
She said of the album, "People could go, 'Boo, hiss, hiss, this girl's like another Tiffany or whatever.' But the way I look at it. Morissette wrote the songs with the album's producer, Leslie Howe, and Serge Côté. In 1992, she released her second album, Now Is the Time, a ballad-driven record that featured less glitzy production than Alanis and contained more thoughtful lyrics. Morissette was nominated for three 1992 Juno Awards: Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year (which she won), Single of the Year and Best Dance Recording (both for "Too Hot"). During the same period, she was a concert opening act for rapper Vanilla Ice. Morissette's popularity, style of music and appearance, particularly that of her hair, led her to become known as the Debbie Gibson of Canada comparisons to Tiffany were also common. Subsequent singles " Walk Away" and " Feel Your Love" reached the top 40. The dance-pop album went platinum, and its first single, " Too Hot", reached the top 20 on the RPM singles chart. Morissette co-wrote every track on the album with its producer, Leslie Howe. In 1991, MCA Records Canada released Morissette's debut album, Alanis, in Canada only. A second demo tape was recorded on cassette in August 1989 and sent to Geffen Records, but the tape has never been heard as it was stolen, among other records, in a burglary of the label's headquarters in October 1989. Morissette recorded her first demo called "Fate Stay with Me", produced by Lindsay Thomas Morgan at Marigold Studios in Toronto, engineered by Rich Dodson of Canadian classic rock band The Stampeders. Music career 1987–1992: Alanis and Now Is the Time She appeared on the children's television sketch comedy You Can't Do That on Television for five episodes when she was in junior high school. She attended Holy Family Catholic School for elementary school and Immaculata High School for Grades 7 and 8 before completing the rest of her high school at Glebe Collegiate Institute.

In 1981, at the age of seven, she began dance lessons. When she was six years old, she returned to Ottawa and started to play the piano. Between the ages of three and six she lived with her parents in Lahr ( Black Forest), Germany. Her parents were teachers in a military school and due to their work often had to move. Her father is of French and Irish descent, whereas her mother has Hungarian and Jewish ancestry. She has two brothers: older brother Chad is a business entrepreneur, and twin brother (12 minutes older) Wade Morissette is a musician.

Morissette was born June 1, 1974, at Riverside Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to teacher Georgia Mary Ann ( née Feuerstein) and high-school principal and French teacher Alan Richard Morissette.

2.4 2001–2005: Under Rug Swept and So-Called Chaos.2.3 1998–2000: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie and Alanis Unplugged.Morissette has sold more than 75 million records worldwide and has been dubbed the "Queen of Alt-Rock Angst" by Rolling Stone. Her ninth album, Such Pretty Forks in the Road, was released in 2020.

Morissette assumed creative control and producing duties for her subsequent studio albums, including Under Rug Swept (2002), So-Called Chaos (2004), Flavors of Entanglement (2008), and Havoc and Bright Lights (2012). Her more experimental follow-up album, electronic-infused Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998. This was made into a rock musical of the same name in 2017, which earned 15 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. In 1995, she released Jagged Little Pill, a more rock-oriented album which sold more than 33 million copies globally and is her most critically acclaimed work to date. Afterward, as part of a recording deal, she moved to Holmby Hills, Los Angeles. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with two mildly successful dance-pop albums. Alanis Nadine Morissette ( / ə ˈ l ɑː n ɪ s ˌ m ɒr ɪ ˈ s ɛ t/ ə- LAH-niss MORR-ih- SET born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American musician, singer, songwriter and actress.
