The handwritten lyrics for Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ sold for $150,986, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
The lyrics are from the collection of Prince’s former assistant Therese Stoulil, which were given to her by Prince after leaving the position in 1996.
‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ was featured as the sixth track on The Family’s 1985 self-titled debut album. Five years later, the song became a best-selling hit when Irish singer Sinead O’Connor covered the song for her second studio album. With heavy rotation on MTV, the song’s music video helped the single reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for four straight weeks.
The song was named as the ‘#1 World Single’ of 1990 at the inaugural Billboard Music Awards, and, 30 years later, it continues to make lists as one of the greatest songs of all time. Following the O’Connor single, Prince played the song live consistently from 1990 onwards, and in 1993 released his own rendition of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ with Rosie Gaines on guest vocals. Prince released the original 1984 studio recording as a single in 2018, and a year later, Prince’s version was included as the fifteenth and final track on the posthumous album Originals.
Among other Prince-related lots was a beaded jacket worn from ‘Under the Cherry Moon’ that sold for $50,483.
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