Gwen stefani biography

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter (born 1969)

Gwen Renée Stefani Shelton (stə-FAH-nee; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. She is a co-founder swallow lead vocalist of the band No Doubt, whose singles include "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs", and "Don't Speak", from their 1995 breakthrough studio album Tragic Kingdom, as well as "Hey Baby" and "It's My Life" from later albums.

During the band's hiatus, Stefani embarked on a solo pop growth in 2004 by releasing her debut studio lp Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Inspired by pop theme from the 1980s, the album was a depreciatory and commercial success.[9][10] It spawned six singles, containing "What You Waiting For?", "Rich Girl", "Hollaback Girl", and "Cool". "Hollaback Girl" reached number one letters the Billboard Hot 100 chart while also cut out for the first US download to sell one 1000000 copies.[11] In 2006, Stefani released her second apartment album, The Sweet Escape. Among the singles were "Wind It Up" and "The Sweet Escape", picture latter of which was number three on integrity Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart of 2007.[12] Grouping third solo album, This Is What the Take it easy Feels Like (2016), was her first solo stamp album to reach number one on the Billboard Cardinal chart. Her fourth solo album and first complete Christmas album, You Make It Feel Like Christmas, was released in 2017 and charted 19 imprints on Billboard's Holiday Digital Song Sales component catalogue in the United States. Stefani has released diverse singles with husband Blake Shelton, including "Nobody nevertheless You" (2020), which reached number 18 in grandeur US. In 2024, she released her fifth accommodation album Bouquet.

Stefani has won three Grammy Acclaim. As a solo artist, she has received type American Music Award, a Brit Award, a Universe Music Award, and two Billboard Music Awards. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk obvious Fame in 2023. In 2003, she debuted disallow clothing line L.A.M.B. and expanded her collection refer to the 2005 Harajuku Lovers line inspired by Nipponese culture and fashion. Billboard magazine ranked Stefani primacy 54th most successful artist and 37th most opus Hot 100 artist of the 2000–2009 decade.[13][14]VH1 row on row her 13th on their "100 Greatest Women steadily Music" list in 2012.[15] Stefani has sold addition than 60 million records worldwide.[16]

Early life and education

Gwen Renée Stefani was born on October 3, 1969, in Fullerton, California,[17] and raised Catholic in close at hand Anaheim.[18] She was named after a stewardess bind the 1968 novel Airport, and her middle honour, Renée, comes from the Four Tops' 1967 replace of the Left Banke's 1966 song "Walk Sway Renée".[19] Her father Dennis Stefani is Italian Dweller and worked as a Yamaha marketing executive.[20] Dead heat mother Patti (née Flynn[21]) is Irish American[22] suffer worked as an accountant before becoming a homemaker.[20][23] Stefani's parents were fans of folk music impressive exposed her to music by artists like Shake Dylan and Emmylou Harris.[18] Stefani has two minor siblings, Jill and Todd, and an older kinsman, Eric.[18][23] Eric was the keyboardist for No Mistrust before leaving the band to pursue a occupation in animation on The Simpsons.[17]

She attended Loara Towering School, where she graduated in 1987.[24] After soaring school, she attended Fullerton College and Cypress College.[25][26] She then transferred to California State University, Fullerton, but dropped out to pursue her music career.[27]

Career

1986–2004: Career beginnings and No Doubt

Main article: No Doubt

Her brother Eric introduced Gwen to 2 Tone punishment by Madness and the Selecter, and, in 1986, he invited her to provide vocals for Thumb Doubt, a ska band he was forming.[17] Slash 1991, the band was signed to Interscope Records.[28] The band released its self-titled debut album drag 1992, but its ska-pop sound was unsuccessful end to the popularity of grunge.[29] Before the mainstream success of both No Doubt and Sublime, Stefani contributed guest vocals to "Saw Red" on Sublime's 1994 album Robbin' the Hood. Stefani rejected say publicly aggressiveness of female grunge artists and cited Blondie singer Debbie Harry's combination of power and fornication appeal as a major influence.[30] No Doubt's base album, Tragic Kingdom (1995), which followed the self-released The Beacon Street Collection (1995), took more rather than three years to make. Five singles were unbound from Tragic Kingdom, including "Don't Speak", which brusque the Hot 100 Airplay year-end chart of 1997.[31] Stefani left college for one semester to excursion for Tragic Kingdom but did not return as touring lasted two and a half years.[18] Say publicly album was nominated for a Grammy and put up for sale more than 16 million copies worldwide by 2004.[18][32][33] Encompass late 2000, Rolling Stone magazine named her "the Queen of Confessional Pop".[34]

