Doylestown's Pink at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, June 16, 2024 (Credit: Raph_PH - PinkSpurs160624 (33 of 156), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=149507004)
Local-born pop icon joins diverse 2026 nominee list; inductees to be announced in April
Alecia “Pink” Moore — the internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter born and raised in Doylestown and student at Central Bucks High School West — has received one of the music world’s highest honors: a nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026.
Pink, known professionally with the stylized moniker P!nk, is among a diverse group of 17 artists and bands nominated this year, including Hall of Fame first-time nominees such as Phil Collins, Lauryn Hill, Jeff Buckley, Melissa Etheridge, Shakira and the Wu-Tang Clan, alongside returning nominees like Mariah Carey, Sade, Billy Idol and Oasis.
The Rock Hall nomination marks a milestone in Pink’s decades-long career. Born in Doylestown on Sept. 8, 1979, she first gained national attention in the early 2000s with her debut solo album "Can’t Take Me Home" and continued to build a catalog of pop and pop-rock hits that blended dynamic vocals with acrobatic live performance energy.
According to MTV’s “Driven” show, Pink joined her first band, Middleground, but it disbanded upon losing a competition. She began performing in Philadelphia clubs around 14, the same age she auditioned for a member of the all-female group Basic Instinct.
By 15, Pink and two other peers, Sharon Flanagan and Chrissy Conway, formed the group Choice. Their single would end up in the headphones of L.A. Reid at LaFace Records in Atlanta. He flied them out to perform, produced them and Pink’s path was set, eventually leading to a hugely-successful solo career.
Pink married motocross star Carey Hart in January 2006 in Costa Rica. They have two children, Willow Sage, 15, and Jameson Moon, 10.
As of 2018, Pink was on Forbes’ “Highest Paid Female Celebrities” list at $52 million in earnings.
In 2020, during the Covid pandemic, Pink donated $500,000 each to the Temple University Hospital Fund in Philadelphia and the City of Los Angeles’ Covid crisis fund.
Eligibility for Rock Hall consideration begins 25 years after an artist’s first commercial recording, and this year’s ballot reflects a particularly wide musical spectrum.
The final class of inductees will be revealed in April, with the official induction ceremony scheduled for fall 2026 in Cleveland.
A voting panel of more than 1,200 artists, historians and industry professionals will select the honorees, considering each nominee’s influence, cultural impact and lasting legacy.
Read more on the nominees here.
