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{{short description|American singer (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Belinda Carlisle
| image             = Belinda Carlisle at Manchester Pride 2010.jpg
| alt               = 
| caption           = Carlisle in 2010
| birth_name        = Belinda Jo Carlisle
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1958|8|17}}
| birth_place       = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| alias             = {{hlist|Belinda Jo|Dottie Danger|Belinda Jo Kurczeski}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|actress|memoirist}}
| years_active      = 1977–present
| spouse            = {{marriage|[[Morgan Mason]]|1986}}
| genre             = <!---See "music and influences" section for citations--> {{hlist|[[New wave music|New wave]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[pop rock]]|[[punk rock]]}}
| instruments       = Vocals
| label             = {{hlist|[[I.R.S. Records|I.R.S.]]|[[MCA Records|MCA]]|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]|[[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]|[[Ark 21 Records|Ark 21]]|[[Rykodisc]]|[[EMI]]|[[Demon Music Group|Demon]]}}
| current_member_of = [[The Go-Go's]]
| past_member_of    = [[Germs (band)|Germs]]
}} 
'''Belinda Jo Carlisle''' ({{IPAc-en|'|k|ɑr|l|aɪ|l}} {{respell|KAR|lyle}}; born August 17, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of [[the Go-Go's]], and went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist.

Raised in [[Southern California]], Carlisle was the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, which she co-founded in 1978. With their chart-topping debut studio album ''[[Beauty and the Beat (The Go-Go's album)|Beauty and the Beat]]'' in 1981, the group helped popularize [[new wave music]] in the United States. The Go-Go's have sold over seven million records worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/singer_60/93_belinda_carlisle.html|title=Belinda Carlisle Biography|publisher=AskMen.com|access-date=November 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011012411/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/singer_60/93_belinda_carlisle.html|archive-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After the break-up of the Go-Go's in 1985, Carlisle went on to have a successful solo career with radio hits such as "[[Mad About You (Belinda Carlisle song)|Mad About You]]", "[[I Get Weak]]", "[[Circle in the Sand]]", "[[Leave a Light On (Belinda Carlisle song)|Leave a Light On]]", "[[Summer Rain (Belinda Carlisle song)|Summer Rain]]", and "[[Heaven Is a Place on Earth]]". The Go-Go's reformed in 1999; Carlisle maintained her solo career and performed with the band until its disbandment in 2022, returning for two festival performances in 2025.

Carlisle's autobiography, ''Lips Unsealed'', published in June 2010, was a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller]] and received favorable reviews.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2010/06/02/belinda_carlisle_lips_unsealed/|work=Salon|title="Lips Unsealed": Belinda Carlisle comes clean|author=Eby, Margaret|date=June 2, 2010|access-date=January 26, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202055757/http://www.salon.com/2010/06/02/belinda_carlisle_lips_unsealed/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1999, Carlisle was ranked No. 76 with the Go-Go's in [[VH1]]'s ''100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.''<ref>{{cite AV media|title=100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll|date=July 26, 1999|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366126/|publisher=VH1|access-date=July 21, 2018|archive-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209102359/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366126/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, Carlisle, as a member of the Go-Go's, received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/go-gos/|title=The Go-Go's|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-date=May 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523163146/http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/go-gos/|url-status=live}}</ref> She and the band were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/go-gos-rock-hall-induction-cleveland/|title=Go-Go's Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]|date=October 31, 2021 |access-date=October 31, 2021|archive-date=October 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031095320/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/go-gos-rock-hall-induction-cleveland/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[California Hall of Fame]] in 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/california-hall-of-fame-go-gos-1235809209/ | title=The Go-Gos, Ava DuVernay and los Lobos to be Inducted into California Hall of Fame | date=January 30, 2024 }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
[[File:Belinda Carlisle 1976 yearbook photo.png|thumb|left|upright=.6|Carlisle in her 1976 yearbook photo]]
Belinda Jo Carlisle was born in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[Los Angeles]], California, on August 17, 1958,{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=6}} to Harold Carlisle, a gas station employee, and his wife, Joanne (née Thompson), a homemaker.{{Sfn|Carlisle|2011|pp=5–6}} Her mother met her father, who was 20 years her senior, at age 18, and Carlisle was born nine months later.{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=6}} She was named after her mother's favorite film, ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'' (1948). Carlisle was the first of seven siblings; she has three brothers and three sisters. When she was five years old, Carlisle's father abandoned their family, and she has stated that she spent most of her childhood impoverished.{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=23}} As a teenager, she recalled owning "like, two outfits."<ref name=vanmeter/> According to Carlisle, her mother was very religious, while her father was not.<ref name=vanmeter/> In an interview with ''[[Slash (fanzine)|Slash]]'' magazine, she described herself as a reject from a [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]] household.<ref>''Lips Unsealed: A Memoir'' by Belinda Carlisle, p. 54</ref>

Her mother later married Walt Kurczeski, who Carlisle says was an [[alcoholism|alcoholic]]<ref name=vanmeter/> and with whom she had a tumultuous relationship. She took on his last name during her high school years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.vcstar.com/lifestyle/back-from-gone-ep-368303434-348857971.html/ | title=Back from gone }}</ref>{{Sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=7}} The family moved frequently during her childhood, from [[Simi Valley, California|Simi Valley]] to [[Reseda, Los Angeles|Reseda]], before settling in [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] when Carlisle was seven years old.{{Sfn|Carlisle|2011|pages=8–9}} At age ten, Carlisle began to express interest in music; she has identified [[the Beach Boys]], [[Cat Stevens]], [[the Stylistics]], and [[the Animals]] as being early musical influences.{{Sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=16}}

