Kesha (mostly noted as Ke$ha) was born Kesha Sebert
on March 1, 1987 in California and raised in
Tennessee. In her teens, Kesha began to pursue her
music and dropped out of high school to move to LA.
Between moving to LA and releasing her debut LP,
Kesha had snuck into Prince's home and left a demo tape,
sang background for a Britney Spears and Paris Hilton song,
co-wrote a track for The Veronicas,
and appeared in a Katy Perry video. But her biggest break
came with the uncredited appearance on the Flo Rida's #1 hit "Right Round." Kesha then signed with RCA
Records and focused on releasing her debut LP.
Kesha's reputation was summed up by Rolling Stone
describing her as "...here to let the world know
that loutish drunkenness and sexual harassment aren't
just for fellas anymore."
Kesha appeared uncredited on Flo Rida's #1 hit "Right Round."
Kesha hit the Top 40 with "Tik Tok" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
"Tik Tok" went on to top the
charts in New Zealand, Canada, Australia, and Norway.
Kesha hit the Top 10 with "Tik Tok."
Kesha released her debut LP Animal (available for
download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Kesha topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Hot 100
Airplay chart, Radio Songs chart, Hot Dance Airplay
chart, and Digital Songs chart with "Tik Tok."
Kesha topped the Billboard 200 LP chart and Top
Digital Albums chart with Animal. The LP sold over 152,000
copies its first week of release in the US (the
majority of sales was digital sales). Rolling
Stone magazine's review of the LP called it
"...repulsive, obnoxious and ridiculously
catchy..."
Kesha topped the Canadian LP chart with Animal.
Kesha hit #1 for 8 weeks with "Tik Tok."
Kesha topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart with
"Tik Tok."
Kesha hit the Top 40 with 3OH!3 with "Blah Blah Blah" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Kesha hit the Top 10 with 3OH!3 with "Blah Blah Blah."
Kesha hit the Top 40 with "Your Love Is My Drug" (available for download
at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Kesha performed "Tik Tok" and "Your Love Is My Drug" on Saturday Night
Live.
Kesha hit the Top 10 with "Your Love Is My Drug."
Kesha hit the Top 40 helping out 3OH!3 with "My First Kiss."
Kesha hit #1 for 2 weeks with "Your Love Is My Drug."
Kesha topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart with
"Your Love Is My Drug."
Kesha hit the Top 40 with "Take It Off" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Kesha topped the Billboard Dance Club Play Songs
chart with "Your Love Is My Drug."
Kesha hit the Top 10 with "Take It Off."
The video for "Tik Tok" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Female Video, Best
Pop Video, and
Best New Artist. The video for "My First Kiss" was nominated for Best
Collaboration.
Animal was certified platinum.
Kesha hit the Top 40 helping out Taio Cruz with
"Dirty Picture" (available for download
at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Kesha hit the Top 40 with "We R Who We R" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Kesha topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and Digital
Songs chart with "We R Who We R."
Kesha released the EP Cannibal.
Kesha was nominated for 3 American Music Awards including Artist of the Year, Favorite
Pop/Rock Female Artist, and Breakthrough Artist.
Kesha hit the Top 10 with "We R Who We R."
Kesha's LP Animal was the #10 top
selling LP of the year.
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