Alanis Morissette

Award-winning Canadian singer and songwriter Alanis Morissette weaves alternative rock angst with a mainstream pop sense on deeply poetic confessionals. A former child actress turned dance-pop diva in her native Canada, she transformed herself into one of the biggest stars of the era alongside kindred spirits like Liz Phair and Tori Amos. Her breakthrough, Jagged Little Pill, caught the zeitgeist of the mid-'90s, splitting the difference between Gen-X cynicism and genuine emotional candor. Spinning off a series of enduring, chart-topping singles, including "You Oughta Know," "...