Gwendolyn Renée Stefani (natural October 3 1969) is an American singer and a frontwoman of the pop/rock band No Doubt who launched a successful solo career within late 2004.

Summary
Stefani was natural inside Anaheim, California. Her father, Denis, is Italian, and her mother Patti is of English and Scottish descent. She has the sister, Jill, & ii brothers, Eric and Todd. She attended California State University, Fullerton, and Loara High School (class of 1987), where she was on the swimming team. Her number 1 job was scrub floors at the Dairy Queen, and she another time worked at the emporium. Her brother Eric founded No Doubt in 1986 with his friend John Spence, but at length left the band to pursue a career inside animation on The Simpsons. He was a keyboardist for Without doubt. Stefani became a class action's lead singer when original frontman John Spence committed suicide in late 1987. More members of the class action include Tony Kanal (with whom Stefani experienced the septenary season relationship), Tom Dumont, and drummer Adrian Young. In September 14 2002, Stefani married Gavin Rossdale, former lead singer of the band Bush. Inside 2003, To be sure took an limitless break to concentrate in more projects; Stefani pursued a solo career, releasing the album Love. Angel. Music. Baby to great success.

First success
A band's third album (below their eponymic debut To be sure (1992) & A Beacon Street Collection (1995), Tragic Kingdom, took three years to produce. In a period of this instance, the band nearly split. A album was freed inside 1995 and spawned several hits, beginning using "Just a Girl". As a consequence a profits of Tragic Kingdom, Stefani became extremely popular & recognizable; a tension this produced using a more members of the band was touched upon in their streaming video for the song "Don't Speak". Numbers of of the album's songs, including "Don't Speak" & "Sunday Morning", were inspired by Stefani's relationship and breakup by owning fellow band member Tony Kanal. Stefani experienced dated Kanal for sevener years until he ended a relationship. She slipped into depression fallowing touring for Tragic Kingdom.

A album likewise spun off a moderately successful hits, "Excuse Me Mr." and "Sunday Morning", which were released as the fourth and fifth singles, respectively.

Stefani met Bush guitarist Gavin Rossdale in 1995 at a concert where she was performing to promote Tragic Kingdom. To be sure went in to tour when Bush's opening work for ternary months when you took which a relationship between Stefani & Rossdale blossomed. In September 14, 2002, they were married first within London and later fallowing the short honeymoon got an additional ceremony within Los Angeles at Jimmy Iovine's house.

A Beacon Street Collection was re-freed inside October 1997 on the back of the profits of Tragic Kingdom & Without doubt returned inside 2000 with the acclaimed Return of Saturn, followed by Rock Steady in 2001. When winning 2 years around a row the Right Pop Performance by the Duo or even a Class action award at the Grammys, the release of The Singles 1992-2003 & All about eventually: B-sides, Remixes and Rarities prompted media speculation all about a break-higher, which the band refuted around late interviews.

Solo career

Stefani duets using Prince on the song "So Far, So Pleased" from either his 1999 album Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic. Spell designed as a only, To be sure's label declined to give permission within fear that fans would acquire a select few kinda confusion, since Go to of Saturn experienced upright been freed. A equivalent Prince-produced album features rap by Eve of Ruff Ryders, who late collaborated by having her. Stefani's solo efforts uncovered early profits within the pair of popular 2001 duets, the "South Side" remix with electronic artist Moby and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with rapper Eve. As a matter of fact, Stefani became a number one creative person inside history to win each Right Male Streaming & Right Female Cd awards at a MTV VMAs, for "South Side" (credited as "Moby featuring Gwen Stefani") & "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (credited when "Eve featuring Gwen Stefani") severally, two inside 2001.

A foremost solo individual Stefani freed was "What You Waiting For?" It debuted at number one on the Australian singles chart and at blunt quadruplet on the UK chart, and peaked at dull forty-seven on the U.S. chart, making it the relative U.s. flop for Stefani. Inside Canada, it managed to climb to number eleven, however nearly instantly dropped away from a top xl. A song was besides lone rarely played in American radio. Potentially though it did non perform tons that swell on the stock and index charts, it was the dance hit, climbing to first on the U.S. dance club play stock and index charts. Yet, a song received little audience in dance radio, & in the end did non peak in the top xl.

Stefani's debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby., was released in the United States on November 23, 2004. It managed to sell extra copies inside its total one week than any Without doubt album (350,000), debuting at number septet on the Billboard 200, impressive for the debut solo creative person. Her album was qualified atomic number 78 (1,000,000 copies sold) when sole quartet weeks of sales. Stefani collaborated by having songster Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes) on the album.

A 2nd only, "Rich Girl," another duet by having Eve, was produced by Dr. Dre. These are partially the handle of the song "If I Was A Rich Man" written by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, from a musical theater, Fiddler on the Roof. It shot its way into a Billboard Hot 100, peaking at blunt 7, & number trio on the Pop 100. It was besides featured in the Pepsi commercial, starting on Super Bowl Sunday, 2005. A music video lived up to its title, featuring Stefani & Eve dance in the pirate, in which immature Asian girls determined the effect of their escapade.

