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Funhouse is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Pink, released by LaFace Records in Europe on October 24, 2008, and on October 28 in the United States. A pop and pop rock record, Funhouse was inspired by Pink's separation from her husband, Carey Hart. To record the album, she enlisted her previous collaborators, such as Billy Mann, Butch Walker, Max Martin and MuchoPsycho, while also involving new music producers and songwriters, such as Danja, Jimmy Harry, Tony Kanal and Eg White.
The album received positive reviews from music critics. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 180,000 copies in its first week and reached number one on the charts in seven countries including Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Overall, it peaked inside the top ten in more than twenty countries. It was certified as double-platinum by Recording Industry Association of America and 13 times platinum by Australian Recording Industry Association. Funhouse sold more than 4 million units worldwide.
Seven singles were released from the album. The lead single, "So What" became a huge commercial success, topping the US Billboard Hot 100, additionally to twelve more countries, including the UK, Canada and Australia. "Sober" and "Please Don't Leave Me" also became successful, entering the top ten in many countries, additionally peaking at numbers fifteen and seventeen on the Hot 100 respectively. The seventh single, "Glitter in the Air", was released after her critically acclaimed performance at the 52nd Grammy Awards, which was honored as one of the best in the history of Grammy.
To further promote the album, Pink embarked on the worldwide Funhouse Tour in 2009, which broke the record for the biggest tour in Australian history, and the Funhouse Summer Carnival stadium tour at Europe in 2010. The tours sold a combined total 3 million tickets, and brought the tour to a final gross of $150 million. Funhouse earned Pink three Grammy Award nominations and five MTV Video Music Award nominations. As of 2012, Funhouse has sold 7 million copies worldwide.[2]
After months of speculation, Pink announced in February 2008 that she and her husband, Carey Hart, had separated.[3][4] According to her publicist, "Pink and Carey Hart have separated. This decision was made by best friends with a huge amount of love and respect for one another. While the marriage is over, their friendship has never been stronger."The couple sought marriage counseling during their separation[5] in hopes of reconciliation.[6]
Pink wrote and recorded approximately 30 to 35 songs for Funhouse. "It's like getting rid of your children: 'I like that one too, but I'm going to let that one die,'" she said of choosing the album's tracks. "The good thing now is that different countries want extra songs and B-sides, so there's always a home for the other kids."[7]Pink traveled internationally to write and record the album, working with Eg White in London and with Max Martin in Stockholm. "It was really good to get out of my house and get away from my life. No distractions. No phones", Pink said of her sessions outside the U.S.[8] During the recording sessions with Martin, they recorded a song titled "Whataya Want from Me", which didn't make the final cut of Funhouse, and was passed to Adam Lambert for his debut album. After the Lambert's recording became a single and received a worldwide success, Pink released her original recording of the song in her 2010 compilation album Greatest Hits... So Far!!!.[9]
Originally, Pink wanted to call her album Heartbreak Is a Motherfucker, but her record label declined because of a fear that offensive language would affect sales. She also said that she did not want the album to look like a break-up album: "There is a lot of that [break-up], but there is fun happening too and that's why I named it Funhouse in the end." Pink has also stated that she sees life as a carnival: "Clowns are supposed to be happy, but they are really scary. Carnivals are supposed to be fun, but really they are kind of creepy." [...] "and that's like life to me, and love. Love is supposed to be fun, but it can sometimes be really scary. And the funhouse mirrors that make you look so distorted that you don't recognize yourself and you ask yourself, 'How did I get here? How do I get out of here?' But, you think that you want to do it again. That is the same as love and life. It's a metaphor for being in love and for life."[8]
The song that Moore is most proud of is "Crystal Ball". She said about the track: "I recorded it in one take and we didn't mix it. It just went straight to master. It was all about a vibe and not about perfection or being polished. I just love that song and I loved recording it."[8]
Pink has stated that this album is her most vulnerable and personal album to date. Much of the album's subject matter alludes to the fact that Moore had recently separated from her husband, Carey Hart.[10] The first song, "So What", opens with: "I guess I just lost my husband/I don't know where he went".[11] "Please Don't Leave Me" also addresses the split. The artist sums up its theme thus: "Okay, I'm an asshole, but love me anyway."[8] In "Mean", she sings, "It was good in the beginning/but how did we get so mean?"[8]She wrote the song with Billy Mann, who also aided her with the songs "Stupid Girls", "Dear Mr. President" and "I'm Not Dead" (all 2006), among others.
