Coordinates	40°26′30″N80°00′00″N
Name	Glen Ballard
Background	solo_singer
Born	May 01, 1953Natchez, Mississippi United States
Genre	rhythm and blues, rock, pop music
Occupation	Songwriter, Record producer
Instrument	Keyboards, Synthesizer, Guitar
Years active	1978–present
Notable instruments	}}

Glen Ballard (born May 1, 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi) is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's ''Jagged Little Pill'' (1995), which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the ''Rolling Stone'' amongst ''The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time''. He was involved in the recording and writing of Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'' and ''Bad''. As a writer he co-wrote songs like "Man in the Mirror" (1987) and "Hand in My Pocket" (1995). He is the founder of Java Records.

He won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture for the song ''Believe'' (''The Polar Express'').

Discography

He has performed on, or produced, the following:

Michael Jackson — ''Thriller'' (1982)

Pointer Sisters — ''Break Out'' (1983)

Patti Austin — ''Patti Austin'' (1984)

Jack Wagner — ''All I Need'' (1984)

Jack Wagner — ''Lighting Up the Night'' (1985)

Teddy Pendergrass — ''Workin' It Back'' (1985)

Michael Jackson — ''Bad'' (1987)

Jack Wagner — ''Don't Give Up Your Day Job'' (1987)

Paula Abdul — ''Forever Your Girl'' (1989)

Paula Abdul'' — Shut Up And Dance'' (1990)

Wilson Phillips — ''Wilson Phillips'' (1990)

Curtis Stigers — ''Curtis Stigers '' (1991)

Michael Jackson — ''Dangerous'' (1991)

Wilson Phillips — ''Shadows and Light'' (1992)

Trey Lorenz — ''Trey Lorenz'' (1992)

Jack Wagner — ''Alone in the Crowd'' (1993)

K. T. Oslin — ''Greatest Hits: Songs from an Aging Sex Bomb'' (1993)

Lea Salonga — ''Lea Salonga'' (1993)

Evelyn King — ''Love Come Down: The Best of Evelyn "Champagne" King'' (1993)

Alanis Morissette — ''Jagged Little Pill'' (1995)

Sheena Easton — ''My Cherie'' (1995)

Chynna Phillips — ''Naked And Sacred'' (1995)

Curtis Stigers — ''Time Was'' (1995)

Van Halen — ''Best of Volume I'' ("Me Wise Magic" and "Can't Get This Stuff No More") (1996)

Aerosmith — ''Nine Lives'' (1997)

The Corrs — ''Talk On Corners'' (1997)

Alanis Morissette — ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' (1998)

The Moffats — ''Chapter I: A New Beginning'' (1999)

No Doubt — ''Return of Saturn'' (2000)

TITAN A.E. — ''Music From The Motion Picture'' (2000)

Judith Owen — ''Limited Edition'' (2000)

Bliss 66 — ''Trip to the 13th'' (2001)

Shakira — "The One" (2001)

Dave Matthews Band — ''Everyday'' (2001)

''Crashed...'' (2001)

Christina Aguilera — ''Stripped'' (2002) (co-wrote The Voice Within)

Lisa Marie Presley — ''To Whom It May Concern'' (2003)

Elisa — ''Pearl Days'' (2004)

Alanis Morissette — ''Jagged Little Pill Acoustic'' (2005)

O.A.R. — ''Stories of a Stranger'' (2005)

Anastacia — ''Anastacia'' (2004)

Goo Goo Dolls — ''Let Love In'' (2006)

P.O.D. — ''Testify'' (2006)

Annie Lennox — ''Dark Road'' (2007)

Carina Round — ''Slow Motion Addict'' (2007)

Emmy Rossum — ''Inside Out'' (2007)

Annie Lennox — ''Songs of Mass Destruction'' (2007)

Anouk — ''Who's Your Momma'' (2007)

''A Hero Comes Home'' (2007)

Idina Menzel — ''I Stand'' (2008)

Anna Vissi — ''Apagorevmeno'' (2008)

Wilson Phillips — ''Christmas in Harmony'' (2010)

Stevie Nicks — ''In Your Dreams'' (2011) (produced tracks with Dave Stewart)

Screenplay

Ballard wrote the screenplay for ''Clubland,'' an ill-received music-driven film about an aspiring musician in Los Angeles. He has written songs in half-a-dozen films including ''The Slugger’s Wife'', ''Navy Seals'', and ''Batman: Mask of the Phantasm''.

Further reading

''Glen Ballard songbook''. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. ISBN 0793552540.

See also

Albums produced by Glen Ballard

Songs written by Glen Ballard

References

External links

Official website

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Coordinates	40°26′30″N80°00′00″N
name	Alanis Morissette
background	solo_singer
birth name	Alanis Nadine Morissette
birth date	June 01, 1974
origin	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
children	Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway
instrument	Piano, guitar, flute, harmonica, bass, vocals
genre	Alternative rockPop rockElectronica
occupation	Singer, songwriter, actress, record producer
years active	1987–present
label	MCA Records Canada, Maverick, Warner Bros., Epiphany Music
website
spouse	Mario "MC Souleye" Treadway
children	Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway (born December 25, 2010) }}

Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination. Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, ''Alanis'' and ''Now Is the Time,'' under MCA Records Canada.

