Alanis Nadine Morissette (born in Ottawa, 1 June 1974) is a dual-citizen Canadian -American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She has won twelve Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, and has sold more than sixty million albums worldwide. 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. She is one of the top 20 best selling female artists in music and is the best selling female rock artist ever. 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 .
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