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Batman is the eleventh studio album by American recording artist Prince and the soundtrack album to the 1989 film Batman.It was released on June 20, 1989, by Warner Bros. Records.
Prince was a prolific musician who released 39 albums during his life, with a vast array of unreleased material left in a custom-built bank vault underneath his home after his death, including fully completed albums and over 50 finished music videos.
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016), known mononymously as Prince, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.Regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation; [7] he was known for his flamboyant, androgynous persona, [8] [9] wide vocal range, which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams, as well as and his skill as a multi ...
It also was the soundtrack album to the 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon, directed by and starring Prince. It was released on March 31, 1986 by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records . Parade eschews the guitar and rock elements of Prince's 1984 album Purple Rain in favor of the psychedelic pop style he explored on Around the World in a ...
Prince's penultimate album, Hit n Run Phase One, was released on CD and for download on September 14, 2015. His final album, Hit n Run Phase Two , was meant as a continuation of this, and was released on Tidal for streaming and download on December 12, 2015. [ 10 ]
Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by the American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince.It was released on June 25, 1984, by Warner Bros. Records as the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name.
According to music journalist Touré, the album is Prince's foray into soul more than anything, [22] while writer and composer Paul Grimstad deemed the record an example of avant-pop. [23] Prince's use of the drum machine throughout the album is an example of "authentic rock music [made] with computers", Yuzima Philip writes in Observer. [24]
1999 was Prince's first top 10 album on the Billboard 200, charting at number nine upon release, and was fifth in the Billboard Year-End Albums of 1983. "1999", a protest against nuclear proliferation, was a Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hit, peaking at number 12. It has since become one of Prince's most recognizable compositions.