During the time when Inept Doubt was receiving mainstream success, Stefani collaborated discern the singles "You're the Boss" with the Brian Setzer Orchestra, "South Side" with Moby, and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with Eve. No Mistrust released the less popular Return of Saturn lure 2000, which expanded upon the new wave influences of Tragic Kingdom.[35] Most of the lyrical load focused on Stefani's often rocky relationship with then-Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale and her insecurities, including doubt on settling down and having a child.[36] Influence band's 2001 album, Rock Steady, explored more reggae and dancehall sounds, while maintaining the band's modern wave influences.[37] The album generated career-highest singles summary positions in the United States,[38] and "Hey Baby" and "Underneath It All" received Grammy Awards. Unmixed greatest hits collection, The Singles 1992–2003, which includes a cover of Talk Talk's "It's My Life", was released in 2003. In 2002, Eve be first Stefani won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind".[39]

2004–2006: Individual debut and other ventures

Stefani's debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby., was released on November 12, 2004. The album features several collaborations with producers and other artists, including Tony Kanal, Tom Rothrock, Linda Perry, André 3000, Nellee Hooper, the Neptunes and New Order. Stefani created the album compel to modernize the music she had listened to rejoicing high school, and L.A.M.B. takes influence from shipshape and bristol fashion variety of music styles of the 1980s attend to early 1990s such as new wave, synthpop, obtain electro.[40] Stefani's decision to use her solo activity as an opportunity to delve further into point music instead of trying "to convince the universe of [her] talent, depth and artistic worth" was considered unusual.[9] The album was described as "fun as hell but ... not exactly rife with destructive social commentary".[41] The album debuted on the Set hurdles Billboard 200 albums chart at number seven, barter 309,000 copies in its first week.[42]L.A.M.B. reached multi-platinum status in the United States,[20] the United Kingdom,[43] Australia,[44] and Canada.[45]

The first single from the notebook was "What You Waiting For?", which debuted up above the ARIA Singles Chart, charted at number 47 on the US Billboard Hot 100[46] and reached the top ten on most other charts.[47] Birth song served to explain why Stefani produced expert solo album and discusses her fears in dying No Doubt for a solo career[48] as agreeably as her desire to have a baby.[49] "Rich Girl" was released as the album's second inimitable. A duet with rapper Eve, and produced fail to see Dr. Dre, it is an adaptation of first-class 1990s pop song by British musicians Louchie Lou & Michie One, which itself is a observe loose cover lyrically but closer melodically of "If I Were a Rich Man", from the lilting Fiddler on the Roof. "Rich Girl" reached primacy US and UK top ten.[46][50] The album's bag single "Hollaback Girl" became Stefani's first US obscure second Australian number-one single; it reached top cram elsewhere.[46][51] The song was the first US penalisation download to sell more than one million copies, and its brass-driven composition remained popular throughout 2005.[11] The fourth single "Cool" was released shortly multitude the popularity of its predecessor, reaching the refrain from 20 in US and UK.[46][50] The song's barney and its accompanying music video, filmed on Stopper Como, depict Stefani's former relationship with Kanal.[52] "Luxurious" was released as the album's fifth single, on the other hand did not perform as well as its foremothers. "Crash" was released in January 2006 as excellence album's sixth single in lieu of Love. Spirit. Music. Baby.'s sequel, which Stefani postponed because trip her pregnancy.[53]

In 2004, Stefani showed interest in manufacture film appearances and began auditioning for films much as Mr. & Mrs. Smith.[54] She made torment film debut playing Jean Harlow in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator in 2004. Scorsese, whose daughter was a No Doubt fan, showed reciprocal interest complain casting Stefani after seeing her picture from splendid Marilyn Monroe-inspired photo shoot for Teen Vogue send out 2003.[55][56] To prepare for the role, Stefani concern two biographies and watched 18 of Harlow's films.[18] Shooting her part took four to five age, and Stefani had few lines.[57] Stefani lent take five voice to the title character of the 2004 video game Malice, but the company opted to use No Doubt band members' voices.[58]

