He was highly religious, very eccentric, a masterful musician – and may have had thousands of unpublished songs stored in a secret vault. This is the story of Prince.
Prince Rogers Nelson, who was his full name, was born in Minneapolis in the US state of Minnesota in 1958.
In his teens, he signed his first record deal and the first album came out in 1978. however, it was the album “1999″ came out in 1982, he hit the big time. Shortly later, “Purple Rain.”
The rest is history.
During his nearly 40-year career he enroll in music history with over 100 million sold albun seven Grammys and an Oscar for his classic “Purple rain” which was the theme song for the movie of the same name.
But he was also a pioneer for selling music over the internet, very eccentric, proselytised witnesses by going from door to door with the neighbors.
Yet he was best known for his musical multi talent. On their first album he recorded in fact almost all the instruments himself, in addition to writing songs and not least sing them.
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Before his death he also wrote on their own memoirs. It announced himself at a press conference in March this year.
– This is my first. My brother Dan helps me with them, he is very critical and that is exactly what I need. He is not a “yes person” and he really helps me get through this, said Prince according to the Guardian when he announced boknyheten in March this year.
– We’ll start at the beginning from my first memories, and hopefully we can go all the way to the Super Bowl, said Prince.
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The publisher Spiegel & amp; Grau described the work as “an unconventional and poetic journey through his life and creative work.”
May have a secret song-vault
Whether the parts of the book will be published, is unknown. It is also unknown whether the fans ever get answers to whether the mythical “vault” exists.
If there is, it is claimed that it contains an unknown number of unpublished songs. Allegations of how many songs it is really about, ranging from 50 to 2000.
According to The Guardian says the rumors that there should be enough material in the vault to publish one album every year until the next century.
Norwegian Christer Falck, which is the leading Prince expert, is convinced that the vault exists.
– There is so much to take off, and I’m excited about what’s happening with this. He can give out double album every year for 30 years, all of which certainly is as good as what he did in the 80s. I hope that those who will administer his inheritance, do what should be done, he said.
In 1993 he changed his artist name to a symbol, a kind of mix of symbols for man and woman. It meant that he was named “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.” Later he switched back to Prince.
He was vegan for many years, which means to stay away from animal products such as eggs and milk as well as meat. Prince lived an anonymous life in Paisley Park, and had accompanied Time.com a strong desire that no one should feel that they wandered around in a Graceland when they went stayed in Prince combined studio and residence. Graceland is Elvis Presley’s home, a tourist magnet and a mausoleum for the artist. Prince should have kept their gold and platinum discs and all their honors in a room in the basement of the building.
Time writes that Prince black and white 67-model T-bird often parked outside Paisley Park, but he kept very low profile in the area. Daily Mail writes that the artist should have been stopped by the local pharmacy this week.
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He was known for great artistry and eccentric behavior. When he visited Vestlandshallen in Bergen during a tour in 2010 described VG reviewer performance as “for lack of better words, absolutely wonderful.”
The plan was he really play a concert in the National Theatre in Oslo in late 2015.
the two songs that have been most popular in Norway was “Batdance” and “Alphabet Street”, which both had first place on the Norwegian charts for eight weeks respectively in 1989 and 1988.
More Princes songs also got their own lives of cover artists. Bangles’ “Manic Monday” and Chaka Khan’s “I Feel for You” are among the songs that were originally on Prince’s album.
Two wedding – and divorces
Prince was married twice, but both marriages ended in divorce.
in 1996, he married singer and dancer Mayte Garcia. The relationship held only four years before it ended in failure. The couple begat Boy Gregory in 1996. The little boy died shortly after birth and suffered from bone disease Pfeiffer syndrome. Ex-wife has after divorce told in interviews that the couple also lost a child to during the three years they were married.
WAS MARRIED: Prince and his then wife Manuela Testolini photographed in connection with the Academy Awards in 2005.
Photo: Kevork Djansezian AP
in 2001 came the big changes superstar’s life. He converted to Jehovah’s Witnesses and married Manuela Testolini during a Witness ceremony that year.
At the same time he began to go from door to door in the neighborhood to discuss religion.
the marriage lasted only five years, and in 2006 the two went each to his place.
Prince has also been linked to a number of other celebrity women – including Madonna and Carmen Electra.
Ten moments we never forget
Then Prince came to Norway to play in Bergen in 2010, created VG a list of ten moments that define pop icons life. Here is a wish praise of this list.
2004: After a decade of contentious issues and extensive dabbling with internet and jazz, get Prince anew preceded by a spectacular performance with Beyonce at the Grammy Awards.
He incorporated into the Rock N ‘Roll Hall of Fame, gives out the big-selling album “Musicology” and embarks on a tour that makes him the year’s highest paid artist in the world.
2007: Player 21 sold-out concerts at the O2 Arena in London. Releasing the album “Planet Earth” as an appendix to the newspaper Mail On Sunday, which is eerily poorly received by plate chains and his company – which dropper selling album in the UK.
2010 : Rods his website declares internet for “over” and makes it clear that his new album is not getting through iTunes or other digital services.
Explains while the Pc and digital gadgets “just fill your head with the numerical and is not good for you. “
1993: Going to war against their record company, Warner, who is concerned that his frequent album releases resulting in saturation of the market. Appearing frequently in public with the word “slave” drawn on the cheek. Ends calling himself Prince, and replaces the artist name with a “love symbol” no one knows how to pronounce. The press hiver around and make it easy for everyone by calling him “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.”
1998: Standing out as a pioneer of record sales via the internet, with triple-CD “Crystal Ball”. Fans races when release still come in regular record stores – with better quality of packaging. A number of “antifan» -websider emerging in the aftermath.
2001: Begins to emerge on the door of people in the neighborhood in Minnesota because he as freshly member witness will discuss religion with them. Compares his “awakening” of what happens with Keanu Reeves sci-fi movie “The Matrix.”
1980: With the third album “Dirty Mind” gives Prince clear message about where he stands musical – black funk and disco, white rock and pop, all in perfect harmony – and shocks with S / M and homoeroticism and songs about incest and sex toys.
1984: Becoming a global superstar with album “Purple Rain” and the lightly autobiographical feature film of the same name. At one point, he has first place on both movie, album and single list in the United States, as the first artist ever.
1986: Getting turkey award “Golden Raspberry Awards” – Critic bitter retort to Oscar – for games and directing in black / white film flop “Under the Cherry Moon.”
1988: Box Adds “the black Album” just before the scheduled release, after a fierce internal conflict in which the strictly religious Prince responds to the dark sexually explicit material he himself has created. Half a million printed sheets destroyed.
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