Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June , ) is a Canadian-American singer,
songwriter, record producer, and actress. Known for her emotive
mezzo-soprano voice, Morissette began her career in Canada in the
early s with two mildly successful dance-pop albums. Afterward, as
part of a recording deal, she moved to Holmby Hills, Los Angeles. In ,
she released Jagged Little Pill, a more rock-oriented album which sold
more than million copies globally and is her most critically
acclaimed work to date. Her follow-up album, Supposed Former
Infatuation Junkie, was released in .Morissette assumed creative
control and producing duties for her subsequent studio albums,
including Under Rug Swept (), So-Called Chaos (), Flavors of
Entanglement (), and Havoc and Bright Lights (). Her ninth album, Such
Pretty Forks in the Road, was released in . Morissette has sold more
than million records worldwide and has been dubbed the "Queen of
Alt-Rock Angst" by Rolling Stone.Morissette was born June , at
Riverside Hospital of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to teacher
Georgia Mary Ann (née Feuerstein) and high-school principal and
French teacher Alan Richard Morissette. She has two brothers: older
brother Chad is a business entrepreneur, and twin brother ( minutes
older) Wade is a musician. Her father is of French and Irish descent
and her mother has Hungarian ancestry. Her parents were teachers in a
military school and due to their work often had to move. Between the
ages of three and six she lived with her parents in Lahr (Black
Forest), Germany.
songwriter, record producer, and actress. Known for her emotive
mezzo-soprano voice, Morissette began her career in Canada in the
early s with two mildly successful dance-pop albums. Afterward, as
part of a recording deal, she moved to Holmby Hills, Los Angeles. In ,
she released Jagged Little Pill, a more rock-oriented album which sold
more than million copies globally and is her most critically
acclaimed work to date. Her follow-up album, Supposed Former
Infatuation Junkie, was released in .Morissette assumed creative
control and producing duties for her subsequent studio albums,
including Under Rug Swept (), So-Called Chaos (), Flavors of
Entanglement (), and Havoc and Bright Lights (). Her ninth album, Such
Pretty Forks in the Road, was released in . Morissette has sold more
than million records worldwide and has been dubbed the "Queen of
Alt-Rock Angst" by Rolling Stone.Morissette was born June , at
Riverside Hospital of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to teacher
Georgia Mary Ann (née Feuerstein) and high-school principal and
French teacher Alan Richard Morissette. She has two brothers: older
brother Chad is a business entrepreneur, and twin brother ( minutes
older) Wade is a musician. Her father is of French and Irish descent
and her mother has Hungarian ancestry. Her parents were teachers in a
military school and due to their work often had to move. Between the
ages of three and six she lived with her parents in Lahr (Black
Forest), Germany.
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