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Prince
Musician; multi-instrumentalist who defied every genre boundary
The one-man orchestra who made Minneapolis the centre of the musical universe.
The rise
Born Prince Rogers Nelson on 7 June 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he signed with Warner Bros. at nineteen and played every instrument on his debut album. By 'Purple Rain' in 1984 he had fused funk, rock, pop, R&B and new wave into a sound that belonged to no category but his own.