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Ke$ha
Kesha on her Get Sleazy Tour
Kesha on her Get Sleazy Tour
Background information
Birth nameKesha Rose Sebert
Born (1987-03-01) March 1, 1987 (age 37)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OriginNashville, Tennessee, U.S.
GenresDance-pop, electropop
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active2005–present
LabelsRCA, Kemosabe
Websitewww.keshasparty.com

Kesha Rose Sebert (born March 1, 1987), known professionally as Kesha ( /ˈkɛʃə/ KESH-ə, stylized Ke$ha), is an American singer-songwriter. In 2005, at eighteen, Kesha was signed to producer Dr. Luke's record label, Kemosabe Entertainment, and publishing company. Although an active musician since then, singing background vocals and writing songs for other artists, her breakthrough came in early 2009 after appearing on rapper Flo Rida's number-one single, "Right Round." Her debut album, Animal and her first extended play, Cannibal, were released in 2010. Kesha's irreverent music and image propelled her to immediate commercial success, with Animal debuting as the number-one album in the US. She also achieved two number-one singles, "Tik Tok" and "We R Who We R", and a string of top ten hits from the album and its re-release. At the same time, she continued to write songs for other artists, including "Till the World Ends" for pop singer Britney Spears. Kesha's second album is slated to be released in 2012.

Influenced by various genres and artists, Kesha primarily draws inspiration from music of the 1980s; Madonna, Queen, Led Zeppelin, and Beck have been cited as instrumental to her artistry. After experimenting with country, pop rock, and electronic music, Kesha stuck with the latter. Her "talky" rap technique, yodelling, and excessive auto-tune have become her trademark, and all three have led to scrutiny regarding her vocal talent. Thematically, her music generally revolves around party antics and binge drinking, although some tracks have been noted as odes to individuality. Philanthropically, Kesha has been involved with animal rights and LGBT activism.

Early life

Kesha was born in Los Angeles, California on March 1, 1987. Her mother, Pebe Sebert, is a singer-songwriter who co-wrote the 1978 single "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You" with Hugh Moffatt for Joe Sun. Pebe, a single mother, struggled financially while supporting herself, Kesha, and her older brother Lagan; they relied on welfare payments and food stamps to get by.[1] When Kesha was an infant, Pebe would often have to look after her onstage while performing.[2] Kesha says she has no knowledge of her father's identity.[1] However, a man who called himself her father approached Star Magazine in 2011 with pictures and letters, claiming them as proof that they had been in regular contact as father and daughter before she turned 19.[3] Two of her maternal great grandparents were immigrants from Szentes, Hungary while her other maternal great grandmother was originally from Poland.[4] Pebe moved the family to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1991 after securing a new publishing deal for her songwriting. Kesha's younger brother Louis was born shortly after. Pebe frequently brought Kesha and her brothers along to recording studios and encouraged Kesha to sing when she noticed Kesha's vocal talent.[1] Kesha claimed that she did not fit in at school in the Brentwood suburb of Nashville which she called the "Bible Belt", explaining that her unconventional dress sense including homemade purple velvet pants and purple hair did not endear her to other students.[5] She played the trumpet and later the saxophone in the marching band in school and described herself in an interview with NPR as being a diligent student.[6][7]

Kesha attended Franklin High School and Brentwood High School.Kesha nearly scored a perfect on her SAT's. [8] In addition to taking songwriting classes,[9] Kesha was also taught how to write songs by Pebe, and they would often write together when she returned home from high school.[1][7] Kesha began recording demos which Pebe would give to people she knew.[9] Kesha was also in a band with Lagan.[10][11] Kesha and Pebe co-wrote the song "Stephen" together when Kesha was 16, Kesha then tracked down David Gamson, a producer that she admired, from Scritti Politti who agreed to produce the song.[11] She dropped out of school at 17, after being convinced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin to return to Los Angeles to pursue a music career, and earned her GED after.[12] Around this time, Pebe answered an ad by reality series, The Simple Life, looking for an "eccentric" family to host Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.[13] The episode aired in 2005.[14] Luke and Martin had received one of Kesha's demo from Samantha Cox, senior director of writer/publisher relations at Broadcast Music Incorporated, and were impressed. Two of the demos were described in a cover story for Billboard, the first "a gorgeously sung, self-penned country ballad" and the second "a gobsmackingly awful trip-hop track" where Kesha raps ad lib for a minute when she runs out of lyrics near the end. Dr. Luke stated in an interview for the story that it was the latter track that caught his attention, saying "[w]hen you're listening to 100 CDs, that kind of bravado and chutzpah stand out."[15]

