Alanis morissette - wikipedia

Having recorded her first song aged ten and received her first Juno Award at 17, Alanis Morissette has already accomplished more than many musicians do in their entire lives. And so it was perhaps no surprise that, at 33, the Canadian singer also had a lifetime achievement award to her name. However, as she made clear when accepting the honour in March , it by no means spelled the end of her ambitions: "I really do think I'm going to live until I'm about or so There's a lot to go.

Alanis Morissette and her twin brother Wade were born on June 1, , in Ottawa to parents Georgia, a Hungarian-born teacher, and Alan, a French-Canadian high-school principal, joining their older sibling Chad. And it didn't take long for her to take to music, starting playing the piano aged six. A subsequent appearance on American talent show Star Search in LA ended at the first round stage but served to get her noticed — in she was signed by MCA Publishing.

She released her dance-pop debut album Alanis in Canada in and it went platinum, with many of the singles hitting the top 40 and earning her the title of the Canadian Debbie Gibson. The following year, the year-old was nominated for three Juno Awards, winning for most promising female vocalist. Later that year she graduated high school and released her second, less successful ballad-driven album in Canada before deciding to head to LA to pursue her dream.

It was there she suffered an unfortunate encounter with a mugger.

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The thief got away with her purse, but luckily didn't take the thing most valuable to her — the notes for the album that would eventually make her famous. The album became an international smash with You Oughta Know and Hand In My Pocket played all over the airwaves and fourth single Ironic becoming her biggest success.

Alanis scooped six awards at the Junos with the times platinum disc, including the prestigious best album, single, female vocalist and rock album gongs. At that same year"s Grammy Awards, it won her four prizes, including best rock album and album of the year. In late the now year-old Alanis hit the road for a gruelling month tour, taking up yoga to help counteract the chaos of life on the road.

On her return in , she released her fourth album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie , and also made her big-screen acting debut alongside Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in the fantasy flick Dogma.