Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She has won 12 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards. 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 debut album was the rock-influenced Jagged Little Pill, which remains the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the U.S., and the highest selling debut album worldwide, selling 30 million units worldwide.[1] Her following album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998 and was a success as well. Morissette took up producing duties for her subsequent albums, which include Under Rug Swept, So-Called Chaos and Flavors of Entanglement. Morissette has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.[2][3] In February 2005, Morissette became a naturalized citizen of the United States while maintaining her Canadian citizenship.[4]
[edit] Albums
[edit] Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(thresholds)
CAN
[3]
US
[4] UK
[5] AUS
[6] FRA
[7] GER
[3]
ITA
[8] AUT
[9] SWI
[10] NL
[11] NOR
[12] SWE
[13] BEL
[14] NZ
[15]
1991 Alanis
Released: 6 April 1991
Label: MCA (#MCAC-10253)
Format: CD, CS
28[16] – – – – – – – – – – – – – CAN: Platinum[17]
1992 Now Is the Time
Released: August 1992
Label: MCA (#MCAD-10731)
Format: CD, CS
– – – – – – – – – – – – – –
1995 Jagged Little Pill
Released: 13 June 1995
Label: Maverick (#945901-2)
Format: CD, CS, LP
1 1 1 1 6 3 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 CAN: 12× Platinum[17]
US: 16× Platinum[18]
UK: 10× Platinum[19]
EU: 7× Platinum[20]
1998 Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Released: 3 November 1998
Label: Maverick (#9362472392)
Format: CD, CS, LP
2 1 3 2 5 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 5 1 CAN: 4× Platinum[17]
US: 3× Platinum[18]
UK: Platinum[19]
EU: 2× Platinum[21]
2002 Under Rug Swept
Released: 26 February 2002
Label: Maverick (#947988-2)
Format: CD
1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 11 CAN Platinum[17]
US: Platinum[18]
UK: Gold[19]
2004 So-Called Chaos
Released: 18 May 2004
Label: Maverick (#48555-2)
Format: CD, DLD
2 5 8 15 5 1 4 1 2 1 2 10 13 – UK: Silver[19]
2008 Flavors of Entanglement
Released: 2 June 2008
Label: Maverick (#269308-2)
Format: CD, DLD
3 8 15 17 6 8 8 3 1 7 12 36 8 35
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Notes
Morissette's first two albums were released in Canada only. Jagged Little Pill is her international debut album.
[edit] Other albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[3] U.S.
[4] UK
[5] AUS
[6] FRA
[7] GER
[3]
ITA
[8] AUT
[9] SWI
[10] NL
[11] NOR
[12] SWE
[13] BEL
[14]
1999 MTV Unplugged
Released: 9 November 1999
Label: Maverick (#947589-2)
Format: CD, LP
50 63 8 – 21 5 6 5 4 57 6 56 10 US: Gold[18]
UK: Gold[19]
UK: Platinum[22]
GER: Platinum[23]
2002 Feast on Scraps
Released: 10 December 2002
Label: Maverick (#759938533-2)
Format: CD/DVD
– 194 – – – – – – – – – – –
2004 iTunes Originals
Released: 15 June 2004
Label: Maverick
Format: DLD
– – – – – – – – – – – – –
2005 Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
Released: 13 June 2005
Label: Maverick (#49345-2)
Format: CD, DLD
19 50 11 21 8 15 38 9 5 28 – – 19
The Collection
Released: 15 November 2005
Label: Maverick (#CDW49490)
Format: CD, CD/DVD, DLD
– 51 44 – – 18 16 12 9 10 6 – 44 GER: Gold[23]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
[edit] Extended plays
Year Album details
1995 Space Cakes[B]
Released: 1995
Label: Maverick (#WPCR-455)
Format: CD
Notes
B ^Released in Japan only.
[edit] Singles
Year Song Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds) Album
CAN
[3] U.S.
[4] U.S.