Career

2005–09: Career beginnings

I was so happy being broke. And I’m happy not being broke. It doesn’t really affect me either way. I care about taking care of people that have taken care of me – that’s important to me. But to be honest, I’m kind of repulsed by the gluttony and excesses of a lot of people in the limelight.[16]

Kesha explaining the dollar sign in her stage name.

In 2005, at 18, Kesha was signed to Dr. Luke's label, Kemosabe Entertainment, and his music publishing company, Prescription Songs.[15] Kesha later sang background vocals for Paris Hilton's single, "Nothing in This World".[13] Dr. Luke became preoccupied with other incoming projects, having enjoyed success writing and producing for pop star Kelly Clarkson's album, Breakaway. Kesha then signed with David Sonenberg's management company, DAS Communications Inc., in 2006, hardly interacting with Dr. Luke after that. DAS was tasked with obtaining a major label record deal for Kesha in a year’s time in exchange for 20 percent of her music income, with her having the option of ending the relationship if they failed.[17] She worked with several writers and producers while at the company and ended up co-writing Australian pop group The Veronicas' single, "This Love" with producer Toby Gad.[15][18] While furthering her career in studio, Kesha earned her living as a waitress.[1] She adopted the dollar sign in her name while struggling to get by as an ironic gesture.[16]

Kesha appeared in the video for her friend, pop singer Katy Perry's single, "I Kissed a Girl" and sang background vocals for the Dr. Luke produced song, "Lace and Leather" by pop singer Britney Spears in 2008.[19] DAS soon attracted the attention of songwriter and A&R Kara DioGuardi, who wanted to sign Kesha to Warner Bros. Records. The deal fell through due to her existing contract with Dr. Luke's label. In September, she terminated her contract with DAS, reuniting with Dr. Luke.[15][17] Kesha gained exposure in the mainstream media in early 2009 after appearing on rapper Flo Rida's number one single, "Right Round".[20] The collaboration happened by accident; she had walked into a recording session for the song with Flo Rida and Dr. Luke.[21] Flo Rida wanted a female voice for the song; Dr. Luke then suggested Kesha for the part. Flo Rida liked the end result so much that they did two more tracks.[22] However, she is not credited for her feature on the US release of "Right Round" and did not collect any money for the part.[15][20] She also refused to appear in the video, explaining to men's magazine Esquire that she wanted to make a name for herself on her own terms.[19]

2009–10: Animal and Cannibal

Main articles: Animal (Kesha album) and Cannibal (EP)
Kesha performing live on tour in 2010
Kesha in Schladming, Austria

