Biography

Gwen Stefani

Posted on Sep 24, 2020, Modified : Sep 26, 2020 manish

EARLY LIFE

In the year of 1969, October 3, Gwen Stefani was born in Fullerton, which is the city located in Northern Orange County, California. She got raised in a Catholic church near Anaheim, California. Her name is after a stewardess in the 1968 novel “Airport,” which was the bestselling novel by Canadian writer Arthur Hailey. Her middle Renee had come from the “The Four Tops,” which are an American Vocal quartet from Detroit, which was in 1968, “The Four Tops “cover of “The Left Banke which was an American Baroque pop band’s song “Walk Away Renee” in 1966.

Quick Info
Full Name	Gwen Renée Stefani
Date of Birth	October 3, 1969
Birth Place	Fullerton, California, US
Parents	Dennis Stefani (Father) Petti Stefani (Mother)
Profession	Singer, Songwriter, Fashion Designer, Visual Artist, Dancer
Husband	Gavin Rossdale (2002–2016)
Partner	Blake Shelton (2015-Present)
Age	50 years
Children	3
Net Worth	US $150 million

Stefani’s father’s name is Dennis Stefani, who was an Italian- American who worked for Yamaha marketing executive. Her mother, Petti, was an Irish American who worked as an accountant before becoming a household woman. She has three siblings, an older brother named Eric, a keyboardist for No doubt, and two younger brothers called Jill and Todd. Gwen Stefani used to work in the ice cream parlor Dairy Queen which is an American multinational chain of soft-serve ice cream and fast-food restaurants.

CAREER

Gwen Stefani started her career after his brother Eric introduced her to “2 Tone,” a genre of British popular music of the early 1980s music by Madness and “The Selecter,” which are the popular band name. After, their band personally signed with Interscope Records by Jimmy Lovine, best known as an American entrepreneur, record executive, and media proprietor. Later they released their album “No Doubt” in the year 1992, but unfortunately, it’s ska-pop sound was not able to rock because, at that time, the Grunge rock genre was more popular.

They released their self-released album “The Beacon Street Collection,” which is the third album’ after three years. From the “Tragic Kingdom, “five single had been released, including “Don’t Speak, “which leads to the Hot 100 Airplay, the Radio songs chart of 1997. At that, Gwen Stefani left her one semester for “Tragic Kingdom.” Still, the touring lasted two and a half years .later the album got nominated for Grammy, and they sold more than 16 million copies around the world and became popular worldwide in 2004.

In 2000, her name was named “The Queen of Confessional Pop” by Rolling Stone magazine, an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture. After, No Doubt released “Return of Saturn,” which was not that much of a hit like their previous one. Later their band’s album “Rock Steady” was released by exploring and adding more reggae and dancehall sound and made their band’s new wave influences.

Gwen Stefani then released an album titled “The Sweet Escape. “ Her third studio album titled “This Is What The Truth Feels Like,” was released in 2016 under Interscope Records. This album is known to the world as her first album to top the Billboard 200 charts and got her lots of awards. Gwen Stefani is the recipient of various prizes like the Grammys, AMAs, Brit Award, World Music Award, two Billboard Music Awards, and many more.

PERSONAL LIFE

Gwen Stefani was dating her bandmate, whose name was Tony Kanal, who had also joined the band, and she stated that she always wanted to look at him and pray to god that god would let her have a baby with him. She was really in love with him, but Kanal ended his relationship with her, and their band was almost broke down, and Stefani was broke, which made her make the lyrics so beautiful and emotional and heart touching.

After, she got married to Gavin Rossdale, the lead singer, and guitarist, on September 14, 2002. They have three children together; all sons named Kingston Rossdale, Zuma Rossdale, and Apollo Rossdale. Later, they divorced, and she dated Blake Shelton, a professional American country music singer.