Discography Blogspot: Prince

To understand the allure of Blogspot (now known as Blogger), one must understand the war between Prince’s legal team and his fanbase. During his lifetime, Prince was famously litigious regarding his copyrights. He scrubbed his music from most streaming services multiple times. He sued fans for posting live recordings and even for linking to bootlegs.

While fan blogs are essential, the conversation about Prince's discography took a major turn in 2018 when his estate officially launched an immersive, annotated discography website. Announced in Variety , this official site was designed to be a definitive resource, featuring "audio previews, photos, videos, quotes and editorial commentary" to highlight "the incomparable breadth and depth of Prince's recorded catalogue". Billboard magazine noted the site includes everything from all the music videos to a comprehensive list of albums, compilations, and liner notes, creating a one-stop shop for fans. This official site validated what the Blogspot community had been doing for years, providing an authoritative anchor to the wealth of fan-generated content.

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However, the spirit of those blogs is alive. The dedicated fan databases—like (the wiki) and Prince: The Bootleg Zone —still cite those old Blogspot posts as the origin point for many modern remasters.

Prince's music career began in the late 1970s, when he was just a teenager. He released his debut album, , in 1978, which was a moderate success. However, it was his second album, "Prince" (1979), that started to gain him attention. The album included the hit single "I Wanna Be Your Lover," which reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. To understand the allure of Blogspot (now known

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A fan blog, "Play It Prince," summarizes the scale of his achievements, noting he sold over 150 million records worldwide. It also highlights his unique persona, impressive vocal range, and status as a multi-instrumentalist. His catalog was so vast that estimates of the actual number of songs he wrote, released and unreleased, range anywhere from 500 to well over 1,000. He has released 117 singles, 41 promotional singles, 24 internet singles, and eight internet downloads, making it a mammoth task for any fan to track, let alone the official discography.

These blogs often used defunct hosts (RapidShare, MegaUpload). The value today is not the dead links, but the metadata —the liner notes that tell you when and where the track was cut.