Prince, died unexpectedly at the age of 57, leaving behind a career considered one the most successful and influential in the music industry.
The legendry performer was undoubtedly a complete package, a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor and a very smart businessman, Smart indeed, as he fought voraciously to protect his ‘unique brand’, in an industry marred with copyrights issue.
According to CNN, Prince maintained a tight grip over his music, selling more than 100 million copies worldwide, it seemed hard to do so but he did, like you will not get any of Prince's songs or videos on YouTube.
"With artists getting paid one-tenth of one penny [per stream], that bothered him a lot," Bryan Monroe, a former editor at Jet and Ebony magazines, told CNN.
Protecting his identity seemed to be his prime objective, "Prince very felt strong about his place, and his voice, and his brand," said David Bakula, a Nielsen Music analyst. "It wasn't like he was doing things to become popular, or manage his image. It was always here's what I'm going to do because I'm Prince and I make the decisions,” he added.
Well that strategy seemed to have paid off, looking at the figures from Celebrity Net Worth, Prince's personal net worth at the time of his death was $300 million. He was one of the highest paid musicians on the planet, with a standard concert fee was $3 million.
The US artist also gained success in the film industry, winning an Oscar for Best Original Song for the 1984 film, "Purple Rain," that went along with the hit album. Purple Rain the album sold 13 million copies in the US alone, whereas, the movie grossed $80 million at the box office, equaling almost $183 million after adjusting for inflation.
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