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TechWife 24,376
Beekeeping Professor
LocationSunny Southeastern US
Send sympathy cards more frequently than wedding or baby cards.
Believe that life changing events are worthy of a hand written note.
What are you old enough to do?
Edited May 13 by TechWife
bethben 2,808
Hive Mind Queen Bee
In six months, join aarp. In a little over five years, but a home in a 55 and up community and be considered "an older adult". I'm slightly horrified.
Tap 10,840
LocationPNW
I am old enough to know who I am and to know that certain traits aren't going to change. 🙂
iamonlyone 633
Hive Mind Level 5 Worker: Forager Bee
This made me think of my husband's last birthday when he made me laugh:
Me: This is a great age! You're young enough to still do things but old enough— [was intending to say something like "have the perspective to enjoy it, or wisdom to relax and enjoy"]
Husband: —but old enough to know better!
Melissa in Australia 10,394
Amateur at everything
LocationAustralia
When my Grandmother turned 60 she announced to the whole family that she was finally old enough to speak her mind - she is almost 90 now and still speaking her mind.
Seasider too 2,542
Old enough to make hard decisions based on right and logical reasons rather than on who I'm trying to keep happy, and children old enough to do the same.
Old enough to feel a little scandalous when wearing a cocktail dress and heels without sheer stockings, but also old enough to go without them and not care what my age mates and grannies think.
Old enough to consider my personal physician a knowledgeable collaborator in my health care rather than an unquestioned dictator.
Old enough to serve the church family with quiet joy by coordinating funeral services rather than baby showers.
Old enough to know when and where and why and how to speak a "no."
Old enough to win by a long shot when family game night is the original edition of Trivial Pursuit.
2 hours ago, Melissa in Australia said:
I want to speak my mind when I turn 60. Melissa, tell your she's my hero! I've got a little over eight years to get there.
Chris in VA 16,040
LocationJerusalem
I'm old enough to remember when cable TV came out, and the attraction was that there were no commercials. I also remember when Elmo was introduced, and the Electric Company premiered.
Laura Corin 33,593
She who plants flowers for bees
LocationFife, Scotland
I'm old enough to remember walking by old WWII bomb sites and getting the first colour TV any of my friends had seen. I'm old enough to be working to shed unnecessary baggage, and invest in interests and worthwhile projects for the next twenty years
MissLemon 1,345
Hive Mind Level 6 Worker: Scout Bee
Old enough to remember the old bell paging system from department stores.
Margaret in CO 17,696
Qualified Bee Keeper
Old enough to remember our party line! Interestingly enough, we STILL had it when I was pg with dd #2, and everyone on it had to agree not to be on at 3:00 pm, so I could send the results of my contraction monitor over a very primitive modem. We put the handset down on a little box and it warbled away.
Pawz4me 28,941
As much as the introvert in me hates to say it, I am old enough to know that many interactions are best handled in person or by phone call rather than via email, social media, chat session or text.
I'm old enough to know that the Buddhist concept of impermanence is worth some careful study and consideration. It's helpful in understanding and accepting many of life's changes.
BlsdMama 11,401
Chief Zookeeper
Babysit the grandkids. 😉 (Plural.)
Lady Florida. 45,601
Done homeschooling but can't bear to leave The Hive.
LocationFlorida
I'm old enough to remember watching a human first set foot on the moon. (watching on a grainy black and white tv)
I'm old enough to not care what others think yet old enough to know that sometimes it matters what others think.
I'm old enough to collect my teacher's pension but not yet old enough for Medicare.
I'm old enough to remember watching the coal truck deliver coal down the chute and into the basement of my grandparents' house. I also watched my grandfather shovel the coal into the furnace.
8 hours ago, Margaret in CO said:
My grandparents had a party line. My same age cousin and I used to listen when our grandmother was babysitting both of us. We'd get caught and get in trouble because the people on the other end would think it was one of our grandparents listening in. They would have to keep apologizing and saying it was their grandkids.
Edited May 14 by Lady Florida.
TheReader 4,500
I'm old enough to
...watch children's friends getting married & graduating college....
...worry about losing my grandparents, sooner rather than later...
....finally more or less know who I am/what my sense of style is, and wear that, regardless....
...have other moms look up to me as the veteran hs mom (and not feel too fraudulent when they do)....
...think that I'd have a hard time voting someone into office who's younger than me....(but not so old that I'd have a hard time voting for someone older than me)
~~~ 565
Edited May 23 by ```
2 hours ago, TheReader said:
Eleven years ago I was already old enough to vote someone younger than me into the highest U.S. office. And I did. Twice.
it's not that hard really once you get used to how old you actually are. 😂
3 minutes ago, Lady Florida. said:
maybe that's the answer to the opposite question for me...."how young are you"....still young enough to think younger than me is too young to lead our country. (I'm less twitchy about it for local stuff). Give me a few more years, it won't be so bad, I think.....
2 hours ago, Lady Florida. said:
We had a coal boiler until 2 years ago! It was no longer in the house though, but ran hot water under the driveway to heat the house. Before that, we had a coal furnace, which blew hot coal smoke all over the house. Dd and I were constantly sick. We only got rid of that about 10 years ago. We burned 10 TONS a year!
I remember the moon landing too--I was at camp. Picture 100+ plus kids gathered around a 6" TV trying to pretend that we could see something. It wasn't until years later when I saw it on the internet that I actually could see anything!
Liz CA 16,571
Apprentice Bee Keeper
Old enough to remember how to change the speed on the record player and make the voice sound like the Smurfs.
Quill 46,653
Team Introvert - Captain
LocationDetention with the Potions Master
I'm old enough to remember when the most progressive attorney in the office announced we were getting new computers that had this amazing feature called "Windows", which would allow us to simultaneously have several documents open at once.
I also remember standing in the office of my office manager, watching with fascination as her husband sent her IMs through America Online.
I also remember my nephew introducing me to internet search engines by way of "Ask Jeeves". Remember Ask Jeeves? He typed in a question about where to buy cribs; I was pregnant with my first kid (1996).
And my first internet message board was Parent Soup. They had forums for every parenting topic you can think of, including one called, "Infants WITH foreskins". 😝
2 hours ago, Quill said:
I quit teaching for a while to try and figure out if that was what I really wanted to do. During the five years before I realized teaching really was my calling and I went back, I held a number of different jobs. One was as a bookkeeper for a small one-owner company. I did payroll on the new computer, a Trash 80 (officially called a TRS 80). I also remember when WYSIWYG became a thing, and I remember using Netscape to access the internet.
I think many of us are old enough to have used floppy discs, actually floppy 5 inch discs.
Although I'm old enough to have used Prodigy and Compuserve I wasn't into computers then (other than my classroom's little Apple IIe that my students and I learned to use together). Dh however, was an active participant in message boards on both of those platforms. I only learned about them some time after we and I found out I'd fallen for a computer nerd. 😄
KidsHappen 1,100
I am old enough that I remember saving computer documents on cassette tapes.
I remember party lines and black and white tv (and no tv or phone at all before that)
I lived in houses that had no central heat or indoor plumbing.
I am in the oldest living generation in my family.
I have several grandchildren/step grandchildren and great grandchildren are not terribly far off.
Kareni 48,936
BEEn here awhile
Old enough to have said, "First!" on the boards here.
Old enough to have been a child without seatbelts; my mother said when I was a baby, she used to put me in the backseat of the car in a laundry basket.
Remember the toffees in Australia that occasionally would have a two cent piece embedded within. (A toffee might have cost one cent, so it was a true prize albeit a choking hazard.)
Remember buying cigarettes for my father when a pack cost 40 cents and a carton cost $4.00, and no one blinked at a child purchasing cigarettes.