Love. Angel. Music. Little one.'s third lone, "Hollaback Girl", produced and co-written by the Neptunes, was released around April of 2005 and became one of the fastest rising songs of the month. Inside merely its sixth week, it hit number one on a Billboard Hot 100, making Stefani the first white, non-urban, and non-American Idol artist to reach a top spot since Nickelback in 2001/2002 with their hit, "How You Remind Me". A song held this position for 1 year & later remained in the top x for even more, an extra deuce months. Around Australia, a song debuted at first, in which it hailed for seven days, selling above 5,000 copies.

Whilst a song was freed in the U.K., it debuted at benumb eight. A charted week, it duplicated a equivalent position, confusing numbers of. Due to its big audience inside N Usthe, critics assumed that it was a sure-fire first. So, inside its third week, it fell to benumb eleven, unable to climb to the higher peak. Despite non existence when successful equally predicted, it did handle to sell around excess of 50,000 copies. "Hollaback Girl" besides helped Love. Angel. Music. Little one. climb to the fresh peak of quaternity in the U.K., nowadays running in to achieve the gold certification.

Within Might 2005, spell "Hollaback Girl" was enjoying its profits, speculation just about a next individual from either Love. Angel. Music. Toddler. grew intensely. Initially, it was rumoured that "Bubble Pop Electric", an urban-influenced track all about the classic 1980s date was going to become a next only. At a prevent of the year, "Cool", the happy-last-freewheeling popular song all about a fatal relationship that didn't effect therefore awfully, was rumoured to exist as a next lone.

When there is no more song on a album was existence thrown into the mix, it was evident that it was attend become one of them songs. Eventually, in June 16 2005, "Cool" debuted on the Billboard Pop Airplay chart at number forty-4, putting the rest to the on-going rumor. A only went in to email blunt baker's dozen in the U.S., benumb deuce inside Canada, & dull eleven in the United Kingdom.

"Cool" premiered in TRL on June 30 2005. A videos, filmed around Lake Como, Italy, sees Gwen paying court to her Italian heritage too when Fifties bombshells Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Sophia Loren, and Brigitte Bardot. a song went gold, however was a super little hit in comparison the chartbuster Hollaback Girl, perhaps partially because of competition by owning Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together".

It was confirmed in Saturday of September 2 dozen, 2005 by MTV & Stefani herself that "Luxurious" is a fifth only fallowing "Cool". There were more of rumor running about of what a fifth individual would exist as "Bubble Pop Electric" or even "Serious".

Gwen has as well confirmed that the recently solo album is retired by Winter 2005, & MTV has revealed that one of a songs she recorded for the fresh album (though it may not produce the final cut) is known as "Fluorescent Lights".

Harajuku

A release of her solo album has besides brought attention to Stefani's suite of quaternary Harajuku girls. Known as Love, Angel, Music, & Toddler by Stefani, a Harajuku girls come known as for a metropolitan area as much as the Harajuku Station of Tokyo, Japan, known as the popular concidering destination & fashion center for adolescent. As punishment a style of their namesake metropolitan area, Stefani's Harajuku girls come commonly showily dressed (for instance inside the somewhat "Gothic Lolita" style). It keep close at h& been featured around her music video & click coverage and on the album handle for Love. Angel. Music. Tot., & have a song dedicated to the children on the album.

Nevertheless, Stefani's adoption of this component of Japanese culture drew criticism from Mihi Ahn at Salon.com. [http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/04/09/geisha/]

Certification

"What You Waiting For?" is qualified platnium. "Rich Girl" is qualified double atomic number 78. "Hollaback Girl" is qualified 5x atomic number 78. "Cool" is qualified gold. Love. Angel. Music. Toddler. is qualified 6x atomic number 78 worldwide.

Unreleased tracks and alternative titles
"Benti uno" written & by J.D. Crutch "Parental Advisory": by Rich Harrison who worked on Beyoncé Knowles' "Crazy in Love". A song ridicule at dancers by having moves better suited for strip clubs than dance clubs. "Wonderful Life for Him": written by having Linda Perry. Stefani foremost abandoned this song when it was super portable to her; sextuplet months late she rediscovered it & decided to record it. the song is just about a son whom Stefani dated inside high school & world health organization experienced recently died. "You Started It": written using Pharrell Williams. "Candyland": written by using Pharrell Williams. This equivalent song goes by title "Wind It Up"in her tour's official play list. "Fine by You": written by owning Linda Perry. A song is astir non existence divine. It was one of a 1st songs written for the album. These are likewise referred to as "Just Fine". "Can't Stop the Music" & "Criminal" come 2 songs that were written by having Linda Perry. On the ASCAP web site it is utilized when get on hang on to. [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=331235631&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 ASCAP] "Bubble Pop Electric" is also referred to as "Drive in Movie" & "Bubble Pop Electric/Drive in Movie". [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=321318490&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 ASCAP] "Harajuku Girls" is when well registered as "Harajuka Girls" on the ASCAP internet site. [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=381059112&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 ASCAP] "Hollaback Girl" is registered twice — it used to be that by owning writing credits attend Stefani & Pharrell Williams, a 2nd using a credits that pop up on the album. [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=381032113&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 ASCAP] "What You Waiting For" is too registered when "What Ya Waiting For". [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=530909778&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 ASCAP]

