Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

  has worked with dozens of musicians and performers over his career and has given songs to a diverse array of artists. However, this list of protégés and associates include only those to whom Prince contributed a significant portion of material, or who are current/former bandmates, well-known for their association with Prince.> Former or present band members notes Associated acts notes 94 East

94 East

94 East was a Minneapolis-based funk group formed in December 1975 by Pepe Willie, the former husband of Prince's cousin. Willie was one of the people responsible for getting Prince's career up and running, and soon enlisted the talents of a young Prince and his childhood best friend, André Cymone....

• Prince was a guitarist
  Guitarist
  A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
  
   for this band in the mid-1970s

Apollonia 6

Apollonia 6

Apollonia 6 was a 1980s female singing trio created by Prince as a continuation/succession of a previous group, Vanity 6.-Formation and Purple Rain:...

• Side project girl-group from 1984
• Prince wrote and produced their self-titled album
  Apollonia 6 (album)
  Apollonia 6 is the only studio album released by R&B vocal trio and Prince-protégés Apollonia 6.The album was initially to be the second release by the Prince-formed group Vanity 6, but when lead singer Vanity departed Prince's camp, the musician hired Patricia Kotero and named her "Apollonia",...
  
  Michael Bland
  Michael Bland
  Michael Bland is best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for 7 years....
  
  
• New Power Generation
  New Power Generation
  The New Power Generation, also known as The NPG, is the current backing group of musician Prince.-History:The phrase "Welcome to the New Power Generation" was mentioned on the opening track of 1988's Lovesexy...
  
   drummer from 1989–1996
• Provided drumming for the title track of 3121
  3121 (album)
  3121 is the thirty-first studio album by Prince. The album, released March 21, 2006 in the U.S., is distributed through Universal Records.-Album information:...
  
  and Planet Earth
  Planet Earth (album)
  Planet Earth is the twenty-fifth studio album by American musician Prince, first released July 15, 2007 in the UK as a free covermount with The Mail on Sunday national newspaper. This was followed by the album's worldwide distribution...
  
  Brownmark
  Brownmark
  Mark Brown , better known by the stage name Brown Mark, also styled Brownmark and BrownMark, is an American musician and record producer.-Biography:...
  
  
• Bassist
  Bassist
  A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
  
   for the Revolution
  The Revolution (band)
  The Revolution was an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979 by Prince. Although widely associated with rock music, the band's sound incorporated heavy metal, pop, funk, R&B and hard rock elements. Before their official break-up, The Revolution had released one studio album,...
  
   from 1981–1986
• Prince produced two songs on his solo albums

Tevin Campbell

Tevin Campbell

Tevin Jermod Campbell is an American R&B singer-songwriter and actor. He scored a string of R&B chart hits as a teenager in the early to mid-1990s.-Music career:...

• Tevin performed "Round and Round
  Round and Round (Tevin Campbell song)
  "Round and Round" is the Prince-produced first single from R&B Singer Tevin Campbell's debut album T.E.V.I.N. This is Tevin's first solo single as he was featured in "Tomorrow " alongside music legend Quincy Jones. The song is featured on the Graffiti Bridge soundtrack as well...
  
  " on Graffiti Bridge
  Graffiti Bridge (album)
  Graffiti Bridge is the twelfth studio album by Prince and the soundtrack to the 1990 film Graffiti Bridge.The album was much better received in sales than the film, reaching #6 in the US and #1 in the UK. Nearly every song on the record was written by Prince despite the handful of artists...
  
  and provided vocals on other tracks
• Prince wrote and produced several songs for Campbell's 1993 solo album, I'm Ready Andre Cymone
  André Cymone
  André Cymone is an American bassist, songwriter and record producer. Cymone was a bass guitarist for recording artist Prince's touring band, pre-Revolution. Cymone began a solo career in 1981. His song, "The Dance Electric" , reached number ten on the R&B charts...
  
  
• Bassist for backing band from 1979–1980
• Prince wrote and produced "The Dance Electric" for his 1985 album AC Ingrid Chavez
  Ingrid Chavez
  Ingrid Julia Chavez is a Mexican-American poet, vocalist, songwriter and photographer.-Personal life:Chavez was born January 21, 1965 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, and raised in Marietta, Georgia...
  
  
• She provided vocals on several of Prince's albums and acted in Graffiti Bridge
  Graffiti Bridge (film)
  Graffiti Bridge is a 1990 drama/musical written, directed, and starring Prince. It is a sequel to his first film, Purple Rain, though notorious for its relatively low quality and poor performance at the box-office...
  
