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Vocalist
The Resume
(June 7, 1958-April 21, 2016)
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Recorded the hits '1999,' 'Little Red Corvette' and 'Purple Rain'
Wrote Sinéad O'Connor's hit 'Nothing Compares 2 U'
Wrote Sheena Easton's 'Sugar Walls'
Starred in 'Purple Rain, 'Under the Cherry Moon' and 'Graffiti Bridge'
Birth name is Prince Rogers Nelson
Why he might be annoying
He gets annoyed when he is referred to as 'The Artist, Formerly Known as Prince.'
He wanted to be known as a symbol rather than a name (1993-2000).
The symbol he chose to represent him was O{+> which means Androgyny (June 7, 1973).
He held a press conference to say he was taking back his name Prince, because his record contract ended (May, 2000).
He complained that his record contract was oppressive.
He whines too much.
He is a vegetarian.
He swore off profanity and became a Jehovah Witness (May, 2001).
Divorced his wife of four years, Mayte (2000).
Why he might not be annoying
He discovered many women like Sheila E., Carmen Electra, Apollonia Kotero and Vanity.
He can play over 20 instruments and has inspired many.
He believes that Napster may be helping the music industry.
He is left handed.
His one week old son died of the rare clover leaf skull (November 23, 1996).
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Year In Review:
For 2021, as of last week, Out of 138 Votes: 6.52% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 120 Votes: 42.50% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 115 Votes: 53.04% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 88 Votes: 55.68% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 122 Votes: 56.56% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 455 Votes: 74.29% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 33 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 220 Votes: 61.82% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 76 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 67 Votes: 55.22% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 70 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 185 Votes: 68.65% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 337 Votes: 74.78% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 236 Votes: 36.02% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 380 Votes: 76.05% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 488 Votes: 59.02% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 752 Votes: 66.62% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 750 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1202 Votes: 68.47% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2931 Votes: 67.21% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 171662 Votes: 32.69% Annoying
Featured in the following Annoying Collections:
- 2007 Most Annoying 201-300 (Ranked: 280)
- Allegedly Gay Men
- American Idol 5 - Celebrity Entertainers [2006]
- American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Ranked: 1985)
- American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Ranked: 1985)
- American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single (Ranked: 1985)
- American Music Award of Achievement (Ranked: 1990)
- American Music Award of Merit (Ranked: 1995)
- Annoyatorium's Least Annoying [2016] (Ranked: 4)
- Associated Contents 10 Memorable Classic Music Videos [2007] (Ranked: 5)
- BET's 25 Best Dancers Ever [November 2007] (Ranked: 6)
- BET's Best Lifetime Achievement (Ranked: 2010)
- BET's Best Male R&B Artist of the Year (Ranked: 2006)
- BET's Top 25 Fabulous Freaks [2007] (Ranked: 17)
- Billboard Top Single of the Year (Ranked: 1984)
- Billboard's Top 50 Top Selling CDs [2004] (Ranked: 25)
- Billboard's Top Tours [2004] (Ranked: 2)
- Billy Crystal Impersonations
- Blender Magazine's 100 Best Songs of 2004 [Performers] (Ranked: 100)
- Blender Magazine's 25 Worst Rock-Star Actors of All Time [January/February 2005] (Ranked: 22)
- Blender Magazine's 28 Most Recognizable Guitars (Ranked: 6)
- Blender Magazine's 50 Hottest Rock & Roll Couples of All Time [November 2003] (Ranked: 40)
- Blender Magazine's 50 Rock Geniuses of All Time (Ranked: 27)
- Blender Magazine's 50 Sexiest Artists of All Time (Ranked: 9)
- Blender Magazine's Top 50 Greatest CDs of 2004 [Performers] (Ranked: 26)
- British VH-1's 100 Most Important Men in Music [2002] partial (Ranked: 19)
- Buns of Steel
- Celebrity Minnesota North Star/Wild Fans
- Celebrity Minnesota Timberwolves Fans
- Celebrity Minnesota Viking Fans
- Chris Kattan Impersonations
- Coachella [Headliners] (Ranked: 2008)
- Coachella [Performers] (Ranked: 2008)
- Courtside Seats
- Dave Chappelle's Impersonations
- Donna Spangler's Most Annoying (Ranked: 3)
- E!'s 101 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment [2004] (Ranked: 18)
- E!'s 101 Most Starlicious Makeovers [2004] (Ranked: 45)
- Ebony Magazine's 50 Most Intriguing Blacks [2004]