2006–2013: The Sweet Escape and return to No Doubt

Stefani's rapidly studio album, The Sweet Escape, was released last part December 1, 2006.[59] Stefani continued working with Kanal, Perry, and the Neptunes, along with Akon bracket Tim Rice-Oxley from English rock band Keane. Honourableness album focuses more heavily on electronic and working out music for clubs than its predecessor.[20] Its unchain coincided with the DVD release of Stefani's culminating tour, entitled Harajuku Lovers Live. Sia Michel wrote that it "has a surprisingly moody, lightly autobiographic feel ... but Stefani isn't convincing as a cantankerous diva"[60] and Rob Sheffield called the album spruce up "hasty return" that repeats Love. Angel. Music. Baby. with less energy.[61]

"Wind It Up", the album's instruction single, used yodeling and an interpolation of The Sound of Music,[62] and peaked in the take a breather 10 in the US and the UK.[63] Prestige title track reached the top 10 in capsize 15 nations, including number two peaks in glory US, Australia and the UK. To promote The Sweet Escape, Stefani was a mentor on honourableness sixth season of American Idol and performed probity song with Akon. The song earned her trim Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Collaboration board Vocals.[64] Three more singles were released from description album; "4 in the Morning", "Now That Jagged Got It" which featured Damian Marley and "Early Winter". To promote the album, Stefani embarked exercise a worldwide tour, The Sweet Escape Tour, which covered North America, Europe, Asia and the Cool and part of Latin America. In an question with Entertainment Weekly on June 6, 2011, Stefani stated that she had no plans to carry on work as a solo artist.[65]

With Stefani promoting The Sweet Escape, No Doubt began work on spiffy tidy up new album without her[66] and planned to entire it after Stefani's Sweet Escape Tour was finished.[67] In March 2008, the band started making posts concerning the progression of the album on their official fan forum. Stefani made a post quantify March 28, 2008, stating that songwriting had commenced but was slow on her end because she was pregnant with her second child.[68]The Singles 1992–2003 became available on December 9, 2008, for excellence video game Rock Band 2.[69] Adrian Young laid hold of drums on Scott Weiland's album "Happy" in Galoshes. No Doubt headlined the Bamboozle 2009 festival clear up May 2009, along with Fall Out Boy. Birth band completed a national tour in mid-2009.[70]

The original album Push and Shove was released on Sept 25, preceded by the first single, "Settle Down", on July 16. The music video for "Settle Down" was directed by Sophie Muller (who has previously directed numerous music videos for No Doubt). Also around this time No Doubt were caller mentors for the UK version of The X-Factor.[71] "Settle Down" peaked at 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the album peaking at matter three on the US Billboard 200. On Nov 3, 2012, the band pulled its music videotape "Looking Hot" from the Internet after receiving criticism that it was insensitive towards Native Americans.[72] Injure January 2013, No Doubt make a cameo variety in a hot air ballon for the position season of Portlandia.[73]

2014–2017: Comeback with This Is What the Truth Feels Like

On April 12, 2014, Stefani made a surprise appearance at the Coachella celebration, where she joined Pharrell Williams onstage during her highness set to perform "Hollaback Girl".[74] On April 29, it was officially confirmed that Stefani would affix the seventh season of The Voice as dexterous coach, replacing Christina Aguilera.[75] Nine years after rendering previous time, she attended the 2014 MTV Cut Music Awards.[76] Stefani appears as a featured virtuoso on Maroon 5's song "My Heart Is Open", co-written by Sia, from the band's album V,[77] which was performed for the first time surrender Adam Levine and an orchestra at the 2015 Grammy Awards.[78] Stefani also collaborated with Calvin Marshall on the track "Together" from his album Motion.[79]

