Facts

- Pink has sold over 25 million albums.

- It was previously rumoured that Pink’s new album was going to be called A Half Held Promise on the message boards on Pink’s website.

- Pink’s new single from her new album Funhouse is called So What. It was released on radio on August 18 2008.

- Pink’s new album Funhouse was released in America on October 28 2008, and Australia, October 25 2008.

- Pink overdosed on a cocktail of different drugs- smoking marijuana, drinking beer, taken cocaine, ketamine, crystal meth, angel dust, and nitrous oxide (happy gas)- at a Philidalphia nightclub, on Thanksgiving, in 1995. Pink said this was her wake up call, as she thought she was going to die. Pink has said that she was clean after that.

- Try This was Pink’s first album with a parental advisory warning.

- According to Pink, she wrote more than forty songs for the album, I’m Not Dead on “everything she could think of”.

- Although only seven shows for Pink’s I’m Not Dead Tour were announced for Australia, the demand was so high the the total amount of shows rose to thirty-seven.

Majority of these shows were sold out.

- Pink’s Live in Europe DVD became the 6th highest selling DVD for 2007 in Australia.

- On February 20 2008, Pink posted a message on her website talking about her seperation from husband Carey Hart.

- In an interview with Radio 1 on the 17 January, 2008, Pink announced that she was to start writing her 5th album within the next 2 weeks.

- In 2002, Pink won an award for “The Best Belly Button”, at the Conexion MTV Awards, in Latin America.

- All up, Pink has won 42 music awards, and has been nominated for 41 music awards.

- In Australia, Pink’s album I’m Not Dead has been certified 8x Platinum, and has sold 560,000+ copies.

- A Special Edition P!nk Box was released on the 1st December 2007, containing 3 albums (M!ssundaztood, Try This, I’m Not Dead), and her Live In Europe DVD. In the first week after been released, it debuted at #13 on the Australian Album Charts, with 35,000 copies shipped.

- Pink was spotted kissing another woman at Santa Monica’s Viceroy Hotel in November 2007. It further fuelled rumours that her marriage to Carey Hart is in trouble.

- Just Like a Pill was Pink’s first UK number-one hit.

- When asked what her friends call her while appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Pink said that her friends call her: Cheech, Chee-chee Marie, Fat momma, Pink, Alecia, Lesh, and Leech.

- Pink lent her name to PlayStation to promote the special edition Pink PSP.

- In Australia, Pink’s I’m Not Dead tour sold about 307,000 tickets, breaking Kylie Minogue’s previous record.

- According to MTV Diary, Family Portrait became a theme song for many children who’s parents were divorced.

- According to Pink, her biggest influences are Janis Joplin, Steven Tyler, Bad Religion, Mary J. Blige, Bob Marley, Billy Joel, Indigo Girls, Don McLean, 2Pac, and The Notorious B.I.G.

- Pink belonged to a band in high school called “Middle Ground”.

- On May 14, 2007, Pink spent the afternoon entertaining young fans at the Children’s Hospital in Randwick, Australia.

- As of November 2006, Pink’s sophomore album, M!ssundaztood has sold over 1.71 million copies.

- At the MTV Australia Video Music Awards, Pink won Best Female Artist- U + Ur Hand, and Download of the Year- Who Knew.
- Pink’s debut album Can’t Take Me Home, was co-produced by Babyface.

- Before releasing debut album, Pink did backing vocals for artists such as Diane Ross, 98 Degrees, Kenny Lattimore and Tevin Campbell.

- Pink’s parents are James Moore and Judy Kugel.

- Pink has been nominated for 5 MTV Australia Video Music awards, 2007. She has been nominated for: Best Pop Video – U + Ur Hand, Best female Artist – U + Ur Hand, Album of the Year – I’m Not Dead, Video of the Year – I’m not Dead, & Download of the Year – Who Knew.

- Pink has won 2 Grammys, and has been nominated for 4 more.

- On the Ellen DeGeneres show, Pink revealed that there are real diamonds attached to her teeth.

- When Pink guest starred on Rove in April, 2007, when she was asked who she would turn gay for, she said that if she was a dog, she would turn gay for one of her dogs.

- Pink stated that in the U + Ur Hand video she was “glammed” up, and that it took four hours of make-up and one hour of shooting for every different look in the video.

- Pink has stated that the song, Who Knew, is about the death of a friendship.

- While guest starring on Rove Live in 2006, Rove gave Pink a Cane toad with a bottle of alcohol as a wedding present.

- Pink is asthmatic.

- Pink is signed to LaFace Records/Zomba Label Group.

- Pink told YM in 2002 that she had a Jack Russell Terrier named “Fuckhead” and that people got angry when she yelled after the dog in public.

- Pink is mourning the death of her pet bulldog Elvis, who was a gift from long-time friend Lisa Marie Presley. Pink found Elvis drowned in her swimming pool.

- In January 2007, Pink publicly backed down from her call to boycott Australian wool over animal cruelty claims, admitting she failed to fully research the issue. On January 17th, Pink admitted she was misinformed about the issue and had failed to do enough research.

- In December 2006, Pink appeared in an animal rights group video branding the practice of sheep mulesing in Australia as “sadistic”.

- Pink’s trademark is the appearance of pink streaks in her hair.

- Pink is a big supporter of the animal-rights organization: “PETA”.

- Pink is good friends with Avril Lavigne and Lisa Marie Presley.

- Pink was ranked #36 in Stuff magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women in the World” in 2002.

- Pink’s favorite colors are green and pink.

- Pink was voted one of Choice USA’s “Top 30 Under 30″ activists for reproductive freedom in 2004.

- Pink’s father is a Vietnam Veteran.

- Pink attended Central Bucks West High, graduating in the class of 1997.

- Pink parodied Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jessica Simpson, Hilary Duff, Nicole Richie and several other Hollywood celebrities on the music video for her single “Stupid Girls”, in which she deplored the lack of good role models for girls (February 2006).

- Pink got engaged to Carey Hart, her current husband, on June 26th, 2005.

- Pink follows a strict vegan lifestyle.

- Pink dislikes horror movies.

- Pink is the second cousin of actress/singer Mandy Moore.

- Pink was the lead singer of a rock band before getting a record deal.

- Pink dated Tommy Lee.

- Pink grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

- Pink often signs her name with an exclamation mark, as here: “P!nk”.

- Pink has added another tattoo to her body – bringing her collection up to 21.

Her new tattoo is on her arm and reads ‘Help’.

- Pink owns the piano that Linda Perry (of the 4 Non Blondes) composed all her music on.

- Tattoos: on her shoulder (the guardian angel), on her wrist (what goes around comes around), on her left ankle (Chinese/Japanese symbol), on her right ankle (an anklet), on her inner left thigh (“Mr. Pink” or “Pink”), and on her hand (a red star between her index and thumb) and an barcode for her album M!ssundaztood on back of her neck.

- Pink got her stage name from her rosy complexion and the Steve Buscemi character “Mr. Pink” from the movie Reservoir Dogs.

- Pink’s actual full name is Alecia Beth Moore.

- Pink’s real hair color is blonde.

- Pink had her pants pulled down by a boy at a YMCA summer camp when she was a teenager.

- Pink was grounded as a child for watching MTV. Her parents thought the channel was inappropriate for children.

- Pink has an older brother named Jason.

- DISCOGRAPHY
2000 – Can’t Take Me Home
2001 – M!ssundaztood
2003 – Try This
2006 – I’m Not Dead
2008 – Funhouse

- Pink participates in the “Speak No Evil” ads in the fight to raise awareness for youth to fight AIDS.