Music career 1995–2000: Career beginnings and Can't Take Me Home Main article: Can't Take Me Home Her stage name "P!nk" was a nickname of hers when she was singing in Philadelphia clubs as a teen. McGuire worked with various producers for two years, never releasing a record, before Reid persuaded Moore to go solo.
I did it all, and all at the same time." At 16, together with two other teenage girls, Stephanie Galligan and Chrissy Conway, she formed the R&B group Choice. I went through phases from skateboarder, to hip-hopper, to rave child, to lead singer in a rock band. Some of it was very black, and very deep, almost worrisome." She began performing in Philadelphia clubs when she was 14 years old. When she was a teenager, she wrote lyrics as an outlet for her feelings, and her mother commented, "Her initial writings were always very introspective. Although a healthy baby at birth, she quickly developed asthma that plagued her through her early years. In high school, Moore joined her first band, Middleground, but the band folded upon losing a battle of the bands competition. Her father played guitar and sang songs, thus inspiring Pink from an early age to be a rock star. Pink grew up in Doylestown, where she attended Doyle Elementary School, Lenape Middle School, and Central Bucks High School West. Her father is Catholic and her mother is Jewish, and she has ancestors who emigrated from Ireland, Germany, and Lithuania. Pink was born on Septemin Abington, Pennsylvania to Judith, a nurse, and Jim Moore, a Vietnam veteran.
Her fifth album, Funhouse, was released in late October 2008. "U + Ur Hand" is credited to have revived Pink's career in the US, and also to have brought the album back to the charts. The second single, " Who Knew," was virtually ignored on American radio, but after the huge success of " U + Ur Hand," was re-released, peaking at #9 on the charts. It was preceded by the controversial single, " Stupid Girls", which garnered commercial success. The album debuted and peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200, Pink's highest debut on the chart. It marked her comeback after the poor performance of her previous album. After taking a short break, she released I'm Not Dead, her fourth studio album, on April 4, 2006. It produced three singles, " Trouble," " God Is a DJ" and " Last to Know," with the first receiving a Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. The album was, commercially, less successful than her previous album, but still managed to sell around 3 million copies, making it Pink's least successful album to date. In November 2003, Pink released her third album Try This. The album produced four singles, " Get the Party Started," " Don't Let Me Get Me," " Just Like a Pill" and " Family Portrait," each entering the Top 20, with "Get the Party Started" being her highest charting solo single (tied with " Most Girls") until " So What" in 2008, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album went on to become a critical and commercial success, with estimated sales of 13 million. In 2001, she released her second, more pop rock-oriented, studio album, Missundaztood. The song garnered commercial success, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox musical artist Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979), better known by her stage name Pink (often stylized as P!nk), is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress.Īfter her three-year career with the contemporary R&B girl group Choice, in 2000 she released her first single " There You Go," from her debut album Can't Take Me Home.