Although her show business career started on a children's television show, which increasingly seems to be a route to success in popular music, her acceptance by critics has been far warmer than some others who started the same way. Unlike Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, who also rose from the ranks of children's TV, Alanis writes much of her own music, and has avoided the commercialism that has surrounded recent pop divas. Alanis Nadine Morissette was born in , and was raised in Ottawa, Canada with her two brothers by French-Canadian and Hungarian parents.
The publishing contract led to a record deal with MCA Canada, and Morissette moved to Toronto before releasing her debut album, Alanis , in Alanis was a collection of pop-oriented dance numbers and ballads that found success in Canada, selling over , copies and earning the singer a Juno Award for Most Promising Female Artist.
However, no other country paid much attention to the record. In , Morissette released Now Is the Time , an album that closely resembled her debut. Like its predecessor, it was a success in Canada, even if its sales did not match those of Alanis. The two decided to work together, and despite their shared experience with mainstream pop, they opted instead to pursue an edgier, alternative rock-oriented direction.
On the strength of the angst-ridden single "You Oughta Know," Jagged Little Pill gained attention upon its release in the summer of The song soon received heavy airplay from alternative radio outlets and MTV, sending the album into the Top Ten and helping it achieve multi-platinum status. She won several of those awards, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year.
While she never managed to replicate the success of Jagged Little Pill , Morissette continued to release well-received albums into the 21st century. Her much-anticipated follow-up, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie , was released in the autumn of , setting a record for the highest first-week sales by a female artist. She performed shows in 28 countries. Jagged Little Pill was later named No. By some counts, it is ranked as high as the 12th best-selling album of all time worldwide.
She travelled to India with family and friends, became increasingly spiritual and participated in several triathlons. The track album, which features the eight precepts of Buddhism printed on the cover, debuted at No. It achieved the highest first-week sales of a female artist at the time, selling , copies in the US and 2. Although sales of the album did not approach the success of Jagged Little Pill , Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie generally received better reviews.
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie sold more than seven million copies worldwide. Morissette performed at Woodstock '99 and touring with Tori Amos in the summer of Morissette was a pioneer in showing other musicians how Internet audio technology could help promote their music.
In , she permitted fans to download from her web site the free, unreleased song "Your House. Following a dispute with her record label that resulted in a renewed contract, Morissette released her fifth studio album, Under Rug Swept , in February It included the No. In , Morissette hosted the Juno Awards in Edmonton , during which she gave the debut performance of "Everything," the lead single from her sixth studio album, So-Called Chaos.
The recording of the album built on the songwriting techniques presented on her earlier albums. Morissette got her inspiration for songs from stream-of-consciousness internal conversations and from personal journals. So-Called Chaos is an upbeat record that reflects a state of romantic contentment.
This was courtesy of her relationship with actor Ryan Reynolds , who is thanked in the liner notes. So-Called Chaos debuted at No. However, sales quickly tapered off and reviews were decidedly mixed. Morissette spent the summer of co-headlining a date North American tour with the Barenaked Ladies. In , she released two albums: Jagged Little Pill Acoustic , an unplugged recording that celebrated the 10th anniversary of her greatest success and was initially available only at Starbucks outlets; and Alanis Morissette: The Collection , a best-of anthology that featured one new recording — a version of "Crazy," originally a hit for the British singer Seal.
Madonna had to meet with Alanis and exert pressure on her not to quit Maverick Records over her disappointing sales -and Maverick marketing- of latest album May After playing God in the movie Dogma , she was asked if she had ever read the Bible.
She said she had, but found it to be "patriarchal and sexist. Her album "Under Rug Swept", released on 26 February , included 13 new songs and topped the Billboard chart. Instead, she chose to take it in the form of company stock.
When MP3 went public, the value of her shares went into the millions of dollars. Alanis admitted to US Weekly that "Hands Clean" from her 'Under Rug Swept' album is about an affair that she had with a year-old man when she was just fourteen years old.
Their relationship lasted 5 years. Is the youngest artist at the age of 21 to ever win an "Album of the Year" Grammy. Has sold over 60 million albums worldwide, making her one of the most successful female artists of all time. Replaced Emma Thompson as God in the film Dogma To celebrate their one year anniversary, Alanis and boyfriend Ryan Reynolds wear matching rings on their fourth fingers of their right hands May Spoke German when she was a child, but eventually forgot it later in her life.
The event will take place in her hometown of Ottawa, Canada 24 April While hosting the Juno Music Awards in Edmonton, Canada, she wore a nude-colored body suit with lifelike nipples and pubic hair to make a statement about censorship and Janet Jackson 's breast-baring Superbowl incident. The audience roared with laughter upon realizing that her nudity was fake.
Dating Van Wilder actor Ryan Reynolds since They have homes together in Los Angeles and Vancouver, B. Became engaged to her boyfriend of two years, Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds , in June Shares a birthday with model Heidi Klum and actress Teri Polo. Plans on becoming an American citizen but will still keep her Canadian citizenship. Wrote and recorded her album "Jagged Little Pill", basing it on her relationship with then-beau Dave Coulier and her entire upbringing.
Has publicly stated her opposition to George W. Bush invasion and occupation of Iraq. Became a U.
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