Pink in the Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs. Contrasting her edgy, tomboyish style with that of her female pop star peers, Pink has had huge success with hits like “There You Go,” “Raise Your Glass” and “What About Us. Singer Pink is best known for her edgy pop music. She delivered a strong debut album with Can’t Take Me Home in 2000, and pink whiskey superstardom as a co-vocalist on “Lady Marmalade,” from the 2001 Moulin Rouge!

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 was the second child born to Jim and Judy Moore.

She experienced a largely typical middle-class life in a suburb of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Her parents’ tense relationship, however, caused the couple to divorce when Pink was three. Their split and the subsequent demise of the marriage sparked, in part, a rebellious attitude from Pink. I was never allowed to go over to any of my friends’ houses when I was little, because I was a bad influence,” she said of her early life. Instead, Pink found solace in music, and as early as the age of 13 she was navigating the complicated 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 Philly nightclub. The group, known as Basic Instinct, welcomed Pink into the fold. Despite a record deal and plenty of studio time, the band never could find traction. Songs ‘Can’t Take Me Home,’ ‘There You Go,’ ‘Most Girls’For Pink, though, neither experience was a disaster. She changed her name from Alecia Moore to her stage name of Pink, and started recording her first solo album, Can’t Take Me Home. Despite the newfound fame and success, Pink, who was never one to hide her true emotions, was far from satisfied. Fearful of being lumped in with the glut of pretty singers who dominated the market, Pink set her sights on a deeper, edgier sound.