P!nk
Alecia Beth Moore Hart (born September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American singer, feminist, songwriter, music video director and pornographic actress.
Bio[edit]
During her teens, Pink was a member of the girl group Choice. Her first solo studio album, Can't Take Me Home (2000), was certified double-platinum in the United States. The R&B-influenced album spawned two Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs: "There You Go" and "Most Girls". Pink gained further recognition with the collaborative single "Lady Marmalade" from the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack, which topped many charts worldwide. Pink refocused her sound to pop rock with her second studio album, Missundaztood (2001). The album sold more than 13 million copies worldwide and yielded the international hit songs "Get the Party Started", "Don't Let Me Get Me", and "Just Like a Pill".
Pink's third studio album, Try This (2003), sold significantly less than her second studio album, but earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. She returned to the top of the charts with her fourth and fifth studio albums, I'm Not Dead (2006) and Funhouse (2008), which spawned the top-ten entries "Who Knew" and "U + Ur Hand" as well as the number-one single "So What". Pink's sixth studio album, The Truth About Love (2012), was her first Billboard 200 number-one album and spawned her fourth US number-one single, "Just Give Me a Reason". In 2014, Pink recorded a collaborative album, Rose Ave., with Canadian musician Dallas Green as the folk music duo You+Me. Her next studio albums, Beautiful Trauma (2017) and Hurts 2B Human (2019), both debuted at atop the Billboard 200 chart, with the former becoming the world's third best-selling album of the year. Her ninth and most recent studio album, Trustfall (2023), peaked at number 2 in the U.S.
Pink has been described as "pop royalty" for her distinctive raspy voice and acrobatic stage presence. She has sold over 135 million records worldwide (60 million albums and 75 million singles), making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. Her accolades include three Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award and seven MTV Video Music Awards (including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award). In 2009, Billboard named Pink the Pop Songs Artist of the Decade. Pink was also the second-most-played female solo artist in the United Kingdom during the 2000s decade, behind only Madonna. VH1 ranked her 10th on its list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music, while Billboard gave her the Woman of the Year award in 2013. At the 63rd annual BMI Pop Awards, she received the BMI President's Award for "her outstanding achievement in songwriting and global impact on pop culture and the entertainment industry."
Aside from her music, Pink has been noted for her fashion style, such as her "adventurous" hairstyles, which have ranged from fluorescent spikes to pink-streaked dreadlocks to a pitch-black skater cut. Billboard described her style as "androgynous" and "gender-bending". She told InStyle, "I'm eclectic. I'm a tomboy, but I'm kind of a hippie and kind of a gangster ... I don't know if that's a good thing, but it is my thing.
On August 21, 2018, Pink stopped her concert in Brisbane for a grieving fan. A girl named Leah lost her mother one month before the concert, and she and her family hung up signs all around the concert, saying "My name is Leah – I'm 14 years old. I lost my beautiful Mum last month. I would LOVE a hug... Please!" The signs grabbed Pink's attention.[185]
On Women's Equality Day in 2019, Gillie and Marc Art unveiled a bronze sculpture of Pink as a part of Statues for Equality mission.
Pink is also involved with several charities and campaigns, including Human Rights Campaign, ONE Campaign, The Prince's Trust, New York Restoration Project, Run for the Cure Foundation, Save the Children, Take Back the Night, UNICEF, World Animal Protection, One Billion Rising, Youth Off The Streets, Black Lives Matter and Good Ride.
In 2017, Pink and her husband joined a fundraising bike ride that raised $2,000,000 for the Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign.[195] She partnered with "Save With Stories", a No Kid Hungry collaboration with Save the Children, and read stories on Instagram for children who were out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[196] In April 2023, Pink was awarded with the "National Champion Award" from No Kid Hungry, for "her commitment and contributions to help advance No Kid Hungry’s national campaign to end childhood hunger in America".[197] Pink and Kelly Clarkson helped raise $60,000 for No Kid Hungry and Sweet Relief Musicians Fund by auctioning off "one-of-a-kid" art pieces depicting their songs in sound waves.[198] Later that year, Pink and her daughter collaborated with Williams Sonoma and designed spatulas for the annual "Tools for Change" fundraising program by No Kid Hungry.[199]
On February 16, 2009, Pink announced she was donating $250,000 to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal to aid the victims of the bushfires that swept through the Australian state of Victoria earlier that month.[200] Pink said she wanted to make "a tangible expression of support".[201] She also donated money to Autism Speaks.[202] Following Australia's bushfires in 2020, Pink donated $500,000 to the local fire services.[203] Later that year, the singer donated $1,000,000 to help fight the pandemic following her recovery from COVID-19. The amount was split between the City of Los Angeles Mayor's Emergency COVID-19 Crisis Fund and the Temple University Hospital Fund in Philadelphia.[204] In July 2021, she offered to pay the fines handed out to the Norwegian women's beach handball team after they wore shorts like their male counterparts instead of bikini bottoms.[205] In 2022, Pink released a protest song "Irrelevant" and announced all of the proceeds would be donated to Michelle Obama's nonpartisan voting initiative "When We All Vote".[147]
Pink is an animal rights activist. and is also outspoken about LGBT rights and supports same-sex marriage. In 2017, Pink attended the Women's March, a widely-attended protest in favor of women's rights and equality alongside her family.
In January 2023, the singer partnered with Pfizer and recorded a commercial alongside Questlove, Jean Smart, and Michael Phelps to emphasize the importance of acting fast after testing positive for COVID-19.
Discography[edit]
- Can't Take Me Home (2000)
- Missundaztood (2001)
- Try This (2003)
- I'm Not Dead (2006)
- Funhouse (2008)
- The Truth About Love (2012)
- Beautiful Trauma (2017)
- Hurts 2B Human (2019)
- Trustfall (2023)
Filmography[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2000 | Ski to the Max | Brena | Credited as Alecia Moore |
2002 | Rollerball | Rock singer | Cameo
Credited as Alecia Moore |
2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Coal Bowl M.C. | Cameo
Credited as Alecia Moore |
2006 | NBC Sunday Night Football | Herself | Theme song performer |
2007 | Catacombs | Carolyn | Credited as Alecia Moore |
2008 | Sober: XXX Triple Version | Herself | Porn hardcore version of his 2008 videoclip Sober |
2009 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Herself | Episode: "SpongeBob's Truth or Square" |
2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Herself | Cameo |
2011 | Happy Feet Two | Gloria | Voice
Credited as Alecia Moore |
2012 | Thanks for Sharing | Dede | Credited as Alecia Moore |
2015 | Billy on the Street | Herself | |
2015 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | Herself | |
2016 | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Herself | |
2020 | Miss Americana | Herself | Cameo
Uncredited |
2020 | The Ellen Degeneres Show | Herself | Episode: "Pink and David Spade" |
2021 | Pink: All I Know So Far | Herself |
Tours[edit]
- Party Tour (2002)
- Try This Tour (2004)
- I'm Not Dead Tour (2006–2007)
- Funhouse Tour (2009)
- The Funhouse Summer Carnival (2010)
- The Truth About Love Tour (2013–2014)
- Beautiful Trauma World Tour (2018–2019)
- Summer Carnival (2023–2024)
- Trustfall Tour (2023)
References[edit]
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