Pop
[4] UK
[5] AUS
[6] NL
[11] NZ
[15]
1991 "Too Hot" 14[24] – – – – – – Alanis
"Walk Away" 35[25] – – – – – –
"Feel Your Love" 24[26] – – – – – –
1992 "Plastic" 67[27] – – – – – –
"An Emotion Away" 24[28] – – – – – – Now Is the Time
1993 "No Apologies" 14[29] – – – – – –
"Real World" 85[30] – – – – – –
"(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time" 30[31] – – – – – –
1995 "You Oughta Know" 20 6 7 22 4 17 25 Jagged Little Pill
"Hand in My Pocket" 1 – 4 26 13 86 7
1996 "Ironic" 1 4 1 11 3 6 3 US: Gold[18]
"You Learn" 1 6 1 24 20 – 13
"Head over Feet" 1 – 1 7 12 24 27 AUS: Gold[32]
1997 "All I Really Want" 2 – – 59 40 – –
1998 "Uninvited" – – 1 – – – – City of Angels OST
"Thank U" 1 17 2 5 15 8 2 AUS: Gold[33]
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
"Joining You" 30 – – 28 – 51 –
1999 "Unsent" 9 58 21 – 85 – 28
"So Pure" – – 38 38 – – –
"That I Would Be Good" (unplugged) – – – – – 55 – MTV Unplugged
2000 "King of Pain" (unplugged) – – – – – 92 –
2002 "Hands Clean" 1 23 19 12 9 15 1 AUS: Gold[34]
Under Rug Swept
"Precious Illusions" 4 – – 53 41 79 –
2004 "Everything" 3 76 – 22 15 43 – So-Called Chaos
"Out Is Through" – – – 56 – 76 –
"Eight Easy Steps" – – – – – – –
2005 "Crazy" 29 106 – 65 61 40 – The Collection
2008 "Underneath" 15 – – 99 – – – Flavors of Entanglement
"In Praise of the Vulnerable Man" – – – – – – –
"Not as We" – 122 – – – – –
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
[edit] Video albums
Year Album details
1997 Jagged Little Pill, Live
Released: 2 July 1997
Label: Maverick (#7599-38476-2)
Format: VHS, DVD
2002 Live in the Navajo Nation
Released: 27 August 2002
Label: Maverick
Format: DVD
Feast on Scraps
Released: 10 December 2002
Label: Maverick (#759938533-2)
Format: CD+DVD
2005 VH1 Storytellers
Released: 26 April 2005
Label: Maverick (#0349704162)
Format: DVD
The Collection
Released: 15 November 2005
Label: Maverick (#936249563-2)
Format: CD+DVD
[edit] Miscellaneous
Year Song Album Notes
1998 "Spoon" Before These Crowded Streets Provided backing vocals for the Dave Matthews Band.
"Don't Drink the Water"
"Halloween"
"Mindfield" Vertical Man Provided backing vocals for Ringo Starr.
"Drift Away"
"I Was Walkin'"
1999 "Mercy" The Prayer Cycle Performed with Salif Keita.
"Hope" Performed with Devin Provenzano and The American Boychoir.
"Innocence" Performed with Salif Keita.
"Faith" Performed with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
"Are You Still Mad" Live in the X Lounge II Recorded live for alternative rock radio station, WRAX.
2001 "Excess" & "Question/Diss Never" Blowback Provided vocals vocals for Tricky.
[edit] Soundtrack appearances
Year Song Film
1998 "Uninvited" City of Angels
1999 "Still" Dogma
2004 "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" De-Lovely
2005 "Wunderkind" The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2006 "Crazy" The Devil Wears Prada
"Everything" Clerks II
[edit] Albums
[edit] Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(thresholds)
CAN
[3]
US
[4] UK
[5] AUS
[6] FRA
[7] GER
[3]
ITA
[8] AUT
[9] SWI
[10] NL
[11] NOR
[12] SWE
[13] BEL
[14] NZ
[15]
1991 Alanis
Released: 6 April 1991
Label: MCA (#MCAC-10253)
Format: CD, CS
28[16] – – – – – – – – – – – – – CAN: Platinum[17]
1992 Now Is the Time
Released: August 1992
Label: MCA (#MCAD-10731)
Format: CD, CS
– – – – – – – – – – – – – –
1995 Jagged Little Pill
Released: 13 June 1995
Label: Maverick (#945901-2)
Format: CD, CS, LP
1 1 1 1 6 3 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 CAN: 12× Platinum[17]
US: 16× Platinum[18]
UK: 10× Platinum[19]
EU: 7× Platinum[20]
1998 Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Released: 3 November 1998
Label: Maverick (#9362472392)
Format: CD, CS, LP
2 1 3 2 5 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 5 1 CAN: 4× Platinum[17]
US: 3× Platinum[18]
UK: Platinum[19]
EU: 2× Platinum[21]
2002 Under Rug Swept
Released: 26 February 2002
Label: Maverick (#947988-2)
Format: CD
1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 11 CAN Platinum[17]
US: Platinum[18]
UK: Gold[19]
2004 So-Called Chaos
Released: 18 May 2004
Label: Maverick (#48555-2)
Format: CD, DLD
2 5 8 15 5 1 4 1 2 1 2 10 13 – UK: Silver[19]
2008 Flavors of Entanglement
Released: 2 June 2008
Label: Maverick (#269308-2)
Format: CD, DLD
3 8 15 17 6 8 8 3 1 7 12 36 8 35
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Notes
Morissette's first two albums were released in Canada only. Jagged Little Pill is her international debut album.
[edit] Other albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[3] U.S.