The family relocated again during Carlisle's adolescence, this time to [[Thousand Oaks, California]]. Carlisle attended Colina Junior High School in Thousand Oaks, where she was a third-string guard on the boys' basketball team. Later, she attended [[Newbury Park High School]], where she was a [[Cheerleading|cheerleader]]. During her teenage years, Carlisle became rebellious: "By the time I hit fourteen, I'd gone really wild," she said. "I ran away from home, smoked [[Cannabis|pot]], dropped [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|acid]]&nbsp;... you name it, I'd try it."<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/belinda-carlisle-5882#early-life|work=Biography.com|title=Belinda Carlisle - Singer|publisher=[[The Biography Channel]]|access-date=January 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219093300/http://www.biography.com/people/belinda-carlisle-5882#early-life|archive-date=February 19, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> After high school, Carlisle worked at a [[Jo-Ann Stores|House of Fabrics]] store and as a [[photocopier]] clerk at the [[Hilton Worldwide|Hilton Hotels Corporation]] in Los Angeles.{{Sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=5}} She took night classes attending [[Cosmetology|beauty college]], but dropped out in the first year.{{Sfn|Carlisle|2011|pages=31–2}} At the age of 19, Carlisle left home to pursue a career in music.{{Sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=6}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/singer_60/93_belinda_carlisle.html#bio|title=Belinda Carlisle Biography|publisher=AskMen.com|access-date=November 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011012411/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/singer_60/93_belinda_carlisle.html#bio|archive-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early ventures and the Go-Go's===
{{Main|The Go-Go's}}
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Carlisle's first venture into music was in 1977 as drummer for the [[punk rock]] band the [[Germs (band)|Germs]], under the name Dottie Danger.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bag|first=Alice|author-link=Alice Bag|title=Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story|date=September 27, 2011|publisher=Feral House|pages=185–6|isbn= 978-1-936-23913-9}}</ref> She was recruited into the band by [[Lorna Doom]], whom she had met in an art class while a student at [[Newbury Park High School]].{{sfn|Spitz|Mullen|2010|p=67}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and The Germs|page=43|author1=Mullen, Brendan |author2=Bolles, Don |author3=Parfrey, Adam|year=2009|publisher=Feral House|isbn= 978-1-932-59555-0}}</ref> However, her time in the band was short owing to her contracting [[Infectious mononucleosis|mononucleosis]], and she never recorded or performed live with the Germs. According to Germs guitarist [[Pat Smear]], upon quitting, she introduced her friend Donna Rhia, who became her replacement.{{sfn|Spitz|Mullen|2010|p=68}} Carlisle does appear on one recording introducing the band at a 1977 performance at the [[Whisky a Go Go]], heard on the live album ''[[Germicide (album)|Germicide]]'' (1977).{{sfn|Marcus|1999|p=195}} Around this time, Carlisle provided some backing vocals for [[Black Randy and the Metrosquad]].<ref name=stranger>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/belinda-carlisle-and-the-go-gos-taught-me-how-to-be-punk/Content?oid=20059158|work=The Stranger|title=Belinda Carlisle and the Go-Go's Taught Me How to Be Punk|author=Seling, Megan|date=July 9, 2014|access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=September 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923092831/http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/belinda-carlisle-and-the-go-gos-taught-me-how-to-be-punk/Content?oid=20059158|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:The Go-Go's (1981 I.R.S. publicty photo 03).jpg|thumb|right|The Go-Go's, {{circa|1981}}]]
Soon after leaving the Germs, she co-founded the Go-Go's (originally named the Misfits) with friends and fellow musicians Margot Olavarria, Elissa Bello, and [[Jane Wiedlin]]. Olavarria and Bello were soon out of the group, and the new line-up included Carlisle, Wiedlin, bassist-turned-guitarist [[Charlotte Caffey]], guitarist-turned-bassist [[Kathy Valentine]], and drummer [[Gina Schock]].<ref name=ggbio>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220175635/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-go-gos/biography|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-go-gos/biography|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|title=The Go-Go's|series=Biography|access-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 20, 2015}}</ref> All five women were largely untrained musicians, and Carlisle recalls having to use tape as [[fret]] markers during their initial songwriting: "[Charlotte] had to show us how to plug in our amps," she said.<ref name=vanmeter>{{cite magazine|magazine=Spin|title=Lucky Star|author=Van Meter, Jonathan|pages=43–5; 86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Wf6jGc6xEcC&q=belinda+carlisle+pop+music&pg=PA43|date=January 1990|access-date=October 15, 2020|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223024602/https://books.google.com/books?id=6Wf6jGc6xEcC&q=belinda+carlisle+pop+music&pg=PA43|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Go-Go's went on to become one of the most successful American bands of the 1980s, helping usher [[new wave music]] into popular American radio, and becoming the first and only all-female band that wrote their own music and played their own instruments<ref name=vanmeter/> to ever achieve a No.&nbsp;1 album, ''[[Beauty and the Beat (The Go-Go's album)|Beauty and the Beat]]'' (1981), which featured the hits "[[We Got the Beat]]" and "[[Our Lips Are Sealed]]".<ref name=ggchartalbum>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/411192/go-gos/chart?f=332|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=The Go-Go's - Chart history|series=Catalog Albums|access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170921064541/http://www.billboard.com/artist/411192/go-gos/chart?f=332|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Go-Go's recorded two more studio albums on [[I.R.S. Records]], including 1982's ''[[Vacation (The Go-Go's album)|Vacation]]'', which went [[Music recording sales certification|gold]]. "[[Head over Heels (Go-Go's song)|Head over Heels]]", from their 1984 album ''[[Talk Show (The Go-Go's album)|Talk Show]]'', made it to No.&nbsp;11.<ref name=ggchart100>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/411192/go-gos/chart|magazine=Billboard|title=The Go-Go's - Chart history|series=Hot 100|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170921064450/http://www.billboard.com/artist/411192/go-gos/chart?f=379|archive-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1984, Carlisle made a foray into acting in the movie ''[[Swing Shift (film)|Swing Shift]]'', appearing as a band singer alongside [[Goldie Hawn]] and [[Kurt Russell]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57221-SWING-SHIFT|title=AFI&#124;Catalog|website=Catalog.afi.com|access-date=December 18, 2021|archive-date=December 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218204049/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57221-SWING-SHIFT|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Solo career===
====1985–1990====
The Go-Go's broke up in 1985, and Carlisle embarked on a solo career. Carlisle's debut solo studio album ''[[Belinda (Belinda Carlisle album)|Belinda]]'' was released in 1986,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Spin|page=11|title=Working Out|date=August 1986|via=Google Books|author=Cabrini, John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_7o2bblz_cC&q=belinda+carlisle&pg=PA11|access-date=October 15, 2020|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223024602/https://books.google.com/books?id=6_7o2bblz_cC&q=belinda+carlisle&pg=PA11|url-status=live}}</ref> also on I.R.S. Records.<ref name=ggbio/> This album was successful in North America and was certified Gold in the United States and Platinum in Canada. Her summer hit "[[Mad About You (Belinda Carlisle song)|Mad About You]]" peaked at No.&nbsp;3 in the United States,<ref name=ggbio/> and charted in the Top 10 in Australia. "Mad About You" was followed by the [[Motown (music style)|Motown]]-influenced single "[[I Feel the Magic]]" written by [[Charlotte Caffey]], and by a cover version of the [[Freda Payne]] song "[[Band of Gold (Freda Payne song)|Band of Gold]]". All three songs were included on her debut studio album. The single "[[Since You've Gone]]", co-written by [[Lindsey Buckingham]] of [[Fleetwood Mac]], was used only for promotion. [[Susanna Hoffs]] co-wrote the single "I Need a Disguise" in which she also sang backing vocals along with [[Jane Wiedlin]]. [[Duran Duran]]'s [[Andy Taylor (guitarist)|Andy Taylor]] played guitar on some album tracks and appeared in her "Mad About You" [[music video]].{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=138}} During this time, Carlisle also had songs featured on [[Soundtrack|movie soundtrack]]s, notably "In My Wildest Dreams" from the movie ''[[Mannequin (1987 film)|Mannequin]]'' (1987), "Shot in the Dark" from the [[Anthony Michael Hall]] thriller ''[[Out of Bounds (1986 film)|Out of Bounds]]'' (1986), as well as "Dancing in the City" from the [[Whoopi Goldberg]] movie ''[[Burglar (film)|Burglar]]'' (1987).<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Jet|title=Whoopi Goldberg Makes her Funniest Film in 'Burglar'|page=56|date=April 20, 1987|volume=72|number=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7MDAAAAMBAJ&q=Whoopi+Goldberg+Makes+her+Funniest+Film+in+%27Burglar&pg=PA56|via=Google Books|access-date=October 15, 2020|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223024652/https://books.google.com/books?id=q7MDAAAAMBAJ&q=Whoopi+Goldberg+Makes+her+Funniest+Film+in+%27Burglar&pg=PA56|url-status=live}}</ref>

