The discography includes the official websites, detailing every audio download ever released by Prince, most notably from his pioneering NPG Music Club, see every official download from all his websites. Step back in time through the complete Prince discography with trivia and full track listings for every officially released album, single and audio download. Learn about Paisley Park Studios and every key studio he recorded his iconic songs throughout his career, plus his fabled Vault. Discover Prince’s humble beginnings, meteoric rise, independent years and his surprise 2004 commercial comeback and subsequent successes. “After one meeting, it was obvious that Jay Z and the team he has assembled at Tidal recognize and applaud the effort that real musicians put in2 their craft 2 achieve the very best they can at this pivotal time in the music industry,” Prince said in a statement last August, announcing a new album, “HitNRun Phase One,” as a Tidal exclusive.Who was Prince? Read about his music, contractual strife and legendary career, in Goldie’s three-part Prince biography, including that infamous feud with Warner Brothers that led to his name change to Prince love symbol in 1993. Prince, who maintained tight control of his catalog, withdrew almost all of his music from streaming services last year, but kept his catalog on Tidal, the service bought by Jay Z early in 2015 and presented as an artist-friendly platform. label, like “Crystal Ball” and “The Rainbow Children,” many of which got negative reviews from critics at the time.

(The album was a heavily trafficked bootleg before coming out officially seven years later.) Also included are live releases and albums from the 1990s and early 2000s, after he left the Warner Bros. The collection includes “The Black Album,” which Prince canceled just before its planned release in 1987. The streaming service Tidal added more than 15 Prince albums to its catalog early Tuesday, on what would have been his 58th birthday.

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