Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Prince and The Revolution’s “Purple Rain” climbs to No. 2 on the ...

The late music icon Prince continues to make music history a decade after his death, with his landmark soundtrack album, Purple Rain, reaching an exciting and hard-to-believe milestone on a music ...

The singer says Prince gave her his blessing to keep using the name and persona for her music career. Apollonia, who starred in Prince’s musical film “Purple Rain” and was considered the singer’s muse ...

Since the title song of Prince’s 1984 hit movie was featured in the finale of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Dec. 31, “Purple Rain” is enjoying another life. The mesmerizing guitar-centric tune has seen ...

Securing the rights to use a song in film or TV is a challenging and expensive task — and the more iconic the song, the more challenging and expensive the clearance is likely to be. So when two of ...

Stranger Things‘ final season will forever be remembered as a major pop-culture milestone, for many reasons. Season 5 completed a nearly decade-long run for Netflix ...

Prince is seeing a significant Spotify streaming boost in his catalog thanks to key syncs in the series finale of “Stranger Things.” Since the episode debuted on New Year’s Eve, “Purple Rain” has seen ...

As “Stranger Things” closed out its five-season run with its grand finale, the two-hour conclusion boosted Spotify streams of Prince’s catalog, namely “Purple Rain” and “When Doves Cry,” as fans ...

Over the course of its five-season run, Stranger Things repeatedly found ways to resurrect Eighties culture, perhaps no more potently than through its many memorable needle drops. And the show’s ...

“Stranger Things” pulled off a thrilling ending by using two Prince songs in the final episode of the beloved Netflix series. Creators Matt and Ross Duffer secured the rights to “Purple Rain” and When ...

What vinyl record does Murray play in the “Stranger Things” finale? And why does the album play such a key role? Note: This article contains mild spoilers for “Stranger Things” season 5, episode 8.