Kesha Rose Seber, better known mononymously as Kesha (stylized as Ke$ha), is an American recording artist. An active musician since 2005, her breakthrough came in early 2009 after appearing on Flo Rida’s number one single “Right Round”. Her debut single, “Tik Tok”, was released in August 2009 and reached number one in five countries and set the female weekly download and total weekly Top 40 Mainstream airplay records in the US. Her debut album, Animal, was released in early 2010 and debuted at number one in the US.

Kesha was born in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles to a single parent. Her mother, Pebe Sebert, a singer and songwriter, looked after then infant Kesha onstage while performing. Pebe was struggling financially while supporting Kesha and her older brother, Lagan, at the time and they had to rely on welfare payments and food stamps to get by. Pebe moved the family to Nashville, Tennessee in 1991 after securing a publishing deal. She often brought Kesha and her brothers, Lagan and Louis, along to recording studios and encouraged Kesha to sing. Pebe also taught Kesha how to write songs and they would often write songs together when she returned home from school.

Early years, she was convinced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin to return to Los Angeles and pursue a music career. They had come across her demos and were so impressed that they immediately contacted her and began flying her to New York and Los Angeles to record music. While in Los Angeles, Kesha survived on low income, moonlighting as a waitress and dabbling in telemarketing to make ends meet while furthering her music career in studio and seeing talent scouts.

She also had the opportunity to sing background for Paris Hilton’s single, “Nothing in This World”, which led to an incident later where she vomited in Hilton’s closet. Kesha co-wrote The Veronicas’ single, “This Love” with Toby Gad, sang background vocals for Britney Spears’ song “Lace and Leather”, also appeared in the video for Katy Perry’s single, “I Kissed a Girl”. Her appearance in the video arose due to her being friends with Perry; they met frequently as aspiring pop singers in Los Angeles and shared many musical collaborators.

Soon after, it was announced that Kesha had signed with RCA Records. Her debut album, entitled Animal, was released on January 5, 2010 in the US to mixed reviews from music critics. The album sold 152,000 copies in its first week in the US, debuting at number one. Animal was seven years in the making, and Kesha had accumulated over two hundred songs with fourteen making the final cut.

Other Information

• Title : Blah Blah Blah
• Artist : Kesha featuring 3OH!3
• Album : Animal
• Released : February 28, 2010
• Formats : CD single, digital download
• Recorded : Lotzah Matzah Studios, New York City, New York
• Genres : Electropop, dance-pop
• Length : 2:52
• Label : RCA
• Writers : Kesha Sebert, Benjamin Levin, Neon Hitch, Sean Foreman
• Producer : Benny Blanco

Discography

• 2010 : Animal

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Tags: Animal, Blah Blah Blah, I Kissed a Girl, Katy Perry, Kesha, singer, songwriter