Pink
Alecia Beth Moore known professionally as Pink, (stylized as P!nk) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Originally a member of the girl group Choice, Pink rose to fame as an R&B artist with her debut solo album,Can't Take Me Home (2000). The album was certified double platinum in the United States and spawned two billboerd hot 100 top-ten hits, there you go and.most girls She gained further recognition with the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack "Lady Marmalade", which gave Pink her first Grammy Award as well as her first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. Pink took more artistic control and pursued pop rock direction for her second album, Missundaztood (2001). It sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and yielded three U.S. top-ten singles, "Get the Party Started", "Don't Let Me Get Me", and "Just Like a Pill".
Pink's third studio album, Try This (2003), generated considerably lower sales, but earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Pink revived her popularity with her fourth and fifth studio albums, I'm Not Dead (2006) andFunhouse (2008), with the latter containing her second U.S. number-one hit, "So What". Pink concluded the first decade of her career with the compilation album Greatest Hits... So Far!! (2010), which featured "Fuckin' Perfect" and the chart-topping single "Raise Your Glass". Her sixth studio album, The Truth About Love (2012), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and spawned the top-ten singles "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", "Try", and "Just Give Me a Reason", with the latter becoming her fourth U.S. number-one single. In 2014, Pink recorded a collaborative album, Rose Ave., with Canadian musician Dallas Green under afolk music duo named You+Me.
Life And Career
Alecia Beth Moore was born on September 8, 1979 in
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to nurse Judy and insurance salesman Jim Moore, a
Vietnam War vetera She has described her background as "Irish-German-Lithuanian-Jew".
[ Although a healthy baby at birth, she quickly developed asthma that plagued her through her early years.Pink attended
Central Bucks High School West.
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When she was just a toddler, her parents began having marital problems, and before she was 10 her parents had divorced Pink developed her voice early in life. In high school, Pink joined her first band, Middleground, but it disbanded upon losing a battle of the bands competition. As a teenager, she wrote lyrics as an outlet for her feelings, and her mother commented, "Her initial writings were always very introspective. Some of it was very black, and very deep, almost worrisome."
Artistry
Influences
Pink has named Janis Joplin and Madonna as two of her biggest musical influence She said "[Joplin] was so inspiring by singing blues music when it wasn't culturally acceptable for white women, and she wore her heart on her sleeve. She was so witty and charming and intelligent, but she also battled an ugly-duckling syndrome. I would love to play her in a movie. Of Madonna she stated "I'd seen artists change styles and fail miserably, but I've also seen artists change and continue to do well. That's why Madonna has always been an inspiration for me
Discography
- Albums released as a member of You+Me
- Rose Ave. (2014)
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