50 facts about Pink: as a teenager, she wrote lyrics as an outlet for her feelings

Although a healthy baby at birth, she quickly developed asthma that plagued her through her early years. Learn 50 facts you didn't know about Pink.

1. "So What," hit No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100 on September 18, 2008 making it the singer's first No. 1 solo hit song in her career.

2. She previously shared the top spot on the Hot 100 with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, and Mya on 2001's "Lady Marmalade" from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack.

3. P!nk stepped out of her comfort zone in the recording of Funhouse by working away from her usual stomping grounds of Los Angeles and New York for the first time.

4. She recorded "One Foot Wrong," a bluesy slow-cooked rocker showcasing the grittier side of the singer's vocal talents, with British musician/writer/producer Eg White (Francis Anthony "Eg" White, who has worked on No. 1 albums by British singers Duffy and Adele) in his home studio in London.

5. And, she headed to Stockholm, Sweden to work with Max Martin, who previously co-penned such hits as "Who Knew," "U + Ur Hand," and "Cuz I Can" from 2006's I'm Not Dead.

6. Alecia Beth Hart, better known by her stage name Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American singer and songwriter.

7. Originally a member of the girl group Choice, she rose to fame as an R&B artist with her debut solo album, Can't Take Me Home (2000).

8. She gained further recognition with the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack "Lady Marmalade", which gave Pink her first Grammy Award as well as her first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.

9. In 2014, Pink recorded a collaborative album, rose ave., with Canadian musician Dallas Green under a folk music duo named You+Me.

10. She has sold over 136 million records worldwide (50 million albums and 83 million singles sold). She has sold over 16 million albums in the United States.

11. Her career accolades include three Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, and six MTV Video Music Awards.

12. In 2009, Billboard recognized Pink as the Pop Songs Artist of the Decade.

13. Pink was also the second most-played female solo artist in the United Kingdom during the 2000s decade, behind Madonna.

14. VH1 ranked her number 10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music, while Billboard awarded her the Woman of the Year in 2013.

15. 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."

16. Pink was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to nurse Judy and insurance salesman Jim Moore, a Vietnam veteran.

17. Her father was Catholic (of Irish and German descent) and her mother was Jewish (of Lithuanian-Jewish and German-Jewish descent).

18. She describes her background as: "I'm Irish-German-Lithuanian-Jew".

19. Although a healthy baby at birth, she quickly developed asthma that plagued her through her early years.

20. When she was just a toddler, her parents began having marital problems, and before she was 10 her parents had divorced.

21. Pink developed her voice early in life. In high school, Pink joined her first band, Middleground, but it disbanded upon losing a battle of the bands competition.

22. As a teenager, she wrote lyrics as an outlet for her feelings, and her mother commented, "Her initial writings were always very introspective. Some of it was very black, and very deep, almost worrisome."

23. She began performing in Philadelphia clubs when she was about 14. She adopted her stagename, "Pink", around this time.

24. At 14, she was convinced to audition to become a member of the all-female group Basic Instinct, and earned a spot in the lineup. Ultimately, the group disbanded without releasing any material.

25. At 16, Pink and two other teenage girls, Stephanie Galligan and Chrissy Conway, formed the R&B group Choice. A copy of their first song, "Key to My Heart", was sent to LaFace Records in Atlanta, Georgia, where L.A. Reid overheard it and arranged for the group to fly there so he could see them perform. After that, he signed them to a record deal. Since the three girls were under 18 at the time, their parents had to cosign the contract.

26. The group relocated to Atlanta and recorded an album, which was never released, and "Key to My Heart" appeared on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Kazaam.

27. During a Christmas party, Reid gave Pink an ultimatum: go solo or go home. Choice disbanded in 1998.

28. After Choice disbanded, Pink signed a recording contract with LaFace Records and began working on her debut solo album with producers such as Babyface, Kandi Burruss and Tricky Stewart.

29. Her debut single, "There You Go", was released in February 2000 and became her first top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number seven.

30. She was billed as a supporting act on the North American leg of NSYNC's No Strings Attached Tour throughout the Summer of 2000.

31. Tired of being marketed as another cookie cutter pop act, as well as eager both to be seen as a more serious songwriter and musician and to perform the type of music she wanted to, Pink took her sound in a new direction and sought more artistic or creative control during the recording of her second album, Missundaztood.

32. She recruited Linda Perry, former singer of 4 Non Blondes (one of Pink's favorite groups in her teenage years). Pink moved into Perry's Los Angeles home where the pair spent several months writing songs for the album.

33. In 2005, Pink collaborated with Lisa Marie Presley on the track "Shine", released on Presley's second album Now What.

34. Pink took a break to write the songs for her fourth album, I'm Not Dead, which she said she titled as such because "It's about being alive and feisty and not sitting down and shutting up even though people would like you to."

35. Pink collaborated with several other artists in 2006 and 2007, when she opened for Justin Timberlake on the American leg of his FutureSex/LoveShow Tour.

36. Pink recorded a song with Annie Lennox and twenty-two other female acts for Lennox's fourth solo studio album, Songs of Mass Destruction; titled "Sing", it was written as an anthem for HIV/AIDS, according to Lennox's website.

37. Pink was the guest of honor at the 2008 ARIA Music Awards, which were held in Sydney, Australia, in October 2008.

38. On January 31, 2010, Pink did another trapeze act in the form of aerial silks at the 2010 Grammy Awards, this time performing the song "Glitter in the Air". She received a standing ovation.

39. She collaborated on the 2010 Herbie Hancock album, The Imagine Project, in which she sang Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up" with John Legend and contributed vocals to John Lennon's "Imagine" with Seal, India.Arie, Jeff Beck, Konono Nº1, Oumou Sangaré, and others.

40. On July 15, 2010, Pink fell out of a harness which was supposed to carry her across the crowd during a concert in Nurnberg, Germany. She was rushed off stage and taken to a local hospital. She was not seriously injured.

41. Pink has named Janis Joplin and Madonna as two of her biggest musical influences. Other influences include Joan Jett, Mary J. Blige, Billy Joel, Linda Perry, and Whitney Houston.

42. Pink has a contralto vocal range.

43. Her voice has been described as "raspy", "husky", and "distinctive."

44. Pink, aside from her musical feats, has also become known for her style and work outside of music. She has often been seen as "adventurous" with her hair, and has had styles such as fluorescent spikes to pink-streaked dreadlocks to a pitch-black skater cut.

45. Regarding her style, she told InStyle "I'm eclectic. I'm a tomboy, but I'm kind of a hippie and kind of a gangster [...] I don't know if that's a good thing, but it is my thing."

46. Pink is an animal activist and a prominent campaigner for PETA, contributing her voice toward causes such as the protest against KFC.

47. In June 2012, Pink told Cosmopolitan magazine that her diet is mostly vegan, but she occasionally eats chicken and fish.

48. Pink is also involved with several charities, including Human Rights Campaign, ONE Campaign, Prince's Trust, New York Restoration Project, Run for the Cure Foundation, Save the Children, Take Back the Night, UNICEF and World World Animal Protection.

49. On February 16, 2009, Pink announced she was donating $250,000 to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal to aid the victims of the bushfires that swept through the Australian state of Victoria earlier that month.

50. In August 2012, Pink became a spokesmodel for CoverGirl, featuring in a fall 2013 advertising campaign themed "beauty with an edge".

Source: facebook.com/pink, Wikipedia.org