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The firebrand pop-star Alecia Moore, known to fans by her stage name Pink, was born in Pennsylvania in 1979. She was a rock music fan from an early age, and her father encouraged her by performing on guitar. In high school, Pink joined her first rock band but, like many high school bands, its primary function was helping young Alecia work on her chops. She liked how it felt up on stage and joined a slick Atlanta R&B trio named Face. They were good enough to score an audition with famed impresario L.A. Reid. He was especially wowed by Pink and made her a solo offer to sign on to LaFace Records. Pink has since gone public about how unhappy she was at the time, claiming Reid molded the young talent into an image she wasn't comfortable with. Certainly, her double-platinum debut Can't Take Me Home was a hard-edged collection of urban flavored hip-pop jams that featured the empowered hit singles "There You Go" and "Most Girls." After collaborating with Mya, 'Lil Kim and Christina Aguilera on the sultry remake of Patti Labelle's "Lady Marmalade" off the soundtrack to Baz Luhrman's glitzy Moulin Rouge! Then Pink dropped her second disk, M!sundaztood. After learning her lesson, she fought for artistic control and enlisted 4 Non Blondes front-woman Linda Perry to help pen and produce tracks. The result is much louder and more guitar-oriented and the smash single "Get The Party Started" does just that, recalling classic Blondie or the Go-Go's. Having finally found herself, there's no stopping Pink. 2006's I'm Not Dead sees Pink ever-eager to court controversy, passing judgment over her fellow female celebs on the first single "Stupid Girls" and taking on the Bush Administration on the track "Dear Mister President."

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