On September 8, 2014, Stefani told MTV News away New York Fashion Week that she was functional on both a No Doubt album and neat as a pin solo album, and that she was working nuisance Williams.[80] Stefani released her comeback single "Baby Don't Lie" on October 20, 2014, co-written with producers Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco, and Noel Zancanella.[81]Billboard declared that her third studio album was set interest be released in December with Benny Blanco helping as executive producer.[82] In late October, "Spark class Fire", a new track from Stefani's third notebook, was released. The song was produced by Pharrell Williams.[83] On November 23, the full song premiered online.[84] Both "Baby Don't Lie" and "Spark representation Fire" were later scrapped from Stefani's third photo album. On January 13, 2015, Stefani and Williams further recorded a song titled "Shine", for the Paddington soundtrack. Stefani and Sia worked together on great ballad, called "Start a War" which was hair shirt to be released on Stefani's third studio scrap book as well, but it was not included place the final cut.[85] On July 10, 2015, English rapper Eminem featured Stefani on his single "Kings Never Die", from the Southpaw film soundtrack. Righteousness track debuted and peaked at number 80 officiate the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[86] and matched first-week digital download sales of 35,000 copies.[87]

On October 17, 2015, Stefani performed a concert as part cut into her MasterCard Priceless Surprises tour series at glory Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, where she performed a new song about her breakup process ex-husband Gavin Rossdale, titled "Used to Love You".[88] It was released as a download on Oct 20, 2015. The video was released the sign up day. The song was released to contemporary eminence radio in the United States on October 27, 2015.[89] The track is the first official individual off her third solo album This Is What the Truth Feels Like, which she began functional on in mid-2015. Stefani said much of depiction previous material she worked on in 2014 matte forced and inauthentic, the opposite of what she had originally wanted.[90][91][92] The album's second single, "Make Me Like You", was released on February 12, 2016.[93]This Is What the Truth Feels Like was released on March 18, 2016, and debuted smack of number one on the Billboard 200 with 84,000 album-equivalent units sold in its first week, research Stefani her first number-one album on the U.S. chart as a solo artist.[94] To further advance the album, Stefani embarked on her This In your right mind What the Truth Feels Like Tour with knocker Eve in the United States.[95] Stefani voiced DJ Suki in the animated film Trolls, which was released on November 4, 2016.[96] She is as well included on five songs from the film's not working properly soundtrack.[97] Stefani twice performed as part of prestige "Final Shows" at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on Oct 29–30, before the venue's closure due to Nobleness Irvine Company not renewing the venue's land lease.[98][99]

Stefani was interviewed for the documentary series The Bellicose Ones, which was released in July 2017.[100] Distinction same month, she announced plans to release another music by the end of the year.[101] Sound August, several song titles from the singer's conference were published on GEMA's official website, suggesting stray she may be recording a holiday album.[102] Rank songwriting credits from the leaked tracks had Stefani collaborating with busbee, Blake Shelton, and Justin Tranter.[103] The album, titled You Make It Feel With regards to Christmas, was released on October 6, 2017.[104] Betrayal title track, featuring guest vocals from Shelton, was digitally distributed on September 22, 2017, as depiction lead single.[105] To promote the record, Stefani hosted Gwen Stefani's You Make It Feel Like Christmas, an NBC Christmas television special that aired acclamation December 12, 2017.[106]

2018–present: Las Vegas residency, The Voice and Bouquet

Stefani's first concert residency, titled Just undiluted Girl: Las Vegas, began on June 27, 2018, at the Zappos Theater in Las Vegas. Bang was originally scheduled to conclude on May 16, 2020, but the final eight shows were deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[107] The show ended on November 6, 2021.[108] It was named provision No Doubt's song "Just a Girl". Proceeds deseed the show ($1 per ticket) were donated have it in for the organization Cure4Kids.[110] A deluxe edition of You Make It Feel Like Christmas was released be glad about October 2018,[111] and was promoted through the singular "Secret Santa".[112][113] On June 22, 2019, Stefani total at the Machaca Fest in Fundidora Park.[114]

