Pink Through The Years: ‘Lady Marmalade,’ Grammy Wins, Family of Four and More
28.02.2023 - 05:11
/ usmagazine.com
Pop royalty! Pink rose to fame in the 2000s and thanks to her edgy sound and rebellious attitude she became a music sensation.
The “Try” artist, whose real name is Alecia Moore, got her start singing at nightclubs in Philadelphia when she was only 14 years old. By the time she turned 16 she and her band, Choice, got their first record deal. However, when the group split in 1995, Pink signed a solo deal with LaFace Records. She released her first album, Can’t Take Me Home, five years later and earned critical acclaim.
Pink grew even more as an artist when she joined Christina Aguilera, Mya and Lil’ Kim to cover “Lady Marmalade” for the soundtrack of Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film Moulin Rouge! The song went on to earn each singer a Grammy Award for their collaboration. While the group’s rendition went on to be an iconic recording, tension brewed between Pink and the “Genie In a Bottle” songstress behind-the-scenes — and a rivalry was born.
“[Label executive] Ron Fair walked in. He didn’t say hi to any of us and said, ‘What’s the high part? What’s the most singing part? Christina’s going to take that part,’” Pink claimed during her 2009 VH1 Behind the Music special, eight years after “Lady Marmalade’s release. “And I stood up, and I said ‘Hi. How are you? So nice of you to introduce yourself. I’m Pink. She will not be taking that part. I think that’s what the f–king meeting’s about.’”
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Despite her feud with Aguilera, Pink went on to record several more albums and earned several solo Grammy nominations. She finally won her own individual Grammy in 2004 for her song “Trouble” which was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
Along with her blossoming career, the “Just Like