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Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979),
better known by her stage name P!nk (also written as Pink), is a Grammy
Award-winning 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. Pink married Carey Hart in Costa Rica on Saturday January 7,
2006.
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Birth name Alecia Beth Moore
Also known as P!nk
Born September 8, 1979
Origin Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United
States
Genre(s) Pop, rock, R&B
Years active 1996–present
Label(s) LaFace Records
(2000–2001/2006–present)
Arista Records (2001–2004) Possbile Warner
Brothers Records
Website PinksPage.com
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Early life
P!nk was born in Doylestown,[citation
needed] Pennsylvania, to James Moore and Judy Jean; she is of Irish,
German, and Lithuanian-Jewish heritage.[1] P!nk's Jewish ancestry comes
from her mother's side,[2]; P!nk herself does not adhere to any
organized religion, although she considers herself Jewish.[3] Her father
played guitar and sang songs for young Alecia, who aspired from an early
age to be a rock star. After her parents divorced when she was only 7
years old, she started experimenting with drugs. This continued until
Thanksgiving of 1995, when she was saved by a prositute who turned out
to be a former doctor, addicted to cocaine. While in high school, P!nk
joined her "first" official band, Middleground, but the band never took
off. She performed in Philadelphia clubs until she was given the
opportunity to fly to Atlanta and join an R&B trio called Choice, who
recorded some songs and released Key To My Heart on the soundtrack to
the movie Kazaam. When Choice performed in front of LaFace's executives,
L.A. Reid was so impressed with Alecia that he offered her a record deal
as a solo artist. She accepted the offer and began her career with the
stage name P!nk. 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 predominantly 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. "You Make Me Sick", however, was
largely panned by music critics worldwide, most of whom were unimpressed
by it's blatantly chauvinistic - and somewhat nonsensical - lyrics, and
many believed (wrongly, as it turned out) that that the lights were
about to go out on P!nk's career, especially as the single had flopped
in most countries outside of the United States.
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.
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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 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (A movie in which P!nk had a
cameo appearence in as a motorcross ramp owner), "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," was released to radio by the end of
January, and is currently available on iTunes. 'Stupid Girls' did a good
job as a 'Lead Single' by giving P!nk her first top 20 single since
Family Portrait, 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 with the song "Dear Mr.
President" which is thought to be 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.
The first single "Stupid Girls" was
nominated and won for Best Pop Video on MTV VMA's 2006.
Track two of the album, "Who Knew," was
released as the second single from the album on May 29, 2006 and was
voted #1 on TRL Germany 20 times, allowing P!nk to earn the "Golden
Tape". Despite its worldwide success, "Who Knew" flopped in the U.S.,
peaking at a disappointing #118 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Pink announced the follow up single to "Who
Knew": track nine of the album "U + Ur Hand", to be released on August
28th in Europe and October 16th in the U.S. The video for "U + Ur Hand"
was released in Canada on July 18th 2006.
Despite popular belief that "Dear Mr.
President" would be released as a single, during a promotional visit to
Australia, Pink appeared on the TV show Rove Live and said that the
track would never be released commercially, despite unexpected radio
airplay in some markets. Pink also mentioned during a radio interview in
Seattle on Kiss 106.1 that she would not release "Dear Mr. President" as
a single because she didn't want people to think it was a publicity
stunt.
Pink: The Best Pink
Pink is reportedly releasing a greatest
hits album in 2006 which AOL MUSIC and MTV have both written about. The
album is under the Warner Brothers Records label and Warner Music Group.
MTV reports it will be released on September 11, 2006. No word on wether
ot not the remake of the Joan Jett song "I Hate Myself For Loving You"
that she uses as the theme for NBC Sunday Night Football, retitled
"Waiting All Day For Sunday Night" is on the album.
