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• BIRTHDAY: October 3, 1969
• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "The Sweet Escape" (2007)
• BIGGEST LP: Love, Angel, Music, Baby (2004)
• GRAMMY AWARDS: 1
• "I really don't think a lot of guys know what a burden it is to be a girl sometimes." - Gwen Stefani

• Gwen Stefani, born October 3, 1969, rose to fame with her band No Doubt. In 2004, Gwen showed the world she could do it solo as well.

• March: Gwen won Best Female Vocalist at the California Music Awards, known as the Bammies and formerly called the Bay Area Music Awards.

# 68 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 27: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Moby with "Southside."

• April: Gwen hit the Top 10 helping out Moby with "Southside."

• June 9: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Eve with "Let Me Blow Ya Mind."
• June 16: Gwen topped the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart for 1 week helping out Eve with "Let Me Blow Ya Mind."

• July 21: Gwen topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for 4 weeks helping out Eve with "Let Me Blow Ya Mind."
• July 28: Gwen hit the Top 10 helping out Eve with "Let Me Blow Ya Mind."

• August: Gwen won a Teen Choice Award for Choice R&B/Hip Hop Track ("Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with Eve).
• August 11: Gwen topped the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart for 2 weeks helping out Eve with "Let Me Blow Ya Mind."
• August 25: Gwen topped the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart for 1 week helping out Eve with "Let Me Blow Ya Mind."

• September: Gwen could be heard on the All-Star Tribute benefit single "What's Going On" (with proceeds going to AIDS and 9/11 charities).
• September 1: Gwen hit #1 for 1 week on the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out on Eve's hit "Let Me Blow Ya Mind."
• September 6: Gwen's collaborations with singles and videos paid off in the form of 4 MTV Video Music Award nominations including Best Male Video (with Moby for "Southside"), Best Female Video, Best Hip-Hop Video, and Viewer's Choice (with Eve for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"). Both Moby and Eve won Best Male Video and Best Female Video respectively.

• December 31: Critics in Rolling Stone voted Gwen as Best Female Performer of the Year.

• February 27: Gwen won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with Eve).

# 62 Singles Artist of the Year

• October 16: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 solo with "What You Waiting For?"

• November 20: Gwen hit the Top 10 solo with "What You Waiting For?"
• November 23: Gwen released her solo LP, Love, Angel, Music, Baby.

• December 11: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Eve on "Rich Girl."
• December 14: Gwen co-starred in the Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator, portraying Jean Harlow.
• December 17: Love, Angel, Music, Baby was certified gold.
• December 25: Gwen topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for 2 weeks with "What You Waiting For?"
• December 31: Gwen was chosen by Rolling Stone magazine's readers as the best female performer.

# 4 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 27: Gwen appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.

• February 12: Gwen hit the Top 10 with help from Eve on "Rich Girl."
• February 13: Gwen was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("What You Waiting For?"). Gwen performed at the ceremony.

• March 19: Gwen performed "Rich Girl" and "Hollaback Girl" on Saturday Night Live.

• April 9: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Hollaback Girl."
• April 30: Gwen hit the Top 10 with "Hollaback Girl."
• April 30: Gwen topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart for 9 weeks and Digital Tracks chart for 7 weeks with "Hollaback Girl."

• May 7: Gwen hit #1 for 6 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Hollaback Girl."
• May 7: Gwen topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 4 weeks and Pop 100 chart for 8 weeks with "Hollaback Girl."
• May 17: Love, Angel, Music, Baby was certified 2x platinum.
• May 21: Gwen topped the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart for 6 weeks with "Hollaback Girl."

• July 2: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Cool."

• August: Gwen won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout, Female and Choice Collaboration ("Rich Girl" with Eve).
• August 8: Gwen hit the Top 10 with "Cool."
• August 28: The video for "Hollaback Girl" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography (Kishaya Dudley) and was nominated for Video of the Year, Best Female Video, Best Pop Video, and the video for "What You Waiting For?" won for Best Art Direction (Zach Mathews) and was nominated for Best Editing.

• September: Gwen debuted her L.A.M.B. fashion line at New York's Fashion Week.

• October 22: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Luxurious."

• November 12: Gwen topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for 1 week with "Cool."
• November 22: Gwen won an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and was nominated for Artist of the Year. Gwen performed at the ceremony.

• December: Gwen confirmed that she was pregnant with her first child.
• December: Gwen had the most downloaded digital single of the year with "Hollaback Girl" with 1.2 million downloads.
• December 3: Gwen hit the Top 10 with "Luxurious."
• December 14: Love, Angel, Music, Baby was certified 3x platinum.
• December 31: Gwen had the #8 selling LP of 2005 with Love, Angel, Music, Baby selling over 2.5 million copies during the year.
• December 31: Gwen topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top New Pop Artist and with the Top Hot Digital Song ("Hollaback Girl").

