It could be said Alanis Morissette was born with music in her blood. Born in Ottawa, Canada, Morissette began writing and performing her own songs in early childhood. Featured as a child television actress, Morissette saved her earnings from TV to cut her first single at the age of 10. Concentrating on music from then on, Morissette would sign her first music contract at the age of 14. The contract eventually led to a record deal with MCA Canada, where the still teenaged Morissette released her first album, Alanis.

Following the release of her sophomore effort Now Is the Time in 1992, a hit in Morissette's native Canada, the songwriter moved to Los Angeles to try her luck in the United States. It was in California that Morissette met legendary producer Glen Ballard who would produce Morissette's breakthrough album in 1995. Pursuing an edgier, alternative pop style, Morissette and Ballard went platinum with the songwriter's confessional album; Jagged Little Pill.

A bona fide hit with music fans, Jagged Little Pill gained Morissette a large following, Thanks to heavy MTV and radio airplay, the album quickly shot into Top Ten playlists and earned Morissette an armload of Grammy Awards in 1996, including Album of the Year.

Morissette's emotional, revealing songcraft resulted in headlining tours with Sarah McLaughlin's Lilith Fair, (and the attention of director Kevin Smith- who featured Morissette in the surprise role of God in his controversial film, Dogma). Morissette followed up her breakthrough with the release of two lauded albums, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie and Under Rug Swept in 1998 and 2002, respectively.

Steering herself and her music into a new dimension, Morissette's new music proves that she has transformed her confrontational, edgy style, while retaining her matchless confidence. If Jagged Little Pill was Morissette angry at botched love, then So-Called Chaos, Morissette's 2004 release, sounds like a woman coming to terms with the limitations of love, while musically maturing in the process.