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Alanis Morisette

By the age of 21, Ottawa, Canada native Alanis Morissette had established herself as the musical voice of the fight for strength and self-realization. Alanis's U.S. debut album Jagged Little Pill was released in early 1995 on Madonna's Maverick Records. And no one--least of all the artist herself--could've predicted that she'd sell nearly 20 million albums, making hers one of the successful debut albums ever released.

Alanis wrote all of the lyrics for this record when she was 19 years-old, and enlisted the help of veteran musical collaborator Glen Ballard, most famous previously for his work with Wilson Phillips, to pen the music. This was an interesting choice for Alanis, whose music was confrontational and revolutionary rather than pop-cute and...
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