The A-Z of Pink

Here’s everything you need to know about the fiery American singer, who is the headline act on Sunday november 26

Her real name is Alecia Beth Moore.

Beautiful Trauma – the name of her latest album, her seventh.

She appeared in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle back in 2003.

Her song Dear Mr President took not so subtle digs at then POTUS George W Bush.

Is for Eminem. He’s on her new album. Regularly appears on

Forbes magazine lists, such as Celebrity 100 and Top-Earning Women in Music. In 2013 they claim she earned $32 million.

Grammys – she has won three of those.

Is for home. Her debut album was Can’t Take Me Home, back in 2000.

Is for introspective. Pink’s mum has described her daughter’s lyrics in her early work as “introspective. Very black, and very deep”. is for job – she told Donald Trump on Twitter last month that he’s doing a “terrible job”.

Is for Kim, as in Lil’ Kim. Pink appeared with the rapper, plus Christina Aguilera and Mýa on 2001’s cover version of Lady Marmalade.

Love: One of her messages is to be your own best friend. “That was something I had to learn in my life, was how to have boundaries and how to love myself.”

Her husband Carey Hart is a pro motocross racer.

Is for nickname. She called herself Pink aged 14. It was partly influenced by the name Mr Pink from the movie Reservoir Dogs.

Is for one: she has one Brit Award to her name, for Best International Female Solo Artist.

Is for Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where’s she’s from. Population? 8,380.

Is for quirky. The singer is certainly a character on Twitter. When asked what she does to chill out, she replied: “Watch sad movies and eat pretzels and cry.”

Pink claims she was “trouble and a runaway” when she was a kid. “No one wanted their kid anywhere near me,” she says. “Now, mums are like: ‘I love that my daughter loves you.’ How the world turns.”

It’s claimed she’s sold more than 70 million singles worldwide.

Is for two – she has two kids, a boy and a girl.

Is for ugly duckling. One of her idols is Janis Joplin. “She also battled an uglyduckling syndrome,” says Pink. “I would love to play her in a movie.”

Is for VMAs. She won worldwide acclaim for her speech regarding her daughter and body image when accepting a VMA award this summer.

Is for Willow, the name of her daughter. Her son is called Jameson. Is for ex. Her 2008 hit So What was written about her husband Carey Hart, after they temporarily separated.

Is for young rebel. She was kicked out of home by her mum aged just 15 for bad behaviour. “I was out of control,” she says.

She snuck a letter z into the title of her second album, Missundaztood. It was the album that really sent her career upwards and featured one of her biggest hits, Get The Party Started.