Alanis Morissette Image Collection
by Abbey on Aug.13, 2010, under Actress, Artist, Gallery, Producer, Singer, Songwriter, updates
Alanis Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards. Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, under MCA Records Canada.
Her worldwide debut album was the rock-influenced Jagged Little Pill, which remains the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the U.S., and the highest selling debut album worldwide, selling 30 million units globally. Her following album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998 and was a success as well. Alanis took up producing duties for her subsequent albums, which include Under Rug Swept, So-Called Chaos and Flavors of Entanglement. She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. In February 2005, Alanis became a naturalized citizen of the United States while maintaining her Canadian citizenship.
MCA Records Canada released Alanis’ debut album, Alanis, in Canada only in 1991, and Morissette co-wrote every track on the album with its producer, Leslie Howe. By the time it was released, she had dropped her stage name and was credited simply as Alanis. The dance-pop album went platinum, and its first single, “Too Hot”, reached the top twenty on the RPM singles chart. Subsequent singles “Walk Away” and “Feel Your Love” reached the top forty. Her popularity, style of music and appearance, particularly that of her hair, led her to become known as the Debbie Gibson of Canada; comparisons to Tiffany were also common. During the same period, she was a concert opening act for rapper Vanilla Ice. She was nominated for three 1992 Juno Awards: Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year (which she won), Single of the Year and Best Dance Recording (both for “Too Hot”).
Alanis released her second album in 1992, Now Is the Time, a ballad-driven record that featured less glitzy production than Alanis and contained more thoughtful lyrics. She wrote the songs with the album’s producer, Leslie Howe, and Serge Côté. She said of the album, “people could go, ‘Boo, hiss, hiss, this girl’s like another Tiffany or whatever.’ But the way I look at it … people will like your next album if it’s a suck-ass one.” As with Alanis, Now Is the Time was released only in Canada and produced three top forty singles—”An Emotion Away,” the minor adult contemporary hit “No Apologies” and “(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time.” It sold a little more than half the copies of her first album, however, and was a commercial failure. With her two-album deal with MCA Records Canada complete, Alanis was left without a major label contract.
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