Alanis Morissette Biography

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Name: Alanis Morissette 
Birth Name: Alanis Nadine Morissette 
Birth Date: June 1, 1974 
Birth Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 
Sex: Female
Nationality: Canadian 
Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) 


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A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance. 
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All I can promise myself and everyone else is that this record is a snapshot of this period in my life. It will be that by default. 
Alanis Morissette 


And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I want to do since Day 1. 
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Alanis Morissette Biography
Alanis Morissette was born in June 1, 1974 in Ottawa Canada. At an early age, Alanis became passionate about music, playing the piano and drum set at age 6. When she turned 10 in 1984, Morissette has already written her first song “Fate Stay With Me,” which she sent to Lindsay Morgan, a local folk singer who then recruited the young Alanis as her protégé. Morgan and Alanis co-founded a label and released “Fate Stay with Me” as a single, followed by a regular casting on a Nickelodeon show, “You Can’t Do That on Television.” 


Morissette came to New York for a “Star Search” audition, landed a spot on the talent competition, but lost after one round. However, this did not stop Alanis from pursuing her love for music. By 1988, Alanis signed a publishing deal with the MCA Publishing, which in turn, helped in funding a record deal with MCA Records Canada. In 1991, Alanis released her debut dance-pop album “Alanis” in Canada. She later become an opening act for rapper Vanilla Ice, which led to two nominations at the 1992 Juno Awards for ‘Best Dancing Recording’ and ‘Single of the Year’ for the single “Too Hot” and won the ‘Promising Female Vocalist of the Year’. 


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At 10 years old, Alanis Morisette has already written her first song entitled “Fate Stay with Me”, which made her local folk singer Lindsay Morgan’s protégé. Although the song received little airplay, Morisette was cast regularly on the Nickelodeon Show, “You Can’t Do That on Television”. She tried her luck on Star Search, but lost after one round. By age 14, Alanis signed a publishing deal with MCA Publishing, helping her fund a record deal with one of the publisher’s independent subsidiary labels. By 1991, Alanis Morisette’s self-titled, dance-pop debut album was released in Canada and the album went platinum, leading to several award nominations and wins. In 1992, Alanis released her second album, a ballad-themed record entitled “Now is the Time” again only in Canada. After Morisette’s contract with MCA ended, she moved to Los Angeles, met Glen Ballard who collaborated in making the album, Jagged Little Pill and signed a record deal with Maverick Records, which released the album internationally in 1995. 


With the help of the single “You Oughta Know”, Alanis Morisette became a global star. Other singles, including “Ironic”, “Hand in my Pocket”, “All I Really Want”, “You Learn” and “Head Over Feet” reached the charts for more than a year and the biggest selling debut album of all time after reaching 44 million sales worldwide. In 1998, Alanis released a fourth album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and released a live acoustic album, Alanis Unplugged a year later. 


Morisette wrote and produced her fifth album on her own. The album, Under Rug Swept was released in 2002 and again became a worldwide success. From 2003 to 2008, Alanis Morisette released albums – “So-Called Chaos” (sixth album), “Jagged Little Pill Acoustic”, “Alanis Morisette: The Collection”, and “Flavors of Entanglement” (seventh album).