I tried searching for Prince's net worth, and this is what I came up with




from the Internet Gazette, March 2000

Last month, The Artist Formerly Known As Prince announced that he would donate $37,000 to Princeville, a small town in eastern North Carolina.

Apparently, he contributed the money after reading about the devastation wreaked in the tiny community by Hurricane Floyd, last September. Princeville zoning officer Sam Knight said the funds will pay for building materials.

Now, for readers who are unaware of his more interesting career highlights, The Artist Formerly Known As Prince entered the world 42 years ago as Prince Rogers Nelson. As he embarked on his controversial music career, he shortened his name to Prince.

Prince began running into trouble over creative control with Warner Brothers, his record label, in 1987. He would often appear with the word SLAVE written across his cheek. On his birthday, June 5, 1993, Prince officially changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph, a combination of male and female symbols that entered his consciousness during meditation.

The announcement caused immediate confusion. How would reporters refer to the musician in print without mentioning his name? How could tabloids gossip about his seatless trousers, impromptu Paisley Park garage sales, or that odd romance with Kim Basinger?

After a brief uproar, Warner Brothers sent out computer diskettes containing the symbol, so that it could be used in print. But journalists still weren't happy. Finally, a British reporter dubbed him The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. That lengthy designation is regularly shortened by diligent editors, many of whom simply call him The Artist. (It gets weirder. News agencies overlooked in Warner Brothers' distribution of The Diskette sometimes call him O{+>.)

Now that we've reviewed the history of his name, let's explore the possibilities. Though he's never been to Princeville, nor does he have any ties to the town, The Artist sent $37,000 for building supplies. Apparently, he felt a connection to the place because of its name – though he abdicated the "Prince-ly" portion of his own moniker over six years ago.

All this is well and good, but what does this have to do with ME? After Hurricane Floyd, many residents of my little town of Conway, South Carolina felt our community had been treated in the national press like a redheaded stepchild. North Carolina got the coverage, the sympathy, and the visit from the President. Conway got… wetter.

So I figure that this is a great chance to gain some recognition – and perhaps some aid for Conway's flood victims, too. Remember Tim Conway, star of "The Apple Dumpling Gang" and "The Billion Dollar Hobo"? A well-placed suggestion, presented to his manager in the right way, could benefit us all. If Tim donated a moderate sum to our little river town, he'd earn some great press, and Conway could get back on its feet in no time!

On second thought, America's favorite comic actor may be running short on spare change. Things have been quiet for him since he made those wacky Dorf videos. Perhaps we should talk to Conway Twitty, America's beloved country balladeer, singer of songs like "Fit To Be Tied Down" and "Tight Fittin' Jeans"?

Oops! Twitty died on June 5, 1993, just two days before TAFKAP's name change announcement. Mere coincidence? Or mystical sign? Perhaps we should take a cue from The Artist, and change Conway's name altogether. We could call ourselves The Town Formerly Known As Conway, or simply The Town. We could get somebody to design an unpronounceable glyph to distribute to the world's news agencies.

But that wouldn't inspire any donations, would it?

Okay, here's a different strategy.

According to the Internet's Bill Gates Net Worth Page, Microsoft's stock was up by $1.25 on February 22, 2000. This means Gates made another $983,824,125.00 today. Bill's richer than Chile. He's richer than Egypt and Pakistan. He's got more money than Boeing, AT&T, and Philip Morris.

If Bill wanted to fly all his money someplace (say to Manhattan, to carpet it), he'd need 613.6 Boeing 747-400s.

He could send 542,750 students to Harvard, and keep them there till they graduated. He could purchase 829 million copies of Windows '98 for all his closest friends. He could buy 7,457,386,867 Viagra tablets (at $10 each) and share them with 20,417,212 lucky guys (or take them all himself, one per day, over the next twenty million years).

It costs roughly $30,000 to purchase the building materials for a 3-bedroom home for Habitat for Humanities. (Labor is donated.) Bill could donate materials for 2,485,795 homes, according to the Net Worth site. If each home held 4 1/2 occupants; Bill could provide shelter for 11,186,080 people.

Wouldn't it be nice to live in Billville?

SITES TO SEE

The Internet is filled with a number of excellent and irreverent pages which focus on Bill Gates and his Amazing Wallet. The sites below are enthusiastically recommended:


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Birth Name: Prince Rogers Nelson
Born: June 7, 1958
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Height: 5'2"
Genres: R&B, Funk, Soul, Pop, Rock, Experimental
Labels: Universal, Arista, Paisley Park Records, NPG Records,Warner Bros. Records, Columbia
Awards: Too many to mention inlcuding Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Grammy Awards, and many others
Status: Recently divorced
Children: son (deceased shortly after birth)

Prince changed his name to a symbol in 1993 following a contractual dispute with his record company. As the symbol cannot be pronounced it is often called the "Love Symbol." However, many in the media chose to refer to him during this time as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince." He changed his name back to Prince in 2000.He is a songwriter, producer, singer, actor, and musician.
His father,John L. Nelson, played in a jazz trio The Prince Rogers Trio, hence Prince's birth name. There are a number of myths regarding Prince’s ethnicity and gender, both of his parents are in fact African American. His mother,Mattie Shaw, is mixture of different heritages and his father is African American and Italian. Tika Evene is his sister and shortly after she was born, Prince's parents seperated. He moved in with his father,who bought him his first guitar, becuase of conflicts with his stepfather. Shortly after ,Prince moved in with his friend's family, Andre Anderson, later known as, André Cymone.

