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Princes fathers was Half Italian.-- 95.114.32.180 ( talk) 18:16, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
Can we add that the plane incident was due to an overdose? This seems an accepted part of Prince's life story and should be on his wiki page for people who are reading about the events leading up to his death. For example:
" Representatives claimed he suffered from dehydration and had had influenza for several weeks"
Would be better if it became:
"Representatives claimed he suffered from dehydration and had had influenza for several weeks although it was later revealed after Prince’s death that the Moline visit was due to a Percocet overdose and Prince’s flu-like symptoms were withdrawals as he was being weaned off drugs." -- or something similar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.187.39.54 ( talk) 05:32, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
the sentence "He shopped that evening at the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis for Record Store Day and made a brief appearance at an impromptu dance party at his Paisley Park recording studio complex; although he did not perform, he stated to the crowd that he felt fine" should add the fact that Prince also told the crowd to "wait a few days before you waste any prayers", which i feel was a significant statement from a man who died a few days later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.187.39.54 ( talk) 05:32, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
Can someone add that investigators are saying the pill prince took was laced with fentanyl meaning there's a very probable chance he didn't know what he was taking? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.187.39.54 ( talk) 05:35, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
Prince was the best selling album artist of 2016 beating Adele, he sold 2,23 million albums . On the other hand he sold 5,4 (*) million digital songs during 2016 in the United States
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-music-sales-nielsen-year-end-20170105-story.html (*) http://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/01/25/prince-was-the-bestselling-albums-artist-of-2016-beating-adele/#6978c53c1608 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.47.104.250 ( talk) 02:59, 1 February 2017 (UTC) :
another page with the same information : http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7767819/prince-sold-more-albums-than-any-artist-2016 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.45.225.152 ( talk) 22 April 2017
Thanks Younusmogul ( talk) 17:21, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
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The New Official Website is Missing. it is http://www.officialprincemusic.com/ and has a store as well at http://store.officialprincemusic.com/. this is the official site and store for Prince Music Run by Catalog Rights Owner Warner Bros. Records in conjunction with the Prince Estate.
can you please add under External Links these properties to the wikipedia page for the benefit of the readers
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i believe prince needs a legacy and cultural impact section in his article. would be great if he could have one.
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could you change prince's picture to a Purple Rain era photograph instead of one at the end of his life? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.224.79.37 ( talk • contribs)
Is there a compelling reason to make this change? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.183.152.209 ( talk) 02:18, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
If you take a look at this revision of the Death of Prince article, you'll see that Prince's death has received a ton of coverage in the media and there were a ton of events leading up to Prince's death. I think redirecting that article to the main Prince article was a stupid decision since the death article had 70+ sources before it was a redirect. If you want Prince's death to have a separate article, say Agree. If you think whatever is in the "Illness and death" section in the main Prince article is enough, say Disagree. Meters, I want you to participate in this discussion RIGHT NOW. 50.226.46.222 ( talk) 22:32, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
This is a very important event in music history. Not many people in this generation know who Prince was, and the news reports aren't enough to make this man famous again. Share this article with everyone you know and Make Prince Famous Again!and
Created article because this is clearly a notable and important event in music history. Prince Rogers Nelson is the greatest musician who ever lived, and people really need to be aware of others when they die. The news reports aren't enough, so share thisare not convincing. Meters ( talk) 23:03, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
I don't think so. That's why I propose to change the opening sentence of the article from: "Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, philanthropist, dancer and record producer." to: "Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor and philanthropist."
I think this order reflects what he was known for the best. Most remember him as a singer, then a multi-instrumentalist, etc.
What are your thoughts?
