Prince's Legacy: His Unpronounceable Symbol, Best Songs, and Music Business Insights.
On his 35th birthday, Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol, which was a combination of the common gender symbols for male and female. The motivation behind the name change was never clearly stated, but many assumed it was a ploy to get out of his contract with Warner Bros. Records. The symbol appeared in slightly different forms in the artwork of several Prince albums, and he copyrighted the altered version as the title of his 1992 album, commonly referred to as “Love Symbol.”