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Alanis Morissette was born June 1st 1974 in Ottawa, Ontario Canada. With the money she earned while doing "You Can't Do That On Television", Alanis wrote her first song (at 9 years old) and put out a self-made record, "Fate Stay with Me". When Alanis was a teenager, she made two pop records in Canada - "Alanis" and "Now Is The Time". "Alanis" went platinum in Canada and also won a Juno for Best New Female Artist of the year, which is amazing for a 16 year-old. She moved to Los Angeles from Toronto when she was 20 years old. She met up and connected with producer Glen Ballard. After Guy Osery heard the song "Perfect" on the Demo tape, he knew he had to work with her; therefore, Alanis was signed to Maverick Records. Alanis' first album with Maverick records - "Jagged Little Pill" came out on June 13th, 1995, and debuts at ..118. Maverick thought it would sell about 100,000 copies. Well, the album bypassed that numbe