66 Facts About Kesha

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Kesha Rose Sebert, formerly stylized as Ke$ha, is an American singer and songwriter.

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In 2005, at age 18, Kesha was signed to Kemosabe Records.

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Kesha has earned two number-one albums on the US Billboard 200 with Animal and Rainbow, and the top-ten records Warrior and High Road.

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Kesha released her fifth studio album, Gag Order, in May 2023.

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Kesha's career was halted between Warrior and Rainbow due to a legal dispute with her former producer Dr Luke, which has been ongoing since 2014.

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Kesha was listed as the 26th top artist on Billboards 2010s decade-end charts.

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Kesha has received various awards and nominations, including her win for the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act in 2010.

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Kesha has co-written songs for other artists, including "Till the World Ends" for Britney Spears and songs for Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, and Miranda Cosgrove.

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Kesha Rose Sebert was born in Los Angeles on March 1,1987.

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Kesha's mother, Rosemary Patricia "Pebe" Sebert, is a singer-songwriter who co-wrote the 1978 single "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You" with Hugh Moffatt for Joe Sun, made popular by country music artist Dolly Parton on her 1980 album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly.

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When Kesha was an infant, Pebe would often have to look after her onstage while performing.

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Kesha says she has no knowledge of her father's identity.

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In 2011, a man named Bob Chamberlain who called himself her father approached Star with pictures and letters, claiming they proved that he and Kesha had been in regular contact as father and daughter before she turned 19.

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Kesha attended Franklin High School and Brentwood High School, and said she did not fit in, explaining that her unconventional style did not endear her to other students.

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Kesha began recording demos, which Pebe gave to people she knew in the music business.

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Kesha then tracked down David Gamson, a producer she admired from Scritti Politti, who agreed to produce the song.

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Kesha dropped out of school at 17, after Max Martin convinced her to return to Los Angeles to pursue a music career, and earned her GED after.

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In 2005, at age 18, Kesha was signed to the label Kemosabe Records, and the music publishing company Prescription Songs.

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Kesha then signed with David Sonenberg's management company, DAS Communications Inc.

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Kesha worked with several writers and producers while at the company and ended up co-writing Australian pop group The Veronicas' single "This Love" with producer Toby Gad.

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In 2008, Kesha appeared in the video for her friend Katy Perry's single "I Kissed a Girl", and sang background vocals for Britney Spears' "Lace and Leather".

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Kesha would appear on rapper Flo Rida's number-one single "Right Round" in early 2009, which exposed her to some mainstream attention.

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Kesha refused to appear in the video, explaining to men's magazine Esquire that she wanted to make a name for herself on her own terms.

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Kesha held a benefit concert on June 16,2010, where all proceeds went to aid victims of the 2010 Tennessee floods in her hometown Nashville.

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Kesha was a supporting act on the summer North American leg of Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth and was awarded Best New Act at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards.

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In February 2011, Kesha embarked on her first headlining world tour, the Get Sleazy Tour.

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Kesha co-wrote the song "Till the World Ends" for American popstar Britney Spears and was featured on the remix of the song along with rapper Nicki Minaj.

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Kesha was named rights group Humane Society of the United States's first global ambassador for animal rights, for which she is expected to bring attention to such practices as cosmetics testing on animals and shark finning.

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Kesha received the Wyler Award presented by The Humane Society as a celebrity or public figure who increases awareness of animal issues via the media.

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Kesha received the award March 23,2013, at The 2013 Genesis Awards Benefit Gala.

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Kesha appeared alongside rock singer Iggy Pop in a campaign for PETA, protesting the clubbing of baby seals in Canada and later wrote on behalf of the organization to McDonald's over the conditions of their slaughterhouses.

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Kesha began writing for the album while on her own headlining tour in 2011.

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Coyne had reached out to Kesha for a collaboration after hearing that she was a fan of the band.

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In July 2013, Kesha started the Warrior Tour, which would support the album.

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Kesha sent a message to a fan expressing how it was out of her control and that she wanted to release the material, even for free, saying that she did not care about the money.

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In January 2014, Kesha checked into a rehabilitation center for bulimia nervosa and began to work on her third studio album.

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In June 2014, Kesha claimed a seat as an expert in the American television singing competition Rising Star, alongside Brad Paisley and Ludacris.

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The lawsuit went on for nearly a year before Kesha sought a preliminary injunction to release her from Kemosabe Records.

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In December 2015, Kesha revealed that she had formed a country music and classic rock-influenced band called Yeast Infection and performed a live show with the band in Nashville on December 23.

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Kesha appeared during Zedd's slot at the 2016 Coachella music festival to perform "True Colors", a track from Zedd's second studio album.

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On May 22,2016, Kesha covered Bob Dylan's song "It Ain't Me Babe" at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards.

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On June 11,2016, Kesha performed at Pride in the Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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The tour included various covers of songs and several rock and country reworks of Kesha's own hit singles.

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On July 6,2017, Kesha released a single, titled "Praying".

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Kesha furthered promotion by joining a co-headlining concert tour with American rapper Macklemore named The Adventures of Kesha and Macklemore.

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In October 2018, Kesha collaborated, wrote, and performed on the song "Safe" with her younger brother Sage Sebert and rapper Chika, as an homage for the Parkland, Florida school shooting.

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In February 2019, Kesha hosted a 4-day-long cruise called Kesha's Weird and Wonderful Rainbow Ride.

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Originally slated for December 2019, Kesha released a trailer on October 21,2019, to confirm the album's title as High Road.

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Kesha announced the creation of her own podcast, Kesha and the Creepies, with an announcement video on November 13,2020.

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Kesha provided vocals for the song, "Taste So Good", which featured Hayley Kiyoko, Vincint, and MNEK.

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Kesha starred and executive produced the show, Conjuring Kesha, which premiered on July 8,2022, on Discovery+.

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Kesha wrote or co-wrote every song on her first two albums and considers herself a songwriter primarily, writing for artists including Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus.

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Kesha uses a trademark talky "white-girl" rapping style with exaggerated discordant phrasing and enunciation.

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Much more experimental than Animal, her second album, Warrior, contains dubstep elements and explores erotic experiences Kesha encountered with ghosts on the song "Supernatural".

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Rock icons The Flaming Lips, Iggy Pop, and Alice Cooper have collaborated with Kesha, endorsing her as a rock singer.

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The Washington Post said that the album is "pure fun", opining that Kesha can write good hooks despite her sometimes vapid lyricism.

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Kesha has been influenced by various genres and artists; Madonna, Queen, the Rolling Stones, the Killers, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Gary Glitter and Beck have all influenced her music.

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Kesha singled out the Beastie Boys as a major influence, telling Newsweek that she had always wanted to be like them and aspired to make "youthful, irreverent anthems" as well.

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Kesha called her debut album, Animal, a homage to the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill and credited the creation of the rap driven "Tik Tok" to her love for the Beastie Boys' rap music.

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Kesha is a vegetarian and a member of the LGBT community.

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In June 2022, Kesha revealed on Instagram that she is a "dom".

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Kesha has been involved with LGBT activism as well as animal rights.

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On January 3,2014, Kesha checked into Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center in Lemont, Illinois, for eating disorder treatment.

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Kesha's mother confirmed that Kesha was suffering from the eating disorder bulimia nervosa and that she has struggled with it since she was signed.

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Kesha alleged that Dr Luke was partly to blame, saying Luke had told her to lose weight after he signed her, comparing the shape of her body to a refrigerator.

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Kesha completed her treatment on March 6,2014, after spending two months in rehab.