DJ FunkFunk 00:26, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
OK, taking all the above into account, I changed the sentence and the infobox in "singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer". Thanks! DJ FunkFunk 07:50, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
I would like to make the following changes/additions under this paragraph:
The first album released following Prince's death was a greatest hits album, 4ever, which was released on November 22, 2016. The album contains one previously unreleased song: "Moonbeam Levels", recorded in 1982 during the 1999 sessions. [1]
On April 19, 2017, an EP featuring six unreleased Prince recordings, titled Deliverance, was announced, with an expected release date for later that week. [2] The next day, Prince's estate was granted a temporary restraining order against George Ian Boxill - an engineer who co-produced the tracks and was in possession of the master tapes - and halted the release of the EP. [3]
On February 9, 2017, Prince's estate signed a distribution deal with Universal Music Group, which includes the post-1995 recordings on his NPG Records label and unreleased tracks from his vault. [4] However, on June 27, Comerica (acting on behalf of the estate) requested that Carver County District Judge Kevin Eide cancel the estate's deal with Universal, as UMG's contract would interfere with a contract with Warner Music Group that Prince signed in 2014; WMG would lose the rights to Prince's pre-1993 library in 2021. After Universal's attorneys were granted access to the Warner contract, the attorneys also offered to cancel the deal. [5] On July 13, the court voided Universal's deal with Prince's estate, though Universal will continue to administer Prince's songwriting credits and create merchandise. [6]
On June 23, 2017, Purple Rain was released as a Deluxe and Deluxe Expanded edition. It is the first Prince album to be remastered and reissued. [7] The Deluxe edition consists of two discs, the first being a remaster of the original album made in 2015 overseen by Prince himself and a bonus disc of previously unreleased songs called "From the Vault & Previously Unreleased". The Deluxe Expanded edition consists of two more discs, a disc with all the single edits, maxi-single edits and b-sides from the Purple Rain era and a DVD with a concert from the Purple Rain Tour filmed in Syracuse, New York on March 30, 1985, previously released on home video in 1985. [8] The album debuted at No. 4 on the Bilboard 200 and at No. 1 on both the Billboard R&B Albums Chart and the Billboard Vinyl Albums Chart [9]
What do y'all think? DJ FunkFunk 17:38, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you. I changed the first sentence in: "The first album released..." DJ FunkFunk 20:58, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
The fact that The Prince Vault is an unofficial, independent website (not a fan blog per se) doesn't make it less reliable. Actually, in my experience it's sometimes more accurate than Wikipedia! However I added another source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7776693/prince-purple-rain-expanded-edition-june-23 I don't think it's a problem to mention the exact release date of the Purple Rain reissue. There are more release dates for Prince albums in this article. But also mentioning it on his Discography page is a good idea, but where? Maybe a new section with posthumous releases should be added? DJ FunkFunk 23:10, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
Thank you all for your thoughts on this. Taking the above discussion into account I will now change the section in the article. DJ FunkFunk 07:52, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
I would like to propose to place the section dealing with Prince's 'posthumous projects' behind the section about his 'illness and death'. This makes sence from a chronological pount of view. Also the posthumous projects aren't part of his career. DJ FunkFunk 15:04, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
I made a change in the info box by adding the name of Prince's only child and also the year of birth and death. In this way people who only take a glance at the info box and not familiar with his personal life will see in a glance that his only child is not alive anymore. Tell me what you think. DJ FunkFunk 15:19, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
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Prince is also listed on The Lewis Connection lp from 1979 (spelled The Lewis Conection on the cover). He is credited with background vocals and guitar for the song "Got to Be Something Here". It is debated if he is actually on the recording. 2607:FEA8:1360:7B3:F8B2:E707:B61C:690C ( talk) 01:40, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
The mixing of his names, here as Prince and there as Ƭ̵̬̊ or "Ƭ̵̬̊", is very confusing and a Wikipedia atrocity that someone should clean up. "Numerous musicians and cultural figures reacted to Ƭ̵̬̊'s death", etc. Looks just awful. -- SergeWoodzing ( talk) 02:25, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Each use of a non-free image is required to have a fair use rationale provided for it per WP:NFCC#10c. So, if the "love symbol" is used 10 times in this article, then that's ten separate and specific non-free use rationales which need to be provided for just the uses in this article alone. While I can see a possiblilities for non-free use in the main infobox and once in the description of the symbol itself, using it so many times throughout the article in place of "Prince" is not going to meet WP:NFCC#3a which means even adding a rationale is not going to comply with policy per WP:JUSTONE. If it's inaccurate to refer to Prince as "Prince" during this period, then perhaps "The Artist formerly known as Prince" can be used instead. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 05:50, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
In the article, we use Ƭ̵̬̊ as a textual version of the Love Symbol. However, Ƭ̵̬̊ at best only approximates the Love Symbol, and I cannot find any record of Price ever using "Ƭ̵̬̊" himself as a replacement for the symbol. It appears that this encoding was identified by a community effort [1] to "hack" Unicode symbols, but, to me, that does not rise to the level required for us to include it in the article (much less as a pseudo-"official" encoding of the symbol). I can find no justification in the WP:MOS that defends this usage. At this point, it's clear that Ƭ̵̬̊ should be removed from the article.
