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Barenaked Ladies' The Yellow Tape goes platinum in Canada. It is the first indie release in Canada to ever do this. Sales are partly fueled by controversy regarding mayor June Rowlands banning the group from playing a show at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto because she thought the name "Barenaked Ladies" objectified women.

Alternative rock fully breaks into the American mainstream consciousness, as and singles by bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, , , Alice in Chains, Toad the Wet Sprocket, R.E.M., Soul Asylum, The Cure, and Nine Inch Nails reach the Top 40 of the Billboard charts.

The Smashing Pumpkins announce their breakup, indicating that "Machina" was intended as their final during production, and play a farewell concert on December 2. They release Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music for free to music downloaders on the internet after feuds between Billy Corgan and Virgin Music emerged.

The surviving members of Alice in Chains reform to play their first concert in nine years at a Tsunami benefit concert with former Damageplan vocalist Pat Lachman. The band launches a world tour with William Duvall taking the vocal spot, while many guests vocalists perform at various shows, including Maynard James Keenan, Billy Corgan and Phil Anselmo.

Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979[4]), better known by her stage name Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American - and actress. Originally a member of the girl group Choice, she began her solo career with the 2000 single "" which was also included in her debut album, Can't Take Me Home, released later that year. The R&B album went on to be certified double-platinum in the . She gained further recognition upon collaborating with Lil' Kim, and Mýa for a cover of "" for the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack. That cover earned Pink her first Grammy Award (for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals) as well as her first number-one single on the .

Although she originally faced opposition from her , Pink aimed to make her second album more personal and more -oriented. The product, 2001's , proved to be her most successful album to date, with sales in excess of 12 million copies. The album's biggest singles, "", "Don't Let Me Get Me", and "", all charted in the top ten in the US and the UK, with the latter becoming her first UK-number one. In November 2003, Pink released her third album, , preceded by the single "Trouble". Although not her most successful album, Try This earned Pink her first solo Grammy Award, for best female rock vocal performance. After a short hiatus, her fourth studio album, I'm Not Dead, was released in April 2006. With the help of successful singles "", "", and "U + Ur Hand", I'm Not Dead marked a revival in Pink's popularity, both in the US and worldwide. Pink's fifth album, Funhouse, was released in late 2008 and was preceded by her first solo number one on the Billboard Hot 100, "So What". The album was certified double-platinum in the US and prompted Pink to go on the record-breaking . Her first compilation album, Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, was released in November 2010 and produced two chart-topping singles, "" and "Fuckin' Perfect". Her latest album, The Truth About Love, was released in 2012 and became her first number one album in the United States. The album's three singles, " (One Last Kiss)", "Try", and "", all reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, with "Just Give Me a Reason" becoming her 4th number-one single.

Pink has become one of the most successful artists of her generation, having sold over 110 million records worldwide as of 2012.[5][6] Her career accolades include three Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, and six MTV Video Music Awards. Additionally, Pink has had 19 top-twenty hits on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2009, Billboard magazine named Pink the #1 pop musician of the decade,[7] and in 2012 VH1 named Pink #10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.[8] Her net worth as of April 2013 is estimated to be around $70 million, making her one of the most commercially successful artists of her generation.[9]

Alecia Moore was born on September 8, 1979, in Abington, Pennsylvania, to Judith (née Kugel),[10][11] a nurse, and Jim Moore, a Vietnam veteran.[4][12][13] Her father is Catholic and her mother is Jewish. Pink has ancestors who emigrated from Ireland, Germany, and Lithuania.[14][15] Although a healthy baby at birth, she quickly developed asthma that plagued her through her early years.[16] Pink grew up in Doylestown, where she attended Kutz Elementary School, Lenape Middle School, and Central Bucks High School West. Her father played guitar and sang songs, thus inspiring Pink from an early age to be a pop star. She was also a gymnast for eight years; she stated in an interview that her first was to be an Olympic gymnast.

When she was just a toddler, her parents began having marital problems, and before she was ten her parents had divorced.[17] Pink said in a VH1 special: "My household was World War III. My parents hated each other. I mean I knew what divorce was and what it meant before I really knew what marriage meant".[citation needed]

Pink developed her voice early in life. In high school, Pink joined her first band, Middleground, but it disbanded upon losing a battle of the bands competition. As a teenager, she wrote lyrics as an outlet for her feelings, and her mother commented, "Her initial writings were always very introspective. Some of it was very black, and very deep, almost worrisome."[16]

She began performing in clubs when she was 14. She adopted her stagename, "Pink", around this time. She had had that nickname for quite some time by that point, and initially it had been "a mean thing".[18] Pink has said, "I was extreme. I went through phases from skateboarder, to hip-hopper, to rave child, to lead singer in a band. I did it all, and all at the same time." 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.[19] At 16, Pink and two other teenage girls, Stephanie Galligan[20] 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 , , 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.

Pink went on to tour with pop band 'N Sync throughout the Summer of 2000 in North America, as the opening act for their No Strings Attached Tour.[46] She performed in over 20 different shows during the tours run throughout North America, along with Sisqo.[47] The tour was financially successful, grossing over $70 million by the time of its completion. Pink apparently met the band during an awards show in mid-2000, and engaged band member in a conversation about hair dye.[48] The conversation eventually led to Pink touring with the band.

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!. Produced by hip-hop producers and , the song topped the charts in countries like New Zealand, the UK, Australia,[citation needed] and the US. In the US it became the most successful -only single in history, as well as Pink's first #1 single.[49] The success of the single was helped by its , which was popular on music channels[50] and won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year.[51] The song won Pink's first Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, and provided a boost for the four performers' careers. In a VH1 interview, Pink stated she had to fight with Christina Aguilera's manager to sing the high parts in the song.

