Alecia Moore, commonly known as the singer-songwriter and musician Pink, was born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Doylestown, where she attended Central Bucks West High School. Alecia became interested in music at an early age, performing in clubs at age 14 and joined her first band, Choice, which was signed to a label but disbanded before their album was released.
Pink released her debut album, Can’t Take Me Home, in 2000. The album achieved massive success, going double platinum in the U.S. and selling over 5 million copies. In 2001, Pink collaborated on a cover of PattyLabelle's 1975 single "Lady Marmalade" with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Missy Elliot and M?a for the soundtrack of the film Moulin Rouge!. The song was a massive hit and won a Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
Despite the success of her first album, for her second, Pink sought to get away from the clean-cut pop category that she felt she had been lumped into, and sought to make herself known as a more serious singer-songwriter with her second album, M!ssundaztood. The album produced several top singles and sold more than 16 million copies worldwide.
Pink has gone on to release Try This (2003), I’m Not Dead (2006), and Funhouse (2008), securing her place in the music industry as an artist not afraid to express her thoughts and experiences with her music. She has won six total Grammy Awards, and lists her greatest musical influences as Bette Midler, Janis Joplin, Steven Tyler, Bad Religion, Mary J. Blige, Bob Marley, Billy Joel, Indigo Girls, Don McLean, 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.
In her personal life, Pink met professional motocross racer Carey Hart in 2001, and proposed to him. The couple married in 2006 in Costa Rica, and separated in 2008. Pink has since openly used her feelings about the relationship as material for her 2008 hit single, “So What.”