Born on April 15, 1965 Linda Perry She started working as a waitress. She lived in a small room without windows, where she learned to compose and play the guitar. She presented her skills later, appearing on the street. Down 4 non blondes In 1989, the founder invited her Christa Hillhouse. It was thanks to the team that her career developed so much. Initially, the group played mainly in bars for the Queer community, where they won a lot of fans. In 1991, the musicians signed a contract with Intercopeand a year later work began on the debut album “Bigger, Better, Faster, More!“. Single “What’s up?”and the whole album were very warmly accepted, providing 4 non blondes first place on the charts in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland.
Interestingly, Perry was not happy with the group’s biggest hit: “I wasn’t a big fan of my band. I didn’t like this song at all.”
The world was open to them. It is estimated that at the time of the premiere, the album sold about 1.5 million copies. The group started working on his successor, but in 1994 the world circulated about their breakup. Vocalist Linda Perry claimed that she was not satisfied with his debut material, and the constant quarrels and creative differences made her decide to leave the 4 non blondes ranks.
What does Linda Perry do?
After the collapse of the band Linda Perry decided to continue her career solo, issuing studio albums, which, although they received good reviews, their sales left much to be desired. The artist founded her own label Rockstar Records And she began to produce and write for other musicians.
She turned to her, among others Pinkwho started working on her second album. At first, Perry was not fully interested in cooperation: “She was a white girl singing R’n’b and it didn’t make any sense why she chose me. But I found that I would check what I could do for her.” As a result, an album was created “Missundaztood”which achieved a huge commercial success, selling in a circulation of over 13 million copies. There were great hits there “Get the Party Started” and “Lonely Girl”.
Perry wrote a ballad at the beginning of the 21st century “Beautiful“hoping that she will spend her when her solo career develops enough. In the meantime, she began to cooperate with Christina Aguilerawhich Linda asked to sing the mentioned song “to warm up”. Christina liked the piece so much that he finally found her album “Stripped”. The hit hit the 2nd place of the Billboard Hot 100 list.
After such a great success, Perry began to cooperate with stars like Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Courtney Love, Lisa Marie Presley, Kelly Osbourne, Juliette Lewis, Skin, Joan Jett, Celine Dion Whether Alicia Keys.
In January 2025, the network circulated information about the great return of 4 non blondes on the stage on the occasion of the festival Bottlerock Napa Valley.
Lindy Perry private life
In 2011, the artist first appeared in public with her partner, actress Sarah Gilbert. Three years later, the couple got married, but in 2019 they announced the separation, and at the end of 2024 they finalized the divorce. Despite this, they raise their son together Rhodes Emilio. Perry has repeatedly recalled that together with the ex -partner they care about a healthy relationship to provide the child with the greatest comfort.
In 2021, the singer was diagnosed with breast cancer. In a conversation for “People” She admitted that she was very lucky because the disease was diagnosed at an early stage: “I feel very happy because there are many women who do not have such a possibility.”
According to the document “Linda Perry: Let It Die here”the singer was preparing for the breast reduction surgery. After a successful procedure, a tissue sample was taken for a routine diagnosis. It was then that the triple breast cancer was diagnosed with Perry, which is one of the rarest types of disease, characterized by faster development, and a more difficult treatment process.
According to the artist, if it wasn’t for the planned procedure, she would find out about the disease far too late. She blamed the stress too many symptoms because she was dealing with her sick mother at the time.
“My doctor said that the cancer I had is one that is in people who are left from six months to two years of life,” she said. “I would never find him and I would never do anything when I began to feel bad, I thought it was because of my mother and the stressful situation in which I found myself” – she admitted.
The doctor proposed radiotherapy and mastectomy to the artist. Perry decided that the second option was the most reasonable to her.