In Memoriam
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Prince Rogers Nelson
7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
'Sometimes I wish that life was never ending
But all good things, they say, never last.'
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The PrinceVault Team is profoundly saddened by the death of Prince. Our thoughts go to his family and friends, but also to each and everyone of you, the anonymous fan, who loved his music and attended his concerts.
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Celebrating
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10/22 July 2025
20Ten, Prince’s 35th studio-album, was released as covermounts with the 10 July 2010 edition of the Het Nieuwsblad(Belgium), de Gentenaar (Belgium), Daily Mirror UK and Daily Record (UK) and on 22 July also with Rolling Stone (Germany) and Courrier International (France). > > > Read More
24 July 2025
US release of Thieves In The Temple, Prince’s first single from Graffiti Bridge. > > > Read More
21 August 2025
US release of Graffiti Bridge, Prince’s twelfth album. > > > Read More
10 September 2025
Uptown, was released in the USA as the lead single of Prince’s third album Dirty Mind. > > > Read More
25 September 2025
Sign O’ The Times (Super) Deluxe Edition, an elaborated remastered re-issue of Prince’s ninth full-length studio album Sign O’ The Times and the ninth posthumous album release overall, was released in 2020. > > > Read More
26 September 2025
Prince’s seventeenth studio album The Gold Experience was released. > > > Read More
8 October 2025
Prince’s third studio album Dirty Mind was released in the USA. > > > Read More
2 November 2025
Graffiti Bridge film opens in US theaters in 1990. > > > Read More
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On This Day
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10 July
Releases
- 1985 – Release of a 7" of Pop Life b/w Hello in the US
- 1990 – Release of the album Pandemonium by The Time
- 2010 - Release of Prince’s album 20Ten with Belgium newspapers Het Nieuwsblad & De Gentenaar and British newspaper The Daily Mirror (sold in a different edition as The Daily Record in Scotland)
Recordings
- 1985 – Neon Telephone (Washington Avenue Warehouse, Edina, MN, USA)
- 1985 – God Is Everywhere (Washington Avenue Warehouse, Edina, MN, USA)
- 1991 – The Juice (Carmen Electra) (Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)
- 1999 – Recording and remix on Waiting Room (No Doubt) (Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)
Concerts
- 1988 – Paris, France: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
- 1990 – London, England: Wembley Arena
- 1992 –
Ghent, Belgium: Flanders Expo (canceled)
- 1992 – Paris, France: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
- 1995 –
Tokyo, Japan: (Nippon) Budokan (日本武道館) (rescheduled to 20 January 1996 / Yokohama Arena (横浜アリーナ)
- 1999 – Chanhassen, MN, USA: Paisley Park Studios (a.m.)
- 2001 –
Portland, ME, USA: Cumberland Country Civic Center (canceled)
- 2010 – Werchter, Belgium: Festival Park
- 2011 – Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Ahoy (North Sea Jazz) (a.m.)
Miscellaneous
Associated Artists
- 1990 – Mavis Staples performs in London, England: Wembley Arena, supporting Prince
9 July ◄ 10 July ► 11 JulyPrince history calendar
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Did You Know?
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From our newest additions:
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- ... that Sign O' The Times was the most added single in both Billboard "Radio Most Added" sections of Hot Black and Hot 100 Singles Actions charts on 7 March 1987?
- ... that Pain is Prince's reworking of a song called Joy And Pain, written by D. Channsin Berry?
- ... that Purple Rain Home Video remained 12 consecutive weeks at position 1 in Billboard Top Videocassette sales chart?
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