Kareni
I also remember when ten cents would buy a stamp or pay for a local phone call or a trip to a public restroom.
J-rap 13,327
Well, I've noticed recently that most of the doctors at our local clinic are now younger than me!
And I remember when that peacock used to come on TV before a program and spread its feathers while the announcer said "In living color!" Only ours was not in color and I could never understand why!
LisaK in VA 5,146
Amateur Bee Keeper
LocationNapoli, Italia
I'm old enough to have forgotten all of the stuff that I did or had that is completely irrelevant to today's life.
Selkie 14,648
I'm old enough to remember being a junior in college and a guy in one of my classes told me that he and his girlfriend, who was at school in another state, were able to send messages back and forth to each other on their computers. That seemed totally amazing at the time!
Where's Toto? 9,300
Eclectically Us-Schooling
LocationNJ
Gee, and I was still trying to convince myself that I'm one of the young'uns on this board. 😉
My first secretarial job we used Word in DOS. We upgraded to Windows 3.0 while I was there. I remember CompuServe, AIM, dial-up modems, 5 1/4 floppy disks.
I remember buying cigarettes for my mom as a kid, black and white tv, "remote" controls with a wire, the peacock, when Fox became the 4th network channel.
On a brighter note, I am old enough to accept myself for who I am - introvert, relaxed, not at all stylish, comfortable - and not really care what people think (most of the time). I'm more confident in my abilities and less worried about pleasing everyone else (in some cases, anyone else).
fairfarmhand 19,214
LocationTennessee
Old enough to remember talking on the phone connected to a wall. I wish for it when I am hunting frantically for the cordless to find it in some random spot. (Anyone remember how hard it was to have a private conversation?)
5 hours ago, J-rap said:
We got our first color tv in 1970. When I was a kid one of my aunts was the only one in the family who had a color tv (they also had no kids). Every year when The Wizard of Oz came on tv my and my cousin's family would go there so we could watch the second half in color.
I'm old enough to remember when tv stations would play the national anthem and then go off the air until morning.
I'm old enough to remember when Ted Turner's channel, then known as Channel 17 (a uhf channel) went national. That was what is now TBS.
1 minute ago, Lady Florida. said:
Oh my goodness, I remember the national anthem and then going off the air! Every now and then I stayed up long enough to see it.
When my dh and I were first married in the 1980s, our wedding present from my parents was our own black and white TV. 🙂 That lasted us a long time, so even some of our children remember having a black and white TV in the mid - late 90's - haha.
Speaking of black and white televisions, this happened to a friend of mine in the early 2000's.
Her family was visiting her mother. She and her husband stayed in her old room and their kids stayed in one of the bedrooms that once belonged to one of her siblings. The kids were excited to find a tv in the room but they came running out to tell her "We can't get Busha's tv to work". She went to investigate and realized it was a black and white tv. The kids thought it was broken. 😂😄😂
My first computer lessons, at school in the mid-seventies, involved learning to write a single line of code, which the teacher then took by hand to Bristol University, where it was turned into a punch card. The next week I would learn that my code hadn't worked.
Edited May 15 by Laura Corin
oh gosh...I remember my parents bought a color TV to watch the moon landing only to find it was broadcast in black and white!
I remember running upstairs after seeing a news report on our basement TV, shouting, "Mom! A King died!" It took a moment for her to realize it was Martin Luther King, Jr.
I remember being at the beach, with no TV, when the father of a family vacationing with us quietly went to the trunk of his car, and brought out a portable set, which he then set up in the combo livingroom/kitchen of our small beach apartment. Very solemnly, we sat around it in a tight group, watching our president resign because of Watergate.
Suzanne in ABQ 2,961
Empress Bee
"What's that stuff?"
"Some ceweal."
"Did you twy it?"
"I'm not gonna twy it. You twy it!"
"I'm not gonna twy it."
"Let's get Mikey!"
"Yeah!"
"He won't eat it. He hates evewything."
"He likes it! Hey, Mikey!!!!"
(Yeah, I'm old enough to remember every word of that commercial. Now, If I could only remember what I'm supposed to do this afternoon."
Patty Joanna 16,197
Old enough to admit to myself that I will not ever read Charles Dickens and also to give a rip who knows that. :0)
21 minutes ago, Patty Joanna said:
Aw, I love Dickens. But I'm also old enough to tell people there are too many books and too little time. Unless you're in school and have been assigned certain books, read what you want and don't worry about what anyone says you "should" read. (I won't touch Hemingway, Faulkner, or Woolf and I don't care what anyone thinks about that).
Homeschool Mom in AZ 13,105
Hive Mind Royal Larvae
LocationNC
I'm 46.
Another Era
...remember the butcher coming to the house to slaughter and bleed out a bull and take it for processing.
...eat sheep and cattle raised we for food.
...have seen real cowboys herding cattle (not guys with shiny boots and shiny trucks line dancing in bars calling themselves cowboys.)
...remember when border patrol didn't bother illegals as long as they were working on a farm or ranch.
...have gleaned fields of onions and cantaloupe legally.
...have listened to an elderly Native American talking about how her grandmother handled plague risk.
...have met an old lady who came to AZ in a covered wagon as a child.
...remember when my 10 years older brothers and all their peers went to school with shotguns clearly visible in the gun racks and handguns in the glove compartments of their trucks so they could dove hunt after school with their friends, unattended by any other adults.
...eating candy cigarettes without anyone being bothered by it.
...watching commercials (We got a TIVO the year it came out.) and watching TV on the broadcaster's schedule.
...know that people who seem to be getting away with it have lives that suck in other areas.
...know that FB/social media is the highlight reel, not a documentary, so I have no need to fuss about not measuring up.
...know that I have to deal with the consequences of my actions, so I don't need to make what other's think the deciding factor.
...know those lessons I learned the hard way were godsends, so I don't try to buffer my children from them after I've warned them.
...have seen the USSR fall and the wall come down.
...have written as a teen to friends serving in the military for a war that has since ended.
... have watched an assassination attempt of a president in office.
@Homeschool Mom in AZI still glean for fresh peas! The farmers around here plant peas for the Birdseye frozen food company and the machines always miss a bit at the edge when they cut - the plants are pushed over but not cut. We have lovely fresh peas for a week or so after the harvest.
I visited a ranch in Texas around fifteen years ago that still herded on horseback. It was a big place, but the philosophy was that they saw more from horseback and could be more aware of any issues.
elegantlion 20,753
Wherever you go, there you are
I am old enough to be the parent of most of my cohort in grad school and many of them are non-traditional students.
I am old enough to remember the first computer class ever offered by my high school...and not taking it because why would I need to work on computers.
I am old enough to also speak my mind, yet have the wisdom to hold my tongue more often...because most of the time it's just not worth it.
lewelma 12,649
LocationNew Zealand
I am old enough to have had my maternal great grandfather tell me stories about travelling to Oklahoma by covered wagon because his father had been in the Oklahoma land rush.
I am old enough to have had my paternal grandmother tell me stories about how her grandfather lived with them when she was a girl, and how he would meet up with the other civil war vets on their front porch. She could never understand them because they were speaking German!
1 hour ago, Homeschool Mom in AZ said:
I'm 17 years older than you but none of those first 4 quoted experiences were mine. I was raised in a city so no matter how old I am I would not have seen those things.
Yes to candy cigarettes (pretending to smoke them first 😲). Also, as others have mentioned, I used to get sent to the store to buy my mom's real cigarettes.
I have watched a sitting U.S. president get assassinated and watched his funeral on tv. I was home from school sick that day and remember when my grandmother called my mother to tell her. She told my mom "turn on the radio" because in those days you got breaking news from the radio, not the tv.
kbutton 6,649
kbutton
On 5/14/2019 at 3:49 PM, Lady Florida. said:
21 hours ago, Kareni said:
Remember buying cigarettes for my father when a pack cost 40 cents and a carton cost $4.00, and no one blinked at a child purchasing cigarettes.