  
• Prince produced a 1991 album for her, which included five songs he co-wrote. Morris Day
  Morris Day
  Morris E. Day is an American musician and composer. He is best known as the lead singer of The Time.-1970s and 1980s:...
  
  
• Day was in a high school band with Prince and Andre Cymone
• He later became lead singer in The Time, rumored as a favor for letting Prince have credit for the song "Partyup". Margie Cox
  Margie Cox
  Margaret "Margie" Cox, also known as Ta Mara, is an American singer. She is best known as the lead singer of Minneapolis sound band Ta Mara and the Seen, and for her work with Prince.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• A long-time associate, contributing to various projects for Prince and associated artists Dez Dickerson
  Dez Dickerson
  Dez Dickerson is an American guitarist and singer who was a member of Prince's former band, The Revolution.-Biography:...
  
  
• Guitarist for the Revolution from 1979–1983
• Dickerson was the Vice President of A&R with the CCM label Starsong Communications
• founded his own label, Absolute Records, a Christian-rock record company Sheena Easton
  Sheena Easton
  Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
  
  
• Prince contributed several songs for her on albums over the years, including the Top 10 hit "Sugar Walls
  Sugar Walls
  "Sugar Walls" is the second single from Sheena Easton's 1984 album A Private Heaven that spent 9 weeks on the pop chart.A top ten hit in the United States on both the pop and R&B charts, the song was composed by Prince, utilizing the pseudonym "Alexander Nevermind"...
  
  ", and "101
  101 (song)
  "101" is a 1989 song written by Prince for Sheena Easton. The song appeared on Easton's album The Lover in Me.-Charts:...
  
  "
• She duetted with Prince on the songs "U Got the Look
  U Got the Look
  "U Got the Look" is a song by Prince. It opens the second disc of Prince's 1987 double album Sign “☮” the Times, and became the album's highest charting single. Musically, the song is standard 12-bar blues number with emphasis on live drumming by Sheila E., and a crunchy guitar sound...
  
  " and "The Arms of Orion
  The Arms of Orion
  "The Arms of Orion" is a slow, romantic duet written by Sheena Easton, performed with Prince from the 1989 Batman soundtrack. Released after "Batdance" and "Partyman" had both gone top 20 in UK/U.S. charts, the single was a top 40 hit single on the US Billboard's Hot 100 at #36. "The Arms of Orion"...
  
  "

>- Candy Dulfer

Candy Dulfer

Candy Dulfer is a Dutch smooth jazz alto saxophonist who began playing at the age of six. She founded her band, Funky Stuff, when she was fourteen years old. Her debut album Saxuality received a Grammy Award nomination. Dulfer has released nine studio albums, two live albums, and one compilation...

• Prince wrote the song "Sunday Afternoon" on her album Sax-a-Go-Go
  Sax-a-Go-Go
  The second album by Dutch alto saxophonist Candy Dulfer, Sax-a-Go-Go entered the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Album chart at #5 in February 1994, remaining in the chart for 31 weeks...
  
  
• She has been an on/off member in his backing bands since 1989 Carmen Electra
  Carmen Electra
  Tara Leigh Patrick , professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an American glamour model, actress, television personality, singer, and dancer...
  
  
• Back-up dancer on tours and music videos during the early 1990s, it was then that Prince created her stage name
  Stage name
  A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
  
  
• Prince produced her self-titled 1993 album Sheila E.
  Sheila E.
  Sheila Escovedo , known by her stage name Sheila E., is an American drummer and percussionist, perhaps best known for her work with Prince, George Duke and Ringo Starr.-Early life and Prince period:...
  
  
• Sheila had 3 albums produced by Prince in the 1980s
• She later joined his band as drummer
  Drummer
  A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
  
   from 1987–1989
• The two still work together on occasion. T.C. Ellis
• Rapped on Graffiti Bridge album and the "New Power Generation
  New Power Generation (song)
  "New Power Generation", or "N.P.G.", is a song by Prince from the 1990 album and film, Graffiti Bridge. It is an anthem for his backing band, The New Power Generation, who were officially co-credited on his album covers for a time, and continue to back him up, albeit with a changing lineup...
  
  " single
• Prince produced several songs for his 1991 solo album, True Confessions
  True Confessions
  True Confessions is a confession magazine targeted at young women readers. It wasoriginally published by Fawcett Publications, beginning in 1922....
  
  Doctor Fink
  Doctor Fink
  Matthew Robert "Matt" Fink, better known by the stage name Doctor Fink, is an American keyboardist, record producer, and songwriter. He is most known as a member of The Revolution, the backing band for pop musician Prince. Fink won a Grammy Award...
  
