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P!NK

By Katie Dring

4) In High school Pink joined her first band, but it disbanded upon losing a battle of the bands competition. 5)As a teenager Pink wrote her first Lyrics as an outlet for her feelings .Her mother commented. Her initial writings were always very introspective. Some of it was very black, and very deep, almost worrisome.

3)Pink was inspired from an early age to be a pop star because her father played the guitar and sang songs

2)Pink grew up in Doylestown, where she attended Kutz Elementary school, Lenape Middle School, and Central Bucks high school west .

1)Alecia Moore was born on September the 8th 1979 in Abington, Pennsylvania, to Judith a nurse and Jim Moore a Vietnam veteran.

Pink was also a gymnast from for eight years, saying in an interview that it was her first dream to be an Olympic gymnast. Pink developed her voice early in life. Although a healthy baby at birth, she quickly developed asthma that plagued her thought her early years. After that, LA. Reid signed them to a record deal. As the three girls were under 18 at the time, their parents has to consign the contact. 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 and Choice disbanded in 1998

Early Life

6) Pink began performing in Philadelphia clubs when she was fourteen using the stage name PINK
At fourteen she was convinced to audition to become a member of the all-female group Basic Instinct and earned a stop in the line-up. Ultimately, the group disbanded without releasing any material. At sixteen, together with two other teenagers girls , Stephanie Galligan and Chrissy Conway, Pink formed the R&B Group called Choice. A copy of their first song key to My heart was sent to LaFce Records in Atlanta, Georgia , where LA. Reid overheard it and arranged for the group to fly there so he could see them perform

PINKS Albums

Pink released her first single, There you go and her debut album, Cant Take Me Home in 2000. They were followed by two further singles, Most Girls and You Make Me Sick. Although this wasnt her most successful it still certified platinum in the UK, and 2x Platinum in the United States.

In 2001 Pink released her second album M!ssundaztood. Just Like A Pill one of the four singles from the album, became Pinks first number one single reaching the top of the UK singles chart. This album, Missundaztood is proved to be her most successful album to date, with sales in excess of twelve million copies.

In November 2003, Pink released her third album, Try This. Although the album charted highly in most countries, its single releases Trouble, God is a DJ and Last to Know did not fare as well, as her run of top-ten hits in the United States ended.. Even though this album wasnt very successful Try This earned Pink her first solo Grammy Award.

After a short break, Pink fourth studio album Im Not Dead, was released in April 2006. This album generated seven hit singles including Stupid Girls, U+UR Hands and Who Knew. These songs marked a revival in Pinks popularity both in the US and worldwide.

Pinks fifth album, Funhouse was released in October 2008 and was preceded to be her first solo number one on the Billboard Hot 100, So What. For this album pink worked with the music label Laface. This album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 180,000 copies in its first week of being realised, it also reached number one in the charts in six countries. Funhouse earner Pink three Grammy Awards nominations and five MTV video music award nominations.

In 2012 Pink released her sixth album The Truth About Love which debuted at number one in multiple countries including the US and Australia. The Album was preceded by the release of three singles; Blow Me One Last Kiss released in July 2012, Try which was released in October 2012, and finally Just Give Me A Reason which was released in February 2013. The single Blow me one last kiss sat firmly at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and went Platinum for over a million copies sold, as well as charting inside the top ten in several other countries.

Pink has also contributed several songs to film soundtracks:

In 2001, Pink collaborated with Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim and Ma on the title song Lady Marmalade for the film Moulin Rouge. This song was a worldwide success; it charted in the top three in several countries, including Germany, France, The UK and the United States.

Feel Good Time is a song by Pink that features William Orbit. It was released as the lead single to her third album try this and was later used on the soundtrack of the 2003 film Charlies Angels: Full Throttle. This song achieved the most success in the UK where is charted at number three. She also had a small acting part in this movie as she plays the character Coal Bowl Starter.

God is a DJ is the from Pinks third album. This song is about letting go, loving life and living it to the fullest. It peaked at number six in the Dutch top 40 and was number eleven in the UK Single Charts. This song appears on the soundtrack of the 2004 film Mean Girls. This song feature at the end of the movie to show that the girls have sorted out their difference and have accepted each other.

In 2006 Pink preformed the song Tell me Something Good for the Happy Feet Soundtrack. This song isnt an original of Pinks as it was originally preformed by the group Rufus. Happy Feet Two was released in 2011. In this film Pink replaced the voice of the actress Brittany Murphy who had originally played the lead role of the female penguin Gloria in the first movie.

Because of her poor popularity and the criticism of her previous album Try this The stars around Pinks head could represent that shes overcome that lapse in her career and is coming back as a strong willed, independent and popular artist who is going to become a worldwide star.

The green pattern behind Pink looks somewhat like the back of a dragon. Dragons normally symbolise power, boldness, and heroism. This could represent that Pink is brave and has courage for trying to pursue her career as a successful artist after her detested previous album.
The colour green also symbolises growth, freshness and fertility and dark green is commonly associated with money. This could suggest that pink has a successful and well driven career ahead of her.

These two pink logos are similar. Pink may have done this because the logo above was from the album M!ssundaztood which was her most successful album when Im not Dead was released. This suggests that pink is trying to reach out to the audience that liked her previous work in Missundaztood by using a similar logo so they can recognise her.

This album cover shows that Pink is targeting a young target audience preferably female, this is evident through the colour scheme which is used. E.g. Bright colourful feminine The title of the album Im not dead could be colours. However pink is presenting herself as a sex object by having pink/red lips and suggesting to her audience that she is still in the musichaving her cleavage out. By presenting herself as a sex object it portrays her as a industry and still creating music as before this album traditional representation of a woman, however Pink probably did this to incise the male was released Pink hadnt created an album in three audience. Although Pinks stances and facial expression present her as a powerful and years. This could also suggest that she is reindependent individual which is a modern representation of a female as she seen as being establishing her audience. powerful.

The doves on either side of Pink may represents love and peace, which could suggest that her album is about these topics.

The red and white strips could represent the American flag which could mean that Pink is suggesting to her audience that she is an American girl at heart. It also might mean that she lost herself in her previous albums and her past career/fame took too much control of her life and she forgot her she was.

Pinks website allows you to change the language. This allows her fan to have easy There are 16 other language to choose from, this interaction with her. An individual shows that Pink is a worldwide star and has a can sign up and get a monthly news massive fan based.

letter about Pinks latest success.

They can also interact with her through social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook where pink updates about her latest success and her personal life. This allows an individual who is viewing Pink website to view new picture of her on a slide show. Some of these picture are of her album covers some of her recording in the studio and some of her on tours.

Latest: This is where Pinks fans can find out the latest news about pink and her achievements. E.g. Nominations and Awards. Music: This is where her fans can located her latest released music and her greatest hits. Fans are able to share this

This is the home page on Pinks official website

information with other individuals on social networking site like Facebook and Twitter. Tours: This allows individual to see the upcoming tours that Pink is doing throughout the year. Fans can locate exclusive Pre-Sale codes and early access to tickets via Facebook.