Pink points to 'authenticity' for Oz success

Pink has credited her "rugged and raw" style as the reason for her popularity in Australia.

The Funhouse singer has recently enjoyed significant commercial success in the country, performing to 58 sold-out arenas as part of her 2009 world tour.

She told Rolling Stone: "Australia likes their artists to be rugged and raw and authentic.

"America likes their artists to be glamorous and a little more packaged and glossy - like the difference between me and Beyoncé."

The star added: "She's just beautiful, she's multi-talented, and she lives this jet-set lifestyle.

"And then there's me - you would picture me out in a field boxing a kangaroo with make-up running down my face, crying about something that happened a week ago."

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