Biography

Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania), better known by her stage name P!NK, is an American singer-songwriter who 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.

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 first album, Can’t Take Me Home was a substantial success, going double platinum, due to the huge pop and rhythmic radio hit singles “There You Go” and “Most Girls”.

Towards the end of 2001, P!nk decided to take her career in a new direction and have more creative control. Tired of being marketed as a another cookie-cutter pop act, and eager to become a more serious songwriter and musician, Pink sought the help of former 4 Non Blondes vocalist, Linda Perry. Together, P!nk and Perry co-wrote and co-produced most of the tracks on Pink’s sophomore album, Missundaztood, which was released in early 2002. The album’s more pop rock sound could be heard immediately with its first single, the Linda Perry penned “Get the Party Started”. “Get the Party Started” was a hugely commercially successful single, topping the charts in many countries. The album’s other singles, “Don’t Let Me Get Me”, “Just Like A Pill”, and “Family Portrait” were also radio and chart successes.

In 2003 P!nk released a new album called Try This. 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 US, Canada, UK and Australia in 2003. Though its singles “Trouble” and “God Is A DJ” didn’t do well in her home country as her previous singles “Trouble” earned Pink her second Grammy award in 2003. However the singles were largely successful in Europe, especially Britain, and Australia.

P!nk’s fourth album, I’m Not Dead was released in April 2006. 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. Oddly enough, 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 the next month (May). The horror movie Catacombs has plans for release in 2006. Track two of the album, Who Knew, was released as the second single from the album on May 29, 2006.

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

Sources: Internet.