(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 ...

Prince earns his first hit on four Billboard charts nearly a decade after his death after "Purple Rain" was featured in the ...

“Purple Rain,” the movie, is an odd one. Fronted by a first-time actor and marred by misogyny and violence, it ultimately succeeds thanks to one of the greatest rock music soundtracks in history.

The streaming numbers for two iconic Prince songs have skyrocketed thanks to their placement in the season finale of Netflix's Stranger Things. According to new Spotify data, "Purple Rain" has seen a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prince’s Spotify streams doubled after the ‘Stranger Things’ finale Shortly after the Stranger Things finale debuted on Netflix on ...

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 ...

Prince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince, was one of the most prolific songwriters in the music business. His uncanny sense of melody, distinctive voice and production techniques consistently ...

*Securing iconic music for television is famously difficult, but the appearance of Prince‘s “When Doves Cry” and “Purple Rain” in the “Stranger Things” finale represented a uniquely complex challenge.

“Stranger Things” pulled off a thrilling ending by using two Prince songs in the final episode of the beloved Netflix series. Creators Matt and Ross Duffer secured the rights to “Purple Rain” and When ...

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