Discography
Year Title Chart positions Sales
U.S. UK IRL GER NL AUS SWI
2000 Can't Take Me Home #26 #13 #23 #85 #58
#10 - 3 million world wide
2001 M!ssundaztood #6 #2 #4 #5 #5 #14 #7 16
million world wide
2003 Try This #9 #3 #8 #2 #8 #8 #1 3
million world wide
2006 I'm Not Dead #6 #3 #9 #1 #5 #2 #1 1.8
million to-date
2006 P!nk: The Best Pink
Singles
Year Single Chart positions
United World Chart U.S. UK IRL GER AUS NL
RUS U.S. Hot Dance Club Play Worldwide Sales
Can't Take Me Home
2000 "There You Go" #16 #7 #6 #19 #65 #2 #8
#77 #8
2000 "Most Girls" #14 #4 #5 #15 - #1 #23
#17 #43
2001 "You Make Me Sick" - #33 #9 #30 #88
#25 - #21 #23
Moulin Rouge! Soundtrack
2001 "Lady Marmalade"
(with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim and Mya)
#1 #1 #1 #1 #1 #1 #2 #2 #3 5,428,000
M!ssundaztood
2001 "Get the Party Started" #1 #4 #2 #1 #1
#1 #2 #1 #1 5,233,000
2002 "Don't Let Me Get Me" #1 #8 #6 #5 #10
#8 #6 #3 #31 3,585,000
2002 "Just Like a Pill" #3 #8 #1 #2 #2 - #6
#17 - 3,378,000
2002 "Family Portrait" #8 #20 #11 #5 #8 #11
#5 #10 - 2,534,000
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Soundtrack
2003 "Feel Good Time"1
(featuring William Orbit) #5 #60 #3 #9 #16
#7 #13 #11 #8
Try This
2003 "Trouble" #7 #68 #7 #7 #7 #8 #10 #2 -
2004 "God is a DJ" #19 - #11 #13 #44 #24 #6
#5 #17
2004 "Last to Know" - - #21 #23 #66 - #22 -
-
I'm Not Dead
2006 "Stupid Girls" #1 #13 #4 #5 #5 #4 #9
#2 #19 4,078,000
2006 "Who Knew" #8 #118 #5 #6 #12 #2 #35
#29 - 1,858,000
2006 "U + Ur Hand" - - #11 #13 - - #34 -
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
Official DVDs
2006: Live In Europe - Complete video of
Try This Tour concert in Europe - #2 Austria - #3 Australia
Awards and Nominations
Year Award Category About Result
2006 TMF Awards Best Video International
Stupid Girls Nominated
2006 TMF Awards Best Album International
I'm Not Dead Nominated
2006 TMF Awards Best Female International
Herself Nominated
2006 MTV Video Music Awards Best Pop Video
Stupid Girls Won
2006 AIM Buddy Awards Best Musical Buddy
Herself Won
2006 MTV Germany Golden Tape 20 Times at
No.1 on TRL Germany Who Knew Won
2006 Glamour Magazine International Solo
Artist of the Year Herself Won
2004 MTV Video Music Awards Japan Best
Video From A Film Feel Good Time Won
2004 Grammy Awards Best Female Rock Vocal
Performance Trouble Won
2004 Grammy Awards Best Pop Collaboration
with Vocals Feel Good Time Nominated
2003 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Female
Herself Nominated
2003 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Pop
Artist Herself Nominated
2003 World Music Awards Best American Pop
Herself Won
2003 World Music Awards Rock Female Artist
Herself Won
2003 Brit Awards Best International Female
Artist Herself Won
2003 Grammy Awards Best Pop Vocal
Performance Get The Party Started Nominated
2003 Grammy Awards Best Pop Vocal Album
M!ssundaztood Nominated
2002 Grammy Awards Best Pop Collaboration
with Vocals Lady Marmalade Won
2002 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards
Favorite Female Singer Herself Won
2002 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards
Favorite Song Get The Party Started Won
2002 MTV Video Music Awards Best Female
Video Get The Party Started Won
2002 MTV Video Music Awards Best Dance
Video Get The Party Started Won
2002 MTV Video Music Award Latin America
Best International Artist Herself Won
2002 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Song Get
The Party Started Won
2002 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Female
Herself Nominated
2002 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Album
M!ssundaztood Nominated
2002 Premios Conexion MTV (Conexion MTV
Awards, Latin America) Best Belly Button Herself Won
2002 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Pop
Artist Herself Nominated
2002 Q Awards Best Video Get The Party
Started Won
2001 MTV Video Music Awards Video of The
Year Lady Marmalade Won
2001 MTV Video Music Awards Best Video from
a Film Lady Marmalade Won
2001 MTV Video Music Awards Best
Choreography Lady Marmalade Nominated
2001 MTV Video Music Awards Best Art
Direction Lady Marmalade Nominated
2001 MTV Video Music Awards Best Pop Video
Lady Marmalade Nominated
2001 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Female Artist Herself Won
2001 Blockbuster Enterainment Awards
Favorite Female Artist Herself Won
2001 Blockbuster Enterainment Awards New
Artist Herself Won
2001 Teen Choice Awards Song of The Summer
Lady Marmalade Won
2001 My VH1 Awards Favorite Video Lady
Marmalade Won
2001 My VH1 Awards Is It Hot In Her Or Is
It Just My Video Lady Marmalade Won
2000 MTV Video Music Awards Best New Artist
Herself Nominated
2000 Billboard Music Video Awards Best Pop
New Artist Clip of the Year There You Go Won
2000 Billboard Magazine Best New Female
Artist Herself Won
Trivia
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Is a natural blonde
P!nk has been managed by Craig Logan of
Bros fame
She was rumored to have dated Mötley Crüe
drummer Tommy Lee, but that's not true
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.
Pink kissed actress Kristanna Loken at the
2003 World Music Awards in Monte Carlo.[4]
Is a prominent campaigner for PETA,
contributing her voice towards causes such as KFC's poor treatment of
chicken prior to slaughter, and was noted for sending a letter to Prince
William, criticising the Royal Family's guards' usage of bearskin for
their headwear.
A pink colored PSP was launched in August
2006 promoting the artist and Sony's Playstation Portable. The pink PSP
will be released in Europe on October 2006, and will include a P!nk
themed UMD, featuring music promos, interviews, and an exclusive track.
As of September 2006, no plans have been made over the handheld
console's release in North America
Her dog's (Passed away on 2002/2003) name
was extremely questionable because it's censored on television. In a
live broadcast for MuchMusic during 2003, it was revealed that her dog's
name was "Fucker". Repeated shows censored her dog's name.
Told Blender magazine in 2006 that she and
Hart are avid fans of Natural Born Killers.
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