I remember using Netscape to access the internet.
Fun thread.
I remember the cigarette vending machines.
I had to make sure the web-based help I wrote would display correctly in Netscape, lol!
We had two rotary phones for a long time. I remember it being a big deal to get a touch tone phone. Both of the rotary phones lacked a phone jack--they were wired directly into the wall.
I remember when it was no big deal to ride around in the bed of a pickup truck around town or on a short trip.
Just now, kbutton said:
Actually, now that I think about it, when I was in 5th grade, several of us went on a FIELD TRIP in the back of a teacher's covered pickup truck. The field trip was about 45 minutes or an hour away! No one thought anything of it. I think there were other kids in other private vehicles as well.
We'd ride in the back of station wagons on substantial trips also, whether they had a fold down seat in the trunk area or not.
Ausmumof3 10,800
Ausmumof3
I feel pretty young round here. I am old enough to have grown up without internet at home though.
mumto2 29,065
Hive Mind Empress Bee
LocationSherwood Forest (honestly)
So many fun memories here.......first color TV, man on the moon, Watergate...........OK, not all fun because I was so upset about Watergate. It was summer and I couldn't watch Captain Kangaroo.
I had a small black and white TV that I loved for years......took it to college, my first apartment, even had it after we were married. Hubby finally convinced me to give it to someone else because he had bought a color tv for that room. I still think it was a bad decision.😉
So for a new one ..........how about the Paul is Dead, Beatles controversy. I spent a whole lot of time with my finger gently pressing down playing that album backwards..........and my new neighbor (now my husband) was the kid who convinced me that the Beatles had switched Paul's if I didn't believe the pictures, feet off the ground etc, that it was all there played backwards. We were telling the kids about this the other day........
Edited May 16 by mumto2
Arcadia 16,972
I have rode plenty of times on my adult relative's lap in the front passenger seat of a sedan. That was how my maternal aunt could get three adults and five kids into a sedan before the days of seatbelts laws. There were less people speeding during the daytime then (illegal road racing was after 11pm). I have rode with my cousins and nephews on my paternal aunt's pickup/truck bed on rural roads. It was as bumpy and fun as an amusement park ride.
I can still figure out the difference between the tones of a fax machine and a dial up modem. My first computer runs DOS 3.3 and has a hard disk but my college computers needed a boot up 5.25" floppy disk. There were Yak (chat) IRC (chat), Lynx (text browser), Mozilla (browser), BBS, TIN (News reader), Telnet. Thankfully my college classes were post punch cards era. COBOL, FORTRAN and assembly language were common then.
I had a turntable (vinyl records) system, dual cassette player (so that you could make a copy), Walkman, one of the first Motorola flip phone (1991). My first laptop was $4k then in 1991 and my first Macintosh LCII was $2.5k in 1992. Nokia 3310 was very popular when I was working as there was so many different casing for it and it was one phone you could safely drop. Those were the days you could easily buy a cellphone battery as a replacement or backup because cellphones had a battery cover which was easy to access.
For one of my first jobs, I was desktop publishing user manuals with software that was a lot less powerful than Word is today. The problem was that my PC couldn't cope with the size of diagram files, so we had to paste those in by hand after we had printed out the manuals, then Tippex over the joins. I was working for PC-maker Acer in Taiwan.
Momto6inIN 3,566
LocationNorthwest Indiana
Just today I had to explain to my 15 year old daughter that you didn't use to be able to get groceries at Walmart or Target but had to go to a whole separate grocery store, so I guess I'm old enough to have lived before the days of Super Walmart and Super Target 😊
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President Donald Trump at the White House, Washington DC, U.S., July 22, 2020. | Photo: EFE
Over 240,000 children have had COVID-19 in the United States so far, according to CDC data.
In his latest attempt to encourage the reopening of schools, President Donald Trump Wednesday insisted that the coronavirus will disappear and children are almost immune to it.
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"It's going away. It'll go away. Things go away. No question in my mind that it will go away," he said.
"Children are able to throw it off very easily... They may get it, but they get it and it doesn't have much of an impact on them," the U.S. President added.
Trump has defended his view of the pandemic for weeks. On Wednesday, however, Facebook and Twitter censored a video from a Fox News interview in which the U.S. president claimed that the children were almost immune to the virus.
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— Godisincontrol (@Godisincontro20) August 6, 2020
Although experts agree that children block the virus easier than adults, studies have shown that over-9-year-old children have the same potential to spread it to other people, including adults at home and in school settings.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 240,000 children have had COVID-19 in the United States.
Around 300 of them have contracted a rare inflammatory disease known as "multisystem inflammatory syndrome," which is one of the COVID-19 clinical complications.
As of Thursday morning, the U.S. had reported 4,979,568 COVID-19 cases and 161,769 deaths.
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HomeABC BusinessNYC's oldest continuously operated LGBTQ bar gets fundraising boost amid coronavirus pandemic
NYC's oldest continuously operated LGBTQ bar gets fundraising boost amid coronavirus pandemic
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By TONY MORRISON, ABC News
(NEW YORK) — Julius' Bar is staying open for business.
The historic bar in the heart of New York City's West Village neighborhood is a getting a financial boost to stay open amid the brutal economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Gill Foundation, one of the nation's leading funders of efforts to secure full equality for LGBTQ people, announced it will match donations up to $25,000 to protect Julius' Bar, which prides itself as "the oldest continuously operated LGBTQ bar in the city."
According to its owners, Julius' Bar's structure was built in 1826 and converted to a grocery store in 1840 before becoming a bar in 1864. It wasn't until the 1950s that the establishment became known to attract predominantly gay patrons. Among the National Register of Historic Places, the 1966 "Sip-In" at Julius' was instrumental in the long march toward LGBTQ+ equality.
"Too many LGBTQ people grow up in isolation from their own history, which is why places like Julius' — where the famed 'Sip-In' of 1966 helped to ignite change — are so important," Scott Miller and Tim Gill, co-chairs of the Gill Foundation, told ABC News.
"Keeping its doors open helps bring LGBTQ stories to light and ensures that Julius' remains a welcoming place for the LGBTQ community for generations to come," they said.
In a press release, Miller and Gill added, "COVID-19 has devastated businesses big and small, including many in the LGBTQ community."
"It's critical that we preserve and protect LGBTQ history and the places that have shaped the equality movement. Julius' has served as an important gathering place for LGBTQ advocates, leaders, and everyday people looking for a safe place to be themselves," they continued.
The Gill Foundation has a long record of preserving and protecting LGBTQ+ history.
Since launching the Gill Foundation in 1994 and through other organizations they created or supported, Gill and Miller have given more than $500 million to advance LGBTQ equality, including previously making a $20,000 contribution to Julius' Bar in 2020.
It was instrumental in getting The Stonewall Inn designated as the first LGBTQ National Monument in 2016.
"With the generous support of the Gill Foundation and countless individual donors, we have reopened and are thrilled to see our wonderful customers return and reconnect in this historic space. The match campaign will ensure we are able to push through the final stretch of the pandemic and continue serving the community we love," Julius' Bar owner Helen Buford told ABC News.
"We're beyond grateful," Buford added.
The Gill Foundation match grant contribution is earmarked to support rent and utility costs and brings the bar to over half its fundraising goal of $200,000.
Julius' Bar remains open for business with modified hours: Tuesday through Friday, 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturday through Sunday, noon to 10 p.m.
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Residents help the JMPD to clear Beyers Naudé Drive this morning, after the protest. Photos: Supplied.
Cases of public violence and malicious damage to property are being investigated at Honeydew Police Station.