The musical style of 1987's ''[[Heaven on Earth (Belinda Carlisle album)|Heaven on Earth]]'' eschewed the 1960s-influenced pop of Carlisle's debut studio album in favor of slickly produced 1980s [[power pop]]. It was released in the United States through [[MCA Records|MCA]], and in the United Kingdom through [[Virgin Records]]. The album became a Top&nbsp;5 bestseller in the UK and Australia, and was nominated for a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]].<ref name=bio/> The album's first single, "[[Heaven Is a Place on Earth]]", topped the single charts in the United States and the UK, with the [[dance music|dance]] mix of the song also topping the [[Dance Club Songs|''Billboard'' dance chart]] in the US. The [[music video|promotional video]] was directed by [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]–winning American actress [[Diane Keaton]]. The second single from the album was the [[Diane Warren]]–penned "[[I Get Weak]]", which peaked at No.&nbsp;2 in the United States and No.&nbsp;10 in the UK. The third single from the album was "[[Circle in the Sand]]", another Top&nbsp;10 hit in the United States, the UK, and Germany. "[[World Without You]]" was another British hit. Following the success of the album, Carlisle embarked on the ''Good Heavens'' world tour, which sold out [[Wembley Arena]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cool 94.3 - Alexandria, MN |url=https://live.cool943.com/listen/artist/2925aac9-5474-4030-b8a3-4151107010b2 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=live.cool943.com |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304213213/https://live.cool943.com/listen/artist/2925aac9-5474-4030-b8a3-4151107010b2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Carlisle's follow-up to the success of ''Heaven on Earth'' was ''[[Runaway Horses (album)|Runaway Horses]]'', released on October 23, 1989. The album hit the Top 5 in both Australia and the UK, certified [[Music recording sales certification|double platinum]] in Australia and [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] in the UK and in Canada. The first release, "[[Leave a Light On (Belinda Carlisle song)|Leave a Light On]]", peaked at No.&nbsp;11 in the United States, and became another Top 5 smash in the UK, Australia and Canada.{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=155}} That year, Carlisle also performed co-lead vocals with [[the Smithereens]] in a duet with the band's lead vocalist [[Pat DiNizio]] on the song "Blue Period". The song was featured on their third studio album ''[[11 (The Smithereens album)|11]]''.<ref>The Smithereens - 11 (CD liner notes). [[Capitol Records]]. 1989. 7777-91194-2</ref>

The second American single, "[[Summer Rain (Belinda Carlisle song)|Summer Rain]]", reached No.&nbsp;30 in early 1990.<ref name=fullchart/> The song reached No.&nbsp;6 in Australia. It was the final release from ''Runaway Horses'' in the UK where it was released as the album's sixth single in December 1990, peaking at No.&nbsp;23 in January 1991.<ref name=fullchart/> Three further singles were released: the title track; "[[La Luna (song)|La Luna]]", which reached the Top 10 in Switzerland and Top 20 hit in Germany and Australia; and "[[(We Want) The Same Thing]]", which reached No.&nbsp;6 in the UK.<ref name=fullchart>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24617/belinda-carlisle/|work=The Official Charts Company|title=Belinda Carlisle: Full Official Chart History|date=December 12, 1987 |access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=September 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916212626/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24617/belinda-carlisle/|url-status=live}} (Default is single history; may require users to click "album" tab to view album chart history).</ref>

In the late autumn of 1990, the Go-Go's reunited for a tour to support their first greatest hits album, ''[[Greatest (The Go-Go's album)|Greatest]]'', including a new recording of the cover song "Cool Jerk" (The Go-Go's original cover was featured on their 1980 European EP, with a second version being released in 1982). A notable feature of the tour was an anti-fur campaign, where the band members supported the [[animal rights]] organization [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Larkin, Colin|year=1997|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music|publisher=Virgin|page=210|isbn=978-0-753-50159-7}}</ref>

====1991–1999====
In 1991, Carlisle released her fourth solo studio album, ''[[Live Your Life Be Free]]''. The album marked somewhat of a return to 1960s-influenced music for Carlisle and included songs mainly written and produced by [[Rick Nowels]] but also two songs co-written by Carlisle. The single "[[Do You Feel Like I Feel?]]" was accompanied by a music video inspired by the [[B movie]] ''[[Attack of the 50 Foot Woman]]'' (1958). The title track, "[[Live Your Life Be Free (song)|Live Your Life Be Free]]", released as first single outside the United States, was a Top 20 hit single in many countries reaching No.&nbsp;12 in the UK<ref name=fullchart/> and No.&nbsp;13 in Australia. Subsequent releases "[[Half the World (Belinda Carlisle song)|Half the World]]" and "[[Little Black Book (song)|Little Black Book]]" (co-written by [[Marcella Detroit]] under her real name Marcy Levy) were also hits outside the United States. The album was also a success in Europe (Top 10 in the UK and Gold certification). "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" is Carlisle's final single to enter in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No.&nbsp;73.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/features/Whatever+Happened+To+Belinda+Carlisle-7476.html|title=Whatever Happened To Belinda Carlisle?|website=www.femalefirst.co.uk|date=March 16, 2009|access-date=July 26, 2021}}</ref>

Still active in Europe and Australia with a [[recording contract]] at Virgin Records, her 1992 greatest hits album ''[[The Best of Belinda, Volume 1]]'' reached No.&nbsp;1,<ref name=fullchart/> and was certified double platinum in the UK and platinum in Australia. Carlisle's fifth solo studio album, ''[[Real (Belinda Carlisle album)|Real]]'', was released in 1993 on the Virgin label in the United States and in Europe. Produced without Nowels, the album was a departure from Carlisle's polished pop music formula.<ref>BY CRAIG ROSEN. (October 23, 1993). Carlisle Go-Go's Back To Her Roots; Singer Rocks Harder On 1st Virgin Set. ''Billboard''.</ref> Carlisle co-produced and co-wrote much of the album, collaborating heavily with friend and ex-Go-Go member [[Charlotte Caffey]]. The album was Carlisle's fifth consecutive to reach the UK Top 10 peaking at No. 9.<ref name=fullchart/> It also peaked at No. 23 in Sweden. Its [[lead single]], "[[Big Scary Animal]]", peaked at No.&nbsp;12 in the UK.<ref name=fullchart/> The second single from ''Real'' was "[[Lay Down Your Arms (The Graces song)|Lay Down Your Arms]]", which made the Top 30 in the UK.<ref name=fullchart/> Also in 1993, Carlisle provided guest vocals on [[the Lemonheads]] sixth studio album ''[[Come on Feel the Lemonheads]]'',<ref name="amg">{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Fred|author-link=Fred Thomas (rock musician)|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/come-on-feel-the-lemonheads-mw0000620850|title=Come On Feel the Lemonheads – The Lemonheads|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref> and appeared with Crash Baptists for their song ''One by One,'' on their [[The Harvest (soundtrack)|soundtrack to the movie The Harvest]].

