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Alecia Moore (born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania), better known by her stage name P!NK (also written as Pink), is an American singer-songwriter who gained prominence in early January of 2000. She is most often

Alecia Moore (born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania), better known by her stage name P!NK (also written as Pink), is an American singer-songwriter who gained prominence in early January of 2000. She is most often recognized by her unique, unorthodox fashion sense and ever-evolving soulful sound. Named #12 in the UK Music Hall of Fame of the 21st century, her vocal skills have often been compared to that of the late Janis Joplin of whom Pink cites as one of her idols. She is the daughter of James and Judy Moore, and is of Irish, German and Jewish descent. James played guitar and sang songs for the young Alecia, who vowed from the earliest that she would become a rock star someday.

The origin of the stage name "Pink" has been explained by her in three different versions, one explicit. The lighter version claims that she had her pants pulled down by a boy at a YMCA summer camp when she was a teenager, and her face turned bright pink out of embarrassment. The explicit version claims that a friend told her that her pubic region was bright pink. Also she said that in the movie Reservoir Dogs there is a character named Mr. Pink. She said all of her friends said she acted just like him so she wanted to call herself that. But her friends said "Mr. Pink is a man" so they shortened it to Pink.