Fans gathered outside the home of Prince – NRK

* American singer and musician in the genres of pop, rock and soul. Also has a career as an actor in several movies.

* Born as Prince Rogers Nelson born 7 June 1958 in Minneapolis in the US state of Minnesota. He died Thursday, 57 years old, according to the website TMZ.

* Multi-instrumentalist, who on a number of boards played many of the instruments himself.

* Debuted with the album “For You” in 1978 . Has released some 40 studio albums, including “Purple Rain” (1984), “Love Sexy” (1988) and “Diamonds and Pearls” (1991). The last, “HITnRUN Phase One” and “HITnRUN Phase Two,” came in 2015.

* In the period from 1993 to 2000 he switched his stage name with a symbol, and he was referred to as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, TAFKAP or the Artist.

* with over 100 million albums sold, he is one of the artists with the greatest record sales in history.

Sources: TMZ, Wikipedia (© NTB )

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