All affected roads leading to Zandspruit are expected to open this morning (25 January) following last night's commotion and clashes between residents and authorities, Roodepoort Northsider reports.
Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) members, who have been blamed by residents for removing their markers from a piece of land earmarked for development, are busy clearing the aftermath after the residents resorted to burning tyres, looting shops and hurling stones at motorists and authorities.
Beyers Naudé Drive, and Peter and Johan roads, were among the routes that motorists were advised to avoid last night (24 January).
The Caltex garage in Zandspruit was reportedly looted during the ordeal.
Honeydew police spokesperson Captain Balan Muthan told Northsider that a case of public violence and malicious damage to property was being investigated. He confirmed that no arrests were made; however, police are still monitoring the area.
Previously, Zandspruit councillor Victor Mafinya had indicated that a big protest was brewing in the area after about 300 residents were prevented from marking off plots on the piece of land.
The Caltex garage in Zandspruit was reportedly looted.
JMPD Superintendent Wandile Mrubata, who is currently at the scene clearing the roads, said they had removed the markers and poles, because the land is reserved for RDP houses. "The MMC for Housing was here [in Zandspruit] to address the community about this issue about a month ago," he said.
The Northsider also approached the City of Johannesburg's Housing Department for comment last week, but our questions remain unanswered.


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Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
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Alecia Beth Moore Hart (born September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She was a member of the girl group Choice. In 1995, LaFace Records saw potential in Pink and offered her a solo recording contract.

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". She gained further recognition with the collaborative single "Lady Marmalade" from the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack, which topped many charts worldwide. 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".

Pink's third studio album, Try This (2003), sold significantly less than her previous work, but it earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. 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". 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". In 2014, Pink recorded a collaborative album, Rose Ave., with Canadian musician Dallas Green under a folk music duo named You+Me. 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.

Pink has been described as "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 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. In 2009, Billboard named Pink the Pop Songs Artist of the Decade. Pink was also the second most-played female solo artist in the United Kingdom during the 2000s decade, behind only Madonna. 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. 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."

Early life and family
Alecia Beth Moore was born on September 8, 1979, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to emergency room nurse, Judith Moore (née Kugel) and insurance salesman, James Moore. She has described herself as an "Irish-German-Lithuanian-Jew", and identifies as Jewish (her mother is Jewish). Although a healthy baby at birth, she quickly developed asthma that plagued her through her early years. When Pink was a toddler, her parents began having marital problems and divorced before she was 10.

Pink was trained as a competitive gymnast between the ages 4 and 12. She attended Central Bucks High School West. In high school, Pink joined her first band, Middleground, but it disbanded upon losing a Battle of the Bands competition. 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."

Pink began performing in Philadelphia clubs when she was about 14 years old. She adopted her stage name, "Pink," around this time. She has given different explanations about how she came to be given her nickname as a child. 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.

Career

1995–1998: Career beginnings
At 16, Pink and two other teenage girls, Sharon Flanagan 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. The group relocated to Atlanta and recorded an album, which was never released, but "Key to My Heart" appeared on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Kazaam. During a Christmas party, Reid gave Pink an ultimatum: go solo or go home. Choice disbanded in 1998.

1999–2002: Can't Take Me Home and Missundaztood
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. 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. Internationally, the song also charted inside the top ten in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. In April, Pink's debut album, Can't Take Me Home, was released to commercial success. It peaked 26 on the Billboard 200 chart, and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for two million units shipped in the United States. It also went platinum in the United Kingdom and multi-platinum in Australia and Canada, while selling over four million copies worldwide. Critical reception to the album was mixed. The album's second single, "Most Girls", peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and became her first chart-topping single in Australia. "You Make Me Sick" was released as the final single and reached number 33 on the Hot 100.

Pink won the trophy for Female New Artist of the Year at the 2000 Billboard Music Awards. She was billed as a supporting act on the North American leg of NSYNC's No Strings Attached Tour throughout the summer of 2000. In 2001, Pink, alongside singers Christina Aguilera and Mýa as well as rapper Lil' Kim, performed a cover of "Lady Marmalade" for the soundtrack of the film Moulin Rouge!. In the US it became the most successful airplay-only single in history, as well as Pink's first No. 1 single. The success of the single was helped by its music video, which was popular on music channels and won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year. The song won Pink's first Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

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. 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. Perry co-wrote and co-produced the album with Dallas Austin and Scott Storch, and according to VH1's Driven program, Antonio "LA" Reid of LaFace Records was not initially content with the new music Pink was making. The album, named Missundaztood because of Pink's belief that people had a wrong image of her, was released in November 2001.

"Get the Party Started" was released as the lead single and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. It also became a worldwide hit, reaching number one in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania, and Spain, as well as spending four weeks at the top of the European Hot 100 Singles chart. At the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, its music video won in the categories of Best Female Video and Best Dance Video. The album's other singles—"Don't Let Me Get Me", "Just Like a Pill", and "Family Portrait"—were also radio and chart successes, with "Just Like a Pill" becoming Pink's second number-one hit in the United Kingdom. Missundaztood remains Pink's best-selling record with over 13 million copies sold worldwide. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Missundaztood was the eighth best-selling album of 2002 globally. Pink won a World Music Award for Best Selling American Pop/Rock Female Artist. She was also nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 45th Grammy Awards. Faith Hill's 2002 album, Cry, features a song co-written by Pink and Perry ("If You're Gonna Fly Away"). In 2002, Pink headlined a tour of America, Europe and Australia, the Party Tour, as well as becoming a supporting act for Lenny Kravitz's American tour. Pink was named the Top Female Billboard 200 Artist of 2002.

2003–2007: Try This and I'm Not Dead

In mid-2003, Pink contributed the song "Feel Good Time" to the soundtrack of the film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, in which she had a cameo appearance as a motocross race ramp owner/promoter. Featuring electronic music artist William Orbit, it became Pink's first single to miss the top 40 on Billboards Hot 100 chart, although it was a hit in Europe and in Australia. It was later included on non-US editions of Pink's third album, Try This, which was released on November 11, 2003. Eight of the 13 tracks were co-written with Tim Armstrong of the band Rancid. Linda Perry was featured on the album as a writer and musician. Despite the album reaching the top ten on album charts in the US, in Canada, in the UK, and in Australia, sales were considerably lower than those of Missundaztood. However, it did go platinum in the US. The singles "Trouble" and "God Is a DJ" did not reach the US top 40 but did reach the top ten in other countries, and "Last to Know" was released as a single outside North America. "Trouble" earned Pink the Grammy award in Best Female Rock Vocal Performance category at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, and "Feel Good Time" was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. She toured extensively on the Try This Tour through Europe and Australia, where the album was better received.

During the same period, Pink co-wrote the song "Take A Picture" with Damon Elliott which was released on Mýa's album Moodring. In 2005, Pink collaborated with Lisa Marie Presley on the track "Shine", released on Presley's second album Now What. 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." Pink worked with producers Max Martin, Billy Mann, Christopher Rojas, Butch Walker, Lukasz Gottwald, and Josh Abraham on the album. The album's release through LaFace Records in April 2006 was a substantial success throughout the world, particularly in Australia. The album reached the top ten in the US, the top five in the UK, No. 1 in Germany, and was No. 1 in Australia for two non-consecutive weeks.

The album's lead single, "Stupid Girls", was Pink's biggest US hit since 2002 and earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Its music video, in which she parodies celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Simpson, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Paris Hilton, won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video. Subsequent singles "Who Knew" and "U + Ur Hand" were substantial hits in Australia and Europe, and they later became top ten singles in the US. in 2007. The non-US singles were "Nobody Knows", a minor hit in the UK, Australia and Germany; "Dear Mr. President", an open letter to the US President George W. Bush which featured the Indigo Girls and became a No. 1 hit in Belgium as well as a top five hit in Germany, Australia, and other countries; "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)", a UK top 40 and Australian top five entry; and "'Cuz I Can". The album has sold over 1.3 million copies in the US, as well as over 700,000 copies in Australia. The album proved very popular in Australia, with six top five singles and a record-breaking 62 weeks in the top 10; so far the album has gone 10 times platinum.

