Pink

As anyone who's seen her on tour or watched a music awards show in recent years knows, P!nk has a bit of a second career, moonlighting as an aerialist and trapeze artist. But in a sense, that kind of describes her primary vocation, too. Over the course of five groundbreaking albums, she's lived dangerously, achieving a high level of self-revelation unmatched by anyone else currently flying in the world of No. 1 pop hits and international multi-platinum smashes. Cockiness and self-doubt run hand-in-hand in her highly autobiographical confessionals, which can just about make you gasp with their candor, as if you really were watching a high-wire act.

At the same time, "workin...

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