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==2014==
*...that the "Instrumental" track released on [[NPG Music Club]] Edition #6 was essentially an instrumental re-recording of [[The Holy River]]?
*...that [[Home_Video:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain Home Video]] remained 12 consecutive weeks at position 1 in Billboard Top Videocassette sales chart?
*...that Sharon McCormack designed the hologram for the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album cover?
*...that graphic designer Jay Vigon adapted the "Prince Purple Rain" logotype that was originally commissionned by Warner Bros for the movie for the [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album cover ?
*...that Wal-Mart refused to carry [[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]] album in their 1,100 stores across the USA because of [[Prince]]’s "provocative pose" on the cover that they thought was "too hot to handle"?

==2013==
*...that [[Prince]] borrowed  a keyboard from Pierre Lewis (of The Lewis Connection) and used it to record [[Soft And Wet]]?
*...that [[Chris Moon]] has described [[Aces]] as experimental in nature, lasting around 7 minutes long, with Mediterranean and Indian sections?
*...that Warner Bros. Records claimed first-day sales of 1.3 million copies for [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album, a fact backed-up by retailers meeting out of the norm demands, and getting out of stock within 3 days after the album release?

==2012==
*... that [[Rock And Roll Love Affair]] entered the [[Billboard_Adult_Contemporary_Chart|Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart]] (No. 22 - 6 October, 2012) for the first time since [[Single: The Most Beautiful Girl In The World|The Most Beautiful Girl In The World]] reached No. 25 in 1994?
*...that when [[Single: 1999|1999]] single was re-released in 1983, more than 150 Pop Radio Stations in the USA were reporting playing the record, compared to around 50 when the single was first released in fall 1982?
*...that at time [[Album: 1999|1999]] album went platinum, it was the third double-pocket album released in the 80’s decade to top the million sales mark, following Bruce Springsteen’s The River and Dan Fogelberg’s The Innocent Age?
*... that Granada television (UK) and RAI Network (Italy) negociated a $2 million deal for the live transmission of [[Lovesexy Tour]]’s final european date in Dortmund, Westfallenhalle on [[Home_Video:_Lovesexy_Live|9 September, 1988]]?
*...that Warner sued US radio KIIS-L.A. for playing [[Single: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] earlier than the scheduled airplay date?
*...that [[Single: Batdance|Batdance]] single rotation on US radios started  [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_1|1 June 1989]]?
*...that Sheena Easton wrote the lyrics of [[The Arms Of Orion]] because she loved the concept of two lovers apart, looking up at the same stars and wishing they could be together?
*...that [[My Medallion]]’s music is largely based upon Eric Burdon / War’s 1970 song "Spill The Wine"?
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