In support of the album, Pink embarked on the world I'm Not Dead Tour, for which ticket sales in Australia were particularly high; she sold approximately 307,000 tickets in Australia, giving her the record for the biggest concert attendance for an arena tour by a female artist. One of the London shows on the tour was taped and released as a DVD, Pink: Live from Wembley Arena, where she sang Linda Perry's "Whats Up?". In 2006, Pink was chosen to sing the theme song for NBC Sunday Night Football, "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night", which is a take on "I Hate Myself for Loving You" by Joan Jett. She contributed a cover of Rufus's "Tell Me Something Good" to the soundtrack of the film Happy Feet, and lent her name to PlayStation to promote the PSP, a special pink edition of which was released.

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. She sang on the Indigo Girls album Despite Our Differences. She was featured on India.Arie's song "I Am Not My Hair" from the Lifetime Television film Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy. She wrote a song, "I Will", for Natalia's third album, Everything and More. "Outside of You", another song she co-wrote, was recorded by dance-pop singer Hilary Duff and released on her 2007 album Dignity. 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. In December 2007, a special edition Pink Box, which comprises her second to fourth albums and the DVD Live in Europe, was released in Australia. It reached the top twenty on the albums chart and was certified Gold, selling over 35,000 units.

2008–2011: Funhouse and Greatest Hits... So Far!!!

On August 7, 2008, Pink's single "So What" was leaked online, and radio stations across Australia were quick to give it massive airplay. Less than six hours after the leak, "So What" was voted No.1 on Nova 100 Melbourne and shot to No.1 on the Today Network's national radio Hot30 Countdown. On August 22, Pink announced a new track, titled "Crystal Ball". On September 18, 2008, "So What" became her second number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Pink was the guest of honor at the 2008 ARIA Music Awards, which were held in Sydney, Australia, in October 2008. There she sang "So What". On November 3, 2008, Funhouse debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA charts. In Australia it sold over 86,000 units in its first week, and was eventually certified eleven times platinum.

On November 23, 2008, Pink performed "Sober", the second single from Funhouse, at the American Music Awards. The third single was "Please Don't Leave Me", with a video directed by Dave Meyers. In Australia, "Bad Influence" was released as the album's fourth single as a promotional single for her Funhouse Tour, and "Funhouse" was later released as the fifth single. However, "Bad Influence" was not released as a single in Europe until March 2010, which was after "Funhouse" had been released. In May 2009, Pink released a four-CD box set of her first four albums; this set peaked at No. 7 in the UK Album Chart. In 2009, Pink performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.

Pink's Funhouse Tour started in France on February 24, 2009, and continued through Europe until mid-May, with supporting act Raygun. Pink then performed a series of shows in Australia, all of which sold out. Between May and August 2009, she performed for a total of more than 600,000 Australian fans at 58 shows around the country.

On September 13, 2009, Pink performed "Sober" while doing a trapeze act at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, where she was nominated for Best Female Video for "So What". On January 31, 2010, Pink did another circus 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. In 2013, Billboard ranked the performance as the best between 2000 and 2012. Billboard recognized Pink as the Pop Songs Artist of the Decade. According to the BBC countdown compiled by PPL, Pink was the second most-played female solo artist in the United Kingdom during the 2000s decade, behind Madonna.

Pink was a soloist in the remake of the 1985 charity single, "We Are the World". 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. The last collaboration earned Pink a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. She was featured on a track titled "Won't Back Down" for Eminem's 2010 album Recovery; Eminem explained that he included Pink because he "felt like she would smash this record."

On July 15, 2010, during a concert in Nurnberg, Germany, Pink was preparing to end her concert with an aerial acrobatic routine when she was pulled offstage and onto a barricade below. Her left-side flywire had been activated before the right-side one had been properly attached to her harness.  She was taken to a local hospital where it was determined that she had not been seriously injured. Pink sold a total of 3,000,000 concert tickets on her 2009–10 worldwide tour, according to a statement on behalf of UK tour promoter Marshall Arts.

In the first week of October 2010, Pink released "Raise Your Glass", the first single from her first compilation album, Greatest Hits... So Far!!!. The song celebrates a decade since Pink's debut in 2000 and is dedicated to her fans who have been supporting her over the years. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Pink's tenth Top 10 hit, and her third number-one on the chart.
She released the compilation album on November 12, 2010, and almost a month later she released the album's second single, named "Fuckin' Perfect". The song reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and peaked at number one on the airplay charts in Germany. On the German singles chart, the song entered at number seven in March 2011.

Pink voiced the character of Gloria in Happy Feet Two, which premiered on November 18, 2011, in the United States. She also sings the movie's theme song, "Bridge of Light".

On October 7, 2011, RCA Music Group announced that it would be disbanding Jive Records, along with Arista Records and J Records. With the shutdown, Pink and all other artists previously signed to the labels would release any future material through RCA Records.

2012–2015: The Truth About Love and You+Me

In February 2012, Pink confirmed that she was in the writing process for her next studio album, The Truth About Love. She was scheduled to perform at a fundraiser for the presidential campaign of Barack Obama that June, but had to cancel her performance after she was hospitalized and underwent the removal of her gallbladder. The Truth About Love was preceded with the release of its lead single, "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", in July. The single peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, while reaching number one in Australia and Hungary, and the top five in Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Released in September, The Truth About Love made its debut atop the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 281,000, making it her first number-one album in the United States. It also topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, and Switzerland, and became the world's sixth best-selling album of 2012 according to the IFPI. The album was certified double platinum by the RIAA for two million copies shipped and has sold over seven million copies worldwide. The Truth About Love received positive response from music critics and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.

"Try" was released as the second single from The Truth About Love in October 2012 and became a worldwide top-ten hit, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. In February 2013, Pink released the fourth single, "Just Give Me a Reason", featuring guest vocals by Nate Ruess of fun. It became the most successful single from The Truth About Love, topping the record charts in more than 20 countries worldwide and becoming Pink's fourth number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. According to the IFPI, the song was the fourth best-selling digital single of 2013 with 9.9 million copies sold worldwide. The song won the Billboard Mid-Year Award for Favorite Hot 100 No.1 Song, and garnered two nominations for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Song of the Year at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Three further singles, "True Love", "Walk of Shame", and "Are We All We Are", was released throughout 2013 to less commercial success. On February 13, 2013, Pink kicked off her sixth tour, known as The Truth About Love Tour, in Phoenix, Arizona. Billboard released a statement on June 14, announcing that Pink held the No. 1 spot on their Hot Tours chart, as the American leg of her Truth About Love Tour grossed over $23.6 million. She still held the title a week later, as the European leg grossed $30.7 million.

In addition to her work for The Truth About Love, Pink appeared on the track "Guns and Roses" on T.I.'s album Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head. The song has been certified Gold by the ARIA for sales of 35,000 digital downloads shipped in Australia. She also wrote two songs, "I Walk Alone" and "Lie to Me", for Cher's new album, Closer to the Truth. Pink starred as a sex addict alongside Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo in the 2012 movie Thanks for Sharing. The official trailer was released on June 27 and the movie premiered in the United States until September 20, 2013. Her legal name, Alecia Moore, is used for the movie credits. Her role as Dede was heavily praised by critics. rogerebert.com commented on her performance saying "Of all the cast here, the least experienced is the pop singer Pink, yet she does the best acting in the film: natural, a little harsh, a little unstable. Pink, like Macy Gray in her Lee Daniels movie roles, knows instinctively how to behave on camera by just pretending that the camera isn't there."