Trivia
Stefani has created the successful fashion line, known as L.A.M.B, which showcases clothing that Stefani is often seen wearing herself. A line besides includes bag & purses. Celebrities like Nicky Hilton, Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra, Nicole Richie, Jenny McCarthy, Alicia Keys and Halle Berry have been seen sporting her fashion line and LeSportsac bags.

Stefani's nicknames come Sunshine & G-loc.

Her parents however have & reside in the Anaheim, California home that she grew up within, touching her senior high.

She is dyslexic.

Stefani's favorite elastic include 311, Blur, Radiohead and Jamiroquai.

Stefani lent her voice to the title character of Malice, the PS2 and Xbox video game; before completion, even so, a company opted does'nt to utilise There are no Doubt band-members' voices.

Girls & young women world health organization imitate Stefani's distinctive style of dress come every now and again known as "Gwennabes" or even "Gwenabees".

Stefani mass produced her acting debut playing Jean Harlow in the 2004 Martin Scorsese movie The Aviator, but manufactured the quickly cameo appearance in the motion picture Zoolander.

Gwen Stefani was considered for the role of Jane Smith around the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith after Nicole Kidman dropped out. A role yet went for Angelina Jolie.

When nin touring, or even working on her more projects, she shares 2 homes using her married man, Gavin Rossdale. 1 in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles and the more around London.

Her vinyl red gown that she bore on the handle of Without doubt’s Tragic Kingdom was purloined from either a Fullertown Museum Centre within Orange County, United States. Speculation circulates that a dress can keep close at hand been sold.

Stefani's eyes come dark 'last & her natural hair colour is black, though she has coloured it blue & pinkish at days. Her trademarks include her famously platinum blond hair & her red lipstick.

Stefani hwhen been quoted as expression: "I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek." [http://www.nodoubt.com/band/Articles/07Axcess.htm]

Discography

Studio albums
2004: Love. Angel. Music. Baby. — #5 U.S.; #4 UK; #10 GER; #5 CAN; #1 AUS — U.S. certification: 2x pt; worldwide sales: 6 million

Singles
from either ''Love. Angel. Music. Diaper wearing. 2004: "What You Waiting For?" — #47 U.S.; #11 CAN; #4 UK; #1 AUS (Deuce weeks) 2005: "Rich Girl" (feat. Eve) — #7 U.S.; #4 Could; #4 UK; #2 AUS 2005: "Hollaback Girl" — #1 U.S. (Quaternary weeks), #1 Might (Trey weeks); #8 UK; #1 AUS (One week) 2005: "Cool" — #13 U.S.; #1 CAN (Ii weeks); #11 UK; #10 AUS; #20 GER 2005: "Luxurious" As the featured guest 1998: "You're The Boss" — The Brian Setzer Orchestra effort. Gwen Stefani 1999: "Saw Red" — Sublime featuring Gwen Stefani 1999: "So Far, So Pleased" — Prince featuring Gwen Stefani 2000: "Everybody Is A Star" — Fishbone featuring Gwen Stefani 2001: "What's Going On" — A lot-Star Tribute Single 2001: "South Side" — Moby featuring Gwen Stefani — #14 U.S. 2001: "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" — Eve featuring Gwen Stefani — #2 U.S.; #4 UK; #4 AUS 2005: "Can I Have It Like That" — Pharrell featuring Gwen Stefani 2005: "Tears In Heaven" — Everthing-Star Charity Single

Videography
All the video that Gwen Stefani has appeared within. To look at a video that she has been inside by owning Without doubt, attend No Doubt 1997 Bush: "Bonedriven" (Gwen appearance, but only in exposure) (Director: Mark Lebon) 1998 Rufus Wainfright: "April Fools" (Gwen, by using blacken hair, appearance) (Director: Sophie Muller) 2001 Moby featuring Gwen Stefani: "South Side" (Director: Joseph Kahn) 2001 Eve featuring Gwen Stefani: "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (Director: Artwell Philip) 2001 A lot-Star Tribute: "What's Going On" (Director: Jake Scott) 2004 Gwen Stefani: "What You Waiting For?" (Director: Francis Lawrence) 2004 Gwen Stefani featuring Eve: "Rich Girl" (Director: David LaChapelle) 2005 Gwen Stefani: "Hollaback Girl" (Director: Paul Hunter) 2005 Gwen Stefani: "Cool" (Director: Sophie Muller) 2005 Pharrell Williams featuring Gwen Stefani: "Can I Have It Like That (Director: Paul Hunter) 2005 Gwen Stefani: "Luxurious" (Director: Sophie Muller)