Purple Rain

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feature film musical drama film soundtrack album studio album

Purple Rain is a landmark 1984 album and film by Prince that blends rock, pop, and funk and is widely regarded as one of the greatest works in popular music history.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Purple Rain canonical	24
Purple Rain (album)	8
Purple Rain (film)	5
Purple Rain (film soundtrack)	2
Purple Rain (song)	2
Purple Rain (1984 film)	1
Purple Rain (soundtrack album)	1
Purple Rain (soundtrack)	1
Purple Rain: Music from the Motion Picture	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feature film ⓘ musical drama film ⓘ soundtrack album ⓘ studio album ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Adapted Song Score ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media ⓘ
castMember	Apollonia Kotero ⓘ Clarence Williams III ⓘ Morris Day ⓘ Prince ⓘ
certification	13× Platinum by the RIAA ⓘ
chartPosition	number one on the US Billboard 200 ⓘ number one on the US Billboard 200 for 24 consecutive weeks ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Prince ⓘ
director	Albert Magnoli ⓘ
filmReleaseDate	1984-07-27 ⓘ
filmRunningTime	approximately 111 minutes ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ funk ⓘ minneapolis sound ⓘ pop ⓘ rock ⓘ
hasPart	Baby I’m a Star ⓘ Computer Blue ⓘ Darling Nikki ⓘ I Would Die 4 U ⓘ Let’s Go Crazy ⓘ Purple Rain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Purple Rain (song) Take Me with U ⓘ The Beautiful Ones ⓘ When Doves Cry ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	The Kid ⓘ
nominatedFor	Grammy Award for Album of the Year ⓘ
partOf	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll ⓘ surface form: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ⓘ surface form: Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list
performer	Prince and The Revolution ⓘ
producer	Cavallo, Ruffalo and Fargnoli ⓘ Prince ⓘ
publicationDate	1984-06-25 ⓘ
recordedIn	1983 ⓘ 1984 ⓘ
recordLabel	Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
runningTime	approximately 44 minutes ⓘ
sales	over 25 million copies worldwide ⓘ
setInPeriod	1980s ⓘ
singleFrom	Let’s Go Crazy ⓘ Purple Rain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Purple Rain (song) When Doves Cry ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

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Prince → notableWork → Purple Rain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purple Rain (film)

Prince → notableSong → Purple Rain ⓘ

Wendy Melvoin → notableWork → Purple Rain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purple Rain (album)

Prince Rogers Nelson → notableWork → Purple Rain ⓘ

Prince Rogers Nelson → notableAlbum → Purple Rain ⓘ

minneapolis sound → notableWork → Purple Rain ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Purple Rain (album)

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this entity surface form: Purple Rain (song)

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this entity surface form: Purple Rain (song)

1999 → followedBy → Purple Rain ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Purple Rain (soundtrack)

I Would Die 4 U → album → Purple Rain ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Purple Rain (album)

I Would Die 4 U → partOf → Purple Rain ⓘ

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I Would Die 4 U → includedIn → Purple Rain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purple Rain: Music from the Motion Picture

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this entity surface form: Purple Rain (1984 film)

The Artist Formerly Known as Prince → associatedWorkOfUser → Purple Rain ⓘ

Apollonia 6 → appearedInFilm → Purple Rain ⓘ

Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for Purple Rain → awardFor → Purple Rain ⓘ

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Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for Purple Rain → notableSongsIncluded → Purple Rain ⓘ

The Revolution → notableWork → Purple Rain ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Purple Rain (album)

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subject surface form: Wendy Melvoin

this entity surface form: Purple Rain (album)

Prince and The Revolution → notableWork → Purple Rain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purple Rain (film soundtrack)

Prince and The Revolution → awardReceivedForWork → Purple Rain ⓘ

Clarence Williams III → notableWork → Purple Rain ⓘ

Donald E. Thorin → notableWork → Purple Rain ⓘ