Billboard named Pink Woman of the Year 2013. In December, the magazine also named The Truth About Love Tour the third best selling tour of 2013 with $147.9 million in ticket sales; falling only behind Bon Jovi and Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour. Also in Billboard's end of year charts, Pink was ranked the sixth top artist of 2013 and she scored her highest charting end-of-year song and album; with Just Give Me a Reason sitting at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and The Truth About Love placing at number 8 on the Billboard 200. In Australia, Pink has had an album placed at number one or two in the ARIA End of Year Albums Chart for six out of the past seven years as The Truth About Love topped the chart for two years in a row. She was the ninth top grossing music artist of 2013, with $20,072,072.32 earned. RCA Records later announced that they have signed Pink for a multi-album deal that will last for years to come. The singer was quoted about the deal saying "I am super-duper excited to continue onwards and upwards with RCA and my team there".

It was announced in September 2014, that Pink and Dallas Green, lead singer of City and Colour, worked together on a collaborative album, under the band name You+Me. The album, titled Rose Ave., was released on October 14, 2014. The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the US Folk Albums chart.

In August 2015, Pink recorded the theme song for the 13th season of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The song, "Today's the Day", was performed during the show's premiere week in New York City on September 10, 2015.

2016–2020: Beautiful Trauma, Hurts 2B Human and hiatus

It was announced in February 2016 that Pink will cover a Beatles song, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", for the upcoming Netflix original series Beat Bugs. In the same month, it was announced that she had recorded a cover of "White Rabbit" for the movie Alice Through the Looking Glass, while in April it was revealed that she contributed the song "Just like Fire" to the soundtrack of the movie. In Australia, it topped the ARIA Charts. The following July, it was announced that Pink had written a song for French-Canadian singer Celine Dion called "Recovering" for inclusion on her upcoming English-language album. Pink provided guest vocals on country singer Kenny Chesney's single "Setting the World on Fire" which was released on August 1, 2016. The single topped on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and went platinum in the United States and Canada. On March 10, 2017, Pink teamed up with Stargate and Australian star Sia on the former's debut single, "Waterfall".

Pink took a break to write songs for her upcoming seventh album. In June 2017, Pink confirmed that she was making her next studio album. On July 17, 2017, she announced via her official Twitter account that the video shoot for the first single will take place the following week. "What About Us", the lead single from Pink's seventh studio album, Beautiful Trauma, was released on August 10, 2017 and reached number one in Australia. The album was released on October 13, 2017, and became the third best-selling album of the year worldwide. On August 27, 2017, Pink received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards. She also performed a medley of some of her hits, including her new single, "What About Us", before accepting the award, which was presented to her by Ellen DeGeneres. "What About Us" reached number one on the Adult Pop Songs chart, earning Pink her ninth leader on the chart, breaking her out of a tie with Katy Perry for the solo female artist with the most number-ones in the chart's history and placing her in second place amongst all acts. The song received one nomination at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Pop Solo Performance. "Beautiful Trauma" was released on November 21, 2017, as the second single from Beautiful Trauma to less commercial success, reaching top thirty in Australia, the United Kingdom, France, and Scotland. While it only managed to peak at number seventy-eight on the Billboard Hot 100, it topped on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. On December 5, 2017, rapper Eminem revealed that Pink would be collaborating on the song "Need Me" for his ninth studio album Revival. The album received the nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album earned Pink's 20th nomination at the Annual Grammy Awards.

Although sick with influenza, Pink sang the US national anthem ahead of Super Bowl LII, a dream she had  since, as a child, seeing Whitney Houston sing at Super Bowl XXV in 1991. On March 1, 2018, Pink started her seventh concert tour, the Beautiful Trauma World Tour, which was scheduled to visit North America and Oceania until September 8, 2018. She later decided to extend the tour until May 2019 including Europe. On April 6, 2018, she was featured on Elton John's Revamp & Restoration, singing the song "Bennie and the Jets", with Elton John himself and Logic.

On April 17, 2018, People teased its 2018 "Most Beautiful" cover star by calling her "a performer, mother and role model whose honesty, humour, confidence and sheer star power make her one of the most beloved and fascinating entertainers on the planet." The next day the magazine revealed the cover, which features Pink with her two kids Willow and Jameson. The magazine issue was named the "beautiful issue". Similar covers had featured Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston.
On October 23, 2018, Pink released her version of the song "A Million Dreams" from the upcoming "The Greatest Showman – Reimagined" album, a reworking of the soundtrack with contributions from various artists including Kelly Clarkson, Kesha, Jess Glynne and Missy Elliott. Pink's daughter, Willow Sage Hart is also featured on the album performing the song's reprise.

On February 5, 2019, Pink received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; she further announced the release of her eighth album, Hurts 2B Human, which was released on April 26, 2019. The album's lead single, "Walk Me Home" was released on February 20, 2019. On the release date, Pink performed the song alongside a medley of her biggest hits at the BRIT Awards, including "Try", "Just Give Me a Reason", with Fun. lead singer Nate Ruess, and "What About Us". She was also awarded with the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the ceremony. In December 2019, Pollstar named her Artist of the Year. Pink confirmed that in 2020 she will take a break from music to focus on her family.

2021–present: All I Know So Far and Trustfall
On February 12, 2021, she released the song "Cover Me in Sunshine", a duet with her daughter Willow Sage Hart. On April 9, 2021, she released the song "Anywhere Away from Here", a duet with Rag'n'Bone Man. On April 29, she announced a live album, titled All I Know So Far: Setlist, which was released on May 21. The album contains the live versions of previous Pink songs, live covers and "Cover Me in Sunshine". It also includes the title track, released as a single on May 7. All I Know So Far: Setlist serves as the companion album to the documentary film covering Pink's life of the same name, which was released simultaneously with the album through Amazon's Prime Video platform.

In April 2021, Pink confirmed to ET Canada that a ninth studio album was in the "very early days, but I will tell you, it will be very honest".

On November 4, 2022, Pink released the single "Never Gonna Not Dance Again", which serves as the lead single from her upcoming album Trustfall. Pink performed the song at the American Music Awards on November 20.

Artistry

Influences

Pink has named Madonna and Janis Joplin as her biggest musical influences. In a 2000 interview with MTV, Pink said that during her childhood she used to think that she was Madonna's daughter, saying: "I've always been the type of person that followed Madonna like a lost puppy. I didn't speak to my mother for a year, because I was sure she adopted me." She stated, "Madonna has always been an inspiration for me... I was a fan right from the first time I heard 'Holiday'." Pink also won her first talent show singing Madonna's "Oh Father". Of Janis Joplin, Pink said "She was so inspiring by singing blues music when it wasn't culturally acceptable for white women, and she wore her heart on her sleeve. She was so witty and charming and intelligent, but she also battled an ugly-duckling syndrome. I would love to play her in a movie." In a tribute performance on her Try This Tour, Pink called Joplin "a woman who inspired me when everyone else ... didn't!"

As a child, she admired the leader of 4 Non Blondes, Linda Perry, whom she would later track down and form a close relationship with on her second album. She said: Literally this woman spoke to me. Being in pain and being on drugs and being misunderstood and, yeah she spoke my language. Without having to say anything, she could sing a note and it was what I was feeling. I used to sit at three or four o' clock in the morning, tripping on whatever, screaming 4 Non Blondes out the window until the cops were called.

