Alanis Morissette is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter and musician. She began her music career in Canada in the early 1990s with two dance-pop albums.
In 1995, she released the alternative rock album Jagged Little Pill, which sold more than 33 million copies globally and propelled her to become a cultural phenomenon. Morissette won the 1996 Grammy Award for Album of the Year among other accolades, and the album was adapted into a 2018 rock musical. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has Jagged Little Pill on their 200 Definitive Albums list, and it appeared on various editions of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” guide. Its lead single, “You Oughta Know”, was also included on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list.
Morissette has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. She has won a Brit Award, seven Grammy Awards, fourteen Juno Awards, and has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award. Her singles “You Oughta Know”, “Hand in My Pocket”, “Ironic”, “You Learn”, “Head Over Feet”, “Uninvited”, “Thank U”, and “Hands Clean”, reached top 40 in major charts around the world. She also holds the record for the most No. 1s on the weekly Billboard Alternative Songs chart among female soloists, group leaders, or duo members.
Rolling Stone described her as the “queen of alt-rock angst” and VH1 ranked her the 53rd-greatest woman in rock and roll. In 2005, she was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame.