Prince Nelson

Prince Nelson was an American singer and record producer. 

Early Accomplishments

After working for the band 94 East in 1975, Prince began recording his own demo's the following year and got signed by Warner’s Bros.  

Best Known For

Prince received the most recognition for his album Purple Rain which won him 2 Grammy awards in 1985. 

Sexual Orientation

Prince is straight. He was married twice and had a divorce both times. His first wife was the dancer Mayte Garcia who had been in a relationship with for four years prior to their wedding. Prince eventually got married to Mayte on the Valentine of 1996 but their marriage, unfortunately, lived for just 4 years after they lost a child. A year after his divorce in 2000, he got married to Manuela Testolini and they got divorced in 2006.   

Religious Belief

Prince is a Christian. While growing up, he was raised under the Seventh Day Adventist denomination and later in life he converted and became a Jehovah's Witness. Right from his childhood, he always believed in God and had a sense of spirituality even though his music said otherwise. He strongly believed that God healed him from the epileptic disease he was born with. In his later life, he became more devout as his faith grew stronger and began preaching his faith door to door. (Source: edition.cnn.com, 25/04/2016)   

Worth to Know

Prince's middle name was Rogers. 

On the 21st of April 2016, Prince lost his life at the age of 57 to an overdose of the pain medication, fentanyl. 

6 months after his death, his fans had a 3-day opportunity to tour around his home. (Source: edition.cnn.com, 18/04/2017)