Alaina Marie Beaton (born October 1, 1985), known professionally as Porcelain Black, is an American singer-songwriter and rapper.

At age 16, she embarked on her music career as a solo act under the name Porcelain and the Tramps with Virgin Records.

After three years of trying to get out of the contract, she signed with RedOne's Universal Republic imprint, 2101 Records, late in 2009, and began working on her debut album.

[9] Having lived in less affluent areas prior to the move, Black found that she did not fit in with her privileged classmates,[7] becoming an outcast.

Black had taken part in national competitive dancing, taking jazz, hip-hop, tap, and ballet lessons, since she was young, and, at one point, was training to perform on Broadway.

[8] Recording under the pseudonym "Porcelain and the Tramps", Black worked with Tommy Henriksen and John Lowery in London while at Virgin.

Black began posting the songs she recorded on Myspace, gaining upwards of 10 million views in a matter of months.

He asked to meet Black in his studio in November 2009, which led to them writing her debut single "This Is What Rock n' Roll Looks Like" the next day.

She made appearances in the music videos for Travie McCoy's "We'll Be Alright",[12] Swizz Beatz's "Rock 'N' Roll"[13] and Jeffree Star's "Get Away With Murder" in 2010.

[14] Black had a cameo role in Rock of Ages with RedOne's help, playing the lead singer of a 1980s glam metal band.

[16] Along with RedOne, Black composed "Save You Tonight", the closing song for One Direction's debut album, Up All Night.

[19][20] Challengers on the show were tasked with creating cover art for the album in a style that Porcelain Black termed "stripper couture".

[26][27] During the summer of 2013, Porcelain Black performed a private gig in West Hollywood, featuring all-new material.

[21] Her long-anticipated debut album was expected to be released after the five-week promotional period, with two brand new singles preceding it.

[21] After "Mama Forgive Me", Porcelain performed three new songs: "Pretty Little Psycho", "Rich Boi", and "One Woman Army".

[33] Idolator, a music-reporting website, called the track a "...sizzling electronic kiss-off with shady lyrics like "I bet the bitch you're with in the club is dancing to this right now!"

[33] After many internal conflicts between Porcelain Black and her long-time collaborator, RedOne, the artist announced via social media that plans to release her long-anticipated album were cancelled.

[34] Music from her new project featured the same attitude of the singer's previous works with slower, mid-tempo songs and rapping and was released in July 2017.

In August 2021, Black stated via her Instagram that she was working with Rich Skillz on finishing up the production of "Thorns" and would soon release it.

In April 2012, she married model Bradley Soileau,[37][38] who has appeared with singer Lana Del Rey in the music videos for "Blue Jeans",[39] "Born to Die",[40] and "West Coast".

[50] Black's two-tone hairstyle and fashion is inspired by both Manson and Spears as well, along with her desire to develop a persona in which a stable duality between "good" and "bad" exists.

The first was that Porcelain Black's personal style is similarly as outrageous as Lady Gaga or Niki Minaj [sic] – to the untrained eye that is.

Personally, I've always found there to be a slight disconnect from the way GaGa [sic] and young Ms. Minaj adorn themselves and the music they write, record and perform.

I can already envision hordes of young girls (and my fellow gays) dying [sic] their hair to resemble Porcelain's as well as lining up to snap up H&M and Topshop inspired collections to get her vintage-goth-rock frocks and looks.

[14]Popjustice writer Peter Robinson said Porcelain Black was one of pop music's most confusingly styled artists, attributing the shift from her edgier, rock-inspired look to one resembling Jennifer Lopez as an attempt by her team to make her image more marketable.

[28] Despite the appraisal, he critiqued her song "Rich Boi" as being influenced by rock icons, Def Leppard and Steve Miller Band.

[28] In another review, Robinson commented on another record called "One Woman Army" from Porcelain Black's private Hollywood show.

[29] Stylistically in vein with Porcelain Black's pop rock genre hybrid, "One Woman Army" contains rapping, which Robinson said was "completely ridiculous and we love it.

"[29] Black's biological father's love for rock music by Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, and Jimi Hendrix influences her.

She has listed Nine Inch Nails and its frontman, Trent Reznor, Björk, Fiona Apple,[58] Aaliyah,[14] Skinny Puppy, AC/DC, Hole and Oasis as musical influences,[10] citing the albums (What's the Story) Morning Glory?