After failing to negotiate with Lava Records and Atlantic Records in 2009, Kesha signed a multi-album deal with RCA Records through Dr. Luke's imprint.[15] Having spent the previous six years working on material for her debut album,[23] she began putting finishing touches to the album with Luke and Max Martin. For the album, she wrote 200 songs. Due to indecision about which tracks to include, she ended up extending the tracklisting from the intended twelve songs to fourteen, to add songs she did not want to exclude.[23] The album was executive produced by Luke, who produced the majority of the songs with Martin, and producers Benny Blanco and Ammo. The album is primarily of the electropop genre with beats and synths, marking a shift in sound for Luke from then on from his signature pop-rock productions, which he attributed to Kesha who was adamant that there be no guitars used on the record.[24] She described the record as "honest and fun," calling it "a celebration of youth and life and going out and getting crazy." She explained that she was "[all] about non-pretentious irreverence and f**k off good fun!"[25] Animal debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 when it was released in January 2010, usurping British singer Susan Boyle's album which had spent five consecutive weeks at the top, receiving three quarters of its sales from digital sales.[26] It was certified platinum in the US and had sold two million albums worldwide by September.[27] Animal received mixed reviews from music critics;[28] music magazine Rolling Stone summed the album up as "repulsive, obnoxious and ridiculously catchy."[7] On the week ending December 27, 2009, "Tik Tok" broke the record in the United States for the highest single week sales, selling 610,000 digital downloads, the highest ever by a female artist since tracking began in 2003 and second highest overall, behind "Right Round" which sold 636,000 copies on the chart dated February 28, 2009.[29] The record would later be surpassed by Taylor Swift's single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" when it sold 623,000 digital copies in its debut week in the week ending September 1, 2012.[30] Spending nine weeks at the summit of the Billboard Hot 100, "Tik Tok" became the longest running number one by a female artist on her debut single since Debby Boone and "You Light Up My Life" in 1977.[31] "Blah Blah Blah", "Your Love Is My Drug" and "Take It Off" were released as the album's second, third and fourth singles, respectively. All three songs achieved similar commercial success each reaching the top ten in Australia, Canada, and the US.[32] Kesha's deliberately unpolished aesthetic and juvenile stage persona,[10][33] which she described as her own personality "times ten", quickly made her a deeply polarizing figure.[10][33] Some of her critics found her output to be unsophisticated,[10] while others felt that she was manufactured and lacked credibility.[34][35][36]

Kesha performing on her first headlining tour in 2011

Kesha also featured on two top ten singles by musician Taio Cruz and electro-pop duo 3OH!3, through recommendations by Dr. Luke, in May.[37] Kesha's former managers from DAS Communications Inc. filed a lawsuit later that month, seeking $14 million from Kesha and $12 million from Luke for commissions on her RCA Records deal, alleging that she had extended the deadline for them to get her a major record label contract and squeezed them out of her career under pressure from Dr. Luke.[17] Kesha launched her own lawsuit in October, citing the California-exclusive Talent Agencies Act and asking the California Labor Commissioner to declare her contract with DAS void because it had acted as an unlicensed talent agent while procuring work for her in California, where only licensed agents can do so.[38] Kesha held a benefit concert on June 16, 2010 where all proceeds went to aid victims of the May 2010 Tennessee floods from her hometown Nashville.[39] She raised close to $70,000 from the event.[6] She was a supporting act on the summer North American leg of pop star Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth Tour and was awarded Best New Act at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards in November.[40][41] Animal was re-released with a companion extended play, Cannibal, in November.[42] Seven months later, the set was certified gold by the RIAA.[43] The new collection of songs was released because of Kesha's desire to have enough songs to extend her one hour sets to two hours.[44] Lead single, "We R Who We R" became only the 17th song to debut at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, three weeks before the album's release.[45] With two number ones and four top ten hits, Kesha was named Hot 100 Artist of 2010 by Billboard, with "Tik Tok" topping the year-end chart.[46] "Blow" charted in the top ten on the Hot 100 in early 2011. As of June 2011, she has accumulated almost 21 million digital single downloads in the US alone.[47] Kesha embarked on her first headlining world tour, Get Sleazy, in the spring,[48] telling Billboard that she would be demonstrating a different side to her musicianship, playing multiple instruments.[49][50] The tour was expanded with a summer leg due to the first leg selling out and spanned three continents.[51] Kesha co-wrote Britney Spears' top three single, "Till the World Ends" and was featured on the official remix along with rapper Nicki Minaj.