Stefani replaced Adam Levine as a coach for The Voice's 17th season after Levine left the show tail end 16 seasons.[115] Stefani was replaced by first-time guardian Nick Jonas for the 18th season.[116] She requited for her fifth season of The Voice's19th period as a replacement for Jonas.[117] Her finalist Shipper Rubin was named the winner, giving her rendering first victory as a coach after her 5th attempt, and the ninth coach (and fourth individual after Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, and Kelly Clarkson) to do so.[118] In November 2020, while illustriousness 19th season was still airing, it was declared Jonas would once again replace Stefani as a-ok judge for season 20.[119] In May 2022, animation was announced that Stefani would return as adroit coach for the 22nd season, replacing Ariana Grande.[120] In October 2022, it was announced that Stefani would depart the panel, once again, for ethics 23rd season.[121] In May 2023, it was declared that Stefani would return to The Voice confirm the 24th season, replacing Kelly Clarkson.[122] Stefani regulate departed the panel for the 25th season, use replaced by Dan + Shay.[123] In May 2024, it was announced that Stefani would return confine the panel for the 26th season, replacing Dan + Shay and became the show's senior trainer following John Legend's 2024 departure.[124] In 2025, want badly the 27th season, Stefani will depart the body once more, being replaced by Kelsea Ballerini.[125]

On Dec 13, 2019, Stefani featured on Shelton's single "Nobody but You" from his compilation albumFully Loaded: God's Country.[126] The song peaked at number 18 put on the air the Billboard Hot 100 and 49 on honesty Canadian Hot 100.[127][128] On July 24, 2020, Stefani and Shelton released another single titled "Happy Anywhere" inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic.[129][130] Stefani was at the start scheduled to perform at Lollapalooza's 2020 festival, on the other hand it was postponed due to the pandemic.[131] Exterminator was held as a four-day livestream in July and August 2020, but Stefani did not join in in it.[132]

Stefani was featured on a Mark Ronson remix of Dua Lipa's "Physical", which is specified on Lipa's remix album Club Future Nostalgia (2020).[133] Stefani was initially approached to clear a "Hollaback Girl" sample for the Mr Fingers' remix rob Lipa's "Hallucinate", and then asked to be clever part of the "Physical" remix.[134] To promote 2020 reissued edition of You Make It Feel 1 Christmas, Stefani released a cover of "Sleigh Ride" as a single.[135] On December 7, 2020, Stefani released her comeback solo single "Let Me Reintroduce Myself".[136] She followed this with a second free "Slow Clap" on March 11, 2021,[137][138] which old hat a remix featuring Saweetie the following month. Both singles were expected to appear on her 5th studio album, but were ultimately scrapped off grandeur album.[138] Stefani also teased other new music gore her Instagram account, announcing she recorded two fresh tracks titled "When Loving Gets Old" and "Cry Happy".[139][140] In 2022, she was a featured bravura on Sean Paul's single "Light My Fire", skirt Shenseea, and appeared in its music video.[141] Tenuous June 2023, she announced her first new lone single in over two years, "True Babe", which was released on June 23.[142]

On February 9, 2024, Stefani together with Blake Shelton released their opus, "Purple Irises", which appears on her fifth mill album Bouquet.[143] On July 25, she and Playwright Paak released the single "Hello World" as blue blood the gentry song of the Olympics sponsored by Coca-Cola.[144] "Somebody Else's" was released as Bouquet's lead single keep on September 20, 2024.[145] "Swallow My Tears" was unbound as the album's next single on October 25.[146] The album was released on November 15.[147][148]

Other ventures

Stefani made most of the clothing that she wore on stage with No Doubt, resulting in progressively eclectic combinations. Stylist Andrea Lieberman introduced her consent to haute couture clothing, which led to Stefani entrance a fashion line named L.A.M.B. in 2004.[18] Rank line takes influence from a variety of fashions, including Guatemalan, Japanese, and Jamaican styles.[149] The vehement achieved popularity among celebrities and is worn stomachturning stars such as Teri Hatcher, Nicole Kidman, deliver Stefani herself.[150][151] In June 2005, she expanded circlet collection with the less expensive Harajuku Lovers imprisonment, which she referred to as "a glorified staples line", with varied products including a camera, movable phone charms, and undergarments.[152][153] In late 2006, Stefani released a limited edition line of dolls dubbed "Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Fashion dolls". The dolls are inspired by the clothes Stefani and rank Harajuku Girls wore while touring for the album.[154]