  
• Keyboardist
  Keyboardist
  A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
  
   for the Revolution (and beyond) from 1979–1990
• Credited as co-writer on several Prince tracks The Family
  The Family (band)
  The Family is a band formed by Prince, and one of the first signed to his record label, Paisley Park Records. The band renamed themselves Fdeluxe in 2009.-History:...
  
  
• Short-lived funk band formed by Prince in 1985 as a possible successor to The Time
• Performed the original version of "Nothing Compares 2 U
  Nothing Compares 2 U
  "Nothing Compares 2 U" is a pop song written by American recording artist Prince for one of his side-projects, The Family. However, it wasn't until Sinéad O'Connor recorded her version for the album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got when it became a worldwide hit, topping charts in 15 countries,...
  
  " Rosie Gaines
  Rosie Gaines
  Rosie Gaines is an American vocalist, musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer from Pittsburg, California. She released a number of dance hits, the most notable being "Closer Than Close".-Ensemble career:...
  
  
• NPG vocalist and organist from 1990–1992, and as a guest since
• Prince produced a song for her 1995 solo album Elisa Fiorillo
  Elisa Fiorillo
  Elisa Fiorillo is an American singer.-Career:Her father was a classical pianist, who was under the guidance of Vladimir Horowitz. Her ancestry is vast as it includes German, Italian, Irish and Cherokee...
  
  
• Prince and Levi Seacer, Jr. produced an album for her in 1990 Mayte Garcia
• Ex-wife and former bandmember, providing backing vocals and stage dancing
• Had a 1995 album Child of the Sun
  Child of the Sun
  Child of the Sun is the title for a group of buildings designed for the campus of the Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida, USA, by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright from 1941 through 1958. The buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and together form one of...
  
  produced by Prince Clare Fischer
  Clare Fischer
  Clare Fischer is an American composer, arranger, pianist and organist. His parents were of German, French, Irish-Scot, and English backgrounds.-Early years:...
  
  
• Provided string
  String instrument
  A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
  
   arrangement
  Arrangement
  The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
  
  s for Prince's albums since 1985 Cat Glover
  Cat Glover
  Catherine Vernice Glover born in Chicago, IL is a professional choreographer, dancer and singer.She originally hit the mainstream in television alongside her dance partner Patrick Allen in the duo known simply as "Pat & Cat" on the hit major talent show Star Search hosted by Ed McMahon...
  
  
• Backing vocalist and tour choreographer from 1987–1989 Jimmy Jam
• Former keyboardist for The Time
• Formed a hit producing team with Terry Lewis Larry Graham
  Larry Graham
  Larry Graham, Jr. is an African American bass guitar player, both with the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station...
  
  
• Bass player for Sly and the Family Stone
• Occasional NPG bassist and Prince's spiritual guide
• Prince produced his 1999 album GCS2000 Jesse Johnson
  Jesse Johnson (musician)
  Jesse Woods Johnson is a musician best known as the guitarist in the original lineup of The Time....
  
  
• Former guitarist of The Time
• Covered a 98 East song on his Shockadelica album
• Prince wrote a song based on the album's title Morris Hayes
• NPG keyboardist from 1992–1999 Chaka Khan
  Chaka Khan
  Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
  
  
• Khan's biggest hit, "I Feel for You
  I Feel for You
  "I Feel for You" is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album. It became a hit single in 1984 for female R&B singer Chaka Khan, appearing on her album, which was also called I Feel for You...
  
  ", is a cover of a Prince song
• Prince produced her 1998 album, Come 2 My House
  Come 2 My House
  Come 2 My House is the ninth studio album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan released on the NPG Records label in 1998.Come 2 My House was Khan's first full-length album since 1992's The Woman I Am, due to the Warner Bros...
  
  , and wrote several songs for it. Her single "Don't Talk 2 Strangers
  Don't Talk 2 Strangers
  -Chaka Khan version:Chaka Khan released a cover of "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" which was a hit in 1998. The video featured Khan's mother, daughter Milini, granddaughter Raeven, and nephew Tallon. It was the second hit single from her album Come 2 My House. The song featured on the soundtrack of the...
  
