Gwen Stefani

 

Gwen Renée Stefani born October 3, 1969) is an American recording artist and fashion designer. Stefani serves as lead vocalist for the rock band No Doubt. Ranging from punk rock to new wave music, their third wave ska oriented third studio album Tragic Kingdom (1995) propelled them to stardom, selling 16 million copies worldwide. It spawned the singles “Just a Girl”, “Spiderwebs”, and “Don’t Speak”. The band’s popularity went into decline with its fourth album, Return of Saturn (2000), but Rock Steady (2001) focused on dance hall production traits, and generally received positive reviews.

It was a breakup that led to singer Gwen Stefani’s breakthrough. After her seven-year relationship with No Doubt band-mate Tony Kanal ended, Stefani channeled the loss into No Doubt’s 1995 smash album, Tragic Kingdom. Fueled in part by Stefani’s trend-setting style, No Doubt went on to become a major influence on the ’90’s music scene.