The Go-Go's reunited in 1994 to support the retrospective double-CD ''[[Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's]]'', their second collection, which featured three new songs, including the single "[[The Whole World Lost Its Head]]". However, the band broke up again, soon after the promotional [[Concert#Concert tour|tour]]. Carlisle returned to the recording studio, and resumed working again with [[Rick Nowels]]. In 1996 she released in the UK and Australia her sixth solo studio album, ''[[A Woman & a Man]]'', on the [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]] label. This album, consisting of mostly relaxed [[Adult contemporary music|adult pop]], revitalized her solo career in Europe, and included several hits. The leadoff single, "[[In Too Deep (Jenny Morris song)|In Too Deep]]", returned Carlisle to the [[UK Singles Chart|UK Top 10]] for the first time in six years, reaching No.&nbsp;6. "[[Always Breaking My Heart]]", written and produced by [[Per Gessle]] of [[Roxette]], also made the UK Top 10, peaking at No.&nbsp;8.<ref name=fullchart/>

The album spawned two further hits in the UK: "[[Love in the Key of C]]", and "[[California (Belinda Carlisle song)|California]]", which featured arrangement and backing vocals by [[Brian Wilson]] of [[the Beach Boys]].{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=191}} The album reached No.&nbsp;12 in the UK,<ref name=fullchart/> and was certified gold. As a result of ''A Woman & a Man''{{'}}s UK success, the album was released in the United States during the summer of 1997 on the small [[Ark 21 Records|Ark21]] label. In 1997, she recorded "[[I Won't Say (I'm in Love)]]" for the Disney movie ''[[Hercules (1997 film)#Music|Hercules]]''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|title=Belinda Carlisle – I Won't Say (I'm In Love)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Belinda-Carlisle-I-Wont-Say-Im-In-Love/master/372850|access-date=May 25, 2016|website=[[Discogs]]|date=1997 }}</ref>

In 1999, Carlisle released a greatest hits album in the UK, a double-disc on the Virgin label, collectively titled ''[[A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits]]''. The first disc featured Carlisle's hits plus three new tracks recorded for the album: the single "[[All God's Children (song)|All God's Children]]", and the songs "A Prayer for Everyone" and "Feels Like I've Known You Forever". The second disc, subtitled ''A Place on Earth'', contained previously released [[remix]]es of her hits and [[A-side and B-side|B-side]]s which had not previously been released. Despite being released only seven years after her previous greatest hits compilation, ''[[The Best of Belinda, Volume 1]]'', the collection was a success in the UK where it made the Top 20 and was certified [[gold disc|gold]].

===Later recordings and Go-Go's reunions===
====2001–2009====
In 2001, the Go-Go's reunited again and released a studio album of new material, ''[[God Bless the Go-Go's]]''. [[Green Day]]'s lead vocalist [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] co-wrote the only released single "[[Unforgiven (The Go-Go's song)|Unforgiven]]".<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=God Bless the Go-Go's|others=[[The Go-Go's]]|year=2001|publisher=Beyond Music|type=liner notes}}</ref> ''God Bless the Go-Go's'' received mixed reviews from critics. Peter Fawthrop of [[AllMusic]] wrote "Every bit as Go-Go's, that is, as their non-hits and less remarkable material. While the Go-Go's sound is intact, there is not a "We Got the Beat" or a "Head Over Heels" to be found. It is feasible that in this age of pop rebirth, the Go-Go's decided it was now or never ... The album doesn't attempt to update the band's sound with [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]] moves or [[Electronic (music)|electronic]] frippery, for which God should bless 'em, indeed. The girls' hold on the current pop world remains so strong that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong co-writes a song ("Unforgiven") in impeccable Go-Go's drag".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/god-bless-the-go-gos-mw0000001425|title=God Bless The Go-Go's|author=Fawthrop, Peter|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813005637/http://www.allmusic.com/album/god-bless-the-go-gos-mw0000001425|url-status=live}}</ref> In spite of the mixed reviews, the album charted in the US ''Billboard'' 200, peaking at number No.&nbsp;57. Around the time of the Go-Go's definitive reunion tour, Carlisle appeared nude for the cover feature and a full pictorial of the August 2001 edition of ''[[Playboy]]''.<ref name="Gimenes">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Belinda_Carlisle_Playboy_pinup/455573|title=Belinda Carlisle: Playboy pinup|last=Gimenes|first=Erika|date=May 21, 2001|publisher=Hollywood.com|access-date=September 4, 2009|archive-date=January 26, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126084134/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Belinda_Carlisle_Playboy_pinup/455573|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, Carlisle released her seventh album, ''[[Voila (album)|Voila]]'', which was her first full-length solo studio album in more than ten years.<ref name=am/> The album was produced by [[John Reynolds (musician)|John Reynolds]] and included [[Brian Eno]] on keyboards.<ref name=voila>{{cite web|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/belinda-carlisle/Content?oid=2479037|work=Riverfront Times|title=Belinda Carlisle: Voila (Rykodisc)|author=Ferris, D.X.|access-date=September 21, 2017|date=March 21, 2007|archive-date=September 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922050708/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/belinda-carlisle/Content?oid=2479037|url-status=live}}</ref> Consisting of a mix of French pop tunes and [[chanson]] standards, including covers of [[Françoise Hardy]] and [[Édith Piaf]] classics, ''Voila'' was released via [[Rykodisc]] in the UK on February 5 and in the United States the following day, February 6, 2007.<ref name=voila/> In early 2009, Carlisle was on the [[Dancing with the Stars (American season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'', paired with [[Jonathan Roberts (dancer)|Jonathan Roberts]]. She was the first star to be eliminated from the competition, on March 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/03/18/dancing-stars-results-belinda-carlisle-goes-home.html|work=Fox News|title='Dancing With the Stars: The Results' : Belinda Carlisle Go-Goes Home|author=Conroy, Tom|date=March 18, 2009|access-date=January 22, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202103537/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/03/18/dancing-stars-results-belinda-carlisle-goes-home.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2009, Carlisle took over the role of Velma Von Tussle in London's [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Hairspray (musical)|Hairspray]]'' at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westend.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_Belinda_Carlisle_And_Phill_Jupitus_Are_West_End_HAIRSPRAY_Bound_20090902|title=Photo Flash: Belinda Carlisle And Phill Jupitus Are West End 'HAIRSPRAY Bound!|publisher=Broadway World|access-date=November 27, 2010|date=September 2, 2009|archive-date=February 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216230551/http://westend.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_Belinda_Carlisle_And_Phill_Jupitus_Are_West_End_HAIRSPRAY_Bound_20090902|url-status=live}}</ref> She remained with the show until late January 2010<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nunn|first=Jerry|date=June 2, 2010|title=Mad about Belinda Carlisle|work=Windy City Times|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Mad-about-Belinda-Carlisle-/26773.html|url-status=live|access-date=October 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009040158/http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Mad-about-Belinda-Carlisle-/26773.html|archive-date=October 9, 2020}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Siobhán McCarthy]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dunn|first=Carrie|date=January 29, 2010|title=BWW INTERVIEWS: Micky Dolenz, London's New Wilbur In HAIRSPRAY|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BWW-INTERVIEWS-Micky-Dolenz-Londons-New-Wilbur-In-HAIRSPRAY-20100129|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009041054/https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BWW-INTERVIEWS-Micky-Dolenz-Londons-New-Wilbur-In-HAIRSPRAY-20100129|archive-date=October 9, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=Broadway World|language=en}}</ref>