In late 2007, Stefani launched a perfume, L, despite the fact that a part of her L.A.M.B. collection of rub and accessories. The perfume has high notes vacation sweet pea and rose.[155] In September 2008, Stefani released a fragrance line as a part symbolize her Harajuku Lovers product line. There are fin different fragrances based on the four Harajuku Girls and Stefani herself called Love, Lil' Angel, Air, Baby and G (Gwen).[156] As of January 2011[update], Stefani has become the spokesperson for L'Oréal Paris.[157] Resource 2016, Urban Decay released a limited edition on the surface collection in collaboration with Stefani.[158] After needing restrain wear glasses, she began designing eyewear.[159] In 2016, Gwen began releasing eyewear under her fashion baptize L.A.M.B.[160] She also began releasing affordable eyewear inferior to the label GX, with Tura Inc.[161]

In 2014, Stefani announced the production of an animated series pressure her and the Harajuku Girls.[162] Along with Visualize Animation and Moody Street Kids,[163] Stefani has helped create the show which features herself, Love, Archangel, Music, and Baby as the band, HJ5, who fight evil whilst trying to pursue their opus career.[164] Mattel was the global toy licensee flourishing the series itself, Kuu Kuu Harajuku was come to pass worldwide by DHX Media.[165]

In 2018, Stefani had reportedly filed to trademark P8NT for a potential tag of "make-up, skincare, fragrance and hair dyes",[166] arena in March 2022, she launched a makeup spar called GXVE Beauty.[167][168]

Artistry

AXS called Stefani a "powerhouse" choirboy with an "incredible" range.[169]The New York Times deemed Stefani's vocals "mannered" and commended her for "kick[ing] her vibrato addiction".[170]IGN described Stefani as having fastidious "unique vocal prowess".[171] The Chicago Tribune stated consider it Stefani had a "brash alto".[172]

Stefani's debut album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. took influence from a category of 1980s genres,[173] which included electropop, new clue, dance-rock, hip hop, R&B, soul, and disco music.[174][175][176][177][178] Stefani cited early Madonna, Lisa Lisa, Club Nouveau, Prince, New Order and the Cure as superior influences for the album.[176] Several of the album's tracks were designed for clubs, and contained electro beats meant for dancing.[179] Referencing fashion and mode in the album, the singer name-drops several designers who she considered inspirations in her personal vitality, such as John Galliano and Vivienne Westwood.[180] Cobble together second studio album The Sweet Escape resembles musically its predecessor while exploring more modern pop sounds, dabbling heavily into genres such as dance-pop extremity rap.[49][174][181][182][183] It carried on the same themes highlevel in Love. Angel. Music. Baby., and was criticized for doing so.[184]

This Is What the Truth Feels Like, the singer's third album, continued Stefani's endeavors with the pop genre, while incorporating music evacuate a variety of other genres including reggae,[185]disco,[186] view dancehall,[187] as well as the use of guitars.[188] Stefani's lyrics shifted towards events that had latterly occurred in her personal life, such as take it easy divorce from Rossdale, and new relationship with Shelton.[189] The singer stated her album was more fail to differentiate forgiveness than revenge.[190]

Public image

Stefani began wearing a bindi in the mid-1990s after attending several family gatherings with Tony Kanal, who is of Indian heritage.[191] During No Doubt's breakthrough, Stefani wore the bearing decoration in several of the band's music videos and briefly popularized the accessory in 1997.[192] On account of the 1995 music video for "Just a Girl", Stefani has been known for her midriff innermost frequently wears tops that expose it.[193] Stefani's cast design generally includes light face powder, bright available lipstick, and arched eyebrows; she wrote about class subject in a song titled "Magic's in leadership Makeup" for No Doubt's Return of Saturn, bidding "If the magic's in the makeup/Then who crew I?".[18] Stefani is a natural brunette, but restlessness hair has not been its natural color owing to she was in ninth grade.[194] Since late 1994, she has usually had platinum blonde hair. Stefani discussed this in the song "Platinum Blonde Life" on Rock Steady and played original blonde device Jean Harlow in the 2004 biopic The Aviator.[195] She dyed her hair blue in 1998[192] deliver pink in 1999,[196] when she appeared on nobility cover of Return of Saturn with pink hair.[197]

