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}} Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American alternative rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. Morissette began her career in Canada, in 1991, Morissette signed a two-album recording contract with MCA Records Canada where she released two commercially successful dance-pop albums, ''Alanis'' (1991) and ''Now Is the Time'' (1992). Following the release of the albums Morissette left MCA Records Canada and was introduced to manager Scott Welch. Morissette began working on new music, after moving from her hometown of Ottawa to Toronto, but did not make much progress until travelling to Los Angeles, where she met Glen Ballard. Together the pair began creating what would become ''Jagged Little Pill'', and by the spring of 1995, she had signed a deal with Maverick Records. ''Jagged Little Pill'' was a departure from Morissette's previous work and featured rock genres. Released in 1995 ''Jagged Little Pill'' was a huge success and sold more than 33 million units globally. Her following album, ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'', was released in 1998. Morissette took up producing duties for her subsequent albums, which include ''Under Rug Swept'' (2002), ''So-Called Chaos'' (2004), and ''Flavors of Entanglement'' (2008). Her eighth studio album, ''Havoc and Bright Lights'', was released in 2012. Morissette has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. Morissette is also known for her powerful and emotive mezzo-soprano voice.〔(POP REVIEW; A Good Girl Getting Good and Mad )〕 She has been dubbed by ''Rolling Stone'' as the "Queen of alt-rock angst".〔http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/alanis-morissette/biography Alanis' Bio〕 == Early life == Morissette was born June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Canada, to teacher Georgia Mary Ann (née Feuerstein) and high-school principal Alan Richard Morissette. She has two siblings: older brother Chad is a business entrepreneur, and twin brother (12 minutes older) Wade is a musician. Her father was of French and Irish descent and her mother had Hungarian ancestry. Her parents were teachers in a military school and due to their work often had to move. From 1977 to 1980 Morissette spent three years of her childhood in Germany. When she was six years old, she returned to Ottawa and started to play the piano. In 1981, when she was seven years old, she began dance lessons. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Morissette stands on rocky pedestal )〕 Morissette had a Catholic upbringing. 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 (Ottawa, Canada). She appeared on the children's television show ''You Can't Do That on Television'' for five episodes when she was in elementary school. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alanis Morissette」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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