In "It's All Your Fault", Pink blames her lover for giving her hopes of a love relationship, then simply giving up on her. She proclaims in the lyrics "I conjure up the thought of being gone, but I'd probably even do that wrong." In "Glitter in the Air", Pink asks many questions such as, "Have you ever looked fear in the face and said I just don't care?", and "Have you ever hated yourself for staring at the phone?" Pink admits, "I still don't have some of the answers to the questions I pose on this record. I'm still figuring it all out."[8]
The track "Sober", which is the album's second single, was written by Pink at a party hosted at her home, where everyone was drunk or drinking except for her, and she wanted them all to leave. She went to the beach and had a line in her head saying "How do I feel so good sober?". Eventually it had nothing to do with alcohol but with identities. "How do I feel so good with just me, without anyone to lean on?", Pink said in an interview.[12]
"Ave Mary A" deals with world issues and problems. "One Foot Wrong" talks about an acid trip that went wrong, but also has an underlying theme. "That song is also about losing control and how easy it is to lose the plot in life and teeter on the edge."[8][13] In the title track "Funhouse" she tells that it used to be fun. "It's about when the box you're in doesn't fit anymore, burn that fucker down and start a new one."[8]
On September 7, 2008, Pink performed "So What" at the 2008 American MTV Video Music Awards.[14] On November 6, 2008, she performed this song again at the MTV Europe Music Awards during a live show.[15] Pink performed second single, "Sober", at the 2008 American Music Awards on November 23, 2008,[16] She held a secret showcase in Barcelona, Spain on November 20.[17]
On September 13, 2009 she went on to perform "Sober" again, at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. On September 16 Pink performed "I Don't Believe You" along with "Funhouse" on Jimmy Kimmel Live![18] She also performed the song on February 5, 2010 on The Oprah Winfrey Show.[19] Pink performed "Glitter in the Air" on January 31, 2010, at the 52nd Grammy Awards, where she received for her performance a standing ovation.[20] Also, many celebrities and media outlets praised her performance.[21][22]
European, Australian and North American tour dates for the Funhouse Tour were announced to support the album in early 2009. The first leg of the Funhouse Tour would go throughout Europe. Pink later did a 3-month stint in Australia. The third leg of the tour took place in North America, with 11 dates in the United States and 1 date in Canada. The fourth leg consisted of 3 months around Europe, starting in Dublin, Ireland on October 14 and finishing December 20 in Hannover, Germany.
Pink broke her own record in Australia where she sold-out seventeen shows in Melbourne (more than any other city). Melbourne also had the most tickets and had the biggest revenue. Pink also sold out seven consecutive shows in Sydney in a collective week, all within forty minutes. The overwhelming demand for shows in Australia made Pink surpass her record-breaking run of 35 sold-out shows achieved on the 2007 Australian leg of the I'm Not Dead Tour. The Funhouse Tour made 58 shows in Australia, which made Pink the most successful artist to ever tour the country.[23] Other records broken by the tour included the most shows at the Sydney Entertainment Centre and Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
Also, the tour dates announced in the US would become the first time that Pink would tour in her home country since 2006. The first show was held in Seattle in September 2009 and twelve dates later the US leg of the tour ended in New York City.[24]
With the release of the album's Tour Edition, a live album was released featuring live performances of twelve songs, plus "Push You Away", a studio track which was previously unreleased; the song is also included on The Tour Edition. While the DVD includes 23 live performances, including 2 bonus performances. A Blu-ray version of the DVD was also released. The album and DVD were recorded in Sydney, Australia on July 17 and July 18.[25]
The album's lead single, "So What', first premiered digitally in various countries on August 11, 2008.[26][27][28][29] It impacted US contemporary hit radio on August 25. The song was written by Pink, in collaboration with Max Martin and Shellback,[30] about her separation with Carey Hart. The song received positive reviews from music critics.[31] It has become Pink's biggest success to that date, peaking at number one in eleven countries around the world, including the US, where it became her first solo single and second overall, after "Lady Marmelade" in 2001 to top the Billboard Hot 100.[32] Song's music video, directed by Dave Meyers, premiered on August 22, and featuring Hart's cameo.[33] It was considered as one of the best music videos of the year.[34] At the 51st Grammy Awards, it received a nomination in the category of Best Female Pop Vocal Performance,[35] while the music video was presented at the "Best Female Video" category at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
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