However, that brings us to the question of what to replace it with. The obvious choice would be the Love Symbol itself. However, as discussed in:
the Love Symbol is not free. Each and every use of the symbol must have a fair-use rationale attached, and we should strive to minimize the number of uses of non-free media ( WP:NFCC). As it stands, there are currently only two uses of Ƭ̵̬̊ in the article (one in the lead, and one in the infobox), and I think both of those uses can be justified under NFCC. I am going to replace these two uses, and add additional FUR to File:Prince_logo.svg, and clarify the FUR for the existing use of the Love Symbol in this article.
If you have any discussion on this issue, I'm interested in hearing it. I've seen this discussed numerous times, but no consensus is ever reached. Instead, my interpretation of the removal is that the symbol is always removed based on the missing FURs, not necessarily on improper use.-- Nick2253 ( talk) 17:35, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
The current list of associated acts is not complete:
I think more acts should be included, preferrably the acts which "collaborated with Prince on multiple occasions, or on an album" (taken from the guideline Template:Infobox musical artist#associated acts). If we only include the albums where Prince was involved in at least two songs as a writer, performer and/or producer, the list would also include:
I also think Candy Dulfer should be included since she collaborated with Prince on several albums and performed with him on different tours for many many years.
So I think for completion sake, we should add all these acts, preferably in alphabetical order. DJ FunkFunk 19:17, 4 April 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djfunkfunk ( talk • contribs)
Thank you for your post. If we concentrate on the most important associated acts, I still think we should add a few. To me the list as it is, is very arbitrary. Vanity 6 but not Apollonia 6? The Family but not Jill Jones? Madhouse but not Eric Leeds? Chaka Khan but not Mavis Staples? So I think two groups of associated acts should be mentioned:
1. (Less famous) Acts that released one or more albums with a significant amount of Prince involvement. Already included:
I propose to add:
2. Acts that were already artists in their own right with whom Prince had a long working relationship with over the years. Already included:
I propose to add:
DJ FunkFunk 23:41, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
Per BBC source (below) there will be a 9-track (35 min.) album of previously unreleased music from Warner Bros., titled Piano & A Microphone 1983. This was mentioned (but not specified) in the source for the Tidal release, which does not contain any songs from this WB album.
Please add this information to the article. — 2606:A000:1126:4CA:0:98F2:CFF6:1782 ( talk) 08:09, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
There is also a Super Bowl (Superbowl LII) half time show after Prince died done in tribute to him? At least one song, Purple Rain, if I remember correctly. It is not mentioned in this article at all. 32.212.102.239 ( talk) 06:01, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
I noticed someone changed quite a few 'the's' in the article which I find disturbing: 'the Time' instead of 'The Time', 'the Revolution' instead of 'The Revolution', 'the New Power Generation' instead of 'The New Power Generation'... Is there any valid reason to use 'the' instead of 'The'? If not I propose using 'The'. That's the way you can find it anywhere in publications. DJ FunkFunk 15:45, 23 September 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djfunkfunk ( talk • contribs)
I think it would be very fair and accurate to include "keyboards" or "piano" among instruments in Prince's infobox. He was a very skilled pianist who used extensive synthesizers and keyboards in his recorded work; his final tour was a series of solo performances on vocals and piano. Zabboo talk 22:39, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
Is there really any need to have "best known as Prince"? The article title is Prince (musician).-- 92.29.145.81 ( talk) 17:40, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
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Prince won 7, not 8. 92.7.38.194 ( talk) 09:52, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
"Following an autopsy, his remains were cremated... Bremer Trust was given temporary control of his estate, had his vault drilled open, and was authorized to obtain a blood sample for DNA profiling"
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The books section is missing the book, "21 Nights", authored by Prince with photography by Randee St Nicholas: https://www.amazon.com/21-Nights-Prince/dp/1416554440/ref=sr_1_1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leischj ( talk • contribs) 17:29, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Prince was a guitar "virtuoso"? Isn't that overstating the case a bit? Reads very fanboi-ish. I understand that he has beloved and admired by many but, objectively, he was a thoroughly average guitarist.
