Gwen Stefani was born on October 3, 1969, in California. She was named after a stewardess in the 1968 novel Airport. Her parents were fans of folk music and exposed her to music by artists like Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris (Photo: Facebook)
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The singer's brother introduced her to 2 Tone music by Madness and The Selecter. In 1991, the band was signed to Interscope Records and the band released it self-titled debut album in 1992 (Photo: Facebook)
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After 'Tragic Kingdom' and five singles from the same album, she left college for one semester to tour for 'Tragic Kingdom'. In 2014, more than 16 million copies of the album was sold worldwide (Photo: Facebook)
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Gwen is known for music credits like 'Just a Girl', 'Hey Baby', 'It's My Life', 'What You Waiting For?', 'Rich Girl' and 'The Sweet Escape'. In late 2000, Rolling Stone recognised her as 'The Queen of Confessional Pop' (Photo: Facebook)
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Interestingly, the singer also tried her hand in acting and made her debut in Martin Scorsese's 'The Aviator', whose daughter was a big time fan of the singer (Photo: Facebook)
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Gwen has won numerous awards in her career and is hailed as one of the most successful artists at 54th position by Billboard magazine. VH1 ranked her 13th on their list of '100 Greatest Women in Music' (Photo: Facebook)
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She is yet to release her latest album 'You Make It Feel Like Christmas' on October 6. We wish the music icon a very happy birthday as she turns 48 today (Photo: Facebook)