====2010–2020====
[[File:Belinda Carlisle (14357874569).jpg|upright|thumb|Carlisle performing in 2014]]
Between 2011 and 2012, Carlisle embarked on a United States tour with the Go-Go's, which included concerts at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles in August 2011 and the [[Hollywood Bowl]] in September 2012. In March 2013, Carlisle released her first US single in seventeen years titled "[[Sun (Belinda Carlisle song)|Sun]]", an up-tempo pop song, which was included on ''ICON – The Best of Belinda Carlisle'', a new greatest hits compilation album. The single was also released in the United Kingdom. The song was written by Carlisle, [[Jane Wiedlin]] of the Go-Go's and singer-songwriter [[Gabe Lopez]]. Lopez also produced the song. While the track did not chart, it received positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |last=Heal |first=Clare |url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/419626/Belinda-Carlisle-Still-punk-rock-in-my-heart |title=Belinda Carlisle: Still punk rock in my heart |work=Daily Express |access-date=September 21, 2017 |date=August 4, 2013 |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922051345/http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/419626/Belinda-Carlisle-Still-punk-rock-in-my-heart |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiocremebrulee.com/80sartistreturns/belinda-carlisles-sun-radiates-in-all-its-glory |title=Belinda Carlisle's "Sun" radiates in all its glory |work=Radio Creme Brulee |date=March 28, 2013 |access-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922052042/http://www.radiocremebrulee.com/80sartistreturns/belinda-carlisles-sun-radiates-in-all-its-glory |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2013, [[Edsel Records]] released remastered, three-disc versions of ''Heaven on Earth'', ''Runaway Horses'', ''Live Your Life Be Free'' and ''Real''. Each album comprised a remastered version of the original LP followed by the [[single (music)#7-inch format|7-inch]] or radio edits of each single from that album, a second disc of remixes and [[single (music)#12-inch format|12-inch]] versions of all the singles, and a DVD comprising the promotional videos for the singles. Some of singles and remixes had never previously been released on CD. In March 2014, a new ''Greatest Hits'' titled ''[[The Collection (Belinda Carlisle album)|The Collection]]'' was released containing 18 hits and one new song, "Goodbye Just Go", along with a DVD of 18 videos. The album reached No. 24 in the UK albums chart.<ref name=fullchart/>

Also in March 2014, another digitally remastered, five-disc retrospective collection titled ''Anthology'' was released. The anthology included "Dancing in the City", which had previously only been available on the Japanese LP/CD for the soundtrack to the 1987 movie ''I Won't Say I'm in Love'' which had previously only been released in 1997 as a CD single in France. It also included all three singles from her debut studio album and all four singles from ''A Woman & a Man''. Later in 2014, Carlisle's three other studio albums, ''Belinda'', ''A Woman & a Man'' and ''Voila'' were re-issued by Edsel on CD, although there were a number of issues with their production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/disney-cast-gate-crash-new-belinda-carlisle-deluxe-reissue/|title=Disney cast gate crash new Belinda Carlisle deluxe reissue|work=Super Deluxe Edition|date=September 3, 2014|author=Sinclair, Paul|access-date=December 22, 2016|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709021601/http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/disney-cast-gate-crash-new-belinda-carlisle-deluxe-reissue/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Carlisle confirmed in a radio interview in August 2015 that she had completed work on a new studio album, earmarked for release in January 2016. She commented that the music on the album would be partly inspired by [[Kundalini yoga]], which she had taken up while pregnant during 1991–1992 and of which she had qualified as a teacher since becoming sober in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasvoice.com/shes-still-beat-10197054.html|title=She's (still) got the beat|work=Dallas Voice|date=May 25, 2011|access-date=January 26, 2017|archive-date=September 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926151005/http://www.dallasvoice.com/shes-still-beat-10197054.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in August 2015, Edsel released a box set of all the commercially released singles from Carlisle's studio albums, plus a bonus disc featuring a previously unreleased recording of "In My Wildest Dreams", which had featured in the 1987 film ''[[Mannequin (1987 film)|Mannequin]]''. In late 2016, the Go-Go's completed an international tour with [[Best Coast]] as a supporting act, which Carlisle stated would likely be their last tour together.<ref name=rs16>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/belinda-carlisle-on-go-gos-punk-history-farewell-tour-w431740|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 2, 2016|author=Grow, Kory|title=Belinda Carlisle on Go-Go's Punk History, Farewell Tour|access-date=September 20, 2017|archive-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921144950/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/belinda-carlisle-on-go-gos-punk-history-farewell-tour-w431740|url-status=dead}}</ref> Carlisle's eighth studio album, a selection of [[Gurmukhi script|Gurmukhi]] chants titled ''[[Wilder Shores]]'', was released in September 2017.<ref name=huntman/> Carlisle and the Go-Go's announced an 11-date reunion tour scheduled to begin in June 2020. However, in May 2020 the tour was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2020-05-13/the-go-gos-postpone-reunion-tour-which-was-set-to-open-in-san-diego-in-june|title=The Go-Go's postpone reunion tour, which was set to open in San Diego in June|first=George|last=Varga|website=sandiegotribune.com|date=January 8, 2022|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108211214/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2020-05-13/the-go-gos-postpone-reunion-tour-which-was-set-to-open-in-san-diego-in-june|url-status=live}}</ref>