Tired of being marketed as another cookie cutter pop act, as well as eager both to be seen as a more serious songwriter and musician and to perform the type of music she wanted to, Pink took her sound in a new direction and sought more artistic or creative control during the recording of her second album, Missundaztood (stylized as M!Ssundaztood).[52] She recruited , former singer of (one of Pink's favorite groups in her teenage years),[53] who said that Pink opened up to her: "In the beginning I just said: 'What do you feel?', and [Pink] would just sit behind the piano and sing." Pink moved into Perry's home where the pair spent several months writing songs for the album.[54] Perry co-wrote and co-produced the album with Austin and , and according to VH1's Driven program, Antonio "LA" Reid of LaFace Records was not initially content with the new music Pink was making. The album, named Missundaztood because of Pink's belief that people had a wrong image of her,[53] was released in November 2001.

Its lead single, "Get the Party Started" (written and produced by Perry), went top five in the U.S. and many other countries, and #1 in Australia. At the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, the 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", the -produced "Just Like a Pill", and "Family Portrait"—were also radio and chart successes, with "Just Like a Pill" becoming Pink's first solo UK number-one hit. The singles were substantial hits on radio. "Missundaztood" was certified gold or platinum status in more than 20 countries.[55] It was the second best-selling album in the UK during 2002. "Missundaztood" and "Get the Party Started" earned nominations at the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, respectively. 's 2002 album, Cry, features a song co-written by Pink and Perry. In 2002, Pink started a headlining an American, European, and Australian tour, the . Additionally, she later became a supporting act for 's American tour.

In mid-2003, Pink contributed the song "" 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. "Feel Good Time" was co-written by singer , produced by electronic music artist , and based on the song "Fresh Garbage" by Spirit. 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. During the same period, a song Pink co-wrote with was released on Mýa's album .

"Feel Good Time" was 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 of the band Rancid. Linda Perry was featured on the album as a writer and musician. Despite the album reaching the top ten on album charts in the US, in Canada, in the UK, and in Australia, sales were considerably lower than those of Missundaztood. However, it did go platinum in the US. The singles "Trouble" and "God Is a DJ" did not reach the US top 40 but did reach the top ten in other countries, and "" was released as a single outside North America. "Trouble" earned Pink her second Grammy Award (for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance) at the 2004 Grammy Awards, and "Feel Good Time" was nominated in the category of Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. She toured extensively on the through Europe and Australia, where the album was better received.

In 2005, Pink collaborated with 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."[56] Pink worked with producers , , Christopher Rojas, Butch Walker, Lukasz Gottwald, and Josh Abraham on the album. The album's release through LaFace Records in April 2006 was a substantial success throughout the world, particularly in Australia. The album reached the top ten in the US, the top five in the UK, No. 1 in Germany, and was No. 1 in Australia for two non-consecutive weeks, though it was Pink's lowest seller in the US until the success of the single "U + Ur Hand" in early 2007. The album ranked 96th in the US during 2007.[57]

In support of the album, Pink embarked on the world I'm Not Dead Tour, for which ticket sales in Australia were particularly high; she sold approximately 307,000 tickets in Australia, giving her the record for the biggest concert attendance for an arena tour by a female artist.[60] One of the shows on the tour was taped and released as a DVD, Pink: Live from , where she sang Linda Perry's "Whats Up?". In 2006, Pink was chosen to sing the theme song for NBC Sunday Night Football, "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night", which is a take on "I Hate Myself for Lovin' You" by Joan Jett.[61] She contributed a cover of Rufus's "Tell Me Something Good" to the soundtrack of the film Happy Feet, and lent her name to PlayStation to promote the PSP, a special pink edition of which was released.[62]

Pink collaborated with several other artists in 2006 and 2007, when she opened for on the American leg of his FutureSex/LoveShow Tour. She sang on the album Despite Our Differences. She was featured on India.Arie's song "" 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.[63] 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.[64]

On August 7, 2008, Pink's single "So What" was leaked online, and radio stations across Australia were quick to give it massive airplay. Less than six hours after the leak, "So What" was voted No.1 on Nova 100 and shot to No.1 on the Today Network's national radio Hot30 Countdown.[65] On August 22, Pink announced a new track, titled "Crystal Ball". On September 18, 2008, "So What" became the first solo No. 1 of her career on the Billboard Hot 100.

Pink was the guest of honor at the 2008 ARIA Music Awards, which were held in , Australia, in October 2008. There she sang "So What". On November 3, 2008, Funhouse debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA charts. In Australia it sold over 86,000 units in its first week, and was eventually certified eleven times platinum.[66]

On November 23, 2008, Pink performed "Sober", the second single from Funhouse, at the . The third single was "Please Don't Leave Me", with a video directed by . In Australia, "Bad Influence" was released as the album's fourth single[67] 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.[68] 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.[69]

Pink's Funhouse Tour started in France on February 24, 2009, and continued through Europe until mid-May, with supporting act Raygun. Pink then performed a series of shows in Australia, all of which sold out. Between May and August 2009, she performed for a total of more than 600,000 Australian fans at 58 shows around the country.[70]

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".[71] On January 31, 2010, Pink did another trapeze act in the form of aerial silks at the 2010 Grammy Awards, this time performing the song "". She received a standing ovation. In 2013, Billboard ranked the performance as the best between 2000 and 2012.[72] The music of Pink was the theme of the October 4, 2009 episode of Australian Idol. http://edufb.net/533.pdf http://edufb.net/368.pdf http://edufb.net/1139.pdf http://edufb.net/217.pdf http://edufb.net/1257.pdf