September 23rd’s “HOT or NOT?” candidate was Pink. You voted. Pink is:

Alecia Beth Moore (who performs under the stage name Pink), was born on September 8, 1979. To date she has sold over 31 million albums worldwide. Her songs are characterized by their personally rebellious tone and a statement-like strict use of the first person.

She released her first single “There You Go” and first album, the R&B-oriented Can’t Take Me Home, in 2000 via LaFace Records, which garnered commercial success. Her more pop rock-oriented second studio album, Missundaztood, which began a marked shift in the sound of her music, was released in 2001, and was successful worldwide. Pink released her third album, Try This, in November 2003, and her fourth in April 2006, I’m Not Dead. The latter generated seven hit singles, including “Stupid Girls”, “U + Ur Hand” and “Who Knew”. Her fifth and final album, Funhouse, was released in late October 2008 and was preceded by her first solo number one on the Hot 100, “So What”.

Pink met professional motocross racer Carey Hart at the 2001 X Games in Philadelphia. Hart had previously been screened in Pinks early music video clip “Just Like a Pill.” In 2005, Pink proposed to Hart during a Mammoth Lakes, California motocross race by holding up a “Will you marry me?” sign on his pit board. On the other side was written “I’m Serious!”. They married in Costa Rica on January 7, 2006.

After months of speculation, Pink’s publicist, Michele Schweitzer, told PEOPLE magazine on February 19, 2008, that the singer and Carey Hart had separated. “This decision was made by best friends with a huge amount of love and respect for one another”, Schweitzer said. The video for her 2008 hit “So What”, in which Hart appears, deals with her separation and pending divorce.

In March 2009, Carey Hart revealed in an interview for SpeedFreaks that he and Pink were ‘dating’. Carey has also confirmed on Jason Ellis’ Sirius XM radio show, The Chelsea Lately Show & The Best Damn Sports show that he and Pink are attempting to work things out stating: “Sometimes you have to take a couple of steps back to move forward”. Pink has stated that the couple has gone to marriage counseling and have gotten back together. They were never legally divorced.

Pink is involved with many charities including “Phoenix vert”, 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 Society for the Protection of Animals. As of May 2008 Pink has been officially recognized as an advocate for the RSPCA in 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 (a total of 173 people died in the fires, with around 500 injured, and 4000 homes lost). Pink stated that she wanted to make “a tangible expression of support”.

Tags: Carey Hart, Pink

Posted: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm

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