====2021–present: Musical comeback====
In May 2021, it was announced that the Go-Go's would be inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/class-2021-inductees|title=Class of 2021 Inductees|website=Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513143621/https://www.rockhall.com/class-2021-inductees|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/watch-the-go-gos-perform-at-rock-hall-2021-induction-ceremony/ar-AAQ8Zll|title=Watch the Go-Go's Perform at Rock Hall 2021 Induction Ceremony|first=Madison|last=Bloom|website=MSN.com|date=January 8, 2022|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108205431/https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/watch-the-go-gos-perform-at-rock-hall-2021-induction-ceremony/ar-AAQ8Zll|url-status=live}}</ref> The band performed "Vacation", "Our Lips Are Sealed", and "We Got the Beat" during the induction ceremony. Her ex-bandmate from [[Germs (band)|the Germs]], [[Pat Smear]] was also inducted on a same day as a member of [[Foo Fighters]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Zaleski |first=Annie |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/go-gos-rock-hall-induction-1250966/ |title=The Go-Go's Break Out Hits, 'Rock Star' Poses for Long Overdue Rock Hall Induction |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 30, 2021 |access-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731224439/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/go-gos-rock-hall-induction-1250966/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The band confirmed plans for a 2022 UK tour with [[Billy Idol]] that was supposed to start in June 2022 but was later scrapped due to Idol's health and the Go-Go's other commitments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/go-gos-2022-uk-tour-billy-idol/#:~:text=Rock%20icons%20The%20Go-Go%E2%80%99s%20have%20announced%20that%20they,in%20June%20of%202022%E2%80%94go%20on%20sale%20Thursday%20%289%2F30%29.|title=The Go-Go's Announce 2022 UK Tour With Billy Idol|first=Will|last=Schube|website=udiscovermusic.com|date=January 8, 2022|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223024605/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/go-gos-2022-uk-tour-billy-idol/#:~:text=Rock%20icons%20The%20Go-Go%E2%80%99s%20have%20announced%20that%20they,in%20June%20of%202022%E2%80%94go%20on%20sale%20Thursday%20%289%2F30%29.|url-status=live}}</ref> The band was forced to postpone a short West Coast tour scheduled for the first week of January 2022 due to a [[COVID-19]] case involving someone on the tour, saying that rescheduled dates for the shows would be announced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fox5sandiego.com/entertainment/the-go-gos-cancel-san-diego-show-due-to-covid-case/|title=The Go-Go's cancel San Diego show due to COVID case|website=fox5sandiego.com|date=January 8, 2022|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108212614/https://fox5sandiego.com/entertainment/the-go-gos-cancel-san-diego-show-due-to-covid-case/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in 2023, Carlisle declared that the group had disbanded.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/belinda-carlisle-interview/ | title=Belinda Carlisle interview: Resurgent singer on how she got her mojo back | first=Murray | last=Scougall | website=sundaypost.com | date=Feb 6, 2023 }}</ref>

On March 16, 2023, Carlisle released "[[Big Big Love (Belinda Carlisle song)|Big Big Love]]", the first single from  ''[[Kismet (EP)|Kismet]]'', a five track EP, penned by [[Diane Warren]]. The EP, released May 17, 2023, marks her first release of English-language pop music in twenty-seven years. It charted in several countries, marking a return to the charts for Carlisle. She also announced her intention to follow up on the release with a new English-language studio album, produced by [[Gabe Lopez]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/belinda-carlisle-announces-pop-comeback-with-big-big-love-shares-details-of-new-diane-warren-penned-ep/|title=Belinda Carlisle Launches Pop Comeback with Big Big Love, Shares Details of New Diane Warren-penned EP|website=Retropop Magazine|date=March 16, 2023|access-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref> In February 2024, Carlisle and the Go-Go's were inducted into the [[California Hall of Fame]] by the [[Governor of California]], [[Gavin Newsom]] and his wife, First Partner [[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article285170742.html|title=California Hall of Fame|website=Sacbee.com|access-date=August 17, 2024}}</ref>

Carlisle  released her ninth studio album, ''Once Upon a Time in California'', on August 29, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shapiro |first=Gregg |date=2025-09-18 |title='California' Dreaming: An Interview with Belinda Carlisle |url=https://lavendermagazine.com/featured-home-page/california-dreaming-an-interview-with-belinda-carlisle/ |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=Lavender Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> The album was preceded by the first single, "The Air That I Breathe", on June 6, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/belinda-carlisle-announces-new-album-once-upon-a-time-in-california/|title=Belinda Carlisle announces new album Once Upon A Time In California|website=Retropop Magazine|date=June 4, 2025|access-date=June 4, 2025}}</ref>

==Musical style and influences==
{{quote box|width=21%|align=left|bgcolor=cornsilk|quote=One day I walked into the record store and I saw the cover of [the Stooges'] ''[[Raw Power]]''. And I said, "Who's that?" I bought the album and it opened up a whole new world I didn't even know existed...I started going into L.A. to see bands. Post-glitter bands.|source=Carlisle on her early influences, 2010{{sfn|Spitz|Mullen|2010|p=35}}}}
Carlisle has been noted by critics for her dynamic [[soprano]] vocal range.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i6RMBAAAQBAJ&q=belinda+carlisle+soprano&pg=PA616|title=Rock and Roll|author=Dean, Maury|year=2003|page=616|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875862071|access-date=February 8, 2021|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223024603/https://books.google.com/books?id=i6RMBAAAQBAJ&q=belinda+carlisle+soprano&pg=PA616|url-status=live}}</ref> While Carlisle's discography both with the Go-Go's and in her solo work has been predominately characterized as pop music, some music scholars such as [[Greil Marcus]] have noted a confluence of subtle [[punk rock|punk]] influences as well as pop rock, specifically in the Go-Go's early releases (Marcus suggests that any traces of punk influence were carried over from Carlisle's brief tenure in the Germs).{{Sfn|Marcus|1999|pages=185–7}}

Carlisle has been alternately described by critics as a "punk diva"{{sfn|Quisling|2003|p=308}} and "pop princess".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Go-Go girl grows up|page=10|magazine=[[Femina (UK)|Femina]]|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=avyxAAAAIAAJ&q=belinda+carlisle+pop+princess|issue=199–203|publisher=Associated Magazines|access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223024607/https://books.google.com/books?id=avyxAAAAIAAJ&q=belinda+carlisle+pop+princess|url-status=live}}</ref> As a singer in the Go-Go's, Carlisle was associated with the [[new wave music|new wave]] genre, and the band was remarked by critics for their style that "inject[ed] punk with the sound of California [[surf music]]."<ref>{{cite book|last=Tougas|first=Shelley|page=25|title=Girls Rock!: Amazing Tales of Women in Music|publisher=Capstone|year=2013|isbn=978-1-476-50234-2}}</ref> Her subsequent solo releases, beginning with her self-titled solo debut, ''Belinda'' (1986), were described by critics as more polished contemporary pop music.<ref name=am>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/belinda-carlisle-mn0000151549/biography|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|title=Belinda Carlisle|series=Biography & History|work=AllMusic|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=September 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906063334/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/belinda-carlisle-mn0000151549/biography|url-status=live}}</ref>

Her early inspirations during her childhood were [[the Beach Boys]], [[Cat Stevens]], [[the Stylistics]], and [[the Animals]].{{Sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=16}} As a teenager, she saw [[Iggy Pop]] on the cover of [[the Stooges]]' ''[[Raw Power]]'' (1973) in a record store,<ref name=stranger/> an album which she credited as a gateway exposing her to punk and art rock acts such as [[the Velvet Underground]], [[New York Dolls]], [[Roxy Music]], and the [[Sex Pistols]].{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=27}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2010/06/mosh_pits_and_smiley_faces.html|work=Slate|title=Mosh Pits and Smiley Faces|author=Bauer, Carlene|date=June 16, 2010|access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=September 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923003330/http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2010/06/mosh_pits_and_smiley_faces.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2013 interview, Carlisle stated that despite having recorded an abundance of it throughout her career, she "didn't really listen to pop music", and had recently been inspired by jazz artists such as [[Miles Davis]].<ref>{{cite interview|first=Belinda|last=Carlisle|title=Belinda Carlisle: Interview|date=June 23, 2013|interviewer=Marco Gandolfi|work=Music-Web.com|location=London}} {{YouTube|mm7lkY-h2Bc}}.</ref>

