Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, she became a cultural phenomenon during the mid s and early s. Morissette began her music career in Canada in the early s with two dance-pop albums: Alanis and Now Is the Time After relocating to Los Angeles , she released the alternative rock album Jagged Little Pill , which became one of the best-selling albums of all time and has appeared on several all-time lists.
She continued this success with her next album Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie , which saw her adapt an experimental sound and was highly anticipated. She served as the sole producer of her fifth album Under Rug Swept , and took on further creative control and production duties. Morissette holds the record for the most number ones on the weekly Billboard Alternative Songs chart among female soloists, group leaders, or duo members.
Rolling Stone deemed her the "queen of alt-rock angst", [ 17 ] and VH1 ranked her the 53rd-greatest woman in rock and roll. In , the family moved to Lahr in what was then West Germany , where Morissette's parents started working as teachers at the local CAF base. Morissette is known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting. Morissette co-wrote every track on the album with its producer, Leslie Howe. The dance-pop album went platinum , [ 41 ] and its first single, " Too Hot ", reached the top 20 on the RPM singles chart.
Morissette's popularity, style of music and appearance, particularly that of her hair, led her to become known as the Debbie Gibson of Canada; [ 42 ] comparisons to Tiffany were also common. During the same period, she was a concert opening act for rapper Vanilla Ice. In , she released her second album, Now Is the Time , a ballad -driven record that featured less glitzy production than Alanis and contained more thoughtful lyrics.
She said of the album, "People could go, 'Boo, hiss, hiss, this girl's like another Tiffany or whatever. The industry considered it a commercial failure since it sold only a little more than half the copies of her first album.
