HEARTBREAKIN NEWS: few minute ago “Alecia Beth Moore-Hart, known professionally as Pink, is an American singer and songwriter pass away at the age of 45yrs in a plane crash ….
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PinkPublished on April 14, 2024By This Day In MusicPinkPhoto by Gary Miller/Getty Images
20 Pink Facts:
1. Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on 8 September 1979.
2. Pink was trained as a competitive gymnast between the ages 4 and 12.
3. She took the name ‘Pink’ from the character ‘Mr. Pink’ in Quentin Tarantino’s film Reservoir Dogs. Seeing the movie with friends, they all agreed that she resembled the character
4. She was originally a member of the all-female group Basic Instinct and later the group Choice in 1995 and was also the lead singer of the rock band Middleground before getting a record deal.
Pink won the trophy for Female New Artist of the Year at the 2000 Billboard Music Awards.
6. She was billed as a supporting act on the North American leg of NSYNC’s No Strings Attached Tour throughout the summer of 2000.
7. Pink, alongside singers Christina Aguilera and Mýa as well as rapper Lil’ Kim, performed a cover of ‘Lady Marmalade’ for the soundtrack of the film Moulin Rouge! In the US it became the most successful airplay-only single in history, as well as Pink’s first number-one single.
For her second studio album Pink recruited Linda Perry, former singer of 4 Non Blondes (one of Pink’s favorite groups in her teenage years). Pink moved into Perry’s Los Angeles home where the pair spent several months writing songs. ‘Get the Party Started’, ‘Don’t Let Me Get Me’ and ‘Just Like a Pill’ became hits on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking inside the top 10 between 2001 and 2002.
9. The music video for ‘Get the Party Started’ features the song’s composer, Linda Perry, seen as a bartender.
