P!nk

Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979), better known by her stage name P!nk (also written as Pink), is an American singer-songwriter who first gained prominence in early January of 2000. She is most often recognized by her unique, unorthodox fashion sense and soulful sound. Named #12 in the UK Music Hall of Fame of the 21st century, her vocal skills have often been compared to that of the late Janis Joplin, whom P!nk cites as one of her idols.

Early life

P!nk was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to James and Judy Moore; she is of Irish, German, Lithuanian and Jewish heritage;P!nk's Jewish ancestry comes from her mother's side,[http://www.sundayherald.com/54759 and P!nk herself does not adhere to any organized religion. Her father played guitar and sang songs for young Alecia, who aspired from an early age to be a rock star one day. She has explained the origin of the stage name "Pink" or "P!nk" in three different versions. The lighter version claims that she had her pants pulled down by a boy at a YMCA summer camp when she was a teenager, and her face turned bright pink out of embarrassment. The explicit version claims that a friend told her that her pubic region was bright pink. She has also said that all of her friends said she acted just like Mr. Pink, a character in the film Reservoir Dogs so she wanted to call herself that.

Career

Can't Take Me Home

P!nk began her career as an R&B artist, signed to the predominately urban label LaFace Records. She has since complained that because she chose to relinquish creative control to her record label, she did not like the type of music she made at this time, or her image, which included bright pink hair. Her debut album, Can't Take Me Home was released on April 4, 2000. A substantial success, it went double platinum, and spun off two top 10 singles: "There You Go" and "Most Girls". The album's third single, "You Make Me Sick", was released towards the end of 2000 and also became a smaller pop hit in early 2001 (#33 in February of 2001), thanks in part to being featured in the movie Save The Last Dance.

In spring of 2001, P!nk teamed up with rapper Lil' Kim, R&B singer Mya, and pop music singer Christina Aguilera on a remake of LaBelle's 1975 hit "Lady Marmalade". The track was produced by hip-hop producers Rockwilder and Missy Elliott and was featured in Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge!. The song's music video featured the four singers dressed in underwear and heavy makeup, portraying turn-of-the-20th century courtesans. The video was immensely popular on music centered television channels and adult top 40 radio. The song went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy Award—P!nk's first—for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. The song also topped the charts in Australia with the soundtrack being the best selling album of 2001 in that country.

M!ssundaztood

Tired of being marketed as another cookie-cutter pop act, and eager to become a more serious songwriter and musician, P!nk took her sound in a new direction and sought more creative control during the recording of her second album. She recruited former 4 Non Blondes vocalist Linda Perry, and together they co-wrote and co-produced most of the tracks on Missundaztood, released on November 20, 2001.

Its lead-off single "Get the Party Started", written and produced by Perry, went top five in the U.S., while topping the charts in many countries. It was narrowly denied the #1 spot in the UK due to the posthumous release of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord". The album's other singles, "Don't Let Me Get Me", "Just Like a Pill", and "Family Portrait" were also radio and chart successes. "Just Like a Pill", produced by Dallas Austin, finally gained P!nk her first solo UK #1 in September 2002 and as a result, album sales of M!ssundaztood increased dramatically. Uptempo dance remixes of these more rock-oriented songs allowed them to become crossover hits on U.S. rhythmic radio and in the clubs, and the less R&B, more alternative rock sound of M!ssundazstood helped all four singles to become modest hits at adult top 40 radio also. The album's tracks "18 Wheeler" and "Eventually" (the first song P!nk wrote with Perry) were rumored as fifth singles; however, following sales that exceeded all expectations, P!nk took a short hiatus.

M!ssundaztood was the second-best-selling album in the UK during 2002, and P!nk was the best-selling female artist globally. The album has sold over 5 million copies in the U.S. to date.

In the summer of 2003, P!nk released a single from Full Throttle, "Feel Good Time". The track, produced by electronic music artist William Orbit and based on the song "Fresh Garbage" by 60's band Spirit, peaked in the 60's on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Singles chart. She also had a small cameo in the movie as a dirt bike race promoter.

Try This

P!nk's third album Try This was released on November 11, 2003. Eight of the thirteen tracks were co-written with Tim Armstrong of punk band Rancid. Try This reached the Top 10 on album charts in the U.S., Canada, UK and Australia in 2003. Though its singles "Trouble" and "God Is a DJ" didn't do as well in her home country as her previous singles, "Trouble" earned P!nk her second Grammy award in 2003. However, the singles were largely successful in Europe, especially Britain, and Australia, prompting her to release a third non-U.S. single, "Last to Know". Due to the album's popularity, P!nk toured extensively throughout Europe, but made no plans for a U.S. tour.

I'm Not Dead

P!nk's fourth album, I'm Not Dead was released in April 2006 and marks her return to the LaFace record label. The first single, "Stupid Girls," has already been released to radio, and is currently available on iTunes. P!nk made videos for "U + Ur Hand" and "Stupid Girls" but decided to release the latter first. The CD had started causing controversy before it was even released. The song "Dear Mr. President" is an open letter to President George W. Bush. The CD was released 31 March in some parts of Europe (those which release albums on Fridays, as opposed to Mondays) 3 April and 4 April in the U.S. and Canada. This album was released exactly 6 years to the day of P!nk's first album Can't Take Me Home.

