Gwen Stefani



Gwen Renée Stefani ( Fullerton , October 31969 ) is an Americanrock - pop - and dancesinger , songwriter , fashion designer and actress . Stefani made ​​her debut in 1992 as the lead singer of the ska bandNo Doubt . The album Tragic Kingdom (1995) made ​​the band famous. From the album more than fifteen million copies had sold worldwide. Hits from this album have included "Just a Girl" and the worldwide hit " Do not Speak ". The album " Return of Saturn "(2000) was a moderate success. With " Rock Steady "in 2001 they showed a more reggae-like sound heard in their music. This was well received.

Stefani recorded her first solo album ''[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love._Angel._Music._Baby. Love. Angel. Music. Baby.]'' in 2004. The album contains pop and dance music. The third single from the album, " Hollaback Girl "was the first single in America who had more than one million paid downloads, and "Cool" was one of the most popular radio singles of 2005 . The Sweet Escape 2006 is the second solo album which is the first single " Wind It Up ". Stefani began in April 2007 at her Sweet Escape Tour . [1]

In the media, Stefani is known as a trendsetter in the field of fashion. [2]  and launched her clothing line LAMB in 2003. Her clothing has both accessories such as T-shirts, jackets and jeans.



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[ hide ]  *1 Biography  ==Biography [ edit] == Gwen Stefani was born in Fullerton , California and grew up near Anaheim, in Orange County . She's full name Gwendolina Renee Stefani, and is named after a stewardess in the bestseller "Airport" in 1968. Her middle name, Renée, comes from the song Walk Away Renee. [3]  Her father, Dennis Stefani, is Italian -American and her mother, Patti Flynn, is of Irishand Scottish descent. She has a sister, Jill, and two brothers, Eric and Todd. Her first job was cleaning the floor at an ice cream shop called Dairy Queen and she also worked at the makeup department of a department store. Her brother Eric was the keyboardist for the band No Doubt but left the band as an animator for The Simpsons continue. The other band members are Tom Dumont , Tony Kanal and drummer Adrian Young . Stefani had eight years of a relationship with Tony Kanal, which for a while was a secret to the rest of the band.Kanal ended the relationship because he wanted some more space [4]  . Stefani's hit " Do not Speak "is about this break.'''
 * 2 Career
 * 2.1 1986-present: No Doubt
 * 2.2 2004-2006: Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
 * 2.2.1 Harajuku Girls
 * 2.3 2006 - present: The Sweet Escape
 * 2.4 Projects outside the music
 * 3 Personal life
 * 4 Discography
 * 4.1 Albums
 * 4.2 Singles
 * 5 Awards

After Stefani in 1987 graduated from her high school, she began to attend classes at Fullerton College . Then they moved to the California State University - Fullerton . ==Career [ edit] == ===1986-present: No Doubt [ edit] === The third album Tragic Kingdom (1996), the album No Doubt (1992) and The Beacon Street Collection succeeded in 1995, took three years time to make. In the meantime, the band was at a low ebb, including the relationship between Stefani and Kanal. The separation of the two Stefani inspired the lyrics and some songs from the album, as Spiderwebs and Happy Now?, telling the story of their relationship and her happiness. Five singles were released from "Tragic Kingdom", including the No. 1 hit "Do not Speak". From the album are more than 15 million copies sold.

Gwen during a performanceStefani met the former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale in 1995 during a No Doubt concert, since they have a relationship. After the huge success of "Tragic Kingdom" No Doubt released in 2000 received moderate " Return of Saturn "and in 2001 the best-selling" Rock Steady "off. The last album was high on the charts and the singles " Hey Baby "and" Underneath It All "received Grammy Awards . In 2003 there was a greatest hits collection out called " The Singles 1992-2003 ", which also include a cover was of It's My Life by Talk Talk .

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Outside No Doubt she also sang on the singles " South Side "and" Let Me Blow Ya Mind ", respectively, with Moby and Eve . In 2002 Eve and Stefani won a Grammy for "Best Rap / Sung Collaboration" for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind". ===2004 - 2006: ''Love. Angel. Music. Baby. ''<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Stefani's solo debut album'' [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love._Angel._Music._Baby. Love. Angel. Music. Baby.] '' was released in November 2004 around the world. The album debuted in the "Billboard 200" at number seven, with over 310,000 copies sold in its first week. In early 2005, the album peaked in fifth place in America, the third in Canada and in Australia the album reached the top spot. In Mexico the album was more than a month, the best-selling English-language album and stood for weeks at number 2.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Stefani collaborated with famous singer-songwriter Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes, but also with The Neptunes , Andre 3000 of Outkast , Dallas Austin , and many others. The first single was What You Waiting For? , a top 20 hit in many countries of Asia, Australia and many countries in Europe . In the Netherlands, the song won the 7th place. In North America, on the other hand the single was less successful.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">" Rich Girl "is the second single from the album. It is a duet with Eve (who previously collaborated with Stefani "Let Me Blow Ya Mind") and was produced by [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre Dr.. Dre] . It is a kind of parody of the song "If I Were A Rich Man" from the musical " Fiddler on the Roof ". "Rich Girl" was a great success and was a top 10 hit in many countries. In the Netherlands took the 3rd place in the Top 40.