# 27 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 28: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Crash."

• February 8: Gwen was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album (Love, Angel, Music, Baby), Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female ("Hollaback Girl"), and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Rich Girl").

• May: Gwen gave birth to a baby boy.

• November 11: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Wind It Up."

• December 5: Gwen released The Sweet Escape. The set included new tracks and outtakes from her first solo LP.
• December 9: Gwen performed "Wind It Up" and "I Wanna Love You" on Saturday Night Live.
• December 9: Gwen hit the Top 10 with "Wind It Up."

# 16 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 6: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Akon with "The Sweet Escape."

• February 10: Gwen hit the Top 10 with help from Akon with "The Sweet Escape."

• April 7: Gwen hit #1 for 4 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Akon with "The Sweet Escape."
• April 14: Gwen topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart for 1 week, Digital Tracks chart for 1 week, and Pop 100 chart for 1 week with help from Akon with "The Sweet Escape."

• June 2: Gwen hit the Top 40 with "4 In The Morning."
• June 25: The Sweet Escape was certified platinum.

• September 9: Gwen was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Most Earthshattering Collaboration ("The Sweet Escape" with Akon).

• February 10: Gwen was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("The Sweet Escape" with Akon).

• June: Gwen gave birth to her second child - a son.

• February: Gwen gave birth to her third child - a son.

• September 22: Gwen joined the NBC singing competition show, The Voice.

• November 1: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Baby Don't Lie."
• November 4: Gwen could be heard on the Calvin Harris LP Motion on the track "Together."

# 92 Singles Artist of the Year

• May 12: Gwen could be heard on the Snoop Dogg LP Bush on the track "Run Away."

• July 24: Gwen could be heard on the Southpaw soundtrack on the track "Kings Never Die."

• October 23: Gwen could be heard on the Blake Shelton LP Reloaded: 20 #1's on the track "My Eyes."

• November 14: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Used To Love You."

# 60 Singles Artist of the Year

• February 27: Gwen hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Make Me Like You."

• March 18: Gwen released This Is What The Truth Feels Like.

• April 2: Gwen performed on Saturday Night Live.
• April 9: Gwen topped the Billboard 200 LP chart and Digital Albums chart with This Is What The Truth Feels Like.

• May 20: Gwen could be heard on the Blake Shelton LP If I'm Honest on the track "Go Ahead And Break My Heart."

• October 6: Gwen released her first holiday LP You Make It Feel Like Christmas .

• December 28: Blake topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart helping out Blake Shelton with "Nobody But You" from his LP Fully Loaded: God's Country.

• May 2: Gwen topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart with Blake Shelton with "Nobody But You."

• November 22: Gwen was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Country Song ("Nobody But You" with Blake Shelton).

• December 12: Gwen topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart with Blake Shelton with "Happy Anywhere."

• March 8: Love, Angel, Music, Baby was certified 5x platinum.

• July 3: Gwen married Blake Shelton.

• July 28: The Sweet Escape was certified 2x platinum.

• November 15: Gwen released Bouquet.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Love, Angel, Music, Baby Released: November 23, 2004 US: 5x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 5 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: C+ Tracks: "What You Waiting For?" - "Rich Girl" (featuring Eve) - "Hollaback Girl" - "Cool" - "Bubble Pop Electric" - "Luxurious" - "Harajuku Girls" - "Crash" - "Real Thing" - "Serious" - "Danger Zone" - "Long Way To Go"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	The Sweet Escape Released: December 5, 2006 US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 3 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B- Tracks: "Wind It Up" - "The Sweet Escape" (with Akon) - "Orange County Girl" - "Early Winter" - "Now That You Got It" - "4 In The Morning" - "Yummy" (with Pharrell) - "Flurescent" - "Breakin' Up" - "Don't Get It Twisted" - "U Started It" - "Wonderful Life"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	This Is What The Truth Feels Like Released: March 18, 2016 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Tracks: "Misery" - "You're My Favorite" - "Where Would I Be?" - "Make Me Like You" - "Truth" - "Used To Love You" - "Send Me A Picture" - "Red Flag" - "Asking 4 It" (featuring Fetty Wap) - "Naughty" - "Me WIthout You" - "Rare"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	You Make It Feel Like Christmas Released: October 6, 2017 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 16 Tracks: "Jingle Bells" - "Let It Snow" - "My Gift Is You" - "Silent Night" - "When I Was A Little Girl" - "Last Christmas" - "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" (with Blake Shelton) - "Under The Christmas Lights" - "Santa Baby" - "White Christmas" - "Never Kissed Anyone With Blue Eyes Before You" - "Christmas Eve"
	Bouquet Released: November 15, 2024 Tracks: "Somebody Else's" - "Bouget" - "Pretty" - "Empty Vase" - "Marigolds" - "Late To Bloom" - "Swallow My Tears" - "Reminders" - "All Your Fault" - "Purple Irises"

