John Legend paid tribute to Prince with a rendition of his hit tune Nothing Compares 2 U during CBS’ Let’s Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute to Prince special on Tuesday night.
The programme, which was filmed in January before the coronavirus lockdown shut down the majority of musical events, featured a host of famous faces performing Prince’s most famous tunes to mark the four-year anniversary of his death.
The Purple Rain died at the age of 57 in April 2016. Prior to starting his performance, John said of the star: “Prince was in every way incomparable.
But in his artistry, his musicality and his ambition, he set the stage for all of us who follow. “Prince actually kept giving away this next song about being incomparable.