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What Are The Similarities Between Prince Rogers Nelson's Life And Accomplishments

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Prince Rogers Nelson born June 7,1958. Prince was a singer, songwriter, record producer, multi instrumentalist and actor. Prince had attended Minneapolis Bryant Junior High School and then transferred to Central High School. Prince played basketball, football and baseball. Prince had played on Central Junior Varsity Basketball. Prince continued to play basketball up to his early age of becoming an adult. Prince had met a man named Jimmy Jam in junior high school in 1973. Prince had impressed Jimmy Jam with his variety ways with music and his work ethics. Prince had created a demo tape in 1976 with producer Chris Moon. Prince was unable to secure a contract because he was so young at the time, but Owen Huey had signed Prince at the age of 17. …show more content…

R&B, and rock. Prince have sold as much as 100 million worldwide records. Which made him one of the bestselling artist of all time. Prince won many Grammy Awards, 7 to be exact. He also won a Academy Award for his film Purple Rain and a Golden Globe Award. Prince was included in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in the year 2004, Prince ranked number 27 on the Rolling Stone list of 100 great artist of the rock & roll era. Prince was born in Minneapolis and became interested in music as a young boy. He signed his first record contract with the Warner Bros. Prince released his first album “For You” in 1978. Prince wrote,arranged,composed,produced and played all 27 instruments lm his recordings. Prince song “Soft and Wet” had hit number 12 on the Hot Soul Charts. Prince somh “Just as long as we’re together” had reaches number 9 on the charts. His album “Prince” in 1979 went platinum. Also In 1979 Prince had created a band with a man named Andre on nbass,Gayle and Doctor on keyboards, Bobby on drums and Dez on guitar. They had their first show at the Capri Theater. The Warner Bros had came to the show case and came to the conclusion that Prince and his band needed some more time to develop their …show more content…

In the year of 1979 Prince had released an album “Prince” which hit #4 on the Billboard and went platinum. Prince smog “ I wanna be your lover” sold over a million copies and reached up to #11 on the Billboard. Prince performed both of those songs on American Bandstand .His next three albums “Dirty Minds” “Controversy” and “1999” also went platinum. Prince extended his songs using sexual lyrics and a mixture of funk rock music and dance. In 1984 he refereed his backup band as The Revolution and had finally released his the song “ Purple Rain”. In 1981 Prince had made his first appearance on the Saturday Night Live show and he had performed “Party Up”. In 1981 prince.Prince had released a double album titled “Sign o’ the Times” as a solo artist. He had released at least three more solo albums before releasing “ The New Power Generation Band” in 1991. In 1993 the Warner Bros had changed Prince stage name to a unpronounceable symbol known as the “Love Symbol”. Between the years of 1994 and 1996 Prince released five records. The band name was printed on the cover of the 1999 inside the letter ‘I” in Prince name. In 1989, Prince appeared on Madonna album “Like a Player” and being co writer and duet “Love Song” and playing the electric

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