Alecia Moore, aka Pink, grew up in music. By the age 13, she was a regular on the Philadelphia club scene, first as a dancer, then as a backing vocalist for the local hip-hop group Schools of Thought. At 14, she began writing her own songs; the same year, a local DJ at Club Fever began allowing her on-stage to sing a song every Friday. Pink was spotted one night by an executive for MCA, who asked her to audition for an R&B group called Basic Instinct; although she got the gig, the group imploded not long after. She was quickly recruited for a female R&B trio called Choice, which signed to L.A. Reid and Babyface's LaFace label on the strength of their demo; however, they too disbanded due to differences over musical direction. During Choice's brief studio time, producer Daryl Simmons asked Pink to write a bridge section for the song "Just to Be Loving You"; impressed with the results, Pink rediscovered her songwriting muse and an equally impressed L.A. Reid soon gave her a solo deal with LaFace.Pink recorded her solo debut, ‘Can't Take Me Home’, with a variety of songwriting partners and dance-pop and R&B producers. Released in 2000, the album was a double-platinum hit; it spun off three Top Ten singles in "There U Go," "Most Girls," and "You Make Me Sick".Tired of being pigeonholed as strictly a teen act despite her sassy, forthright persona, Pink then took part in the remake of Patti LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade" featured on the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. Her next single, "Get the Party Started" became her biggest, most inescapable hit to date, climbing into the Top Five. Her accompanying sophomore album, M!ssundaztood, quickly went double platinum; it boasted a more personal voice and a more eclectic sound.Pink’s following album ‘Try This’ in November 2003 was was a bit more rock-oriented, due in part to the songwriting collaboration of Rancid front man, Tim Armstrong, on eight of the album's tracks. Try This's lead single, "Trouble", cracked into the upper regions of Billboard's Top 40, and earned Pink a Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.Her very last album, ‘I'm Not Dead’, appeared that April with its first single "Stupid Girls" quickly becoming a hit.More: http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/pink/bio.jhtml
