小档案
姓 名:P!nk粉红佳人
国 籍:美国
出 生 地:宾夕法尼亚州
出生日期:1979-09-08
职 业:歌手、创作人、舞者
艺人资料
这位留着亮丽粉红色短发, 一身酷炫装扮的新世代辣妹Pink,有着菲律宾的血统, 却在法国尼斯举办的超级模特儿选秀表演会上,一鸣惊人而被唱片公司发掘,并成为新世代酷炫乐团TLC的师妹。不同的是,虽然有着类似的外表, 但除了酷似TLC以重节奏的Hip-Hop舞曲为主外,Pink更唱出足以和Janet Jackson、Toni Braxton媲美的节奏蓝调情歌, 尤其在转音和浑厚的嗓音运用上,也令人惊讶不已,是以让LaFace将其视为秘密武器。
虽然年纪轻轻才21岁, Pink却已被媒体赞誉为“下一个麦当”。纵然这个推论尚言之过早, 但这位顶着粉红惊世发色的女歌手,确实已经撂下了“我要征服全世界, 然后把它漆成粉红色”这样的豪语。自信、率真、直言不讳, Pink常说她的主要目的就是打破陈规。而身为一位在人才济济的节奏蓝调乐坛中打拼的白人女歌手, 事实上她可说已经粉碎了这个主战场中既有的惯例了。
Pink生长于费城郊外一个名为Doylestown的小镇。本名Alecia Moore(艾蕾莎摩儿)的她,从小就在擅长吉他的保险业务员父亲教导下,学会许多鲍布狄伦和唐麦克林的歌曲, 而她母亲则是个喜欢把自己打扮的跟个歌手似的新潮老妈。7岁时她因为在夏令营中被顽皮的男孩当众扯下裤子并大喊“看吶!她变成粉红色啦!”, 而从此得到了“Pink”这个绰号。
早在小学一年级时, Pink就知道自己以后想当歌手,而事实上,她在学校里除了体育成绩最为突出之外, 音乐俨然占据了她课余的所有时间。13岁时她认识了堪称是良师益友的费城舞池高手Skratch,并开始为他的Rap组合Schools Of Thought担任和声。在这个短暂的工作之后, 她继续在费城目前已关闭的舞厅Club Fever中磨练音乐技巧,那儿的DJ准许她在每周五晚上出场表演5分钟。在一次演出之后,有个MCA唱片公司的代表主动表示,希望Pink能够加入一个名为Basic Instinct的演唱组合。 于是Pink与另外两个女孩便草草成军,但据说没多久她就被踢了出来, “她们讨厌我”Pink坦诚地表示,“不过我不在乎,我根本不觉得自己属于任何一个团体。”
尽管演唱之路出师不利, 但不信邪的Pink又加入了另一个更有前景的节奏蓝调三人女子组合Choice。 在没有经纪公司撑腰的情况下,她们寄了许多试听带给各大唱片公司, 而五大唱片公司也对她们表示了高度的兴趣。 最后Choice选择与LaFace唱片签约,主要是因为她们希望能与金牌制作人Babyface合作。 紧接着,LaFace安排三人到亚特兰大总部受训(这时Pink刚好被退学), 她们在一间木屋里头接受体力与声音上的密集训练。 97年12月,蓄势待发的Choice在LaFace的年终耶诞派对上,特别为公司老板L.A. Reid进行了一场演出。
Reid对于Choice的演出没有太大兴趣 ,但对Pink倒是印象颇深,于是便力邀她在该厂牌旗下做个人发展。 于此同时,Pink也发现了自己的创作能力,并且继续磨练自己力道十足的女高音。 她先是为戴瑞西蒙的作品《Just To Be Loving You》谱写了副歌,接着又受Reid之邀一起与She is kspeare、112甚至Babyface等人共同创作。 在短短几个月之间,Pink不但完成了处女作中超过半数的歌曲,还与EMI签下了值钱的创作合约。
在Reid与Babyface的监制下,Pink的首张个人专辑《Cant Take Me Home》在2000年4月正式推出,取得了很不错的成绩。 随后在2002 年初她的又一张专辑《M!ssundaztood》彻底的让歌迷们为之狂热。
个性张扬的Pink在音乐方面的天分不可磨灭, 这使得她必然会成为乐坛最耀眼的明星...