==Personal life==
===Relationships and family===
[[File:Belinda Carlisle in 2012.jpg|thumb|right|Carlisle signing autographs in 2012]]
Carlisle had a two-year relationship with [[Bill Bateman (drummer)|Bill Bateman]], drummer for [[the Blasters]], in the early 1980s. She broke up abruptly with Bateman because she had taken up with [[Mike Marshall (outfielder)|Mike Marshall]] of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]. Her [[cocaine]] use was a negative influence on these relationships.{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|pages=68, 93-95}}

In 1986, Carlisle married political operative and film producer [[Morgan Mason]], son of actor [[James Mason]] and actress [[Pamela Mason]]. He made appearances in Carlisle's music videos "[[Mad About You (Belinda Carlisle song)|Mad About You]]" and "[[Heaven Is a Place on Earth]]". They have one son, James Duke Mason, a writer, activist and political commentator, who was born in 1992.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McKay|first1=Hollie|title=Belinda Carlisle Drank Daily While Pregnant, Is Amazed She 'Still Has a Nose'|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/belinda-carlisle-drank-daily-while-pregnant-is-amazed-she-still-has-a-nose/|website=Fox News|access-date=July 6, 2017|date=July 6, 2010|archive-date=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628154039/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/07/06/belinda-carlisle-drank-daily-pregnant-amazed-nose.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After the [[1994 Northridge earthquake]], Carlisle and her family moved to [[Fréjus]] in south-eastern France.{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|pages=179–80}} They lived between there and the U.S.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11068434/Poulet-Frit-du-Kentucky-threatens-Belinda-Carlisles-French-paradise.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11068434/Poulet-Frit-du-Kentucky-threatens-Belinda-Carlisles-French-paradise.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|title='Poulet Frit du Kentucky' threatens Belinda Carlisle's French paradise|author=Walker, Tim|date=September 2, 2014|access-date=September 22, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=cbc/> In 2017, the couple moved to [[Bangkok]], Thailand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/what-s-on/pop-icon-belinda-carlise-said-goodbye-to-the-states-and-goodbye-to-super-stress-1-5218276|work=East Anglian Daily Times|title=Pop Icon Belinda Carlisle said goodbye to the States and goodbye to super stress|author=Savage, Wayne|date=October 3, 2017|access-date=January 29, 2018|archive-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195234/http://www.eadt.co.uk/what-s-on/pop-icon-belinda-carlise-said-goodbye-to-the-states-and-goodbye-to-super-stress-1-5218276|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2024, they now reside in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/14/sunday-with-belinda-carlisle-meditation-mexico-city|work=The Guardian|title=Sunday with Belinda Carlisle: I only have three vices left: 'coffee, chocolate and salt'|author=Kilner, Lara|date=May 14, 2023|accessdate=May 14, 2023}}</ref>

In a 1990 interview with ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', Carlisle stated that she was not close with her siblings or parents, saying: "I want to be close to them. I kind of feel uncomfortable. I think I feel guilty sometimes about my success in some ways."<ref name=vanmeter/>

===Health===
During the initial stages of her tenure with the Go-Go's, Carlisle developed a serious addiction to [[cocaine]] and alcohol that went on to span 30 years.{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|pages=108, 125, 138}} Simultaneously, she had developed an [[eating disorder]] which she said stemmed from media comments regarding her appearance; her excessive cocaine use helped keep her weight down.<ref name=cbc>{{cite interview|last=Carlisle|first=Belinda|title=Belinda Carlisle on Q TV|date=September 13, 2010|interviewer=Jian Ghomeshi|work=Q TV|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]}} {{YouTube|KrUa_HMbP2M}}.</ref> Additionally, Carlisle admitted to using [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]], [[Methaqualone|quaalude]]s, and [[3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine|MDA]] regularly as both a teenager and adult.<ref name=vanmeter/> In a 2017 interview, she told ''[[The Guardian]]'' that she "couldn't believe [she wasn't] dead".<ref name=huntman>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/12/belinda-carlisle-after-three-decades-of-cocaine-i-cant-believe-i-am-not-dead|work=The Guardian|author=Huntman, Ruth|date=August 12, 2017|access-date=September 20, 2017|title=Belinda Carlisle: 'After three decades of cocaine use, I can't believe I'm not dead'|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918075853/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/12/belinda-carlisle-after-three-decades-of-cocaine-i-cant-believe-i-am-not-dead|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, at the height of her drug abuse, Carlisle spent three days isolated in a London hotel room binging cocaine.{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=232}} At one point, she recalled that she looked at herself in the mirror and was alarmed that she "didn't see a light or a soul" in her eyes.<ref>{{cite interview|first=Belinda|last=Carlisle|work=Home & Family|publisher=Hallmark Channel|date=March 19, 2013|title=Belinda Carlisle, Pt. 1|interviewer1=Ferrare, Cristina |interviewer2=[[Mark Steines|Steines, Mark]]}} {{YouTube| 2Byn8pyODTE}}</ref> "I sat in my room and did [cocaine] all evening. Between lines [of cocaine], I smoked cigarettes, played games on my laptop, and paced the room. I must have smoked ten packs of cigarettes in two days."{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=232}} On the third day, Carlisle said she had a vision of herself being found dead in a hotel, accompanied by an [[auditory hallucination]] in which a loud voice informed her: "You are going to die here if you carry on like this."<ref name=auditory/> The incident jarred Carlisle into seeking sobriety, and she says she has been sober since 2005.<ref name=auditory>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/31/belinda-carlisle-cocaine-auditory-hallucination_n_6958634.html|work=The Huffington Post|title=The Terrifying Warning That Helped Pull Belinda Carlisle Out Of Addiction|date=March 31, 2015|access-date=September 20, 2017|archive-date=September 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906030738/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/31/belinda-carlisle-cocaine-auditory-hallucination_n_6958634.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

She told ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' in 2014: "I don't smoke anymore, I don't drink any more and I don't do drugs any more. I am very much into my [[Buddhism]]. I found turning 40 [in 1998] a real passage in time for me."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/allezallez--a-gogo-decides-to-turn-french/2007/03/04/1172943266564.html?page=2 | title=Allez-allez - a Go-Go decides to turn French | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | access-date=September 27, 2014 | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924201113/http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/allezallez--a-gogo-decides-to-turn-french/2007/03/04/1172943266564.html?page=2 | url-status=live }}</ref> Carlisle states in her autobiography ''Lips Unsealed: A Memoir'' (2010) that she has practiced [[Nichiren Buddhism]] as a member of the [[Soka Gakkai International]] since 2002,{{Sfn|Carlisle|2011|p=222}} and she often mentions in press interviews that she chants ''[[Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō]]'' daily.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3662985/From-punk-to-Piaf.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3662985/From-punk-to-Piaf.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=From punk to Piaf|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=February 4, 2007|access-date=January 22, 2017|author=Preston, John}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She has also credited the practice with helping her maintain sobriety.{{sfn|Carlisle|2011|pages=236–40}}