  " was a cover of an unreleased Prince song
• She provided vocals for his Newpower Soul
  Newpower Soul
  Newpower Soul is a 1998 album by The New Power Generation, but is de facto a Prince album . The album was announced as a "Prince"-album in a press release issued by his publicist, but mere days later his official website at the time claimed those were mere rumors.The album title has a long history...
  
  album in 1998 and toured briefly on the Newpower Soul Tour/Festival
  Newpower Soul Tour/Festival
  Newpower Soul Tour/Festival is a tour done by Prince, who is using the unpronounceable symbol. The New Power Generation went into a changing lineup. It is used to promote Newpower Soul.-Band:Prince: Guitar and Lead Vocals...
  
   for the album's promotion
• Khan covered Prince's "Sign o' the Times" on her 2007 album, Funk This
  Funk This
  Funk This is the eleventh studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Chaka Khan. The album was released September 25, 2007 on Burgundy Records and received two Grammy Awards...
  
  Jill Jones
  Jill Jones
  Jill Jones is an American singer and songwriter, who was a backing vocalist for Teena Marie and Prince in the 1980s.-Biography:...
  
  
• Unofficial vocalist for the Revolution on 1999
  1999 (album)
  1999 is the fifth studio album by Prince, released on October 27, 1982. It was his first top ten album on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States and became the fifth best-selling album of 1983. 1999 was Prince's breakthrough album, but his next album Purple Rain would become his most...
  
  album and related videos
• Had a self-titled album produced by Prince in 1987. Patti LaBelle
  Patti LaBelle
  Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...
  
  
• Has had several songs written and produced by Prince, including her 1989 hit, "Yo Mister
  Yo Mister
  "Yo Mister" is a song written by Prince for Patti LaBelle. She recorded the song for her 1989 album, Be Yourself, and the song was released as a single. It became a top ten R&B hit....
  
  ", as well as "Love 89" and "I Hear Your Voice" Eric Leeds
  Eric Leeds
  Eric Leeds is an American jazz and funk musician who plays the saxophone and other woodwind and brass instruments. He is best known for his work with Prince.- Biography :Leeds was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of a retailer...
  
  
• Saxophonist for Madhouse and the Revolution (and beyond) from 1986–1989
• Has provided brass
  Brass instrument
  A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose sound is produced by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips...
  
   and flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
   for many years since
• Had a 1991 album produced by Prince Terry Lewis
  Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
  James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American R&B and pop-music songwriting and record production team...
  
  
• Former bassist for The Time
• Formed a hit producing team with Jimmy Jam Maceo Parker
  Maceo Parker
  Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones...
  
  
• NPG saxophonist
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
   from 1999–present Madhouse
  Madhouse (band)
  Madhouse is a jazz-fusion band from Minneapolis that was created by Prince. Two Madhouse albums were officially released in 1987.-History:...
  
  
• Jazz band
  Jazz band
  A jazz band is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands usually consist of a rhythm section and a horn section, in the early days often trumpet, trombone, and clarinet with rhythm section of piano, banjo, bass or tuba, and drums.-Eras:SwingDuring the swing era in the mid-twentieth...
  
   formed by Prince in 1987
• Recorded two albums in 1987, 8 and 16, as well as many unreleased tracks
• The band recorded another unreleased album in 1993, yet several songs were made public Bobby "Z" Rivkin
• Drummer for the Revolution from 1979–1986
• Contributed a song for The Family Martika
  Martika
  Martika is an American pop singer-songwriter and actress. As a singer she released two internationally successful albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s, selling over four million copies worldwide.-Early life and career:Martika entered mainstream show business in an uncredited role as one of the...
  
  
• Prince produced her second album, Martika's Kitchen
  Martika's Kitchen
  Martika's Kitchen is the second album released by the most beautiful woman who ever lived, the most incredible singer, and former child actor Martika. Released in 1991, it features four songs written and produced by Prince. The album was a departure in musical styles from Martika's debut album...
  
  , and wrote four songs for it, including the singles "Martika's Kitchen
  Martika's Kitchen (song)
  "Martika's Kitchen" was the second single and title track released from Martika's 1991 album of the same name. The single, written and produced by Prince, failed to be a success in America, peaking at number 93 on the US pop chart. The vibrant and colorful video helped the song be a bigger hit in...
  
  " and "Love... Thy Will Be Done
  Love... Thy Will Be Done
  "Love... Thy Will Be Done" was the first single released from Martika's second album, Martika's Kitchen. The single, written and produced by Prince, reached the top ten of the pop charts in the U.S., UK, France and Australia. The single was released on July 25, 1991.-Background:This song introduced...
  
  ", which charted outside the U.S. in 1992 Levi Seacer, Jr.
  Levi Seacer, Jr.
  Levi Seacer, Jr. is an American musician. He was an early associate of Sheila E. when he was tapped by Prince to form a new touring band after the demise of The Revolution in 1986. Seacer became the band's bassist, as well as a backing vocalist. Later, he began collaborating with Prince as a...
  
