Music legend Prince Rogers Nelson died

Pop music superstar Prince Rogers Nelson, popularly known as Prince, died on 21 April 2016. He was 57. 
• Prince was born in Minneapolis and started his music career in the late 1970s with the hits Wanna Be Your Lover and soared over the following decade with the albums as 1999 and Purple Rain. 
• He also became songwriter, a singer, producer, one-man studio band and a consummate showman.  
• Some of his hits were Little Red Corvette, When Doves Cry, Let’s Go Crazy, Kiss and The Most Beautiful Girl in the World.
• He also pioneered the famous song The Minneapolis sound.
• Through his career, Prince recorded more than 30 albums and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. 
• He won seven Grammy Awards and earned 30 nominations.
• He also won an Oscar for the song score Purple Rain, a film in which he was also starred.