Prince's "Mellow" was made available as a free download for a limited time to America Online members January 14, 2002. "Mellow" is the seventh track on Prince’s 24th album, "The Rainbow Children," marking his first album after returning to the name Prince. On January 14, 2002, the track was made available as a free download for AOL members on AOL.com. In 2002, a live version appeared as the fifth track on the first disc of Prince’s inaugural live album, "One Nite Alone... Liv

A Prince Purple Double NME Push Published in the UK on January 12, 1985, New Musical Express’s one-page advert “By Public Demand” promoted Prince’s double A-side reissue single “1999”/“Little Red Corvette” — capitalising on Purple Rain mania. The bold ad declared the classic tracks back on vinyl, driving renewed demand for Prince’s early hits. Advert Overview Publication Details Magazine: New Musical Express (UK). Date: January 12, 1985. Format: One-page single reissue advert

MonoNeon’s "Ruff Enuff" , an instrumental track produced by Prince on keyboards, was released as a digital download on January 11, 2016, four and a half days after recording, as Tidal’s Purple Pick of the Week. The following day, it was replaced with a vocal version featuring lead vocals on vocoder by Adrian Crutchfield, largely improvised with no writing credits. Initial tracking occurred in October 2015, likely with lyrics, as Prince performed the song during a few shows at

The Artist opens up – what happened to Prince and the fight for freedom! interview by Stefan Picker-Dressel in Hamburger Abendblatt, January 8, 2000 The artist, whom everyone still calls Prince, was downright famous for constantly changing pseudonyms, symbols and partners. In the meantime, he is called The Artist and sees his story as a self-liberation from the golden cage of the record multinationals. In an interview, he tells us what became of Prince and why. The artist, wh