(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.

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Purple Rain," arguably one of Prince's most iconic songs, has re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart more than four decades after ...

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 ...