Canadian-American singer-songwriter born June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Canada. Initial Canadian teen-pop releases (1991-1992) preceded her global commercial breakthrough as an alternative-rock artist in 1995.
Released nine studio albums starting with Alanis (1991). Commercial peak: Jagged Little Pill (1995), which sold over 33 million copies worldwide on the strength of "You Oughta Know," "Hand in My Pocket," "Ironic," and "You Learn." Subsequent peaks include Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998). Eight Grammy Awards. Jagged Little Pill was adapted into a Broadway musical that opened in 2019.