Alanis Morissette

Alternative / Pop

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," "Hand in My Pocket," and "Ironic," and winning the 1996 Grammy for Album of the Year, the LP became an international blockbuster, securing a dedicated fan base and a lasting career that gently matured on 1998's Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie and the global chart-topper, 2002's Under Rug Swept. While Top 40 hits slowed after "Hands Clean" from the latter album, Morissette worked steadily through the aughts and 2010s on efforts like 2008's Flavors of Entanglement and 2012's Havoc and Bright Lights, which returned her to the top of the Canadian charts for the first time in a decade. In 2020, she launched 25th anniversary celebrations for Jagged Little Pill and even adapted the album for a Tony-nominated Broadway musical. Not one to rest on nostalgia, she continued to release new music, with Such Pretty Forks in the Road and 2022's ambient meditation project, The Storm Before the Calm.