Voice and timbre
Throughout her career, Pink has received acclaim from critics for her powerful singing abilities. Pink is a contralto, whose voice has been described as "raspy", "husky", and "distinctive". NBC News music critic Maura Johnston said that, at times, "the sheer power of her alto" has been overshadowed by her skills as an aerialist. James Montgomery of MTV calls her "a deceptively good singer ... who can out-sing almost anyone". The Guardian describes her voice as "prodigious". Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times labeled her "a powerhouse vocalist". Pink has also been noted for her "raw", "soulful" voice and her ability to emote. The Inquirer defined her voice as "husky" and "gutsy", further complimenting her for developing into a "powerfully emotive vocalist", while comparing her to Janis Joplin. The Star Tribune commends her by writing, "Her slightly raspy, slightly soulful voice made you feel the dysfunction in 'Family Portrait', the longing of 'Who Knew' and the empowerment in 'Perfect'." CNN has said that Pink is known for singing "with the right level of emotion". Fellow artist Kelly Clarkson has called Pink's voice "the best of our generation". Troy L. Smith, writing for Cleveland.com, called Pink one of her generation's most underrated vocalists, writing that she is capable of "sing[ing] anything, from rock and pop to folk and R&B." Smith named her 2006's second best vocalist, runner-up to Carrie Underwood.

Public image
Aside from her music, Pink has been noted for her fashion style, such as the "adventurous" hairstyles she has worn, which have ranged from fluorescent spikes to pink-streaked dreadlocks to a pitch-black skater cut. 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."

Pink is an animal-rights activist and a prominent campaigner for PETA, contributing her voice toward causes such as the protest against KFC. In conjunction with PETA, she criticized the Australian wool industry over its use of mulesing. In January 2007, she stated that she had been misled by PETA about mulesing and that she had not done enough research before lending her name to the campaign. Her campaigning led to a headlining concert called PAW (Party for Animals Worldwide) in Cardiff, Wales, on August 21, 2007. In 2015, she posed nude for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign.

Pink is also outspoken about LGBT rights and supports same-sex marriage. In October 2012, Pink told The Advocate that she does not define her sexual orientation saying, "I never felt the need to."

Pink is also involved with several charities, including Human Rights Campaign, ONE Campaign, The Prince's Trust, New York Restoration Project, Run for the Cure Foundation, Save the Children, Take Back the Night, UNICEF and World Animal Protection.  Pink has been officially recognized as an advocate for RSPCA Australia. 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. Pink stated that she wanted to make "a tangible expression of support". Pink also donated money to Autism Speaks. In July 2021, she offered to pay the fines handed out to the Norwegian women's beach handball team, after they wore shorts like their male counterparts instead of bikini bottoms.

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

On August 21, 2018, Pink stopped her concert in Brisbane for a grieving fan. A girl named Leah lost her mother one month prior to the concert, and she and her family hung up signs all around the concert, saying "My name is Leah – I'm 14 years old. I lost my beautiful Mum last month. I would LOVE a hug... Please!" The signs grabbed the attention of Pink.

Legacy

Pink has been credited for breaking boundaries and pushing the envelope throughout her career. She is regarded as the "most trailblazing artist" of her pop generation. Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times says, "Pink stood up for her music, broke the music industry's mold and scored a breakout hit, challenging a school of teen singers to find their own sounds as well." He adds, "[Pink] also started a race among other teen pop stars like Christina Aguilera to add substance to their own sound." Ann Powers refers to her as a "powerhouse vocalist", stating her mix of rebellion, emotional rawness, humor, and "infectious" dance beats created "a model for the mashup approach of latter-day divas such as Katy Perry, Kesha, and Rihanna." Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone commented: "I think people respond to her sense of independence and dedication. It inspires people... This is a prolific pop artist who is sometimes famous and successful, sometimes obscure, who nonetheless keeps making her own kind of music."

James Montgomery of MTV describes her as "a fabulously fearless pop artist" who can "out-sing almost anyone out there. She can out-crazy Gaga or Lily. She's the total pop-star package, everything you'd want in a singer/entertainer/icon. And still, she remains oddly off the radar. Such is the price of busting borders". Entertainment Weekly said: "She essentially invented the whole modern wave of Pop Diva Domination: You can draw a straight line from "Get This Party Started" to Katy Perry, Kesha, pre-messianic Lady Gaga, and post-weird Rihanna."  Glamour Magazine wrote: "When Pennsylvania-born Alecia Moore debuted in 2000, pop was dominated by long-locked blonds like Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Jessica Simpson. Pink changed the game. Without her, the last 13 years of big-voiced, tough chick music is hard to imagine."

Following her performance at the American Music Awards of 2012, LZ Granderson of CNN wrote: ... our culture's biggest sin may well be the auto-tuned syrup we've allowed to dominate the pop charts. All-time chart records are handed to vacuous acts such as the Black Eyed Peas and singing awards are given to vocal lightweights such as Taylor Swift [...] But thank God for Pink. [...]  While Christina Aguilera has a tendency to oversing, Britney Spears can't sing, and Lauryn Hill sorta stopped singing, Pink has managed to carve a brilliant 13-year career by being something that is incredibly rare these days—an artist.
British soul singer Adele considers Pink's performance at Brixton Academy in London as one of "the most defining moments" in her life, saying "It was the Missundaztood record, so I was about 13 or 14. I had never heard, being in the room, someone sing like that live. I remember sort of feeling like I was in a wind tunnel, her voice just hitting me. It was incredible."

Pink's work has inspired many other artists, including Christina Aguilera, Demi Lovato, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Tegan and Sara, Ashley Tisdale, Alessia Cara, Victoria Justice, Adele, Julia Michaels, Ben Hopkins of Pwr Bttm Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, Halsey, Anne Marie, Kehlani, and Daya.

Personal life
Pink met professional motocross racer Carey Hart at the 2001 X Games in Philadelphia. Following a brief separation in 2003, Pink proposed to Hart in June 2005 during a Mammoth Lakes motocross race; she was "assisting" in his race and wrote "Will You Marry Me? I'm serious!" on a pit board. He initially did not notice and continued on for another lap. When he did notice later, he veered off the track to accept right then. She then made him finish the race. They married in Costa Rica on January 7, 2006.

After months of speculation, Pink announced in February 2008, that she and Hart had separated. Hart subsequently appeared in the video for her 2008 song "So What",  which deals with their separation. The couple sought marriage counseling during their separation in hopes of reconciliation.  In February 2010, Pink confirmed that she and Hart were back together. Hart also appears with Pink in the music video for her songs "Just Give Me a Reason", "True Love" (both from her 2012 album The Truth About Love), and "Just Like Fire" (from the soundtrack to the 2016 film Alice Through the Looking Glass).

In November 2010, Pink announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she and Hart were expecting their first child. In June 2011, she gave birth to their daughter. In December 2016, she gave birth to their second child, a son. Pink is a supporter of attachment parenting.

In 2010, she appeared on Forbes "The Celebrity 100" list at number 27, with earnings of $44 million. In 2011, she appeared on Forbes The Top-Earning Women in Music list at number 6 with earnings of $22 million, with an average of $1 million per show on the road. In 2009, Billboard put her number 6 on their "Money Makers" list, listing her earnings as $36,347,658. In 2013, she appeared on Forbes list of "Highest Paid Musicians", with earnings of $32 million. In 2018, she appeared on Forbes list of "Highest Paid Female Celebrities", with earnings of $52 million.

On April 4, 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Pink announced that she and her three-year-old son, Jameson, showed symptoms for COVID-19 and she subsequently tested positive, but fully recovered. She also announced donations of $500,000 each to the Temple University Hospital Fund in Philadelphia, where her mother worked for nearly two decades, and the City of Los Angeles Mayor's Emergency COVID-19 Crisis Fund. She has had asthma her whole life, and the initial days of fighting the virus exacerbated her condition.

