Alanis Morissette. As unusual as the name is, the career of the woman born on June 1, 1974 in the Canadian capital of Ottawa is also unusual. The paths that lead Morissette to world fame from the mid-nineties are anything but straight as a die. Alanis learned to play the piano at a young age and wrote her first songs. In 1995, at the age of 20, Alanis Morissette released her first international album "Jagged Little Pill" which had an unexpectedly big success. The album only peaked at number 118 on the Billboard 200 chart, but climbed with the success of singles "You Oughta Know", "Hand In My Pocket", "You Learn", "Head Over Feet" and "Ironic". up to number 1. The album sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, 16 million of them in the USA alone. Since then she has definitely been one of the absolute superstars worldwide.