[4] UK
[5] AUS
[6] FRA
[7] GER
[3]
ITA
[8] AUT
[9] SWI
[10] NL
[11] NOR
[12] SWE
[13] BEL
[14]
1999 MTV Unplugged
Released: 9 November 1999
Label: Maverick (#947589-2)
Format: CD, LP
50 63 8 – 21 5 6 5 4 57 6 56 10 US: Gold[18]
UK: Gold[19]
UK: Platinum[22]
GER: Platinum[23]
2002 Feast on Scraps
Released: 10 December 2002
Label: Maverick (#759938533-2)
Format: CD/DVD
– 194 – – – – – – – – – – –
2004 iTunes Originals
Released: 15 June 2004
Label: Maverick
Format: DLD
– – – – – – – – – – – – –
2005 Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
Released: 13 June 2005
Label: Maverick (#49345-2)
Format: CD, DLD
19 50 11 21 8 15 38 9 5 28 – – 19
The Collection
Released: 15 November 2005
Label: Maverick (#CDW49490)
Format: CD, CD/DVD, DLD
– 51 44 – – 18 16 12 9 10 6 – 44 GER: Gold[23]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
[edit] Extended plays
Year Album details
1995 Space Cakes[B]
Released: 1995
Label: Maverick (#WPCR-455)
Format: CD
Notes
B ^Released in Japan only.
[edit] Singles
Year Song Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds) Album
CAN
[3] U.S.
[4] U.S.
Pop
[4] UK
[5] AUS
[6] NL
[11] NZ
[15]
1991 "Too Hot" 14[24] – – – – – – Alanis
"Walk Away" 35[25] – – – – – –
"Feel Your Love" 24[26] – – – – – –
1992 "Plastic" 67[27] – – – – – –
"An Emotion Away" 24[28] – – – – – – Now Is the Time
1993 "No Apologies" 14[29] – – – – – –
"Real World" 85[30] – – – – – –
"(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time" 30[31] – – – – – –
1995 "You Oughta Know" 20 6 7 22 4 17 25 Jagged Little Pill
"Hand in My Pocket" 1 – 4 26 13 86 7
1996 "Ironic" 1 4 1 11 3 6 3 US: Gold[18]
"You Learn" 1 6 1 24 20 – 13
"Head over Feet" 1 – 1 7 12 24 27 AUS: Gold[32]
1997 "All I Really Want" 2 – – 59 40 – –
1998 "Uninvited" – – 1 – – – – City of Angels OST
"Thank U" 1 17 2 5 15 8 2 AUS: Gold[33]
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
"Joining You" 30 – – 28 – 51 –
1999 "Unsent" 9 58 21 – 85 – 28
"So Pure" – – 38 38 – – –
"That I Would Be Good" (unplugged) – – – – – 55 – MTV Unplugged
2000 "King of Pain" (unplugged) – – – – – 92 –
2002 "Hands Clean" 1 23 19 12 9 15 1 AUS: Gold[34]
Under Rug Swept
"Precious Illusions" 4 – – 53 41 79 –
2004 "Everything" 3 76 – 22 15 43 – So-Called Chaos
"Out Is Through" – – – 56 – 76 –
"Eight Easy Steps" – – – – – – –
2005 "Crazy" 29 106 – 65 61 40 – The Collection
2008 "Underneath" 15 – – 99 – – – Flavors of Entanglement
"In Praise of the Vulnerable Man" – – – – – – –
"Not as We" – 122 – – – – –
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
[edit] Video albums
Year Album details
1997 Jagged Little Pill, Live
Released: 2 July 1997
Label: Maverick (#7599-38476-2)
Format: VHS, DVD
2002 Live in the Navajo Nation
Released: 27 August 2002
Label: Maverick
Format: DVD
Feast on Scraps
Released: 10 December 2002
Label: Maverick (#759938533-2)
Format: CD+DVD
2005 VH1 Storytellers
Released: 26 April 2005
Label: Maverick (#0349704162)
Format: DVD
The Collection
Released: 15 November 2005
Label: Maverick (#936249563-2)
Format: CD+DVD
[edit] Miscellaneous
Year Song Album Notes
1998 "Spoon" Before These Crowded Streets Provided backing vocals for the Dave Matthews Band.
"Don't Drink the Water"
"Halloween"
"Mindfield" Vertical Man Provided backing vocals for Ringo Starr.
"Drift Away"
"I Was Walkin'"
1999 "Mercy" The Prayer Cycle Performed with Salif Keita.
"Hope" Performed with Devin Provenzano and The American Boychoir.
"Innocence" Performed with Salif Keita.
"Faith" Performed with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
"Are You Still Mad" Live in the X Lounge II Recorded live for alternative rock radio station, WRAX.
2001 "Excess" & "Question/Diss Never" Blowback Provided vocals vocals for Tricky.
[edit] Soundtrack appearances
Year Song Film
1998 "Uninvited" City of Angels
1999 "Still" Dogma
2004 "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" De-Lovely
2005 "Wunderkind" The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2006 "Crazy" The Devil Wears Prada
"Everything" Clerks II