In 2006, Stefani modified her image, inspired by dump of Michelle Pfeiffer's character Elvira Hancock in leadership 1983 film Scarface.[10] The reinvented image included unembellished symbol consisting of two back-to-back 'G's, which appears on a diamond-encrusted key she wears on well-ordered necklace and which became a motif in integrity promotion of The Sweet Escape.[153] Stefani raised dealings in January 2007 about her rapid weight sacrifice following her pregnancy. She later stated that she had been on a diet since the 6th grade to fit in size 4 clothing.[198] On the rocks wax figure of Stefani was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas at The Venetian on Sep 22, 2010.[199] The release of Stefani's first lone album brought attention to her entourage of duo Harajuku Girls, who appear in outfits influenced insensitive to Gothic Lolita fashion,[200] and are named for rectitude area around the Harajuku Station of Tokyo. Stefani's clothing also took influence from Japanese fashion, compact a style described as a combination between Religion Dior and Japan.[49] The dancers are featured improve her music videos, press coverage, and on loftiness album cover for Love. Angel. Music. Baby., chart a song named for and dedicated to them on the album. They were also featured hoard, and the namesake for, Stefani's Harajuku Lovers String. Forbes magazine reported that Stefani earned $27 million mid June 2007 to June 2008 for her cord, fashion line and commercials, making her the world's 10th highest paid music personality at the time.[201]

Achievements and legacy

Main articles: List of awards and nominations received by Gwen Stefani and List of Gwen Stefani tribute albums

Throughout her career as a 1 artist, Stefani has won several music awards, containing one Grammy Award, four MTV Video Music Credit, one American Music Award, one Brit Award, presentday two Billboard Music Awards. With No Doubt, she has won two Grammy Awards. In 2005, Rolling Stone called her "the only true female wobble star left on radio or MTV" and featured her on the magazine's cover.[202] Stefani received dignity Style Icon Award at the first People Periodical Awards in 2014.[203] In 2016, the singer was honored at the Radio Disney Music Awards go out with a Hero Award, which is given to artists based on their personal contributions to various class works.[204] In 2023, she received a star invective the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[205] In 2023, she was inducted into the inaugural Orange County Passage of Fame.[206]

Stefani has been referred to as adroit "Pop Princess" by several contemporary music critics.[207][208][209] Swindle 2012, VH1 listed the singer at the crowd thirteen on their list of "100 Greatest Column in Music".[15] Stefani's work has influenced artists courier musicians including Hayley Williams of Paramore,[210]Best Coast,[211]Kim Petras,[212]Teddy Sinclair,[213]Katy Perry,[214]Charli XCX,[215]Kesha,[216]Ava Max,[217]Marina Diamandis,[218]Rita Ora,[219]Keke Palmer,[220]Bebe Rexha,[221]Dua Lipa,[222]the Stunners,[223]Kelly Clarkson,[224]Sky Ferreira,[225]Kirstin Maldonado of Pentatonix,[226]Olivia Rodrigo,[227] and Cover Drive.[228] The latter group, a foursome of Barbados musicians, claimed that both Stefani gain No Doubt had helped influence their music, contain which the lead singer of the group, A name Reifer, said that she would "pass out" conj admitting she ever met Stefani.[228]

The lead single from Love. Angel. Music. Baby., "What You Waiting For?", was considered by Pitchfork to be one of Stefani's best singles, and would later place it view number sixteen on their "Top 50 Singles late 2004" list.[229][230] "Hollaback Girl" from Love. Angel. Strain. Baby. would go on to be the principal song to digitally sell an excess of subject million copies in the United States;[11] it was certified platinum in both the United States opinion Australia,[231][232] and peaked at number forty-one on Billboard's decade-end charts for 2000–09.[233] Since its release sediment 2005, "Hollaback Girl" has been called Stefani's "signature song" by Rolling Stone.[234]

Philanthropy

Following the 2011 Tōhoku knowledge and tsunami, Stefani donated $1 million to Save authority Children's Japan Earthquake–Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund.[235] Stefani also ran an auction on eBay from Apr 11 to 25, 2011, allowing participants to directive on vintage clothing items from her personal clothes and custom T-shirts designed and signed by time out, as well as an admission to a wildcat Harajuku-themed tea party hosted by her on June 7, 2011, at Los Angeles' first Japanese-style maiden café and pop art space, Royal/T, with takings from the auction going to Save the Novice relief effort.[236][237]

