During this time, she also teased a collaborative album with the Flaming Lips -titled Lipsha- which was ultimately canceled because of issues with her label and frequent producer Dr. Kesha's second album, Warrior, was released in 2012 to middling success.
After a string of additional hits ('Blah Blah Blah', 'Your Love is My Drug', and 'Take It Off'), Animal was re-released as Cannibal, supported by the singles 'We R Who We R' (which gave Kesha her second #1) and 'Blow.'
Her debut album Animal was then released on the very first day of the 2010s, and proved to be a similar success on the charts worldwide. In addition to setting a record for the most downloads in a single week by a female artist (610,000), it also has the distinction of being the fifth-highest selling digital single of all time. During this time, she also wrote songs for Miley Cyrus ('The Time of Our Lives'), The Veronicas ('This Love'), and Britney Spears ('Lace and Leather'), among others.īy the end of 2009, she released her debut single 'Tik Tok', which became a massive hit. Kesha Rose Sebert (born March 1, 1987), known mononymously as Kesha (formerly stylized as Ke$ha) is an American singer-songwriter.īorn in Los Angeles but raised in Nashville, Kesha first reached prominence in the music industry with (uncredited, at the time) guest vocals on 'Right Round' by Flo Rida, which was released to global success in early 2009.