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Alecia Moore was born on September 8, 1979, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to James Moore and Judy Kugel. Alecia identifies herself as Jewish (from her mother's side). She was constantly dealing with asthma throughout her childhood. Her parents divorced when Alecia was a child, which led to a lot of rebellion and fighting with both her parents. As a teenager, she attended Central Bucks West High School. At an early age Moore began singing in Philadelphia clubs until she joined the group Choice, an R & B group based in Atlanta. Choice was signed by the L.A. Reid and Babyface owned record company LaFace Records. Upon given the choice to stay at LaFace as a solo artist or leave with the band, Alecia made the difficult decision to leave the band and stay with the record company. It was at this time that she first took on the stage name "P!nk." She names a few of her influences as Mary J. Blige, Billy Joel, and Janis Joplin.

Pink's first album, Can't Take Me Home, was released in 2000. The album was extremely successful going double platinum and producing a number of popular singl

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Alecia Moore (P!nk)

Singer and songwriter Pink (stylized P!nk) was born Alecia Beth Moore on September 8, 1979, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Pink, as she’s otherwise known, gets her name from the movie Reservoir Dogs, a film she saw as a teenager and whose character Mr. Pink is someone her friends all agreed she resembled. Pink has described her heritage as

Pink was the second child born to Jim and Judy Moore. She experienced a largely typical middle-class life in a suburb of Doylestown, Philadelphia. Her parents' tense relationship, however, caused the couple to divorce when Pink was three. Their split sparked a rebellious attitude from Pink. she said of her early life.

Pink found solace in music and, as early as the age of 13 she was navigating the Philadelphia club scene. By the time she was 14, she was already an experienced vocalist and dancer, and started to write her own songs. She also had a regular singing gig every Friday night at a local nightclub. She began using drugs (she nearly overdosed at the age of 15) and engaged in petty crime. She eventually dropped

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Pink Biography

Periodicals

Associated Press, November 24, 2003.

Billboard, November 15, 2003.

Boston Globe, November 11, 2003, p. F4.

Daily Telegraph (London, England), November 7, 2002, p. 25.

Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), October 17, 2000, p. F8.

Guardian, November 7, 2003, p. 17.

Independent, August 22, 2003, p. 15.

Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2003; November 9, 2003, p. E49.

Newsweek, September 1, 2003, pp. 56–57; November 10, 2003, p. 66.

People, November 10, 2003, p. 29; December 15, 2003, p. 78.

USA Today, November 23, 2001, p. 10E.

Online

"Latest News," Official Pink Website, http://www.pinkspage.com/news/index.html (February 9, 2004).

"Pink: Bio," MTV.com , http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/pink/bio.jhtml (February 9, 2004).

"Pink: Expect the unexpected," CNN.com , http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/11/music.pink.reut/index.html (February 9, 2004).

"Pink pics," AskMen.com , http://www.askmen.com/women/singer/58c_pink.html