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His father was a pianist and songwriter and his mother was a jazz singer. He became interested in music at a young age and was encouraged by his parents. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.198.2.216 ( talk) 22:22, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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The first paragraph of the Personal Life section needs more citations to back-up the information being provided, specifically for the names of his romantic partners, regardless of whether their relationships are widely known or not; the sentences focusing on Mayte Garcia - the "There's my future wife" quote in particular - especially need a "citation needed" tag. Ohjord ( talk) 23:18, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
I would like to request that additional instruments be added to the infobox that Prince was well known to have played that are acknowledged in the first paragraph (drums, percussion, bass, keyboard and synthesizer). I understand that only primary instruments are included in the infobox, but this is inconsistent with Wiki pages for other musicians where ALL instruments they play(ed) are included. An example is the Wiki page for Lenny Kravitz. Thank you for considering my request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LindaXavier ( talk • contribs) 04:52, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
" ... he changed his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol ..."
Well, it's un-cut-and-pasteable, anyway. But not unpronounceable -- I always thought it was a fancy letter "T", and my friends and I called him "Tee" through that era. Quite easy to pronounce, actually. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.89.176.249 ( talk) 01:17, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
"Prince had a fraught relationship with his half brother Baker..." Is this referring to his half brother, Omarr, mentioned in the previous sentence? I presume the kid's name is Omarr Baker, but the above sentence states that it was his relationship with Omarr that caused him to periodically leave the home. Surely, it was his stepfather with the last name Baker that is meant. This sentence needs to read ""Prince had a fraught relationship with his stepfather Baker"" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Interzone826 ( talk • contribs) 09:09, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
Prince sold 8.1 million records in the USA during 2016. 2.3 million albums and 5.4 million singles. He beat Adele in album sales.
source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7767819/prince-sold-more-albums-than-any-artist-2016
The article also states that the total digital singles Prince has sold since Nielsen began tracking the digital format (2003) is 18.64 million downloads — Preceding unsigned comment added by Interzone826 ( talk • contribs) 09:11, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
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I want all articles and countries to remove a ban and a view source feature. Sophia2023 ( talk) 13:58, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
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Citation needed: References to Chris Moon can be found in this interview: https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8359047/prince-chris-moon-pre-fame TheTroothFairy ( talk) 13:41, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
There's a typo in the sentence regarding Freddie Gray and the single "Baltimore". Can someone update that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Louisfriend0473 ( talk • contribs) 22:37, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
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I'm curious why Camille isn't listed under the pseudonyms and think it should be. Otaku no bfm ( talk) 23:43, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
I'd be interested to hear what somebody thought Prince's music had to do with industrial music. ("Prince's innovative music integrated a wide variety of styles, including funk, R&B, rock, new wave, soul, synth-pop, psychedelia, pop, industrial, and hip hop.") 63.229.172.93 ( talk) 20:59, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
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The RGB and HEX values are approximations. https://river967.com/princes-official-purple-now-a-recognized-pantone-color/
Even the pantone number is an approximation. PANTONE 19-3528 TCX is Imperial Purple https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/19-3528-TCX
The archive of the press release does not give more specific information. https://web.archive.org/web/20171214011722/https://www.pantone.com/the-prince-estate-and-pantone-unveil-love-symbol-number-2 Govtrust ( talk) 18:12, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
Even though most sources falsely call Prince's parents as African-American/Black, they are white passing and Prince is mixed-race and can pass as white. They have mostly European ancestry, also African and Native American. This is a stereotype of White supremacy and One Drop Rule. Prince is not exclusively black. Sophiam122 ( talk • contribs) 23:28, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
Bull puckey! His father was black. Period. Look it up. 73.114.21.50 ( talk) 18:03, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
Genetics determine the race and ancestry. DNA does not lie! 96.224.89.222 ( talk) 16:55, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
The section "2000–2007: Musicology and 312" features a photo of a Prince impersonator that someone wants you to believe is the real person. It is not and should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lopsidedwin ( talk • contribs) 13:07, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
@ Lopsidedwin: File:Yul-Anderson-and-Prince-in-Cannes.jpg this one? Great Mercian ( talk) 17:28, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
Yes, that is clearly not Prince and this person is using a fake photo to bolster his own reputation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lopsidedwin ( talk • contribs) 08:43, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
The current second sentence of this article reads "He is widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation.". I like Prince's music a lot, but that's a pretty outlandish claim for an encyclopedia. Remove? Reword? 2600:8802:5200:3830:2DD4:FB7E:8B51:D234 ( talk) 09:07, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
What are the issues with added material regarding the award given to Prince by the Minnesota Black Music Association (MBMA) awards program in 1997? He was awarded their very first "Best Artist Award" ever issued by the association. I am aware that the association was not well known nationwide and does not have a Wikipedia page itself but it has historical state significance and it is referenced on the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) .org page. This is historical information about the artist that shows the impact and the amount of respect the association had for him as an artist and a Minnesota native. Foxcraze 11:11, 16 April 2018 (EST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxcraze ( talk • contribs)
In the first paragraph, there's a [by whom?] tag that needs removed as this question is answered in the [3] reference tag at the end of the sentence in question.