Awards and achievements

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Pink's record sales stand at 16 million copies in the United States. Pink has sold over 40 million albums and 50 million singles worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists.

Discography

 Can't Take Me Home (2000)
 Missundaztood (2001)
 Try This (2003)
 I'm Not Dead (2006)
 Funhouse (2008)
 The Truth About Love (2012)
 Beautiful Trauma (2017)
 Hurts 2B Human (2019)
 Trustfall (2023)

Filmography

Tours
 Party Tour (2002)
 Try This Tour (2004)
 I'm Not Dead Tour (2006–2007)
 Funhouse Tour (2009)
 The Funhouse Summer Carnival (2010)
 The Truth About Love Tour (2013–2014)
 Beautiful Trauma World Tour (2018–2019)
 Summer Carnival (2023–2024)
 Trustfall Tour (2023)

See also

 List of animal rights advocates

References

Further reading

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U.S. Should Separate Diplomatic Pressures On N. Korea From Humanitarian Assistance, Provide Food Aid
A Seattle Times editorial says a "radical response" to North Korea's rocket launch would be to "[k]eep diplomatic channels open with the 240,000 tons of food aid planned before" the launch. "Providing food aid is wholly apart from maintaining political and economic pressure on the country," the editorial says, adding, "Sending food does not preclude international sanctions to deny North Korea access to electronic technology and military hardware." The editorial suggests "[s]end[ing] the food aid with an insurance policy of sorts. Use the connections and credibility of nongovernmental organizations, including Mercy Corps and World Vision, to track the deliveries. … Get the United Nations involved as well." The editorial concludes, "Keep diplomatic channels open. Move beyond the provocations and deliver basic food relief" to the more than one-quarter of North Koreans in need (4/15).
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Thieves break into 20 vehicles near Lake Monticello
By The Citizen on May 17, 2022
LAKE MONTICELLO – Thieves broke into an estimated 20 vehicles near Lake Monticello early Tuesday morning, tossing the contents and stealing items, including one vehicle.
The Fluvanna County Sheriff's Office and Lake Monticello Police Department are investigating the string of thefts that they say appeared to be concentrated to the Lake Monticello area of Jefferson Drive between the Slice and Riverside Gates as well as in the Sycamore Square subdivision.
The Sheriff's Office and Police Department said one vehicle was also stolen from Lake Monticello and subsequently recovered in Sycamore Square. They are asking the community for help in the investigation.
"It is believed these break-ins occurred between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 5 a.m.," officers said in a statement. "Surveillance videos in the area appear to show two different subjects, one in dark clothing with their face covered and one in light clothing with a hood and wearing a backpack. These subjects are believed to be involved."
The Sheriff's Office is requesting that anyone in the area who has home surveillance cameras review videos for suspicious activity.
"If you have any information or video footage, please contact the Fluvanna County Sheriff's Office," the officers said. "Even if you believe the footage is insignificant it may be a help us with timelines or to validate other tips."
Tips can be called in to the sheriff's office at (434) 589-8211 and may be anonymous.
"This serves an important reminder to always lock your vehicles and remove valuables whenever you park your car, even at your own home," officers said. "Most thieves are opportunistic and unlocked vehicles in population dense subdivisions make for easy targets."
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Sonic fans love this 'leaked' movie redesign – let's hope it's real
The live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie was supposed to be out this year, but was delayed after the fan reaction to the first trailer – which was a mix of horrified and dismayed. Even Sonic's co-creator Yuji Naka was upset about the movie's design, but at the very least – the production heard the fans' concerns, and delayed the Sonic movie to February 14 next year.
Now we may possibly have a look at the proposed redesign of the movie Sonic the Hedgehog, via Twitter user @bestinthegalaxy. If genuine, the redesign seems to stick a lot closer to the original games' design – with the eyes in particular being far less creepy. The first picture appears to be from the movie's poster, or possibly a book cover.
There is reason to cast doubt on these pictures, especially as we don't know anything about the source – who admits that they are not "one of those accounts that leak things and shares news", and doesn't say where they got the pictures from.
Nevertheless, the fan reaction to these blurry pictures has been extremely positive. Most are praying that the leak is legit, or just outright calling it "beautiful". Hopefully the movie's production company is paying attention, as – real or not – this is exactly what the fans want to see.
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Tim Miller, the producer of the Sonic movie, suggested that he saw the proposed redesign a few months ago and that the "fans will be pleased" – which is certainly in line with what we're seeing today. Furthermore, the more-horrifying original Sonic movie design leaked several months prior to the trailer, so this isn't without precedent – although then it had the opposite reaction from fans.
With the Sonic movie now down for Valentine's Day 2020 – so just five months away at this point – it's entirely possible a new trailer with the redesign will drop sometime this year. Guess we'll find out then if these alleged leaks are accurate.
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It's that time of year. One week, the trees are bare. The next, they're exploding with leaves and you're frantically digging the lawn mower and gardening tools out from under 75 pounds of yarn.
When the earth softens and the air smells gloriously like mud and new roots, I put away my wool and knitting and pull out my plant-dye projects. I'm not a winter dyer, so for me, this season arrives to great anticipation. The sunny spots on my porch begin to fill with herb-stuffed Mason jars. I set my dye pot to another simmer before I pour my early-morning cup of coffee. My kids and I water and weed the dye gardens. My morning run becomes equal parts meditation and dye-plant scouting.
As a dyer who prefers to work with whatever the season and my part of the world brings (with the exception of indigo, because everyone knows I got it bad for indigo), my process leads me through a rainbow of soft, glowing colors. Plant dyes are not only processed and bonded to fabric and fiber differently than synthetic dyes, but they also appear different and are, by good argument, different even on a spiritual level. Each one offers a depth and a light that I've never seen in a synthetic dye. These dyes seem to glow from the inside out.
My favorite way to mark a summer is to retire the plants who witnessed it all into a hand-dyed quilt, a skein of yarn, or a set of napkins that I'll use every day. It's my favorite way to memorialize a trip, too. Simply press plants you find on a walk or a hike into a book or two, then throw them in a jar to sun dye when you return home.
How many other ways do you know how to send a love note into the past and into the future at the same time? To keep a ray of sunshine forever? To make a postcard out of the actual sun and soil of a place? To wrap up in that summer you went to France, got married, had a baby, or did something you didn't think you could do and did it damn well, too?
That's why I dye with plants. Some of the reasons, anyway.
I'd love it if you would try to dye with plants, too. The wonderful thing is, it really is quite simple to get started. It's the perfect time for year for a quick beginner project: Gather a few handfuls of either coreopsis or marigold flowers and put them into a large mason jar. Fill the jar with water, screw on the lid, and put the jar in a warm, sunny spot outside for a couple of hours. Spoon out the flowers, add a mini skein of wool yarn or thread (or, if you have it, a square of silk fabric), and put it back in the sunny spot for a few more hours, or let it sit overnight. Ta-da! You now have some beautiful, golden fiber you dyed your own danged self.
It's onward and upward from here.
I regularly host bundle-dyeing workshops at my home studio. We work with the concepts I mentioned here more in depth. Each student leaves class with a set of plant-dyed, one-of-a-kind table linens.
I'll be offering more plant-dyed items in the Etsy shop and in the shop in Tulsa this summer and fall. I think these items will make the perfect gifts, and that goes double if you're treating yourself.
I can't wait to show you more about what I've been working on.
I'm also thinking about offering some kind of e-course or e-book on plant dyeing. If I were to do that, what would you hope to be part of it? What piques your curiosity the most about plant dyeing? Would you want the course to be project-based—as in, a series that builds your plant-dye skills from one project to the next—or would you prefer for it to be more about the plants and dyes themselves?