Abstract
ABSTRACT Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958–April 21, 2016) is widely recognized as one of the most prolific musical geniuses of his generation, and indeed, of all time. Much of that reputation came from his work in the 1980s, during which he established himself as a workaholic and became an international superstar. There are many fans who still define Prince’s best years as occurring in the 1980s. Ignoring for a moment the subjective notion of “best,” which is often problematically correlated to sales and chart position, this article attempts to employ some quantitative analysis of Prince’s creativity over time to lend some insight. A prerequisite is to define Prince’s creativity (no easy feat!) and to determine how it is best measured. Along the way we hope to shed some light on questions such as: Did his most productive years happen during his rise to fame in the 1980s? Did his level of output in the ’80s forecast what was to come later? Was he really a modern-day Mozart? The mathematical analysis that is used draws heavily from ideas of natural laws in systems theory and is inspired by the works of Cesare Marchetti and Theodore Modis.
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