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On this day 32 years ago, Prince’s “Purple Rain” became the #1 album, and stayed there for 24 weeks. Purple Rain was the sixth studio album by his “Royal Badness”, and the first to feature his band The Revolution.
The album went on to win two Grammy Awards, for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Special, and the album was nominated for Album of the Year. In 2013, it was added to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry list of sound recordings.
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