A DVD containing concert footage of P!nk's Try This European Tour was released in May.

Track two of the album, "Who Knew," was released as the second single from the album on May 29, 2006 and was 20 times No.1 on TRL Germany, made P!nk getting the Golden Tape.

Despite popular belief that "Dear Mr. President" would be released as a single, during a promotional visit to Australia, Pink appeared on TV show Rove Live and said that the track would never become a single.

On June 30, 2006, P!nk announced on her official UK site the follow up single to "Who Knew": "U + Ur Hand", to be released this summer.

Personal life

On January 7, 2006, she married motorcycle racer Carey Hart in a ceremony on a beach in Costa Rica. ^*

P!nk is a supporter of animal rights and long time PETA member. She has also posed for a PETA Anti-Fur Ad. ^*

Discography

Year	Title	Chart positions
Year	Title
U.S.	UK	IRL	GER	NL	AUS	SWI
2000	Can't Take Me Home	#26	#13	#23	#85	#58	#10
2001	M!ssundaztood	#6	#2	#4	#5	#5	#14	#7
2003	Try This	#9	#3	#8	#2	#8	#8	#1
2006	I'm Not Dead	#6	#3	#9	#1	#5	#7	#1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
Year	Single
United World Chart	USA	UK	IRL	GER	AUS	NL	U.S. Hot Dance Club Play
*Can't Take Me Home*
2000	"There You Go"	#16	#7	#6	#19	#65	#2	#8	#8
2000	"Most Girls"	#14	#4	#5	#15	-	#1	#23	#43
2001	"You Make Me Sick"	-	#33	#9	#30	#88	#25	-	#23
*Moulin Rouge! Soundtrack*
2001	"Lady Marmalade" ^{(with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim and Mya)}	#1	#1	#1	#1	#1	#1	#2	#3
*M!ssundaztood*
2001	"Get the Party Started"	#1	#4	#2	#1	#1	#1	#2	#1
2002	"Don't Let Me Get Me"	#1	#8	#6	#5	#10	#8	#6	#31
2002	"Just Like a Pill"	#3	#8	#1	#2	#2	-	#6	-
2002	"Family Portrait"	#8	#20	#11	#5	#8	#11	#5	-
*Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Soundtrack*
2003	"Feel Good Time"¹ ^{(featuring William Orbit)}	#5	#60	#3	#9	#16	#7	#13	#8
*Try This*
2003	"Trouble"	#7	#68	#7	#7	#7	#8	#10	-
2004	"God is a DJ"	#19	-	#11	#13	#44	#24	#6	#17
2004	"Last to Know"	-	-	#21	#23	#66	-	#22	-
*I'm Not Dead*
2006	"Stupid Girls"	#1	#13	#4	#5	#5	#4	#9	#19
2006	"Who Knew"	#8	#122	#5	#6	#13	#2	#35	-
2006	"U + Ur Hand"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

¹ Taken from the soundtrack to Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. This single was not included on all editions of the album but in some countries, such as the UK, this was included and considered to be the first single from Try This. The single managed to go top 3 in the UK but only climbed as high as #60 ín the US.

Songs

Main article: List of P!nk Songs

Awards

2006 MTV Germany Golden Tape - 20 times at no.1 on TRL

2004 MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Video From A Film (Feel Good Time)

2004 Grammys - Best Female Rock Vocal Performance (Trouble)

2003 World Music Awards - Best American Pop/Rock Female Artist

2003 Brit Awards - Best International Female Artist

2002 Grammys - Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (Lady Marmalade)

2002 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards - Favorite Female Singer - Favorite Song (Get The Party Started)

2002 MTV Video Music Awards - Best Female Video (Get The Party Started) - Best Dance Video (Get The Party Started)

2002 MTV Video Music Award Latin America - Best Pop Artist, International

2002 MTV Europe Awards - Best Song (Get The Party Started)

2002 Q Awards - Best Video (Get The Party Started)

2001 MTV Video Music Awards - Video of The Year (Lady Marmalade) - Best Video from a Film (Lady Marmalade)

2001 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards - Favorite Female Artist

2001 Blockbuster Enterainment Awards - Favorite Female - New Artist

2001 Teen Choice Awards - Song of The Summer (Lady Marmalade)

2001 My VH1 Awards - Favorite Video (Lady Marmalade) - Is It Hot In Her Or Is It Just My Video (Lady Marmalade)

2000 Billboard Magazine: - Best New Female Artist

Trivia

P!nk has been managed by Craig Logan of Bros fame
She attended Moore College of Art and Design for a year before dropping out
She briefly dated Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee
Was once on the short list of people to play Janis Joplin in an upcoming biopic called The Gospel According To Janis.
On The Ellen Degeneres Show, she revealed that, yes, there are real diamonds attached to her teeth. They are also visible during her "Stupid Girls" music video.
She worked at McDonald's, and was fired because she use to eat burgers while she was working.

External links

Sources

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