- Ebony Magazine's 55 Most Intriguing Blacks [2000]
- Eminem References
- Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Albums [1983-2008] (Ranked: 1)
- Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Entertainers of All Time [1997] (Ranked: 60)
- Entertainment Weekly's 101 Most Influential People [1992] (Ranked: 36)
- Entertainment Weekly's 50 Greatest Love Songs [Performer] (Ranked: 23)
- Entertainment Weekly's Covers [2004]
- Entertainment Weekly's Influential List [2004]
- Entertainment Weekly's Top 12 Entertainers of the Year [2004] (Ranked: 10)
- Faith No More Covered My Song
- Falsettos
- Filthy Fifteen (Ranked: 1)
- Foo Fighters Covered My Song
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [2005] (Ranked: 40)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking by Press [2005] (Ranked: 94)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking by Salary [2005] (Ranked: 12)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking by TV [2005] (Ranked: 93)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking by Web Hits [2005] (Ranked: 30)
- Forbes’ Top Earning Dead Celebrities [2018] (Ranked: 9)
- Forbes’ Top Earning Dead Celebrities [2019] (Ranked: 9)
- Forbes’ Top Earning Dead Celebrities [2020] (Ranked: 10)
- Funk Musicians
- Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1985 - Select by Teenagers] (Ranked: 7)
- Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1986 - Select by Teenagers] (Ranked: 7)
- 'Golden Girls' References
- Golden Raspberry: Worst Actor of the Year (Ranked: 1986)
- Golden Raspberry: Worst Director of the Year (Ranked: 1986)
- Google's Top 10 Divorce Searches [2006] (Ranked: 10)
- GQ's Men of the Year [2004]
- Grammy for Best R&B Group (Ranked: 1985)
- Grammy for Best R&B Male (Ranked: 2005)
- Grammy for Best R&B Male (Ranked: 2008)
- Grammy for Best Rock Group (Ranked: 1985)
- Guardian's 22 Best Dressed [2007] (Ranked: 6)
- Guitar World's 100 Most Greatest Guitar Solos (Ranked: 64)
- I am a Jehovah's Witness
- I am a Seventh-Day Adventist
- I am Bar Mitzvah Music
- I Am From Minneapolis
- I am Left Handed - Male [H-P]
- I Covered a Jimi Hendrix' Song
- I Covered Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy'
- I Did Not Graduate High School [N-S]
- I Died in 2016 (Ranked: 57)
- I Have My Own Fragrance
- I Married in 2001
- I Married Outside My Race
- I Outlived My Child
- I Performed at Brixton Academy [London, England]
- I Performed at Budokan Hall [Tokyo, Japan]
- I Performed on American Bandstand [L-Q]
- I Performed on Don Kirshner's 'Rock Concert' (1973-81)
- I Posed Almost Nude on My Album Cover
- I Probably Banged Carmen Electra
- I Probably Banged Madonna
- I Probably Banged Prince
- I Record Music That Sounds Kinda Gay
- I Recorded a Black Album
- I Recorded a Diamond Album
- I Said Fuck on Mainstream TV
- I Separated from My Spouse [2006]
- I Sing About 99
- I Sing About a Sacrifice
- I Sing About a Year (Ranked: 1999)
- I Sing About Balloons
- I Sing About Coffee
- I Sing About Computers
- I Sing About Craziness
- I Sing About Incest
- I Sing About Masturbation
- I Sing About New York
- I Sing About Peaches
- I Squandered My Talent
- I Won an Oscar and a Razzie
- Jimmy Fallon's 'The Bathroom Wall' References
- Kerrang!'s Top 20 Albums of the Year [1984] (Ranked: 2)
- Known By a Single Name
- Little People [5'3 and Shorter] - Male
- Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
- Los Angeles Times' 10 Best TV Moments - Robert Lloyd [2007]
- McDonaldland
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Covered My Song
- Men who Dress like Pimps
- Men With High Voices
- Mercury News Top 10 Songs to Download [2007] (Ranked: 6)
- Motown Turned Me Down
- MTV VMA: Best Dance Video of the Year (Ranked: 1992)
- MTV VMA: Best Male Video of the Year (Ranked: 1988)
- MTV VMA: Best Stage Performance of the Year (Ranked: 1988)
- MTV's 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made (Ranked: 91)
- MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch - Losers [Season 1]
- MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 20 Hottest Men in Music Ever [2005] (Ranked: 14)
- MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 20 Most Outspoken Musicians (Ranked: 6)
- MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 20 Studliest Musicians Over 40 [2007] (Ranked: 17)
- Musicians Who Act
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1984)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1985)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1989)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [2000's] (Ranked: 2006)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [2010's] (Ranked: 2016)
- My Band is Multi-Racial
- My Band, My Name
