I may change my mind, but off the top, the worst moment of the past decade was April 21, 2016, Prince passed.

I bought all his albums from 1978, to oh, Sign O The Times.
My first few bands were all Prince/Time Wannabe bands LOL!


I dressed like Morris Day.

His influence on music is beyond deep. When he fired Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis- it was those 2 that took a no-album selling Janet Jackson and wrote/produced her biggest albums.

Without Prince bringing them on, she would've never had songs like Control, Nasty, Pleasure Principle. After her, other women started doing 100 dancers in a video.


Chaka Khan the R&B singer has faded into obscurity, but her revival was a song called I feel for You that brought her a grammy in the 1980s. Well, that song was written by Prince and recorded on his 2nd album.


Prince's version:



Without Prince, Sinead Oconner's big hit, wouldn't have ever occurred


Prince's version