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Prince

Music style: Pop/Rock (pop rock), Funk (funk music), Urban (city music)

Prince (Prince) all Named Prince Rogers

Nelson was born in early June 1958 in a family of jazz musicians in Minnesota, USA. Singing and playing piano were a good way for him to escape from family disharmony. In 1976, Prince moved to New York and organized the band "Champagne" to sing in nightclubs, laying the foundation for his future music career. In 1978, Warner Records released his first album "For You". At the same time, the single "Soft And Wet" achieved good results on the R&B chart, and soon "Controversy", "Prince" and " 1999" gradually established his own image in the music scene. Prince's final triumph was 1984's "Purple Rain." This is a semi-autobiographical film that tells the story of a child from the ghetto who achieved success through his own efforts. As soon as the music album of the same name was released, it immediately became a smash hit in the United States. In the song "When Doves Cry", the weird rhythm and drunken voice created a new music style and became a hit in 1984. Best Track, and earned Prince the 27th Grammy Award for Best Rock Group and the Academy Award for Best Film Song. This made him a superstar and reached the pinnacle of his personal singing career. In 1988, Prince held a grand concert titled "Sex Hobbies", which showed modern people's concept of sex from a unique perspective of rock music. In 1989, P-rince's theme song "Bat Dance" for the movie "Batman" broke into the top of the charts and achieved extraordinary results. And his latest single "Seven" has entered the top three of Bi-llboard AT40. Prince is also the first musician in the pop music world to have 10 major works for 11 consecutive years. Prince, a giant in the music industry who rivals Michael Jackson, has achieved great artistic and commercial success with his superhuman musical talent.

Prince is definitely the most dazzling of the few versatile pop musicians who have emerged in the world of pop music since the 1980s. Throughout the 1980s, Prince was the most famous pop musician along with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. Prince is a truly versatile artist, a true musical genius, and an all-round musical talent. He is proficient in playing guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, and can also use many other popular instruments. Some people say that he can become a band by himself. The band, in the studio, he can complete the recording of an entire album by himself. In addition, Prince's versatility is also reflected in his grasp of different Chinese music styles. He has successively integrated funk music, folk music, pop music, dance music, rock music, and even hard rock music, and almost all of these works are unique. Exceptionally, it has received high praise from all walks of life. In addition, Prince has excellent composition and singing abilities. Most of the music works he performed were composed by him himself. He also often composed singles for many other famous pop stars. Prince's ability to use his body to perform Together with Michael Jackson, he has become a peak that is extremely difficult for young musicians to surpass. Prince's physical expressiveness and richness of movements are difficult for even Michael Jackson to match.

Prince is not only a versatile musician, but also a prolific musician, and his experimental courage and ability to combine works of various musical styles are even more unique among his contemporaries after the 1980s. Among musicians there is no one like him. Since the release of his first album "For You" in 1978, although he has been frequently participating in various tours, Prince has devoted most of his time to the recording studio. Basically, Prince has a new album released every year. In addition, he has also composed and recorded a large number of music works that have not been released or have been screened out. These albums of Prince are by no means shoddy works. In these works, people can feel Prince's talent and changes in musical style.

From Prince's music works, people can more clearly appreciate the diversity of music, redefining the boundaries of various music types. Prince had a great influence on the development of pop music and rock music and held an extremely important position. Among different music styles, Prince's ability to blend different styles of music is unmatched by almost all musicians of his generation. Sometimes he blends two completely incommensurable music styles together. Although it is not successful, it still works. This means that it is almost certain that no one can do it better than Prince. What is amazing is that among Prince's works, there are very few works that are truly musical failures. Most of his works are very successful musically.

On June 7, 1958, Prince was born in a musical family in Minneapolis, a major town in Minnesota, USA. His original name was Prince Rogers Nelson. His father, John Nelson, was the piano player in a band called the Prince Roger Trio, from which Prince got his name. However, Prince's family soon broke up, and Prince soon escaped from his mother and stepfather, and returned to his biological father, John Nelson. His father later bought Prince his first guitar, but soon afterwards, Prince was adopted by the Anderson family. Here, the young Prince became best friends with Andre Anderson, the later black singer. Andre Cymone. At the Anderson house, Prince began to play the piano in addition to the guitar and tried to compose his own songs.

When he was in junior high school, Prince formed his first band, Grand Central. The Grand Central band was composed of Prince, Andre Anderson, and Andre Anderson's cousin Charles Smith. After entering high school, Prince's Grand Central band changed its name to Champagne, and Prince invited members of the original band to join the new band. In high school, Prince's music development began to get on the right track. He began to hold performances in some places, and gradually improved and gained some fame.