|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot-100-artists |title=Decade End Charts – Hot 100 Artists |magazine=Billboard |year=2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008004835/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot-100-artists |archive-date=8 Oktober 2012 |access-date=10 Juli 2011}}</ref> [[VH1]] menempatkannya pada peringkat ke-13 dalam daftar "100 Greatest Women in Music" mereka pada tahun 2012.<ref name="Vh1">{{cite web|last=Graham |first=Mark |url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2012-02-13/vh1s-100-greatest-women-in-music-complete-list/ |title=VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music (Complete List) |publisher=VH1 |date=13 Februari 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214233543/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2012-02-13/vh1s-100-greatest-women-in-music-complete-list/ |archive-date=14 Februari 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Termasuk karya-karyanya bersama No Doubt, Stefani telah menjual hingga lebih dari 30 juta album di seluruh dunia.<ref name="sundaytelegraph">{{cite web|last=McGibbon |first=Rob |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21706422-5006011,00.html |title=No natural born popstar |work=[[The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)|The Sunday Telegraph]] |date=13 Mei 2007 |access-date=9 Agustus 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519042316/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0%2C22049%2C21706422-5006011%2C00.html |archive-date=19 Mei 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Kehidupan pribadiawal ==
Gwen Renée Stefani lahir pada tanggal 3 Oktober 1969, di [[Fullerton, California]],<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last=Jeffries |first=David |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gwen-stefani-mn0000546214/biography |title=Gwen Stefani {{!}} Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=17 April 2014 |archive-date=6 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906035625/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gwen-stefani-mn0000546214/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> dan dibesarkan sebagai penganut [[Katolik]] di dekatkota [[Anaheim, California]] yang tak jauh dari kota kelahirannya.<ref Dianame="vogue">{{cite dinamaiweb seorang|last=Van Meter |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/032204/page2.html |title=The First Lady of Rock |website=[[Style.com]] |date=April 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120225434/http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/032204/page2.html |archive-date=20 Januari 2008 |access-date=16 April 2007}}</ref> Namanya berasal dari nama tokoh pramugari didalam Bandaranovel berjudul ''[[Airport (novel)|Airport]]'' yang terbit pada tahun 1968, dansedangkan nama tengahnya, Renée, berasal dari sampullagu Thetahun Four1966 Tops '1968 dari lagumilik [[The Left Banke]] 1966yang berjudul "[[Walk Away Renée]]" yang dibawakan kembali oleh [[The Four Tops]] pada tahun 1968.<ref>''Entertainment Weekly'', issue 910. Page 94, sidebar. December 8, 2006.</ref> Ayahnya, Dennis Stefani,adalahmerupakan keturunan [[orang Italia|Italia]]-Amerika danyang bekerja sebagai eksekutif pemasaran di [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]].<ref name="parents">{{cite magazine |last=Hooper |first=Joseph |url=http://www.elle.com/Pop-Culture/Cover-Shoots/L.A.M.B.-Chops/Gwen-Stefani |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726184707/http://www.elle.com/Pop-Culture/Cover-Shoots/L.A.M.B.-Chops/Gwen-Stefani |archive-date=26 Juli 2011 |title=L.A.M.B. Chops |magazine=[[Elle (majalah)|Elle]] |issue=258 |page=220 |date=16 Februari 2007 |access-date=25 January 2007}}</ref> Ibunya, Patti (née''{{nee}}'' Flynn<ref name="Patti Flynn">{{cite web|last1=George|first1=Kat|title=20 Artists Who Took Their Mom on the Red Carpet|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/54944/artists-who-took-their-mom-on-the-red-carpet/|publisher=VH1|access-date=7 September 2016|date=8 Maret 2015|archive-date=15 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915002043/http://www.vh1.com/news/54944/artists-who-took-their-mom-on-the-red-carpet/|url-status=live}}</ref>), adalah orang [[orang Irlandia|Irlandia]]-Amerika<ref>{{cite web |title=20 Little-Known Things About How Gwen Stefani Parents |url=https://www.moms.com/20-little-known-things-about-how-gwen-stefani-parents/ |website=Moms.com |access-date=19 Agustus 2020 |date=27 November 2018}}</ref> yang pernah bekerja sebagai akuntan sebelum menjadi ibu rumah tangga.<ref name="allmusic.comparents" /><ref name="family">{{Citecite web |url=httpshttp://wwwuk.allmusiceonline.com/artistcelebrities/gwenprofile/index.jsp?uuid=8b46d708-stefanic337-mn0000546214/biography4a28-91e6-6063b67fedb0 |title=Gwen Stefani {{!}} Biography– &Profile History|websitepublisher=AllMusic[[E! News]] |languagearchive-url=enhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080916030451/http://uk.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=8b46d708-usc337-4a28-91e6-6063b67fedb0 |accessarchive-date=202016 September 2008 |access-04-08date=28 September 2008}}</ref> Orang tua Stefanituanya adalah penggemar [[musik rakyatfolk]] dan mengeksposnyamereka denganmengenalkannya pada karya musik olehsejumlah senimanartis seperti [[Bob Dylan]] dan [[Emmylou Harris]].<ref name="vogue" /> Stefani memiliki dua adik lelaki, Jill dan Todd, dan seorang kakak lelakilaki-laki, [[Eric Stefani|Eric]].<ref name="vogue" /><ref name="family" /> Eric adalah keyboardistpemain [[kibor]] untuk No Doubt sebelum meninggalkan band tersebut untuk mengejar karier di bidang animasi di ''[[The Simpsons. Dia bekerja di kedai es krim, Dairy Queen]]''.<ref name="allmusic.com" />