  
• Bassist from 1987–1990
• Switched to guitarist from 1991–1993
• Collaborated on many projects with Prince Mazarati
  Mazarati
  Mazarati was an American R&B band formed in the mid-1980s by former Prince and The Revolution bassist Brown Mark. Originally hailing from Minneapolis, they are now defunct as a group. The band's sole hit was a song called "100 MPH", which was written and co-produced by Prince.-Debut at Paisley...
  
  
• Band was founded by Brownmark but Prince later became involved and produced several songs for their 1986 album
• They were also originally given the songs "Kiss
  Kiss (song)
  In 1988 Art of Noise released a cover of the song, featuring Tom Jones on vocals. The song became the band's biggest hit to that point, reaching number eighteen on the U.S. dance charts and number five on the UK Singles Chart, higher than the original in that country...
  
  " and "Jerk Out
  Jerk Out
  "Jerk Out" is a song from The Time's 1990 album Pandemonium. The song was originally recorded in December 1981 by Prince at his home studio during sessions for What Time Is It?. Prince originally performed all instruments and vocals and this recording remains unreleased. Prince reworked the...
  
  " which were later reclaimed by Prince and The Time, respectively Sonny T
  Sonny T
  Sonny T. is an American bass player. He was a member of The New Power Generation, Prince's recording and stage band, from 1991–1996.In 2010, Sonny T...
  
  hompson
• NPG bassist from 1990–1996
• Provided bass for the title track of 3121 and Planet Earth Mavis Staples
  Mavis Staples
  Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family's band.-Biography:...
  
  
• Had two albums produced by Prince (1989 and 1992)
• Performed "Melody Cool" and provided vocals for several Graffiti Bridge tracks Wendy and Lisa
  Wendy and Lisa
  Wendy & Lisa are a music duo consisting of Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman. They began working with Prince in the early 1980s and were part of his band The Revolution, before branching out on their own and releasing their debut album in 1987...
  
  
• Guitarist from 1983–1986 and keyboardist from 1980–1986, respectively
• Also composed much material with Prince while members of the Revolution Jevetta Steele
  Jevetta Steele
  -Biography:Steele is originally from Gary, Indiana, though she has lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for many years. She originally migrated to the Twin Cities to become a criminal lawyer, although music and stage would eventually became her destined paths. In addition to her successful solo career,...
  
  
• Had several songs produced by Prince
• Contributed vocals to many of his tracks, both solo and as a member of The Steeles The Steeles
• Provided choir
  Choir
  A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
  
   on several of Prince's albums Támar
  Támar
  Támar is an American R&B singer who came to prominence through the artist, Prince. She sang the co-lead vocals on his Grammy-nominated song "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed" from his 2006 album, 3121 and on backup vocals throughout the album...
  
  
• Protégé, providing backing vocals on 3121
• Prince produced her unreleased album, Milk & Honey Bria Valente
  Bria Valente
  Bria Valente is an American singer. A protégée of Prince, Valente released her debut album, Elixer, as part of a three-album set with Prince's LOtUSFLOW3R and MPLSoUND on March 29, 2009. The collection debuted at #2 on the top Billboard albums chart.Valente was born and raised in Minneapolis,...
  
  
• Protégée, and girlfriend provided backing vocals on Planet Earth and Song of the Heart for the Happy Feet movie soundtrack
• Prince produced her solo album Elixer as part of the Lotusflow3r 3CD set released March 2009 The Time
  The Time (band)
  The Time is a funk and dance-pop ensemble formed in 1981. They are close Prince associates and arguably the most successful artists who have worked with him.-Prince, Formation and Success:...
  
  
• Prince's most successful side project
• Released 4 albums from 1981–1990 (a fifth reportedly remains in limbo) Vanity
  Vanity (performer)
  Denise Katrina Matthews , better known as Vanity, but sometimes credited as Denise Matthews-Smith or D.D. Winters, is a Canadian-born former singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and model from the 1980s until the early mid-90s...
  
  
• Former girlfriend and lead singer of Vanity 6 Vanity 6
  Vanity 6
  Vanity 6 was a female vocal trio assembled by Prince in the early 1980s.They released one studio album, which blended the sounds of pop, New Wave, dance music, R&B, and funk.-Formation:...
  
  
• Prince's girl-group side project from 1982–1983
• Prince produced their only album
• The group later became Apollonia 6 when Vanity left