1	The Sweet Escape [Gwen Stefani featuring Akon] from the LP The Sweet Escape ARC chart run: 35 - 27 - 26 - 17 - 13 - 8 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 21 - 23 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 6 RIAA Certification: 5x Platinum Billboard # 1: Pop 100, Digital Songs, Digital Tracks Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals MTV VMA Nominee: Most Earthshattering Collaboration	1(4)	25	2007
2	Hollaback Girl from the LP Love, Angel, Music, Baby ARC chart run: 36 - 27 - 17 - 8 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 8 - 11 - 13 - 14 - 20 - 29 - 35 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 11 RIAA Certification: 6x Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Pop 100, Digital Songs, Digital Tracks, Top 40 Mainstream Grammy Nominee: Record of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female MTV VMA Winner: Best Choreography MTV VMA Nominee: Video of the Year, Best Female Video, Best Pop Video	1(6)	19	2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
3	Rich Girl [Gwen Stefani featuring Eve] from the LP Love, Angel, Music, Baby ARC chart run: 40 - 36 - 32 - 25 - 21 - 19 - 15 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 7 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 9 - 13 - 22 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 26 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Grammy Nominee: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	3	21	2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
4	Let Me Blow Ya Mind [Eve featuring Gwen Stefani] from the Eve LP Scorpion ARC chart run: 40 - 39 - 35 - 31 - 26 - 17 - 14 - 9 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 7 - 13 - 21 - 33 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 29 Billboard # 1: Rhythmic Top 40, Hot 100 Airplay, Top 40 Tracks, Top 40 Mainstream Grammy Winner: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration MTV VMA Winner: Best Female Video MTV VMA Nominee: Best Hip-Hop Video, Viewer's Choice	1(1)	18	2001
5	South Side [Moby with Gwen Stefani] from the Moby LP Play ARC chart run: 39 - 37 - 32 - 29 - 24 - 20 - 18 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 12 - 10 - 7 - 6 - 11 - 17 - 27 - 32 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 41 MTV VMA Winner: Best Male Video	6	18	2001
6	Luxurious from the LP Love, Angel, Music, Baby ARC chart run: 37 - 29 - 22 - 17 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 12 - 23 - 27 - 33 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 44 RIAA Certification: Platinum	4	17	2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
7	Cool from the LP Love, Angel, Music, Baby ARC chart run: 39 - 28 - 21 - 16 - 12 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 9 - 11 - 15 - 19 - 28 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 51 RIAA Certification: Platinum	6	15	2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
8	Wind It Up from the LP The Sweet Escape ARC chart run: 33 - 22 - 17 - 15 - 9 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 27 - 36 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 80 RIAA Certification: Platinum	8	10	2006	iTunes Amazon.mp3
9	4 In The Morning from the LP The Sweet Escape ARC chart run: 39 - 36 - 33 - 29 - 25 - 23 - 20 - 18 - 17 - 15 - 24 - 28 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 80 RIAA Certification: Gold	15	12	2007	Amazon.mp3
10	What You Waiting For? from the LP Love, Angel, Music, Baby ARC chart run: 36 - 23 - 17 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 8 - 15 - 26 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 84 RIAA Certification: Platinum Billboard # 1: Dance Club Songs Grammy Nominee: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance MTV VMA Winner: Best Art Direction MTV VMA Nominee: Best Editing	8	10	2004	iTunes Amazon.mp3
11	Used To Love You from the LP This Is What The Truth Feels Like ARC chart run: 35 - 29 - 26 - 24 - 19 - 18 - 20 - 22 - 23 - 21 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 92	18	11	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
12	Make Me Like You from the LP This Is What The Truth Feels Like ARC chart run: 39 - 32 - 29 - 28 - 26 - 25 - 25 - 24 - 27 - 32 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 96 RIAA Certification: Gold	24	10	2016	iTunes Amazon.mp3
13	Crash from the LP Love, Angel, Music, Baby ARC chart run: 39 - 30 - 23 - 20 - 19 - 18 - 24 - 35 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 107	18	8	2006	iTunes Amazon.mp3
14	Baby Don't Lie from the digital download ARC chart run: 28 - 23 - 23 - 23 - 22 - 24 - 38 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 115	22	7	2014	iTunes Amazon.mp3
Note: Song title and position links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run Songs charting prior to 1980 have information from Billboard magazine.