Alanis Morissette was raised in Ottawa, Canada and by the age of ten, had landed a show on You Can't Do That On Television, a popular children's program. She was always playing the piano and songwriting at a young age. She was able to record Fate Stay With Me, a single, by using some of the money that she made on the TV program. At only 14 years old, she was offered a recording contract with MCA/Canada.
The debut album, Alanis, was released in 1991, and went platinum in Canada. That same year, she won the Juno award (the equivalent of a Grammy) and Most Promising Female Vocalist. She recorded a second album in 1992 which was recorded and released before she graduated high school.
The second album, Now Is The Time, only did about half as well as the first. After high school, she moved to L.A., where she hooked up with Glen Ballard, who began to push her from the pop music she sang as a teen, towards a darker side. The recordings were sent around, and finally Maverick signed Morissette, and the album Jagged Little Pill was released in 1995, and the songs on the album kept her on the album charts for the next two years.
For this album, she received awards for the album, including Grammys for Album of the Year, Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Album. She released Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie in 1998.
In 2005, she released Jagged Little Pill Acoustic, and in November of the same year, she released The Collection, a compliation of 17 tracks. In the years since, she has recorded songs for different television shows. In 2008, she released Flavors of Entanglement.
Similar Artists: Poe, Tracy Bonham, Jewel, Fiona Apple
Influenced By: Sinead O'Connor, The Pretenders
Favorite Songs: Ironic, You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket, You Learn, Not the Doctor
The debut album, Alanis, was released in 1991, and went platinum in Canada. That same year, she won the Juno award (the equivalent of a Grammy) and Most Promising Female Vocalist. She recorded a second album in 1992 which was recorded and released before she graduated high school.
The second album, Now Is The Time, only did about half as well as the first. After high school, she moved to L.A., where she hooked up with Glen Ballard, who began to push her from the pop music she sang as a teen, towards a darker side. The recordings were sent around, and finally Maverick signed Morissette, and the album Jagged Little Pill was released in 1995, and the songs on the album kept her on the album charts for the next two years.
For this album, she received awards for the album, including Grammys for Album of the Year, Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Album. She released Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie in 1998.
In 2005, she released Jagged Little Pill Acoustic, and in November of the same year, she released The Collection, a compliation of 17 tracks. In the years since, she has recorded songs for different television shows. In 2008, she released Flavors of Entanglement.
Similar Artists: Poe, Tracy Bonham, Jewel, Fiona Apple
Influenced By: Sinead O'Connor, The Pretenders
Favorite Songs: Ironic, You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket, You Learn, Not the Doctor
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