rince Rogers Nelson, the flamboyant musical innovator whose outlandish genius turned him into an enduring pop-culture icon, has died aged 57. A pioneering figure

for the past four decades, Prince was a shy and reclusive rock star who nevertheless courted controversy, from famous feuds with other musicians — including a rumoured fist fight with Sinead O’Connor

— to public spats with record companies and a song that was so provocative that it led to the creation of parental-advisory stickers on records. The man formerly known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince is set to posthumously dominate singles and album charts worldwide yet again as fans pay tribute; the spirit of the Partyman still lives on.

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Prince: Pop LifeJUNE 7, 1958 – APRIL 21, 2016

I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER (41)

ANOTHERLOVERHOLENYOHEAD (36)

LITTLE RED CORVETTE (54)

I WOULD DIE 4 U (58)

MOUNTAINS (45)

MY NAME IS PRINCE (REMIXES) (51)

1999/LITTLE RED CORVETTE (92)

Prince album goes platinum in the US

Parental Advisory record stickers implemented following Prince’s

overtly-sexual song, ‘Darling Nikki’

Adopts the unpronounceable name, or ‘Love Symbol’,

referred to as ‘The Artist Formerly Known as Prince’, after spat with Warner Bros

Puts on musical loosely based on Homer’s Odyssey, called Glam Slam Ulysses

Stops using the Love Symbol moniker and returns to ‘Prince’ after contract with Warner Bros ends

Prince, born a Seventh-Day Adventist, becomes

a Jehovah’s WitnessPrince launches a video game, Prince Interactive, allowing players to wander around his Paisley Park mansion

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Almost sued by NBA player after renting his mansion and redesigning without permission: knocking out walls, making a disco room, and

turning the water fountain purple

Named by Spin magazine as the greatest frontman of all time Plays Coachella festival for

a reported $5 million fee

Purple Rain wins Academy Award for Best Original Song Score

1999 (25)

THE ARMS OF ORION (27) NEXT POWER

GENERATION (26)

DIAMONDS AND PEARLS (25)

SEX Y MF/STROLLIN ’ (4)

RASPBERRY BERET (25)

PAISLEY PARK (18)

IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND (20)

POP LIFE (60)

PRETZELBODYLOGIC (90)

WHEN DOVES CRY (4)BATDANCE (2)

1999/LITTLE RED CORVETTE (2) KISS (6)

SIGN O’ THE TIMES (10)

U GOT THE LOOK (11) GETT OFF (4)

PURPLE RAIN (8)

LET’S GO CRAZY (7)GIRLS & BOYS (11) ALPHABET

STREET (9)

THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE (7)

MY NAME IS PRINCE

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PART YMAN (14)

I WISH U HEAVEN (24)

CREAM (15)

CONTROVERSY (5)

PEACH (14)1999 (10)

PURPLE MEDLEY (33)

BL ACK SWEAT (43)

GUITAR (81)

CINNAMON GIRL (43)

THE BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE (18)

MONEY DON’T MATTER 2 NIGHT (19)

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD (1)

I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PL ACE OF YOUR MAN (29)GL AM SL AM (29)

7 (27)

THUNDER (28)

THE MORNING PAPERS (52)

EYE HATE U (20)

FURY (60)

LETITGO (30)

KISS (76)

Produces Batman album for Tim Burton film of the same name

Named by Rolling Stone magazine as the highest-earning musician in the world with

an annual income of $56.5 million

Plays at the Super Bowl XLI in Miami, ranked by Billboard.com as the greatest

Super Bowl performance ever

PRINCE STATS

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SINGLES

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STUDIO AL-BUMS

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TOURS

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GRAMMY AWARDS

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FEATURE FILMS

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GOLDEN GLOBE/ACAD-EMY AWARD

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NUMBER OF WEEKS IN UK CHART

Supports the Rolling Stones on their US tour

Produces, arranges, composes and plays all 27 instruments on debut album, For You

Releases ‘The Scandalous Sex Suite’ single, rumoured to contain sex noises from

then-girlfriend Kim Basinger

Marries backup singer/dancer Matye Garcia (divorces in 1999)

Marries Manuela Testolini (divorces in 2006)

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‘Manic Monday’, written by Prince and performed by The Bangles,

hits the charts

‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, written by Prince and performed by Sinead O’Connor, reaches number one in several countries

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