Doves Cry Worldwide: The Best Tributes To The One & Only Prince

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Unless you’ve stayed off of the internet and away from all human life for the entirety of the day, you’d know that music legend and elusive enigma Prince tragically passed away today.
Millions of people are beyond devastated, so a bunch of cities, monuments and companies have all paid mad tribute to iconic musician. 

GOOGLE 

Despite already having a Google Doodle up for today’s Earth Day, Google decided to bring a ‘Purple Rain‘ Google doodle into the mix. Not everyone can see it (it may only be available in some areas), but they posted it on Twitter for all to see, as well:


THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

It takes something pretty big for major monuments to pay tribute, which shows just how massive an impact Prince had on the world. The Empire State building, the Eiffel Tower and the Superdome all lit up purple today. So did Niagara Falls, although some sources say this was coincidentally for the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. 

TWITTER’S MOSAIC

What’s bigger than most buildings? The internet, of course. Twitter‘s data team created this incredible, made from all of the tweets that tweeted today in honour of Prince today – there were a whopping 6 million (and counting). 

THE NEW YORKER

The New Yorker is a truly a word leader when it comes to tributes, and Prince’s is no different. This is their cover for next week:

MTV

MTV announced just hours after the news of Prince’s passing had happened that they would be dedicating today to his memory by just playing his music, as well as changing their logo to purple. 

Locally, Double J (who has also gone purple) will be playing Prince all weekend to honour his contribution to music. 

SNAPCHAT

We’ve already pointed this out today but we’d be remiss not to include it in this list: Snapchat organised a ‘Purple Rain’ filter to pay tribute. 

PRINCE ST STATION, BROOKLYN

A mysterious stranger stickered over the New York City‘s Prince St subway stop with a purple ‘P’ and Prince’s symbol:

NASA

As much as this nebula isn’t *officially* named after the songwriter, it is a super lovely gesture and tribute from NASA:

NEWTOWN FIRE STATION

Oh the Newtown firies, they bloody get us every time! Look at this super adorable tribute written on Newtown Fire Station‘s board:
So, it’s obvious the whole world is in mourning today – and let’s be honest, most of Gen Y wouldn’t even have been conceived if it wasn’t for Prince’s sexy, sexy music. So look after each other today – we’re all hurting.  
RIP Prince, far too talented and good for this world – but it loved you anyway. 
Photos: Twitter. 

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