2024 marks the 40th anniversary of Purple Rain, Prince’s endlessly iconic sixth album and quasi-autobiographical music film. To celebrate this landmark for a project that is often hailed as one of the ...

In "Prince and Purple Rain: 40 Years," Andrea Swensson, a Minneapolis-based journalist and host/co-producer of the Official Prince Podcast, takes a deep dive into the legendary musician’s most famous ...

Forty years ago this summer, Prince scored his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. Purple Rain, the soundtrack to his hugely successful film, also earned him a couple of Grammy Awards and an Oscar ...

A maximalist magnum opus that’s sold 25 million copies and counting, Purple Rain catapulted Prince into the immortal pop pantheon with its audacious blend of machine-tooled sex-funk, heavy metal ...

There's really only one thing to do at this point, and that's to read, watch and listen to everything we can access from the legendary star. (We recommend renting Purple Rain, revisiting Touré's ...

Prince on the custom motorcycle featured in Purple Rain. Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince's genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a ...