"Hollaback Girl"<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The third single, " Hollaback Girl "became a number one hit in the United States and Australia. In the Netherlands the number eighth place in Flanders earned a sixth place. In the rest of the world was less successful. The number was the first to be more than a million had legal downloads in the United States. It was known for his beat and the fact that the word shit 37 times in the song.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The fourth single " Cool "was released shortly after the previous single, but not equaled the success of" Hollaback Girl "and ended up in the U.S. and in the UK in the top 20. However, the first number 1 hit from the album was "cool" Canada . In the Netherlands the number on the 6th place finished. The clip of the song, recorded at Lake Como inItaly, looks back to Stefani's relationship with No Doubt guitarist Tony Kanal. After "Cool" came the songs Luxurious and Crash, but both were no real hits.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">She also sang on the single "Can I Have It Like That" by Pharrell .

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Stefani received five 2005 Grammy Award nominations for include "Album of the Year", "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" and "Record of the Year". ====Harajuku Girls <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] ==== The "Harajuku Girls."<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">With the release of her first solo album, Stefani also paid attention to her bevy of four Harajuku Girls, named Love, Angel, Music and Baby. Harajuku Girls are named for the area around Harajuku Station in Tokyo , Japan, which is known as a popular area shops and fashion center for teenagers. The Harajuku Girls Stefani are always following the latest trend of Harajuku dressed (in a somewhat " Gothic Lolita "style). They can be seen in the videos and on the album cover of "Love. Angel. Music. Baby. ", And the song" Harajuku Girls "is special to them. They were also featured in the "Harajuku Lovers Tour 2005' '.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The four Harajuku Girls have their own style. Angel has integrated into the gothic style dress and her baby goes along with the Japanese trend Kawaii. For the four girls and Gwen Stefani, there is a fragrance collection created: The Harajuku Lovers. This was extended by Harajuku Lovers Snow Bunnies, Wicked Style and Sunshine Cuties. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The 'adoption' of this part of the Japanese culture also caused some criticism, among other things, that as a stereotype was created by Japanese teenagers and Stefani's style is copied. Nevertheless, they can still be seen, and in the clips of "Wind It Up", " The Sweet Escape "and" Now that you got it ", they are back in action. ===2006 - present: The Sweet Escape <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Stefani's second solo album The Sweet Escape (2006) was published on December 42006 outside North America and on December 5, 2006 in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Stefani again worked with Kanal, and also withLinda Perry and The Neptunes , Akon ("The Sweet Escape"), and Tim Rice-Oxley ("Early Winter"). The album has 12 tracks. The album also appeared with the DVD release of Stefani's first tourHarajuku Lovers Live . It is available in two versions, an edited and expanded. In April 2007, she toured again, this time with "The Sweet Escape Tour" North America, Asia, Europe and Australia aandeed. From the album's songs were The Sweet Escape , Wind It Up and 4 In The Morning . Early Winter was the last single. In the United States, he came up in the charts in the Netherlands was even tipparade not met. In Flanders, the single was six weeks in the tipparade. The Sweet Escape is a duet with Akon and Early Winter is entirely created by Tim Rice-Oxley, the keyboardist of the British pop band Keane . ===Projects outside the music <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Stefani has developed a successful fashion line named LAMB . This includes clothes that Stefani also wears regularly. Beside her clothing line also includes handbags and jewelry. Celebrities such as Nicky Hilton , Pamela Andersonand Carmen Electra have been spotted with clothes and bags from her clothing line. No Doubt bassist (and former boyfriend) Kanal donated a scan on his broken finger, for use as an image on T-shirts LAMB. In the fall of 2006, Stefani released a "limited edition" line of dolls called "Gwen Stefani Fashion Dolls". Inspired by her several times platinum album and her tour, let each doll see something else; Hollaback Girl to the stylish Harajuku Girls. Also designed and promoted a camera for Hewlett-Packard with a Harajuku Girl theme.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Stefani made ​​her acting debut through her ​​role Jean Harlow in The Aviator in 2004 and also appeared in the movie "Zoolander". She also lent her voice to the main character Malice, a game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox , though her ​​voice was not used in the final product. ==Personal life <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">On September 14, 2002 Stefani married guitarist Gavin Rossdale . She held two weddings: one in the United Kingdom and the United States. The British model Daisy Lowe is her stepdaughter.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In December 2005, Stefani and Rossdale announced during a concert in Fort Lauderdale in Florida to be expected. their first child On May 26, 2006 their son, Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles by cesarean. On August 21, 2008 their second son, Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale, was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Currently, Gwen Stefani inverwachting her third child. ==Discography <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == ===Albums <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;"> ===Singles <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === ==Prices <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">She also won include Belgian TMF Award for Best International Pop.