In the September issue of Maxim, Prince is given a segment in the "Celebrity Name Game". Here's how it's printed:

Prince
New Names: 0(+>, the Arist Formerly Known as Prince, the Artist, Prince

Verdict: Bad, then good. The wee king of cream became royalty with the 14.7-million-album-selling Purple Rain, but renamed himself 0(+> in 1993 when he got catty with Warner Brothers Records. Unfortunately, fans shunned 0(+>'s album, Emancipaton, and now he's gone regal again, hoping to sell a large # of records & get a serious % of $.

Then in issue 2 of Maxim Blender, Prince is listed as the 9th sexiest artist of all time. It's posted as follows:

Prince
Funk's most androgynous, most horny, most gifted pixie

Sexual peak: On his 1980 Dirty Mind Tour, he wore women's panties onstage.

Sexiest track: "Erotic City" (from Hits, the B-Sides, WEA/Warner Bros.,1993). Wants to "fuck until dawn".

Amazing fact: He has been linked to Carmen Electra and Kim Basinger-but, sadly, never to you.

Also, in an interview with Gwen Stefani, she was flattered to be named one of the sexiest artists of all time, but she felt Prince should be on the cover instead of her. "He makes the sexiest music. Total make-out music".