P!nk

USA, 1995–now

Alecia Moore, from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Signed as an R&B singer, she walked away from it on her second album and asked Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes to help her make a rock record instead — M!ssundaztood (2001) sold thirteen million. She sings most of her shows suspended from the ceiling.

MusicRoots documents 3 artists who influenced P!nk and 1 artist P!nk influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced P!nk?

• Janis Joplin — The voice she reached for once she stopped making R&B records — Joplin's blues shouting, done in a pop arrangement.
• Madonna — Named alongside Joplin as what she loved as a girl, and the model for a pop career that changes shape every album rather than repeating one.
• Joan Jett & the Blackhearts — The swagger, brought forward twenty years — a woman fronting a rock band and daring the room to object.

Which artists did P!nk influence?

• Dua Lipa — The other one. M!ssundaztood is a pop singer refusing to make the record she was signed to make, which is roughly what Lipa did on her second album too.