The WIPlist

Estadísticas

Noticias

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  4/7/2006

  Abruptly shuts down his official NPGMC website to the dismay of his fans.

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  12/6/2006

  Receives Webby Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his "visionary" use of the Internet.

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  0/0/2005

  Tops Roling Stone magazine's 2004 top money makers with estimated net earnings of US$ 56.5 million.

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  20/4/2004

  Releases album Musicology, 2 songs of which win 2 Grammy awards.

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  8/2/2004

  Comes out of obscurity by appearing at the Grammy awards with Beyoncé Knowles.

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  27/7/1984

  Film Purple Rain is released, a semi-autobiographical movie, grossing over US$ 80 million.

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  25/6/1984

  Releases 6th album, Purple Rain, spending #1 at Billboard 200 for 24 consecutive weeks, selling over 13 million copies in US. Wins 3 Grammy awards for the album. Wins Academy Award for Original Music Score for the title song.

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  26/1/1980

  Performs his 2 R&B hits, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?? and I Wanna Be Your Lover on the TV show, American Bandstand.

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  7/4/1978

  Releases debut album, For You at age 20.