albums charts and No.

Billboard 200, and went platinum.

It contained two RB hits: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad and I Wanna Be Your Lover, which sold over a million copies, and reached No.

Billboard Hot 100 and No.

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