Gwen Stefani
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Gwen Stefani (born October 3, 1969)
Career
1986–Present: No Doubt
Gwen Stefani began to show the world how much of a retard she is when she became famous with No Doubt.
2004–2006: Love.Angel.Music.Baby.
Stefani's debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. was released in November 2004 across the world. The album made its debut on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart at number seven, selling more than 310,000 copies. In early 2005 it peaked at number five in the U.S. and number three in Canada and topped the albums chart in Australia. It had major success in Mexico, where it became the highest-selling English album for more than a month and peaked at number two for several weeks.
Stefani collaborated with singer-songwriter Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes on the album, along with The Neptunes, OutKast's André 3000, and Dallas Austin among others. The first single released from the album was "What You Waiting For?", which was a top twenty success across Asia and Europe.
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"Rich Girl" was Gwen Stefani's second single .
The fourth single "Cool" was released shortly following the success of its shitty predecessor, but fortunatly it failed to match its chart success, reaching the U.S. and the UK top twenty.
The song "Serious", a fan-favorite of Love. Angel. Music. Baby., was also considered to be released as a single. A video was shot in 2005 before Stefani's pregnancy, but "Crash" was used instead. This video has been confirmed to be released as a bonus feature on the upcoming DVD release of Gwen's 2005 Harajuku Lovers Tour. A clip of the video has been recently leaked on the internet.[1] Fortunatly we did not have to hear that shitty song.
"Hollaback girl" was the shittiest song ever written(or the second shittiest after Sir Mix-a-lot's "Baby Got Back"). The song should never have been written!
Stefani received five Grammy Award nominations on December 8, 2005. She was nominated in five categories: "Album of the Year", "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance", "Best Pop Vocal Album", "Record of the Year" and "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration". She deserved absolutely none of them!
Harajuku Girls
The Harajuku Girls are fucking retards just like Gwen Stefani! Who ever wrote this is shitty and retard!
2006-Present: The Sweet Escape
Stefani's second solo album The Sweet Escape is scheduled for release on December 4 outside North America and December 5 in Canada, Mexico and the United States. She is again seen working with Pharrell and Tony Kanal, and Akon is featured on one of the tracks. The album will include fifteen songs.
In addition to the new album, a DVD release of her recent tour, entitled "Harajuku Lovers Live", will be released along with The Sweet Escape. The DVD will be available in two versions: explicit and edited and will include the unreleased video for "Serious".
Along with the announcement of her upcoming album and DVD release in late 2006, Stefani announced on her website recently that she will be embarking on an international tour starting in April 2007. This tour will visit North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Tour dates have not yet been confirmed.
Non-musical projects
Stefani made her acting debut playing Jean Harlow in the 2004 Martin Scorsese movie The Aviator and made a quick cameo appearance in the movie Zoolander. Stefani lent her voice to the title character of Malice, a PS2 and Xbox video game; before completion, however, the company opted not to use No Doubt band-members' voices.
Personal life
Gwen stefani has had a total of three weddings, which were held in the UK, U.S. and one with close family and friends only. She married a cool man named Gavin Rossdale.
Gwen Stefani has been quoted as saying that she and Madonna share a common Italian relative. Stefani claimed that her great aunt married a man from Detroit, Michigan (the area of Michigan that Madonna is from) with the last name "Ciccone." [citation needed]
Discography
Studio albums
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Tribute albums
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Top-ten singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | ||||
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| U.S. | CAN | UK | IRE | AUS | ||
| 2004 | "What You Waiting For?" | 47 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| "Rich Girl" | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2005 | "Hollaback Girl" | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| "Cool" | 13 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | |
| "Luxurious" | 21 | 10 | 44 | 34 | 25 | |
| Number of number-one singles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Grammy Award history
| Category | Genre | Song | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Pop | "Hollaback Girl" | 2006 | Nominated |
| Record of the Year | General | "Hollaback Girl" | 2006 | Nominated |
| Best Pop Vocal Album | Pop | Love.Angel.Music.Baby | 2006 | Nominated |
| Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | Rap | "Rich Girl" | 2006 | Nominated |
| Album of the Year | General | Love.Angel.Music.Baby | 2006 | Nominated |
| Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Pop | "What You Waiting For?" | 2005 | Nominated |
| Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | Rap | "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" | 2002 | Won |
Trivia
See also
- Harajuku Girls
- Harajuku Lovers Tour 2005
- List of number-one hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
- List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
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