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Trivia
Birth name: Prince Rogers Nelson
Date of birth: 7 June 1958
Place of birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)
Credited As: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Camille, Alexander
Nevermind, Paisley Park, Prince & The Revolution, Jamie Starr, New Power Generation featuring Tora Tora.
Spouse: Manuela Testolini (31 December 2001 - present), Mayte Garcia (14 February 1996 - 14 February 1999) (annulled) 1 child.
In May 2000 Prince dropped the symbol
O(+> he adopted as a name. He had used the symbol because he
considered his record contract with Warner Bros. Records oppressive,
which ended in 2000.
The symbol to which Prince changed his name
(which is best rendered as ether O{+> or O(+> in normal ASCII
characters) originated in and was borrowed by Prince from ancient
Europe.
Son, with Mayte Garcia, born with the rare
skull disease Pfeiffer's syndrome, and unable to breathe without a
ventilator. The child was taken off life support on 23 October and died.
[16 October 1996]
Changed his stage name to O(+>. [7 June
1993]
Has dated several famous women before
settling down: Kim Basinger, Apollonia Kotero, and Sheena Easton to name
a few.
Started the careers of Vanity and Carmen
Electra amongst others.
Son of jazz pianist John L. Nelson.
One of very few artists who has denied
'Weird Al' Yankovic permission to parody any of his songs. After years
of asking, ''Weird Al' Yankovic' obtained video parody permission, and
the video for UHF (1989) includes a sequence that spoofs the bathtub
intro for Prince's video of "When Doves Cry."
Inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
in March 2004.
A very short man, he often has to wear large
shoes on stage so he is not dwarfed by some female singers.
He was voted the 28th greatest rock 'n Roll
Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.
Is of African American and Italian descent.
He joins Sylvester
Stallone, Roberto Benigni, Kevin
Costner, William Shatner, and Tom Green as being the only actors to
direct themselves in performances that would win them a Razzie Award for
Worst Actor.
Did the music for the movie Girl 6 (1996) as
Prince. It was the only time he referred to himself as Prince from 1993
to 2000.
In the late 1990s, he requested to be
referred to as simply The Artist, since his initial intention when he
changed his name to O(+> was to not be referred to as Prince.
Unfortunately that was not going too well, considering everyone was
calling him the Artist Formerly Known as Prince because the symbol has
no pronunciation.
The symbol he used as his name was also the
name of his last Warner Bros. album as Prince, which was released just a
few months before his name change. He recorded as Prince since then on
his independently distributed, self-released albums and those licensed
to Arista/BMG Records and Columbia/SME Records.
In song titles, usually replaces
"to," "two," or "too" with "2";
"for" with "4"; and "you" with
"U." (Example: "I Would Die 4 U.")
Known for his colorful outfits and
explicitly flaunting and expressing his strong sexuality during his
performances, despite being a devout Christian.
One of the very few musicians who writes,
produces, and composes all his music himself. On most of his albums, he
plays all the instruments himself, except for brass instruments, which
he does not play, though he does have a backing band for concerts. His
songwriting skills have provided hits for others such as Chaka Khan, Sinéad
O'Connor, and Jordan Knight.
Played the song "1999" for the
last time at a New Year's Eve party in 1999, then announced he was
retiring the song.
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