Purple Rain
"Purple Rain" further established Prince as a figurehead for pop music of the 1980s and is regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2010, "Purple Rain" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2012, the album was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important". In 2019, the film "Purple Rain" was added by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Jon Bon Jovi, lead singer of the rock band Bon Jovi, observed that "There's every emotion [in "Purple Rain"] from the ballad to the rocker" and "All the influences were evident, from Hendrix to Chic." Lionel Richie praised Prince for making a "very important step" in advancing the concept from creating music videos for songs to making a motion picture for an album. Partridge of "Billboard" emphasized Prince's popularity during the "Purple Rain" era, writing,