Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette (/əˈlɑːnɪs ˌmɒrɪˈsɛt/ ə-LAH-niss MORR-ih-SET; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American[1] singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with two dance-pop albums.[2][3][4] In 1995, she released Jagged Little Pill, an alternative rock-oriented album with elements of post-grunge, which sold more than 33 million copies globally and is her most critically acclaimed work to date.[5][6][7][8] It earned her the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1996 and has been made into a rock musical of the same name in 2017, which earned fifteen Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical. The album was also listed in the 2003 and 2020 editions of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time Guide.[9] The lead single, "You Oughta Know", was also included at #103 in their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[10] A highly anticipated, more experimental follow-up, electronic-infused album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998.
Morissette assumed creative control and production duties for her subsequent studio albums, including Under Rug Swept (2002), So-Called Chaos (2004), Flavors of Entanglement (2008), Havoc and Bright Lights (2012), and Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020). Her latest album, The Storm Before the Calm, which features ambient music, was released in 2022. Her well-known singles "You Oughta Know", "Hand in My Pocket", "Ironic", "You Learn", "Head Over Feet", "Uninvited", "Thank U", and "Hands Clean" reached top 40 in the major charts around the world, including ten top-40 hits in the UK, 3 three top-10 in the US and Australia, and twelve top-10 hits in her native Canada.
She also holds the record for the most No. 1s on the weekly Billboard Alternative Songs chart for any female soloist, group leader, or duo member.[11] She is listed on VH1's 1999 "100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll" at number 53.[12]. Morissette has won seven Grammy Awards, fourteen Juno Awards, one Brit Award, and has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. She has been dubbed the "Queen of Alt-Rock Angst" by Rolling Stone.[13][14][15][16]
Early life
Morissette was born June 1, 1974, at Riverside Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[17][18] to teacher Georgia Mary Ann (née Feuerstein) and high-school principal and French teacher Alan Richard Morissette.[19] She has two brothers: older brother Chad is a business entrepreneur,[20] and twin brother (12 minutes older) Wade Morissette is a musician.[21][22] Her father is of French and Irish descent, whereas her mother has Hungarian and Jewish ancestry.[23][24] Her parents were teachers in a military school and due to their work often had to move. Between the ages of three and six she lived with her parents in Lahr (Black Forest), West Germany.[25]
When she was six years old, she returned to Ottawa and started to play the piano. In 1981, at the age of seven, she began taking dance lessons.[26][27][28] Morissette had a Catholic upbringing.[29] She attended Holy Family Catholic School for elementary school[30] and Immaculata High School for Grades 7 and 8[31] before graduating from high school at Glebe Collegiate Institute.[32] She appeared on the children's television sketch comedy You Can't Do That on Television for five episodes when she was in junior high school.[33] Alanis composed her first song at the age of 10.
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