2014年1月,P!nk与Nate Ruess合作演唱新单《Just GIve Me A Reason》。2月,P!nk首次担任第86届奥斯卡表演嘉宾。
2016年,P!nk献唱电影《爱丽丝梦游仙境2》主题曲。
Life and career
Alecia Beth Moore was born on September 8, 1979,in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
She began performing in Philadelphia clubs when she was about 14. She adopted her stagename, "Pink", around this time. She had that nickname for quite some time by that point, and initially it had been "a mean thing".At 14, she was convinced to audition to become a member of the all-female group Basic Instinct, and earned a spot in the lineup. Ultimately, the group disbanded without releasing any material.At 16, Pink and two other teenage girls, Stephanie Galligan and Chrissy Conway, formed the R&B group Choice. A copy of their first song, "Key to My Heart", was sent to LaFace Records in Atlanta, Georgia, where L.A. Reid overheard it and arranged for the group to fly there so he could see them perform. After that, he signed them to a record deal. Since the three girls were under 18 at the time, their parents had to cosign the contract. The group relocated to Atlanta and recorded an album, which was never released, and "Key to My Heart" appeared on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Kazaam. During a Christmas party, Reid gave Pink an ultimatum: go solo or go home. Choice disbanded in 1998.
After Choice disbanded, Pink signed a recording contract with LaFace Records and began working on her debut solo album with producers such as Babyface, Kandi Burruss and Tricky Stewart.Her debut single, "There You Go", was released in February 2000 and became her first top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number seven.
In April, Pink's debut album, Can't Take Me Home, was released to commercial success. Despite a moderate peak of 26 on the Billboard 200 chart, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for two million units shipped in the United States.Pink won the trophy for Female New Artist of the Year at the 2000 Billboard Music Awards.
In 2001, 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 #1 single.
"Get the Party Started" was released as the lead single and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. It also became a worldwide hit, reaching number one in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania, and Spain, as well as spending four weeks at the top of the European Hot 100 Singles chart.At the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, its music video won in the categories of Best Female Video and Best Dance Video. The album's other singles—"Don't Let Me Get Me", "Just Like a Pill", and "Family Portrait"—were also radio and chart successes, with "Just Like a Pill" becoming Pink's second number-one hit in the United Kingdom. Missundaztood remains Pink's best-selling record with over 13 million copies sold worldwide.
According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Missundaztood was the eighth best-selling album of 2002 globally.Pink won a World Music Award for Best Selling American Pop/Rock Female Artist.
In mid-2003, Pink contributed the song "Feel Good Time" to the soundtrack of the film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, in which she had a cameo appearance as a motocross race ramp owner/promoter.Featuring electronic music artist William Orbit, it became Pink's first single to miss the top 40 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, although it was a hit in Europe and in Australia. It was later included on non-U.S. editions of Pink's third album, Try This, which was released on November 11, 2003. Eight of the 13 tracks were co-written with Tim Armstrong of the band Rancid.
During the same period, a song Pink co-wrote with Damon Elliott was released on Mýa's album Moodring.In 2005,Pink collaborated with Lisa Marie Presley on the track "Shine", released on Presley's second album Now What. Pink took a break to write the songs for her fourth album, I'm Not Dead, which she said she titled as such because "It's about being alive and feisty and not sitting down and shutting up even though people would like you to."
