(ThyBlackMan.com) When most people think of Prince, their minds immediately go to the global hits—”Purple Rain,” “When Doves Cry,” “1999,” and “Kiss.” And fair enough—those songs helped shape pop ...

Phases One and Two — debut on the U.K.'s Official Vinyl Albums chart, earning Prince two new bestsellers in the country.

Known for songs dripping with sensuality, Prince achieved PG success with this innocent crowd-pleaser 40 years ago ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Prince’s “Purple Rain” is one of the most successful songs of all ...

The incomparable Pattie LaBelle was quite a fan of Prince, and vice versa. In the late 1980s, she needed a bit of help scoring another hit, and she contacted Prince ...

Prince wrote “When Doves Cry” and released it on May 16, 1984, as the lead single from Purple Rain. Just days after the album, which served as a soundtrack to the film of the same name, hit record ...

Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten ; Robert Irwin and Witney Carson. The night will kick off with an opening dance performed to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy." Then, each couple will perform two routines to ...