Kesha was named rights group Humane Society's first global ambassador for animal rights, for which she is expected to bring attention to such practices as cosmetics testing on animals and shark finning.[52] She had earlier donated 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of dog food to a Nashville animal shelter for pets abandoned in the May 2010 flood in addition to raising money for people.[53] She had also appeared alongside rock singer Iggy Pop, who would influence the musical direction of her next album and feature on one of its songs, in a campaign for PETA, protesting the clubbing of baby seals in Canada and later wrote on behalf of the organization to fast food chain McDonald's over the conditions of their slaughterhouses.[54][55] After meeting Kesha at the 2010 Grammy Awards and guesting at a number of her concerts, rock singer Alice Cooper asked her to write lyrics for and vocally perform as a devil character for their duet track, "What Baby Wants", on Cooper's album, Welcome 2 My Nightmare.[56]

2011-present: Second Studio Album

Main article: Kesha's second album

Kesha began writing for her second studio album while on tour.[57] She intends to make a "cock rock" album inspired by 1970s rock,[58] a departure from her first two electropop albums where there were few guitars to be found in the production.[59] She explained the inspiration behind this direction to MTV, "I just want to capture some of the true essence of what rock and roll is, and that's just irreverence and sexiness and fun and not giving a fuck."[57] Her album will feature productions from her main collaborators Dr. Luke and Max Martin,[59] as well as a song by Wayne Coyne, the lead singer of the alternative band Flaming Lips.[60] Coyne had reached out to Kesha for a collaboration after hearing that she was a fan of the band.[61] They recorded the song "2012 (You Must Be Upgraded)" for the band's collaboration album, The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends and some songs for her album. Along with Neon Indian and Prefuse 73, Kesha provided her blood to the Flaming Lips for a limited edition release of the band's album. They wanted to collect the blood of every artist they collaborated with on the record and douse physical copies of the album in it.[62] In an interview with fashion publication V Magazine, Kesha stated that many songs on the album would not contain auto-tune.[63] At the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, Kesha announced the first single, "Die Young" would be released in September.[64]

Artistry

Musical style

"Tik Tok" (2009)
Kesha's debut single combines yodeling and video game music, with its lyricism centering around alcohol consumption and parties.
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Kesha co-wrote every song on her first two albums and considers herself a songwriter primarily,[65] writing for artists including Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus.[59] She possesses a "strong, sneering vibrato",[33] with a distinct yodel-like quality to her voice;[66] she employs actual yodeling on the songs, "Tik Tok" and "Cannibal".[67][68] Having previously done country, pop rock, and hard electro,[69] she had a clear idea of the electropop sound that she wanted for her debut album.[24] The genre was popular at the time, with many of her peers releasing similar output as well.[34] Both of her albums are of the genre with catchy hooks and synthesized productions recalling Nintendo-era video game music,[33][70][71] also incorporating elements from other genres.[70] "Party at a Rich Dude's House" and "C U Next Tuesday" have 1980s derived backing,[70][72] while "Stephen" begins with "Kansas-style vocal harmonies".[73] While her vocals on the albums were heavily processed with auto-tune, often to produce rapid stuttering or over-pitch corrected vocal effects, leading to questions on vocal talent,[74] she expressed confidence in her abilities.[75] Kesha also uses a trademark talky "white-girl" rapping style with exaggerated discordant phrasing and enunciation.[33][69] Most of her lyrics chronicle her relationships and partying; the lighthearted subject matter of the latter and her unfiltered language saw many critics criticizing her for releasing frivolous and crass music.[35] Jonah Weiner of Slate, however, stated that her jarring lyrics allowed her songs to become more memorable.[33] In "Blah Blah Blah" and "Boots and Boys", she objectifies men to poke fun at how male fronted rock bands and rappers can get away with objectifying women and not vice versa.[1][16] The title track to her debut, "Animal", is more aspirational and is intended to inspire people to embrace their individuality.[76]

