Apollonia Kotero
The singer and actress, christened Apollonia by Prince, became of the biggest female artists in the 80s. When she burst onto the scene in the blockbuster film Purple Rain, an international star was born-navigating this stardom in both the film and music industries. Critics hailed her as an overnight success, praising her natural beauty along with her singing and acting performances.
A composer as well as a performer, she has had three top selling Warner Bros. albums hitting milestone after milestone including the 25 million seller Purple Rain soundtrack (a multi-platinum album featuring the hit single duet with Prince “Take Me With You”), APOLLONIA 6 (an album that went Platinum featuring the hit single “Sex Shooter”, also heard in the movie Purple Rain), and APOLLONIA (an album that went Gold album featuring the hit “Since I Fell For You”.)