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Belinda Carlisle
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| Born | Belinda Jo Carlisle August 17, 1958 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
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Belinda Jo Carlisle (/ˈkɑːrlaɪl/ KAR-lyle; born August 17, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female rock bands of all time, and went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist.
Raised in Southern California, Carlisle was the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's which she co-founded in 1978. With their chart-topping debut studio album Beauty and the Beat in 1981, the group helped popularize new wave music in the United States. The Go-Go's were the first (and to date only) all-female band in history who wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to achieve a No. 1 album. The Go-Go's have sold over seven million records worldwide.[1]
After the break-up of the Go-Go's in 1985, Carlisle went on to have a successful solo career with radio hits such as "Mad About You", "I Get Weak", "Circle in the Sand", "Leave a Light On", "Summer Rain", and "Heaven Is a Place on Earth". The Go-Go's reformed in 1999, and Carlisle performed with them until their disbandment in 2022, while also maintaining her solo career.
Carlisle's autobiography, Lips Unsealed, published in June 2010, was a New York Times Best Seller and received favorable reviews.[2] In 1999, Carlisle was ranked No. 76 with the Go-Go's in VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.[3] In 2011, Carlisle, as a member of the Go-Go's, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[4] She and the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021,[5] and the California Hall of Fame in 2024.[6]
- ^ "Belinda Carlisle Biography". AskMen.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ Eby, Margaret (June 2, 2010). ""Lips Unsealed": Belinda Carlisle comes clean". Salon. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. VH1. July 26, 1999. Archived from the original on February 9, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ "The Go-Go's". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ "Go-Go's Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame". Ultimate Classic Rock. October 31, 2021. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "The Go-Gos, Ava DuVernay and los Lobos to be Inducted into California Hall of Fame". January 30, 2024.
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