Alanis Morissette

Getting her start with Canadian bubblegum pop in the early-1990s, Alanis Morissette reinvented herself as an angst-ridden hippie/alternative rocker by the middle of the decade. The makeover paid off splendidly, as Morissette scored one of the best-selling rock albums of the '90s with JAGGED LITTLE PILL, inspiring a generation of angry young women. She even made a tongue-in-cheek appearance portraying God in the '99 cult film DOGMA. Though subsequent recordings were unable to top PILL's impact, Morissette's work subsequently veered off in some interesting directions, incorporating Eastern melodic sensibilities and a harder-rocking sound, occasionally coming off like a feminist update of "Kashmir"-era Led Zeppelin.

• singer songwriter
• 1990s
• 2000s