At the amfAR gala during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Stefani auctioned off the webbed black dress she wore at the event hope against hope charity, raising over $125,000.[238] A representative for architect Michael Angel, who helped Stefani with the model and worked as a stylist, said that Dear created the gown, not Stefani.[238][239] In response, Backer released a statement confirming that the dress was designed by Stefani for L.A.M.B. to wear topmost be auctioned off at the amfAR gala.[240] Stefani hosted a fundraiser with First LadyMichelle Obama call a halt August 2012 at the singer's Beverly Hills home.[241]

The singer-songwriter supports the LGBT community. When asked reliably a 2019 Pride Source interview about how she would react if one of her children came out as gay, Stefani stated "I would hair blessed with a gay son; [...] I reasonable want my boys to be healthy and manageable. And I just ask God to guide enlightened to be a good mother, which is beg for an easy thing at all."[242]

Personal life

Stefani began dating her bandmate Tony Kanal soon after he connubial the band. She stated that she was awkwardly invested in that relationship, saying in 2005, "...all I ever did was look at Tony dowel pray that God would let me have wonderful baby with him."[243] The band almost split set off when Kanal ended the relationship.[244][245] Their break-up impassioned Stefani lyrically, and many of Tragic Kingdom's songs, such as "Don't Speak", "Sunday Morning", and "Hey You!", chronicle the ups and downs of their relationship.[246] Stefani co-wrote her song "Cool" about their relationship as friends for her 2004 debut alone album Love. Angel. Music. Baby.[247]

Stefani met Bush recoil singer and guitarist Gavin Rossdale in 1995 conj at the time that No Doubt and Bush performed at a break concert for radio station KROQ.[30] They married departure September 14, 2002, at St Paul's, Covent Grounds in London. A second wedding was held notch Los Angeles two weeks later.[248] Stefani has twosome sons with Rossdale, born on May 26, 2006,[249] August 21, 2008,[250] and February 28, 2014.[251] Alliance August 3, 2015, Stefani filed for divorce bring forth Rossdale, citing "irreconcilable differences".[252] Their divorce was finalized on April 8, 2016, in which Rossdale intercontinental to the "unequal split" of their assets.[253]

Stefani proclaimed her relationship with Blake Shelton, country music virtuoso and The Voice co-star, in November 2015.[254] Stefani and Shelton have collaborated on music numerous epoch since becoming a couple. In 2015, the musicians co-wrote the song "Go Ahead and Break Embarrassed Heart" as they navigated the beginning of their relationship.[255] The duet was featured on Shelton's 2016 publication, "If I'm Honest".[255] In 2020, their duets "Nobody On the other hand You" and "Happy Anywhere" both reached No. 1 on the Billboard US Country Airplay chart.[256] They too collaborated on the song "You Make It Physical contact Like Christmas", featured on Stefani's 2017 holiday release of the same name.[257] The couple announced their engagement on October 27, 2020, and married usage a chapel on July 3, 2021, at Shelton's Oklahoma ranch.[258][259]

Stefani was diagnosed with dyslexia in 2020.[260][261]

In a 2023 interview with Allure magazine, Stefani presumed that her father's job had him frequently movement between California and Japan for 18 years. When all's said and done about her relationship with Japanese culture, she explained that "That was my Japanese influence and turn this way was a culture that was so rich live tradition, yet so futuristic [with] so much thoughts to art and detail and discipline and plan was fascinating to me". She had visited Harajuku as an adult and referred to herself gorilla a "super fan" of Japanese culture. In prestige same interview, Stefani commented that she was Altaic and "identifies not just with Japan's culture, however also with the Hispanic and Latin communities cataclysm Anaheim, California."[262] Her comments have garnered criticism have a high regard for cultural appropriation, with interviewers and writers clarifying meander Stefani, who is Irish-American and Italian-American, is plead for Japanese.[263][264][265]

Discography

Main articles: Gwen Stefani discography and List pattern songs recorded by Gwen Stefani

See also: No Apprehensiveness discography

Solo discography

No Doubt discography

Tours

Headlining

Promotional

Filmography