Influences

Kesha performing live in 2011

Kesha's musical influences consist of hip-hop, punk rock, 1980s pop, dance music and classic country.[77] Her country influences of Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash come from her mother's country songwriting, while her older brother exposed her to hip-hop and punk bands, Fugazi, Dinosaur Jr. and the Beastie Boys.[22][78][79] She has additionally cited Beck, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Aaron Neville, Bob Dylan, The Damned, Velvet Underground, Blondie and graffiti artist, Banksy as influences.[80][81][82][83] She credits her straightforward story-based lyrics to her love for the honest storytelling style of country music,[79] while the title track from her debut album was created with music from alternative rock bands Flaming Lips and Arcade Fire in mind.[11] She singled out the Beastie Boys as a major influence, telling Newsweek that she had always wanted to be like them and aspired to make "youthful, irreverent anthems" as well.[10] She called her debut album, Animal an homage to the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill and credited the creation of the rap driven "Rap" to her love for the Beastie Boys' rap music.[69][80] For her first headlining tour, Kesha wanted to emulate the stage theatrics of Iggy Pop's performances.[84] She listed Pop's The Idiot as well as Led Zeppelin and AC/DC as inspirations for her forthcoming second studio album intended to feature 1970s rock inspired music.[59] She draws inspiration from classic films as well. Her stage makeup is characterized by dramatic glitter makeup at her right eye, inspired by A Clockwork Orange.[85] The video for "Your Love is My Drug" features animated sequences inspired by the Beatles' film, Yellow Submarine,[86] while the Get Sleazy tour was described as having a "post-apocalyptic Mad Max vibe."[84]

Discography

Main article: Kesha discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Tours

Kesha performing "Your Love Is My Drug" at Le Trianon in Paris

Headlining

Opening act

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Bravo Supershow Herself
2011 Disney Princess Ke$ha Ke$ha Film short
2012 Katy Perry: Part of Me Herself Archive footage
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Simple Life Herself "Wedding Planner" (Season 3, Episode 15)
2010 Saturday Night Live Musical Guest "Ryan Phillippe/Ke$ha" (Season 35, Episode 19)
2010 The City Herself "One Girl's Trash..." (Season 2, Episode 9)
2011 Victorious Herself "Ice Cream for Ke$ha" (Season 2, Episode 3)
2012 The X Factor (Australia)[87] Guest Mentor Season 4

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated work Event Award Result
2010 Herself American Music Awards[88] Artist of the Year Nominated
Favorite Female Artist Nominated
MTV Europe Music Awards[89] Best New Act Won
Best Push Act Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards[90] Best New Artist Nominated
"Tik Tok" Best Female Video Nominated
Best Pop Video Nominated
"My First Kiss" Best Collaboration Nominated
"Tik Tok" MuchMusic Video Awards[91] International Video of the Year – Artist Nominated
UR FAVE: International Video Nominated
Herself Eska Music Awards[92] Best New Artist Won
People's Choice Awards[93] Favorite Breakout Artist Nominated
Billboard[94]
2010's Top New Artist Won
2010's Hot 100 Artist Won
2010's Digital Songs Artist Won
2010's Pop Song Artist Won
2010's Canadian Hot 100 Artist Won
Teen Choice Awards[95] Choice Music: Female Artist Nominated
Choice Music: Breakout Artist – Female Nominated
Choice Summer Music Star: Female Nominated
Animal Choice Music: Album – Pop Nominated
"Your Love Is My Drug" Choice Music: Single Nominated
Choice Summer Music: Song Nominated
2011 Herself
World Music Awards[96] Best New Artist Nominated
Echo Awards[97] Most Successful Newcomer of the Year, International Nominated
Animal Juno Awards[98] International Album of the Year Nominated
Billboard Music Awards[99] Top Pop Album Nominated
Herself Top New Artist Nominated
Top Female Artist Nominated
Top Pop Artist Nominated
Top Hot 100 Artist Nominated
Top Digital Songs Artist Nominated
"Tik Tok" BMI Pop Awards[100] Award-winning Song Won
"Your Love Is My Drug" BMI Pop Awards Award-winning Song Won
2012 Herself
ARIA Music Awards Most Popular International Artist Nominated
PETA Libby Awards[101] Most Animal Friendly Pop/Hip-Hop Artist Won
Best peta2 Ad Nominated
"We R Who We R" BMI Pop Awards[102] Award-winning Song Won
"Blow" BMI Pop Awards[102] Award-winning Song Won
"Till The World Ends" BMI Pop Awards[102] Award-winning Song Won
"Tik Tok" VEVOCertified Awards 100.000.000 Views Won
Herself MTV Europe Music Awards Best World Stage Performance Pending

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