- My Grammy Night's 25 Fan Favorites [November 30, 2007] (Ranked: 7)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1979)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1980s] (Ranked: 1984)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1980s] (Ranked: 1986)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1980s] (Ranked: 1987)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1980s] (Ranked: 1989)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1990s] (Ranked: 1990)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1990s] (Ranked: 1992)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's Rock Songs Chart [2010's] (Ranked: 2016)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1984)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1986)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1989)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1990's] (Ranked: 1991)
- My Song was Banned on the BBC
- My Song was Covered by Mariah Carey
- My Song was Covered by Tori Amos
- My Song Was Covered on Glee
- My Song was Used to Torture Prisoners
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture (Ranked: 1984)
- Nerve's 50 Sexiest Music Videos of All Time [2007] (Ranked: 22)
- Nerve's 50 Sexiest Music Videos of All Time [2007] (Ranked: 3)
- New Musical Express' Greatest Albums of the 1980's (Ranked: 4)
- New Musical Express' Greatest Albums of the 1980's (Ranked: 19)
- New Musical Express' Top 100 Albums of All Time [1988] (Ranked: 46)
- New Musical Express' Top 100 Albums of All Time [1988] (Ranked: 67)
- New Musical Express' Top 100 Albums of All Time [1993] (Ranked: 16)
- New Musical Express' Top 100 Albums of All Time [2006] (Ranked: 65)
- New Musical Express' Top Albums [1983] (Ranked: 28)
- New Musical Express' Top Albums [1984] (Ranked: 8)
- New Musical Express' Top Albums [1986] (Ranked: 1)
- New Musical Express' Top Albums [1987] (Ranked: 2)
- New Musical Express' Top Albums [1988] (Ranked: 7)
- New Musical Express' Top Albums [1989] (Ranked: 38)
- New Musical Express' Top Albums [1990] (Ranked: 30)
- New Musical Express' Top Albums [1991] (Ranked: 33)
- New Musical Express' Top Albums [1992] (Ranked: 18)
- New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1983] (Ranked: 11)
- New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1983] (Ranked: 38)
- New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1984] (Ranked: 9)
- New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1985] (Ranked: 40)
- New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1986] (Ranked: 1)
- New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1987] (Ranked: 1)
- New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1987] (Ranked: 15)
- New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1988] (Ranked: 3)
- New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1991] (Ranked: 32)
- New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1991] (Ranked: 34)
- Observer's 50 Albums That Changed Music [July 16, 2006] (Ranked: 28)
- Oops, I Recorded a Disco Song
- Paste Magazine's 100 Best Albums [2007] (Ranked: 61)
- Paste Magazine's 100 Best Living Songwriters [2006] (Ranked: 10)
- Paula Abdul Choreographed My Video
- People Magazine's Worst Dressed [1994]
- PeTA's Sexiest Male Vegetarian of the Year (Ranked: 2006)
- PeTA's Sexy Male Vegetarians of 2008
- Phil LaMarr's Mad TV Impersonations
- Pitchfork Media's 20 Worst Album Covers of 2007 [Performers]
- Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1980's (Ranked: 12)
- Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1980's (Ranked: 45)
- Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1980's (Ranked: 87)
- Pizza, Well Done [Black Italians]
- Pollstar's Top Grossing Tours of the Year (Ranked: 2004)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1997] (Ranked: 8)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2002] (Ranked: 64)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2004] (Ranked: 1)
- Pretty Boys
- Prince's Proteges
- Profiles 1-250 (Ranked: 199)
- Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (Ranked: 37)
- Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Musical Stars of the 20th Century (Ranked: 67)
- Q Magazine's 100 Songs that Changed the World [Artists] (Ranked: 68)
- Recluses
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 2004)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums from the Last Twenty Years [1967-1987] (Ranked: 20)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums from the Last Twenty Years [1967-1987] (Ranked: 39)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums of the '80s (Ranked: 2)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums of the '80s (Ranked: 16)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums of the '80s (Ranked: 18)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums of the '80s (Ranked: 74)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists (Ranked: 28)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time (Ranked: 19)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of the Rock Era [2008] (Ranked: 30)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters (Ranked: 18)