Prince and Anderson joined Prince’s cousin Charles Smith in a band called Grand Central, formed in junior high school. Initially his involvement was just part of a mainly instrumental band that played clubs and parties in the Minneapolis area. By the time Prince entered high school, the Grand Central eveloved into Champagne and they were playing original music. Eventually, Prince got to make a demo tape and he was promoted by Owen Hunsney, who called him a star of the future. Warner Bros. won the bidding on him because they were the only label that allowed Prince creative control of his songs. By 1979, Prince need a backing band and Cymone was on bass.
Prince received a lot of attention early on because of the way he dressed. He wore very provocative and colorful clothes. People questioned his sexuality because of the way he expressed himself on stage. He was booed of stage and people threw garbage at him at a Rolling Stones concert in 1981. In 1982, he released 1999 album which was a breakthrough album in the US and internationally. According to Wikipedia, the distinctive characteristics of the early-to-mid 1980s work which brought him to superstardom became known as the "Minneapolis sound," which proved heavily influential.

Since, he has made thoussands of songs and worked with numerous artists. Many critics have dubbed him a musical genius because of his versatility, dancing, singing skills, and ability to play various instruments stated from Wikipedia.In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Prince #28 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.In December 2004, Rolling Stone's readers named the best male performer and most welcome comeback. During that same month, Prince was named number five on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.
On November 14, 2006, Prince was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame, appearing to collect his award but not performing. Also in November 2006 Prince opened a nightclub named 3121 in Las Vegas at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. He performs weekly, on Friday and Saturday nights. Recently, Prince played on the 2007 Superbowl Halftime show, wrote and performed a song on the 2006 hit movie Happy Feet, he won a 2007 Golden Globe for Best Original Song, is releasing another album in early 2007.

Prince became one of Jehovah's Witnesses in 2001 reportedly to satisfy his mother's dying wish. He was married to Mayte Garcia from 1996 to 1999, they had a son who died shortly after birth of a rare skull disease. His second marriage to Manuela Testolini ended in 2006 after 5 years.

Filmography (incomlete list)
1984 Purple Rain (actor, composer)
1986 Under the Cherry Moon (actor, writer, composer, director)
1987 Sign “☮” the Times (composer, performer, director)
1987 Bright Lights, Big City (composer (song): "Good Love")
1989 Lovesexy (composer, performer)
1989 Batman (composer (songs))
1990 Graffiti Bridge (actor, composer, writer, director)
1990 Get Off (video single) (actor, composer, writer, director)
1992 Sexy MF (video single) (actor, composer, writer, director)
1992 Diamonds and Pearls (Video Collection) (actor, composer, writer, director)
1993 The Hits Collection (actor, composer, writer, director)
1994 3 Chains o' Gold (actor, composer, writer, director)
1995 Showgirls (composer (songs): "Ripopgodazippa", "319")
1996 Girl 6 (composer (songs))
2000 Rave Un2 the Year 2000 (performer, composer (songs))
2003 Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas (performer, composer (songs))
2006 Happy Feet (composer (songs): "Song of the Heart")

Discography
1978 For You
1979 Prince
1980 Dirty Mind
1981 Controversy
1982 1999
1984 Purple Rain
1985 Around the world in a Day
1986 Parade
1987 Sign "" the Times
1988 Lovesexy
1989 Batman
1990 Graffiti Bridge
1991 Diamonds and Pearls
1992 Love Symbol
1993 The Hits/The B-Sides
1993 Hits 1
1993 Hits 2
1993 Goldnigga
1994 The Beautiful Experience
1994 1-800-NEW FUNK
1994 Come
1994 The Black Album
1995 The Gold Experience
1996 Girl 6
1996 Chaos and Disorder
1996 Emancipation
1997 Crystal Ball
1998 Newpower soul
1999 1999:The New Master
1999 The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale
1999 Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
2000 Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic
2001 The Very Best Of Prince
2001 The Rainbow children
2002 One Nite Alone…
2002 One Nite Alone… Live!
2003 Xpectation
2003 C-Note
2003 N.E.W.S
2004 The Chocolate Invasion
2004 The Slaughterhouse
2004 Musicology
2006 3121
2006 Ultimate

Still cant find net worth.....
[Edited 5/1/07 10:40am]

what?

thats what I mean, I tried to research his net worth and I got this crap.....

amorbella said:

Why do you want to know his net worth, planning on pulling a 'Mani' on him?

Serena said:

no, a few orgers where in search of his net worth and where unable to find it as well.

I adore and admire Prince. Im not greedy or date men for their money.