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Bria Valente & Prince: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Bria Valente with Prince at Paris Fashion Week in 2010. (Getty)

Bria Valente was one of Prince’s last girlfriends. The couple first met when she was just 17 and an aspiring singer. The music legend took Valente under his wing and produced her debut album, Elixer, which was released in 2009 along Prince’s efforts, LOtUSFLOW3R and MPLSoUND. Valente married in 2013 sometime after she broke up with Prince. He was found dead at his Paisley Park Studios home in Minneapolis on April 21, 2016. He was 57 years old.

Here’s what you need to know:

1. Valente Began as a Backing Singer for Prince & Usher

She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as Brenda Fuentes. Her AllMusic bio describes her beginnings as being as a backup singer for Usher as well as being a model in Los Angeles.

In an interview with Tavis Smiley in 2009, which you can watch above, Valente said that she first met Prince when she was 17 at Paisley Park Studios, prior to moving to Los Angeles. At that time, Valente was working with keybo

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Bria Valente

Purple Music proudly announce the release of the new club anthem!!
2NITE by Bria Valente (Produced by PRINCE)

BRIA VALENTE (born Brenda Fuentes) is an American singer based in Minneapolis.
She released her debut album, ELIXERas part of a three-album set with Prince’s LOtUSFLOW3R and MPLSoUND in 2009, which debuted at #2 on the top Billboard albums chart.

She first met Prince at the age of 17 at Paisley Park Studios while working with keyboardist Morris Hayes and later began her association with Prince, contributing vocals to his 2007 album Planet Earth.
In 2009 she recorded the Elixer album, singing lead vocals with Prince on guitar and Morris Hayes providing beats.

2NITE out on vinyl, cd single and picture disc formats featuring brand new club mixes by Jamie Lewis (Purple Music)& David Alexander (Icon collective).

Label Copy:
Written by Bria Valente / Prince
Produced by Prince
Remixed by Jamie Lewis add.keys by Grooveprofessor
Remixed by David Alexander
(C) 2009 NPG Records / 2012 Purple Music

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Bria Valente, is an American popular music singer. A protégée of Prince, Valente released her album, Elixer, as part of a three-cd set with Prince`s Lotusflow3r and MPLSOUND on 29 March 2009. The album debuted strong at #2 on the Billboard charts.

Access Hollywood review of Elixer:
"Valente’s “Elixer” — is just that, a very sweet blend of sultriness. This young lady has a voice that matches her beauty, and it’s about as smooth as hot chocolate sauce pouring out over two scoops of ice cream. She is quite dynamic with her vocals, range and the musical accompaniment is right on. "

Previous projects include;

Background vocalist on the song Mr. Goodnight from Prince`s Planet Earth album.

Duet with Prince on "The Song of the Heart" for Happy Feet movie soundtrack. It is also the only song on the soundtrack specifically written for this film. "The Song of the Heart" is the first single released from the soundtrack and it won the 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

Dancer and background vocals for Ushers 8701 album.

Born and raised in Minnea

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