==Activism==
Carlisle supports [[LGBT movements|LGBT rights]], which she made public after her son, Duke, [[coming out|came out]] to her at age fourteen in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/05/26/belinda-carlisle-and-son-coming-out|work=The Advocate|title=Belinda and Son on Coming Out|author=Kinser, Jeremy|date=May 26, 2011|access-date=January 26, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202073615/http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/05/26/belinda-carlisle-and-son-coming-out|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2014, Carlisle co-founded Animal People Alliance,<ref name=toussaint>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-toussaint/belinda-carlisle-cofounds_b_6444980.html|work=The Huffington Post|title=Belinda Carlisle Co-Founds Animal People Alliance in India|author=Toussaint, David|date=January 16, 2015|access-date=September 19, 2017|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918184856/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-toussaint/belinda-carlisle-cofounds_b_6444980.html|url-status=live}}</ref> a nonprofit organization based in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], India, that raises funds and trains and employs impoverished women to care for street animals. "We are teaching people that animals have feelings," says Carlisle. "How to recognize a street animal in distress. There is a [[middle class]] developing and they still don't have proper vet care, so a lot of what we do will be educational. We're partnering with a hospital in Calcutta to teach about adoption and to get access to emergency rooms."<ref name=toussaint/>

In May 2024, Carlisle was honored with the [[Harvey Milk]] Medal, presented to her by her son and by [[Stuart Milk]], by the [[Harvey Milk Foundation]] for her gay rights advocacy.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://outsfl.com/music/belinda-carlisle-to-receive-harvery-milk-award-at-diversity-honors-saturday | title=Belinda Carlisle to Receive Harvey Milk Award at Diversity Honors Saturday | date=March 7, 2024 }}</ref> In June of that same year she was awarded with the 2024 YGB Namaste Award for her animal advocacy by the organization Yoga Gives Back.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://yogagivesback.org/annual-gala-fundraiser-2024/ | title=Annual Gala Fundraiser - Empowering Women and Girls - Yoga Gives Back }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
'''''Billboard'' Music Awards'''
{{award table}}
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan=6|[[Billboard Year-End|1986]]
| rowspan=4|Herself
| [[Billboard Music Award for Top Billboard 200 Artist|Top ''Billboard'' 200 Artist]]
|{{won|place=91|91st}}
| rowspan=6|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|title=Billboard|date=December 27, 1986|via=Google Books|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223024603/https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Top ''Billboard'' 200 Artist – Female
| {{won|place=11|11th}}
|-
| [[Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Artist|Top Hot 100 Artist]]
| {{won|place=91|91st}}
|-
| Top Hot 100 Artist – Female
| {{won|place=9|9th}}
|-
| ''[[Belinda (Belinda Carlisle album)|Belinda]]''
| [[Billboard Music Award for Top Billboard 200 Album|Top ''Billboard'' 200 Album]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| "[[Mad About You (Belinda Carlisle song)|Mad About You]]"
| [[Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Song|Top Hot 100 Song]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Billboard Year-End|1987]]
| rowspan=2|Herself
| [[Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Artist|Top Hot 100 Artist]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA21|title=Billboard|date=December 26, 1987|via=Google Books|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223024604/https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA21|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Top Hot 100 Artist – Female
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=6|[[Billboard Year-End|1988]]
| rowspan=5|Herself
| [[Billboard Music Award for Top Female Artist|Top Female Artist]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=6|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1988/bbyearend.htm|title=Rock On The Net: 1988 Billboard Year-End Chart-Toppers|website=www.rockonthenet.com|access-date=April 27, 2020|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612012334/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1988/bbyearend.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Top Hot 100 Artist – Female
| {{nom}}
|-
| Top ''Billboard'' 200 Artist – Female
| {{nom}}
|-
| Top Adult Contemporary Artist
| {{nom}}
|-
| Top Adult Contemporary Artist – Female
| {{nom}}
|-
| "[[Heaven Is a Place on Earth]]"
| [[Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Song|Top Hot 100 Song]]
| {{nom}}
{{end}}

'''Other Awards'''
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result
|-
| rowspan=2|1986
| rowspan=2|[[American Music Awards]]
| Herself
| Favorite Female Pop/Rock Video Artist 
| {{nom}}
|-
| "[[Mad About You (Belinda Carlisle song)|Mad About You]]"
| Favorite Pop/Rock Video 
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3|1988
| rowspan=2|[[Smash Hits Poll Winners Party]]
| rowspan=2| Herself
| Best Female Solo Singer 
| {{nom}}
|-
| Worst Female Solo Singer 
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1988 Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| "[[Heaven Is a Place on Earth]]"
| [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|1989
| [[World Music Awards]]
| Herself
| Female Artist of the Year
|{{won}} <ref>{{cite AV media|title=Belinda Carlisle: 1989 World Music Awards Appearance |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=7mFtG-OCabM |website=youtube.com |access-date=21 May 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Brit Awards]]
| Herself
| [[Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act|International Breakthrough Act]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| 1996
| [[Smash Hits Poll Winners Party]]
| Herself
| Best Female Singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://michaelmouse1967.wixsite.com/smashhits-remembered/1996-poll-winners|title=Articles On Smash Hits|website=smashhits-remembered|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227093058/https://michaelmouse1967.wixsite.com/smashhits-remembered/1996-poll-winners|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2016
| Independent Music Awards
| "California Blues" (ft. [[Gabe Lopez]])
| Best Pop Single
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2018 
| [[Music Week]] Awards
| Herself
| Catalogue Marketing Champaign
| {{nom}}
{{end}}

==Discography==
{{Main|Belinda Carlisle discography}}
{{See also|The Go-Go's discography}}
'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[Belinda (Belinda Carlisle album)|Belinda]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Heaven on Earth (Belinda Carlisle album)|Heaven on Earth]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Runaway Horses (album)|Runaway Horses]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Live Your Life Be Free]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Real (Belinda Carlisle album)|Real]]'' (1993)
* ''[[A Woman & a Man]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Voila (album)|Voila]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Wilder Shores]]'' (2017)
* ''Once Upon a Time in California'' (2025)

'''Extended plays'''
* ''[[Kismet (EP)|Kismet]] '' (2023)

==See also==
*[[List of artists who reached number one in the United States]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one in Ireland]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 1986 (Canada)]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite book|ref={{SfnRef|Carlisle|2011}}|title=Lips Unsealed: A Memoir|author=Carlisle, Belinda|year=2011|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-46350-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cMXGiLWs9oC}}
*{{cite book|last=Marcus|first=Greil|year=1999|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|title=In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992|isbn=978-0-674-44577-2}}
*{{cite book|last=Quisling|first=Erik|title=Straight Whisky: A Living History of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll on the Sunset Strip|year=2003|publisher=Bonus Books|isbn= 978-1-566-25197-6}}
*{{cite book|last1=Spitz|first1=Marc|last2=Mullen|first2=Brendan|year=2010|title=We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BXyCHYk3C90C|publisher=Crown/Archetype|isbn=978-0-307-56624-9}}

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