2.2 1999–2002: Can't Take Me Home and Missundaztood.At the 63rd annual BMI Pop Awards, she received the BMI President's Award for "her outstanding achievement in songwriting and global impact on pop culture and the entertainment industry." VH1 ranked her at number ten on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music, while Billboard awarded her the Woman of the Year award in 2013. Pink was also the second most-played female solo artist in the United Kingdom during the 2000s decade, behind only Madonna. In 2009, Billboard named Pink the Pop Songs Artist of the Decade. Her accolades include three Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award and seven MTV Video Music Awards, including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Pink is regarded as the “Pop Royalty” for her distinctive raspy voice and acrobatic stage presence, Pink has sold over 135 million records worldwide (60 million albums and 75 million singles), making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. Her next studio albums, Beautiful Trauma (2017) and Hurts 2B Human (2019), both debuted at atop the Billboard 200 chart, with the former becoming the world's third best-selling album of the year. In 2014, Pink recorded a collaborative album, Rose Ave., with Canadian musician Dallas Green under a folk music duo named You+Me. Pink's sixth studio album, The Truth About Love (2012), was her first Billboard 200 number-one album and spawned her fourth US number-one single, " Just Give Me a Reason". She returned to the top of record charts with her fourth and fifth studio albums, I'm Not Dead (2006) and Funhouse (2008), which spawned the top-ten entries " Who Knew" and " U + Ur Hand", as well as the number-one single " So What". While Pink's third studio album, Try This (2003), sold significantly less than her previous work, it earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Refocusing her sound to pop rock with her second studio album Missundaztood (2001), the album sold more than 13 million copies worldwide and yielded the international hit songs " Get the Party Started", " Don't Let Me Get Me", and " Just Like a Pill". She gained further recognition with the collaborative single " Lady Marmalade" from the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack, which topped many charts worldwide. Her R&B-influenced debut studio album Can't Take Me Home (2000) was certified double-platinum in the United States and spawned two Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs: " There You Go" and " Most Girls". In 1995, LaFace Records saw potential in Pink and offered her a solo recording contract. She was originally a member of the girl group Choice. While you’re here, can I fix you something to eat? You won’t leave my house hungry, or without a hug.Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American singer, songwriter, actress and dancer. The little house with laughter, freedom, loud family and a damn good dinner shared with those I love. The little house to be raised in and to one day raise my family in. If anything, it takes me back to that 8 year old little girl wanting the normalcy of an American life. So, this brings me to the name “Little Pink Houses.” I think it sums up a lot about me. They always say the way to a persons heart is through their stomach. Along with her recipes, my recipes, my moms recipes. I hope to blog stories of my grandmothers tales here, too. I guess the Apple doesn’t fall far from the generational tree. She can make anyone feel better with her food. Generations old pie crust recipe with home grown blackberries! I’ve never had food like my grandmas. Fried chicken, sliced tomatoes from my granddads garden and blackberry cobbler. Suns up!! Let’s eat! I’m sad! Let’s eat!! We’re celebrating!! Let’s eat! Nothing brings me more comfort than eating my grandmas food. (That’s another blog post…) I eat my emotions. The only place I have ever called home before marrying my husband. Or I was just moved by music at 3 years old?Īlso during that time, my emotions go back to my grandparents house. Dates seemed to be skewed when googling it. I was 3 when that song was released, but I felt older when watching the video. I remember watching the music video to this song on MTV when it was released. I could tell a story about my life through music. My mom played the shit out of albums, tapes, radio. No consistent place to call home other than my grandparents house. An 8 year old little girl watching her parents marriage falling apart. When thinking of a name for my blog, I dig deep to an emotional time in my life. Ain’t that America, we’re somethin’ to see, baby.
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