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Then she moved to LA at age Alanis had found an autobiographical, extremely personal way to write songs. JLP has sold about 30 million copies around the world, turning into the highest selling female album and the 3rd highest selling album of all times. After going through emotional conflicts when she even contemplated not recording another album and a trip to India where she had the opportunity to recharge Alanis returned with the song Uninvited, for City of Angels soundtrack on March 31st In the same year the album "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" was released.

In she played the role of God in the movie Dogma and collaborated with the song Still for the soundtrack. In she also recorded the album MTV Unplugged. She lives in Brentwood, California. Alanis Morissette has released a series of groundbreaking albums that have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide.

Morissette's international debut album "Jagged Little Pill" remains the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the U. Morissette's subsequent five studio albums have all included a series of chart-topping singles. Her most recent release, "Flavors of Entanglement", was released in June and debuted in the U. Achieving success as a recording and performing artist, Morissette has also lent her talents to other forums.

Sign In. Edit Alanis Morissette. Showing all 81 items. Her father is Canadian, of French-Canadian and one eighth Irish descent. Her mother, who was from Hungary, is of half Ashkenazi Jewish and half Hungarian descent. Alanis has a twin brother named Wade. She released two albums in Canada prior to their U. She was advised to go just by her first name to not cause any name confusion with Alannah Myles , another Canadian singer who was popular at the time. Has met Maverick Records boss Madonna only a few times.

When Jagged Little Pill hit the 1 million sales mark, Madonna gave Alanis platinum nail polish to celebrate. Phoned Mother Teresa the night before she died wanting to volunteer, but she was sleeping. Not wanting to wake her, Alanis said she would call back at a later time. 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 Morissette, like countless other Americans, has been busy homeschooling her children.

Often, she says, she feels defeated. A self-described perfectionist, Morissette says she often has to remind herself that "doing good enough is fine. Just know your humanness is gorgeous. Facebook Twitter Email. 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.

It marked a shift in sound for Morissette. In , Morissette gave birth to her first child, Ever Imre, with rapper Mario "MC Souleye" Treadway, resulting in 's spry and hopeful Havoc and Bright Lights , which focused on spirituality, marriage, and motherhood; it debuted at five on the Billboard Top Over the next few years, Morissette played some acoustic shows, acted, and launched a self-help podcast.

Also in , she celebrated the 20th anniversary of Jagged Little Pill with the release of a four-CD Collector's Edition reissue of the album. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age.

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