their is a hyperlink in the personal life header called YesWeCode that instead redirects to Van Jones' wikipedia article instead of a YesWeCode article which i don't think even exists
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"and was sometimes referred to as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince or KATAFP," Change KATAFP to TAFKAP 86.6.228.4 ( talk) 21:55, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Who put industrial and country? Prince has never made industrial music or country music, and I think saying he does basically counts as vandalism. They definitely DO NOT HAVE A SOURCE, and yet somehow it's there? Please remove this.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dark Lord Thomas Pie ( talk • contribs) 14:40, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
I love Prince and his body of work, but the statement that he is "widely considered one of the greatest musicians" just feels a lot like opinion. It feels like there would be critics out there who would have published articles that would have supporting statements for that, perhaps they can be added? Or perhaps a word other than greatest could be used - most accomplished? Most influential? As it appears now, it feels very opinion-y or POV. 2603:8001:2A00:7428:8DCA:EE99:8EE3:82F4 ( talk) 14:21, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
I've read it on "Daily Mail", which isn't considered a reliable source (probably that's why the wiki editor won't let me even give the link to the article). But there is Larry Elder quating that source, and there is diffuser. What's the truth about it? Of course, if it's true, we should add it to the article. Yanivshn ( talk) 10:52, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
I think the article should mention something about Prince's changing opinion on homosexuality; it was a controversial footnote in his history where many of his fans felt betrayed. In an interview with Claire Hoffman for the New Yorker in 2008, she said "...he told me he was against gay marriage. In his library, standing over the Bible, he said, "God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, 'Enough.'" ( https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/11/24/soup-with-prince)
When Hoffman discusses it on Billboard, she said, "The reaction to that statement from fans, and particularly the gay community, was angry and distressed." In the same article, Wendy Melvoin of Revolution spoke about why Prince declined a tour with them in 2000: "'He declined because of my homosexuality and the fact I'm half-Jewish.'...She was told he wanted her to give a press conference denouncing her homosexuality and announcing that she was converting to Jehovah." ( https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7348538/prince-jehovahs-witness-life/).
There's an Atlantic article about it here: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/04/prince-gay-homophobia-conservative-liberal-progress/479502/
Prince's opinion change was also discussed in Ernest Cline's "Ready Player Two." Ch. 21
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It's just a little shorter and simpler. 64.203.186.84 ( talk) 18:30, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
I know there's a parameter for height in the infobox, but it's not used. So how tall was Prince? - kosboot ( talk) 10:36, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
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Well, according to Time Magazine, Prince "had been raised a Seventh Day Adventist, but in 2001 he converted to the Jehovah’s Witness sect."
