WATCH: The One Prince Quote To Remember Inspires Us To Stay True To Ourselves.. R.I.P PRINCE.. Prince, a prolific multi-instrumentalist and virtuosic performer, was found dead at his home and recording studio in Minnesota early on Thursday, Deputies are on scene at Paisley Park in Chanhassen conducting a death investigation currently, authorities said. No further details were immediately available and the cause of death is not being released at this time. The Carver County Sheriff's Officer said over social media that the department is "investigating the circumstances of [Prince’s] death.” "I'm blown away and may he rest in peace. Music has lost one of its greatest icons," Charlie Murphy, a close friend of the artist, told THR. The performer was born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minn. He released his debut album, For You, in 1978, followed by Prince (1979), Dirty Mind (1980) and Controversy (1981). All of them traded in his trademark sound — deep synth funk grooves with provocatively sexual lyrics and heart-piercing ballads sung in pure falsetto. His mainstream breakthrough came with back-to-back albums with his backing band the Revolution: In 1982, 1999 launched several pop and dance floor hits onto the charts, including "Little Red Corvette" and the title song, a post-apocalyptic party anthem. Two years later he released the album — a soundtrack, actually, to his movie-starring debut — that would launch him into the same superstar stratosphere of other 1980s pop titans like Michael Jackson and Madonna. READ MORE Prince Discovery Vanity Dies at 57 Prince Found Dead: Singer and Pop Icon Was 57 World renowned pop artist Prince has died at age 57. ... Prince was extremely private and when he did give an interview, he often made Legendary Artist Prince Found Dead at 57 Publicist: Pop star Prince, 57, dies at home Grammy-winning pop musician Prince has died Prince Was Asked if There Was Anything He Couldn't Do. Here's His Prince, legendary musician, dies at 57 That time our music reporter interviewed Prince by fax Getting Prince for an interview wasn't easy, but Province music writer Stuart ... Prince, formerly known as The Artist Formerly Prince, legendary music artist whose influence spanned 4 decades Prince only put one song on Spotify gossips about sex tapes were rejected - fuckers, fuck u haters.. prince is true hero - fans commented, fucking insane, i still cant believe whatsapp mourns The One Prince Quote To Remember Inspires Us To Stay True To ... Prince in Toronto in 1996: 'This is one of my best moments' 8-8-1997: With new records and a new tour, Prince makes another The soundtrack was 1984's Purple Rain, a searing musical backdrop to a semi-autobiographical tale of "the Kid," a Minneapolis rocker from an abusive family. The album launched five singles, two of which — "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" — went to No. 1 on the Billboard chart. The title ballad reached No. 2 and has gone on to become one of the most recognizable rock anthems in history. The soundtrack itself is frequently cited on music critics' polls as being one of the best of all time, and Prince won an Oscar for original score in 1985. Subsequent releases grew more experimental in nature, including the psychedelic Around the World in a Day (1985) and Sign "O" the Times (1987), a double album recorded partly before a live audience in Paris that dispensed with the Revolution and which is widely considered to have been produced at Prince's creative peak. (Among the compositions on it are "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker," "If I Was Your Girlfriend," and "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man.") In between he starred in one more film, 1986's Under the Cherry Moon, in which he played a gigolo wooing Kristin Scott Thomas in the south of France. The movie bombed, but produced a successful soundtrack album: Parade, which featured the hits "Kiss" and "Mountains."

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