“Stranger Things” pulled off a thrilling ending by using two Prince songs in the final episode of the beloved Netflix series. Creators Matt and Ross Duffer secured the rights to “Purple Rain” and When ...

The streaming numbers for two iconic Prince songs have skyrocketed thanks to their placement in the season finale of Netflix's Stranger Things. According to new Spotify data, "Purple Rain" has seen a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prince’s Spotify streams doubled after the ‘Stranger Things’ finale Shortly after the Stranger Things finale debuted on Netflix on ...

Over the course of its five-season run, Stranger Things repeatedly found ways to resurrect Eighties culture, perhaps no more potently than through its many memorable needle drops. And the show’s ...

*Securing iconic music for television is famously difficult, but the appearance of Prince‘s “When Doves Cry” and “Purple Rain” in the “Stranger Things” finale represented a uniquely complex challenge.

Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers are convinced Kate Bush played a key role in Prince's estate allowing his songs When Doves Cry and Purple Rain to feature in the show's finale. The late ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rocking finale. “Stranger Things” pulled off a thrilling ending by using two Prince songs in the final episode of the beloved ...

"Purple Rain," arguably one of Prince's most iconic songs, has re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart more than four decades after its release. The title track for Prince's 1984 album previously spent ...

Securing the rights to use a song in film or TV is a challenging and expensive task — and the more iconic the song, the more challenging and expensive the clearance is likely to be. So when two of ...

The creators of 'Stranger Things' have revealed the process behind landing two of Prince’s most iconic songs for the show's feature-length series finale. Speaking to Netflix’s Tudum, creators Matt and ...

Kenyan musicians continue to command strong digital audiences, with new data showing the country’s top five most-watched artists on YouTube.The ranking highlights the growing influence of Kenyan music ...

The pair credited the success of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" after season 4 with helping their bid. "The only thing that was harder rights-wise was getting Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' for the ...