- Rolling Stone's 40 Songs That Changed the World (Ranked: 30)
- Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Portraits
- Rolling Stone's 50 Richest Rockers [2004] (Ranked: 1)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 101-200 [2020] (Ranked: 130)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 101-200 [Performers] (Ranked: 163)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 1-100 [2020] (Ranked: 8)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 1-100 [2020] (Ranked: 45)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 1-100 [Performers] (Ranked: 72)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 1-100 [Performers] (Ranked: 93)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 201-300 [Performers] (Ranked: 204)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 301-400 [2020] (Ranked: 326)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 101-200 [Performers] (Ranked: 108)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 101-200 [Performers] (Ranked: 143)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 1-100 [Performers] (Ranked: 52)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 201-300 [Performers] (Ranked: 212)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 201-300 [Performers] (Ranked: 299)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 401-500 [Performers] (Ranked: 461)
- Rolling Stone's Rebel Hall of Fame [2006]
- Rolling Stone's Top 10 Passive-Aggresive Moments in Rock [April 2, 2009]
- Rolling Stone's Top 20 Live Bands (Ranked: 15)
- Rolling Stone's Top 40 Albums of 2014 (Ranked: 34)
- Rolling Stone's Top 40 Singles of 2014 (Ranked: 28)
- Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records of 2004
- Rotten Tomato's Top 5 Worst Musician Actors (Ranked: 2)
- Salon's 19 Greatest Double-Entendre Songs
- Satirized on the Simpsons
- Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [1980-84] (Ranked: 1980)
- Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [2000-05] (Ranked: 2005)
- Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [2011-15] (Ranked: 2014)
- Soul Train's Quincy Jones Award (Ranked: 1992)
- Soul Train's Quincy Jones Award (Ranked: 2000)
- Spike Lee Joints
- Spin's 100 Greatest Albums of 1985-2005 [Performers] (Ranked: 8)
- Spin's 40 Best Albums of 2004 [Performers] (Ranked: 18)
- Spin's 40 Best Albums of 2007 [Performers] (Ranked: 12)
- Spin's 50 Greatest Frontmen of All Time [2004] (Ranked: 1)
- Super Bowl Half Time Entertainers (Ranked: 2007)
- Supersized Egos
- Teetotalers
- The Book of Rock Lists' 25 Worst Career Moves (Ranked: 15)
- Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2010 [May 2010]
- Time Magazine's All-Time Top Male Divas [2010]
- Top Box Office Stars of 1984 (Ranked: 8)
- UK Telegraph's 50 Songs To Make You Dance [June 27, 2008] (Ranked: 32)
- USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2004] (Ranked: 54)
- Vegans
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Artists [2010] (Ranked: 7)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock (Ranked: 18)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs [Performers] (Ranked: 66)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Love Songs [Performers] (Ranked: 47)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments (Ranked: 51)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Shocking Moments in Rock 'n Roll (Ranked: 23)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years [Performers, 2004] (Ranked: 7)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years [Performers, 2004] (Ranked: 23)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's (Ranked: 75)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's (Ranked: 83)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's (Ranked: 5)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs That Never Reached #1 [Performers, 2004] (Ranked: 67)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Videos (Ranked: 17)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Videos (Ranked: 81)
- VH-1's 100 Sexiest Artists (Ranked: 5)
- VH-1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons [101-200] (Ranked: 137)
- VH-1's 25 Greatest Videos to Get Busy to (Ranked: 5)
- VH-1's 50 Greatest Album Covers [Performers, 2004] (Ranked: 18)
- VH-1's 50 Sexiest Video Moments (Ranked: 22)
- VH-1's Greatest Songs of the 90's (Ranked: 97)
- Village Voice Pazz and Jop Critics Poll Album of the Year (Ranked: 1987)
- Village Voice Pazz and Jop Critics Poll Single of the Year (Ranked: 1984)
- Village Voice Pazz and Jop Critics Poll Single of the Year (Ranked: 1987)
- Vocalists Who Sing Anti-War Songs
- We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20160421)
- We Got Married on New Year's Eve [December 31st] (Ranked: 2001)
- We Got Married on Valentine's Day [February 14th] (Ranked: 1996)
- Weird Al Yankovic References
- Weird Al Yankovic's Fake Interviews
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