This is from bustle.com and there are other sources, this information should be what comes up immediately instead of the strange way it is put up without giving the actual information. 209.209.97.53 ( talk) 13:16, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
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How do people here feel about taking this article to 'Good article' status? I think it's good enough for nomination. LK ( talk) 06:13, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I just saw that the new infobox picture looks kind of awkward. I was wondering if it can be switched back to the old one or another one? 2001:569:7F96:EE00:5144:5E49:1C78:328C ( talk) 18:49, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
Well, now it looks even more awkward, I'm suggesting switching back to the Parade tour photo we had Great Mercian ( talk) 10:21, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Should we use a photo at his peak, or should we use a recent one from years before he died? 2001:569:7F96:EE00:543C:B57E:5774:5398 ( talk) 03:34, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
The intro to the main article is OTT. It reads like it was written by a fan - for fans. Needs toning down. 92.184.110.250 ( talk) 22:04, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
@ Binksternet:, I reverted your unexplained removal of progressive soul (which is verified by the Washington Post reference). Please use the edit summary to explain your changes, or the talk page to discuss them. Thank you. Piotr Jr. ( talk) 18:17, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
Really ya'll? Prince died at 57? Born 1975. Died 2016. And ya'll got 57? Hope none of you are editing math and physics pages. 24.116.91.25 ( talk) 05:17, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
There's so many articles talking about his complicated relationship to the queer community, particularly as it pertains to his pretty open homophobia after his conversion to being a Jehovah's Witness. Is there a reason this was left out of the article? It seems people may come away from this article feeling that since he was an androgynous icon, he must have been neutral or positive to the community, but it's quite a lot more complicated than that. Seems a little misleading to not have at least a sentence or two. However, I'm aware that this page has been strongly curated, so I don't want to just go changing around things if there's a reason it's left out. H-influenzae ( talk) 18:07, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
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Shouldn't it say "(deceased)" after his 1 child? 47.180.57.12 ( talk) 16:35, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
The article provided better info about the symbol in the alt text for the symbol that in the article itself. It may be known to fans as "Love Symbol", but Prince also copyrighted it as "Love Symbol #2". I think the end of the second paragraph could be improved. AlanPerry ( talk) 20:00, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
"...known for his flamboyant, androgynous persona and wide vocal range, which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams." This is a strange way to describe Prince. He is "known" as an uncanny hit-making song-writer and bandleader, as a prodigious multi-instrumentalist, innovative composer and arranger, and for being one of the best guitarists of all time. Wide vocal range is maybe the 17th thing that people tend to "know" about him, or celebrate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.62.70.246 ( talk) 05:45, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
Contradictions --> Children: 1 and "fathered no children" 89.78.169.249 ( talk) 00:12, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
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A simple comma misplacement on the first line:
Original: was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor ,film director and record producer. Change to: was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film director and record producer. Jiangyuang1995 ( talk) 06:39, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
The infobox lists only vocals and guitar as instruments, but Prince was known to have also played piano, bass, drums, various keyboards, and various percussion instruments both on studio recordings and live in concert. The instrument list should be updated to include piano, bass, drums (and maybe keyboards and percussion as distinct entries?). Icoll52 ( talk) 05:11, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
To be fair, of those 27 instruments, most were various different synths and percussion. Finger snaps and hand claps were also listed as "instruments". But to cite an example, Taylor Swift's infobox includes vocals, guitar, banjo, piano and ukulele. I wouldn't say she is known for any of those instruments but vocals. He did a whole tour of just him on piano, with nothing else. I think that warrants at least including piano. He played bass in concerts for his whole life. Surely they warrant a mention. Icoll52 ( talk) 04:05, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
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ADD INFORMATION UNDER HIS DEATH. ADD BEFORE THE SENTENCE AND PARAGRAPHY ABOUT HIS ASHES.
Prince had three memorial events. One small gathering was held immediately after he was cremated on April 24, 2016 at Paisley Park. His sister Tyka Nelson, Sheila E, and a small group of Paisley staff attended.
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An unofficial celebration of life was held, May 11, 2016 hosted by his ex-wives Manuela Testolini and Mayte Garcia. A very small group of his closest friends included celebrity attendees included Gwen Stefani, Spike Lee, Eric Benet, Dita Von Teese, Larry King, Janelle Monae, Mavis Staples, Tony Kanal, Nile Rodgers, Herbie Hancock, Tavis Smiley and the Revolution. Close friends friends Sujata Murthy, Ken Erhlich (Longtime Grammy producer), Tracy Jordan and Prince's half-sibling Omarr Baker also attended.