Pink collaborated with several other artists in 2006 and 2007, when she opened for Justin Timberlake on the American leg of his FutureSex/LoveShow Tour. She sang on the Indigo Girls album Despite Our Differences. She was featured on India.Arie's song "I Am Not My Hair" from the Lifetime Television film Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy. She wrote a song, "I Will", for Natalia's third album, Everything and More. "Outside of You", another song she co-wrote, was recorded by dance-pop singer Hilary Duff and released on her 2007 album Dignity. Pink recorded a song with Annie Lennox and twenty-two other female acts for Lennox's fourth solo studio album, Songs of Mass Destruction; titled "Sing", it was written as an anthem for HIV/AIDS, according to Lennox's website.In December 2007, a special edition Pink Box, which comprises her second to fourth albums and the DVD Live in Europe, was released in Australia. It reached the top twenty on the albums chart and was certified Gold, selling over 35,000 units.
On November 23, 2008, Pink performed "Sober", the second single from Funhouse, at the American Music Awards. The third single was "Please Don't Leave Me", with a video directed by Dave Meyers. In Australia, "Bad Influence" was released as the album's fourth single as a promotional single for her Funhouse Tour, and "Funhouse" was later released as the fifth single. However, "Bad Influence" was not released as a single in Europe until March 2010, which was after "Funhouse" had been released. In May 2009, Pink released a four-CD box set of her first four albums; this set peaked at No. 7 in the UK Album Chart.In 2009, Pink performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.
On September 13, 2009, Pink performed "Sober" while doing a trapeze act at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, where she was nominated for Best Female Video for "So What".
On July 15, 2010, during a concert in Nurnberg, Germany, Pink was preparing to end her concert with an aerial acrobatic routine when she was pulled offstage and onto a barricade below.
In the first week of October 2010, Pink released "Raise Your Glass", the first single from her first compilation album, Greatest Hits... So Far!!!. The song celebrates a decade since Pink's debut in 2000 and is dedicated to her fans who have been supporting her over the years. The song peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Pink's tenth Top 10 hit, and her third number-one on the chart.
On October 7, 2011, RCA Music Group announced that it would be disbanding Jive Records, along with Arista Records and J Records. With the shutdown, Pink and all other artists previously signed to the labels would release any future material through RCA Records.
In February 2012, Pink confirmed that she was in the writing process for her next studio album, The Truth About Love. It was preceded with the release of its lead single, "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", in July.Released in September, The Truth About Love made its debut atop the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 281,000, making it her first number-one album in the United States.
"Try" was released as the second single from The Truth About Love in October 2012 and became a worldwide top-ten hit, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. In February 2013, Pink released the fourth single, "Just Give Me a Reason", featuring guest vocal by Nate Ruess of fun.On February 13, 2013, Pink kicked off her sixth tour, known as The Truth About Love Tour, in Phoenix, Arizona. Billboard released a statement on June 14, announcing that Pink held the No. 1 spot on their Hot Tours chart, as the American leg of her Truth About Love Tour grossed over $23.6 million.She still held the title a week later, as the European leg grossed $30.7 million.
Billboard named Pink Woman of the Year 2013.In December, the magazine also named The Truth About Love Tour the 3rd best selling tour of 2013 with $147.9 million in ticket sales; falling only behind Bon Jovi and Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour.
It was announced in September 2014, that Pink and Dallas Green, lead singer of City and Colour, worked together on a collaborative album, under the band name You+Me. The album, titled Rose Ave., was released on October 14, 2014.The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the US Folk Albums chart.
In August 2015, Pink recorded the theme song for the thirteenth season of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The song, "Today's the Day", was performed during the show's premiere week in New York City on September 10, 2015.
It was announced in February 2016 that Pink will cover a Beatles song, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", for the upcoming Netflix original series Beat Bugs.In the same month, it was announced that she had recorded a cover of White Rabbit for the movie Alice Through the Looking Glass, while in April it was revealed that she contributed the song "Just Like Fire" to the soundtrack of the movie.