Prince was a popular American artist known for his electrifying performances, emotional songwriting, and bold, genre-blending style that fused rock, funk, pop, and soul. Purple Rain conveys the beauty ...

The Beautiful Ones includes a few new musical details sure to delight any Prince fan. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images A photo of a notebook shows an early draft of a track list for Prince’s ...

Prince was a musician who produced too many masterpieces to count. Although he made numerous great albums, Purple Rain might stand as his most important album. The album’s title song stands as one of ...

“Purple Rain” has fascinated listeners for decades now. The sprawling power ballad holds the kind of magic only a handful of artists are able to drum up. It’s endlessly replay-able and a testament to ...

From “Kiss” to “When Doves Cry,” Prince is a legend in the music scene. “Purple Rain” is a certified classic and arguably his best song. However, it was never meant to be the song as we all know it ...

Prince’s “Purple Rain” was commercially overshadowed by another famous 1980s song. “Purple Rain” is so much better than the other hit. Prince is a lot more influential than the pop duo who made the ...

The highly anticipated “Purple Rain” musical will make its world premiere at the State Theatre in Minneapolis for a monthlong ...

After your masterplan succeeds and so many of your dreams come true… then what? That is a question a 26-year-old Prince may well have been asking himself after “Purple Rain” transformed him into a ...

A funny thing happened on the way to writing about this weekend's 35th anniversary of "Purple Rain": Nearly no one on USA TODAY's movie team had seen the 1984 Prince rock musical. Well, that couldn't ...

On July 27, “Purple Rain” turns 35. A product of its era, it’s easy to look back at director Albert Magnoli’s rock & roll melodrama -- not to mention the film’s treatment of women -- and just see a ...