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The final official memorial service/celebration of life was hosted by Tyka Nelson. Held in August 12, 2016, celebrities flew to Minneapolis including Anthony Anderson, Anthony Hamilton, Rosario Dawson, Andre Cymone, Nandy and Mandy, Mayte Garcia, and Maya Rudolph. Judith Hill and Shelby J performed. There were only four speakers chosen: Pastor Billy G. Russell, Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Minneapolis; Sujata Murthy, his friend and confidant for more than 20 years; and Prince's closest friends from childhood, bandmate Andre Cymone and his sister Sylvia Amos, who was responsible for all the stage clothes for Prince, Vanity 6, Revolution and others.
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Change “parent” column to “parents” Add Mattie Della Shaw (mother) 2A00:23C7:C081:301:98C0:953C:20B4:2500 ( talk) 21:04, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
In the fourth paragraph of the "Early Life" section, the second line reads as follows: "His mother remarried to Hayward Baker, with whom she had a son named Omarr; Prince had a fraught relationship with Omarr" ...
Instead, this should read as follows: "Prince had a fraught relationship with Baker" ...
Both of the references cited as sources for this sentence (#29 and #32) refer to the difficult relationship that led to Prince moving between homes in his youth being with his stepfather, not his baby stepbrother.
The following is a bit more of a nuanced suggestion and not about fixing a specific error, so much as it's about clarity and precision, in general, but since I can't edit this page, I'll describe what I'm referring to here and whoever is editing the page can decide if it actually matters enough to bother addressing.
The end of the same paragraph in the "Early Years" section reads: "After a brief period of living with his father, who bought him his first guitar, Prince moved into the basement of his neighbors, the Anderson family, after his father threw him out. He befriended the Andersons' son, Andre, who later collaborated with Prince and became known as André Cymone."
While there is nothing inaccurate in that sentence in the most literal sense, the timeline comes across as sort of muddled by the unusual syntax that mentions Prince's father throwing him out after mentioning Prince moving in with the Andersons. Although, common sense would indicate that the latter event preceded the former, it would read more naturally to mention these events in the same order they occurred. Similarly, Prince moving in with the Andersons is mentioned before it is mentioned that Prince befriended André. Prince and André, who were born less than a month apart, became friends when they were both in 7th grade ( https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/prince-childhood-friend-bassist-andre-cymone-remembrance-7348518/). Based on their birthdays, 7th grade would cover the latter part of 1970 and earlier part of 1971 for both of them. Prince got to know André's parents because of his close friendship with their son over the next two-to-three years, so when Prince was kicked out by his father and needed a place to live (which André says occurred in 1973 or 1974), Andre's parents had known their son's close friend for about three years by then and agreed to take him in.
Also, while the "brief period of time" Prince lived with his father isn't specified further and I suppose "brief" can mean different things to different people, it seems that Prince either stayed with his father longer than most people would think of as a "brief period of time" or else he must have moved back in with his mother and stepfather or stayed elsewhere at some point or points in the early 1970s. André's recollections and the well-organized-and-researched timeline of where Prince lived during his childhood and teen years from this link ( https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2016/09/30/princes-childhood-homes-mndot-research-helps-create-a-timeline) both suggest that there was a gap of at least a year and more likely two-to-three years between Prince clashing with Baker and then going to live with his dad and Prince getting kicked out by his dad (after Prince's dad caught Prince with a girlfriend whom Prince had brought back to their home) and then moving in with André's family. ModernTimez ( talk) 22:13, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
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Why is there not a link to any of the tours. Sure Controversy and Diamonds And Pearls and others have them, but why not the rest? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:481:8600:C540:983E:D5BF:D90C:8E48 ( talk) 00:11, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
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Roger E Nelson (Ñame) Prince 2600:100C:B008:19DC:B57E:3BAF:55DD:641D ( talk) 03:09, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
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The name "Amiir" for Prince’s son was never confirmed by Prince anywhere. It was only identified by his ex-wife AFTER an article came put where Questlove of The Roots mentioned having a conversation with Prince about the meaning of his name, Ahmir, meaning Prince. No one else in the Prince sphere has supported this assertion by the ex-wife. 2600:8805:D285:9300:3068:8EB:E155:BCEE ( talk) 17:47, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
This is the most recent Prince related release, should be mentioned in the "2020-present" section. 195.99.227.0 ( talk) 09:35, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Did Prince actually have Epilepsy? TheGreatestLuvofAll ( chat with me ) 01:12, 21 December 2023 (UTC)