Prince: A Life in Pictures

Prince performs during the halftime show at the 2007 Super Bowl XLI football game in Miami. The artist passed away at 57 on Thursday. AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
Prince during his performance at the Orange Bowl in Miami, April 7, 1985. AP Photo/Phil Sandlin
The Artist formerly known as Prince in 1998. REUTERS
Beyonce and Prince perform at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in 2004 in Los Angeles. Frank Micelotta/Getty Images
Prince attending the premiere party for "Purple Rain" on July 26, 1984 at the Palace Theater in Hollywood. Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage
Prince presents the award for British Female Solo Artist at The BRIT Awards 2014. Matt Kent/WireImage
Prince performs during halftime at Super Bowl XLI in 2007. AP Photo/Amy Sancetta
The artist formerly known as Prince performs at the Brit Awards at Earls Court in London, Feb. 24, 1997. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
Prince and Apollonia Kotero in a scene from the movie "Purple Rain" in 1984. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Prince in concert, 1985. Frank Micelotta/Getty Images
Prince performing on stage, 1986. Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Prince performs onstage during the 2013 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Prince performing at Wembley, August 1990. Graham Wiltshire/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Prince at the American Music Awards Monday, Jan. 27, 1986 in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Nick Ut
Prince performs during the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in 2004. AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian
Prince performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl XLI. AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Prince performs during Super Bowl XLI. AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Muhammad Ali with The Artist Formerly Known as Prince during a meeting in Washington in 1997 prior to a news conference where they were to announce plans for a benefit concert in October. AP Photo/Karin Cooper/Rogers & Cowan
The Artist formerly known as Prince performing at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Calif. on Oct. 10, 1997. Tim Mosenfelder/ImageDirect
Prince in concert at Earl's Court, London, June 15, 1992. Dave Benett/Getty Images
Prince and his date before the start of the Versace for H&M fashion show in New York, Nov. 8, 2011. AP Photo/Kathy Willens
Prince in the early years. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Prince at The Hollywood Palladium, March 8, 2014. Kevin Mazur/WireImage for NPG Records 2013
Prince during the Purple Rain tour. Redferns
Prince during The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards, 2015. Michael Tran/FilmMagic
Prince with his wife Mayte as they arrives at the De Beer and Versace "Diamonds are forever" charity fashion event, June 1999. SINEAD LYNCH/AFP/Getty Images
Prince performs during the 27th annual Grammy Awards, 1985. Prince received three Grammys. AP Photo/Liu Heung-Shing
The Artist formerly known as Prince performing at the San Jose Event Center, 1997. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images
Prince performs onstage during the "HitnRun" tour at The Fox Theatre on April 9, 2015 in Detroit. Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for NPG Records
Prince performs onstage at the 36th Annual NAACP Image Awards, 2005. Kevin Winter/Getty Images
The artist formally known as Prince, with the word "Slave" written across his face, belts out a tune from his new CD, "Chaos and Disorder," outside the studio of NBC-TV's "Today" show, July 9, 1996. AP Photo/Richard Drew
Prince performs at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., during his opening show, Feb. 18, 1985. AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing