Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress of dual Canadian and American citizenship. She was born on June 1, 1974.

Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, under MCA Records. Her international debut album was the rock-influenced Jagged Little Pill, which is the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the U.S., and the highest selling debut album worldwide in music history.

According to RIAA and United World Charts, Alanis is defined as the biggest selling female rock artist in music. Morissette took up producing duties for her subsequent albums, which include Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, Under Rug Swept, So-Called Chaos and her upcoming release Flavors of Entanglement. Alanis became an American citizen in 2005.

She has won twelve Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, and has sold more than 55 million albums worldwide.

Morissette released the greatest hits album Alanis Morissette: The Collection in late 2005. The lead single and only new track, a cover of Seal's "Crazy," was a U.S. adult top 40 and dance hit, but it achieved only minimal chart success elsewhere, as did the album. A limited edition of The Collection features a DVD including a documentary with videos of two unreleased songs from Morissette's 1996 Can't Not Tour: "King of Intimation" and "Can't Not." (A reworked version of "Can't Not" had also appeared on Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie.)

On February 11, 2005 Morissette performed at the House Of Blues. She created an unknown CD with live live performances. Two of the Songs were performed Avril Lavigne; one of hers, and one of Avril's.

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