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That statement doesn't seem right now in 2024, but back in 2016, most people were saying that he was one of the greatest. Looking forward sources though.84.54.70.120 (talk) 14:13, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, no. The problem with "history" is that it is several thousand years in length, but Prince was only famous as a great musician for 36 years of it. Binksternet (talk) 04:21, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Simultaneously is spelled wrong in the second paragraph of the intro.
" In 1984, Prince became the first singer to simultaenously have a number-one film, album and single in the US, with the film Purple Rain, its soundtrack and his first Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping single "When Doves Cry"." Vikit74571 (talk) 14:31, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
level-4 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Fixed Thank you, - FlightTime (open channel) 15:57, 10 March 2025 (UTC)