Underrated Prince: The Most Overlooked Song From Each Album Prince certainly didn't suffer from a lack of attention. He released a successful album before he turned 20, scored his first major hit at age 21, became a household-name superstar at 26 and continually commanded headlines, critical praise and fan adoration across the world until his death in 2016 at the age of 57. But nobody could keep up with the inhuman rate at which he created and released new music, so there are countless Prince songs that didn't get the attention they deserved. Early in his career, this was mostly a result of an embarrassing overflow of worthy material; later in life, it became a bit more difficult, even for him, to recognize and separate the wheat from the chafe.