Her first international album was the rock-influenced ''Jagged Little Pill'', released in 1995. ''Jagged'' has sold more than 33 million units globally and became the best-selling debut album in music history. Her following album, ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'', was released in 1998 and was a success as well. Morissette took up producing duties for her subsequent albums, which include ''Under Rug Swept'', ''So-Called Chaos'' and ''Flavors of Entanglement''. Morissette has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide.

Early life

Morissette was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Georgia Mary Ann (née Feuerstein), a Hungarian-born teacher, and Alan Richard Morissette, a French-Canadian high school principal. She has a twin brother Wade Morissette (also a musician) who was born 12 minutes after her. Morissette's parents were devout Catholics. She attended Glebe Collegiate Institute (Ottawa, Canada) for high school.

Music career

1990–92: ''Alanis'' and ''Now Is the Time''

In 1991 MCA Records Canada released Morissette's debut album, ''Alanis'', in Canada only. Morissette co-wrote every track on the album with its producer, Leslie Howe. By the time it was released, she had dropped her stage name and was credited simply as Alanis. The dance-pop album went platinum, and its first single, "Too Hot", reached the top twenty on the ''RPM'' singles chart. Subsequent singles "Walk Away" and "Feel Your Love" reached the top forty. Morissette's popularity, style of music and appearance, particularly that of her hair, led her to become known as the Debbie Gibson of Canada; comparisons to Tiffany were also common. During the same period, she was a concert opening act for rapper Vanilla Ice. Morissette was nominated for three 1992 Juno Awards: Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year (which she won), Single of the Year and Best Dance Recording (both for "Too Hot").

In 1992, 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. Morissette wrote the songs with the album's producer, Leslie Howe, and Serge Côté. She said of the album, "people could go, 'Boo, hiss, hiss, this girl's like another Tiffany or whatever.' But the way I look at it ... people will like your next album if it's a suck-ass one." As with ''Alanis'', ''Now Is the Time'' was released only in Canada and produced three top forty singles—"An Emotion Away", the minor adult contemporary hit "No Apologies" and "(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time". It was a commercial failure, however, selling only a little more than half the copies of her first album. With her two-album deal with MCA Records Canada complete, Morissette was left without a major label contract.

1993–97: Move to Los Angeles and ''Jagged Little Pill''

In 1993 Morissette's publisher MCA Music Publishing introduced her to manager Scott Welch. Welch told HitQuarters he was impressed by her "spectacular voice", her character and her lyrics. At the time she was still living at home with her parents. Together they decided it would be best for her career to move to Toronto and start writing with other people. After graduating from high school, Morissette moved from Ottawa to Toronto. Her publisher funded part of her development and when she met producer and songwriter Glen Ballard, he believed in her talent enough to let her use his studio. The two wrote and recorded Morissette's first internationally released album, ''Jagged Little Pill'', and by the spring of 1995, she had signed a deal with Maverick Records. According to manager Welch every label they had approached had passed on Morissette apart from Maverick.

Maverick Records released ''Jagged Little Pill'' internationally in 1995. The album was expected only to sell enough for Morissette to make a follow-up, but the situation changed quickly when KROQ-FM, an influential Los Angeles modern rock radio station, began playing "You Oughta Know", the album's first single. The song instantly garnered attention for its scathing, explicit lyrics, and a subsequent music video went into heavy rotation on MTV and MuchMusic.

After the success of "You Oughta Know", the album's other hit singles helped send ''Jagged Little Pill'' to the top of the charts. "All I Really Want" and "Hand In My Pocket" followed, but the fourth U.S. single, "Ironic", became Morissette's biggest hit. "You Learn" and "Head over Feet", the fifth and sixth singles, respectively, kept ''Jagged Little Pill'' in the top twenty on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart for more than a year. According to the RIAA, ''Jagged Little Pill'' sold more than 16 million copies in the U.S.; it sold 33 million worldwide, making it the third biggest selling album by a female artist. Morissette's popularity grew significantly in Canada, where the album was certified twelve times platinum and produced four ''RPM'' chart-toppers: "Hand In My Pocket", "Ironic", "You Learn", and "Head over Feet". The album was also a bestseller in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Morissette's success with ''Jagged Little Pill'' was credited with leading to the introduction of female singers such as Shakira, Tracy Bonham, Meredith Brooks, Patti Rothberg and, in the early 2000s, Pink and fellow Canadian Avril Lavigne. She was criticized for collaborating with producer and supposed image-maker Ballard, and her previous albums also proved a hindrance for her respectability. Morissette and the album won six Juno Awards in 1996: Album of the Year, Single of the Year ("You Oughta Know"), Female Vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Best Rock Album. At the 1996 Grammy Awards, she won Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, Best Rock Song (both for "You Oughta Know"), Best Rock Album and Album of the Year.

Later in 1996, Morissette embarked on an eighteen-month world tour in support of ''Jagged Little Pill,'' beginning in small clubs and ending in large venues. Taylor Hawkins, who later joined the Foo Fighters, was the tour's drummer. "Ironic" was nominated for two 1997 Grammy Awards—Record of the Year and Best Music Video, Short Form—and won Single of the Year at the 1997 Juno Awards, where Morissette also won Songwriter of the Year and the International Achievement Award. The video ''Jagged Little Pill, Live,'' which was co-directed by Morissette and chronicled the bulk of her tour, won a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form.

Following the stressful tour, Morissette started practicing Iyengar Yoga for balancing, and after the last December 1996 show, she headed to India for six weeks, accompanied by her mother, two aunts and two female friends.

1998–2000: ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' and ''Alanis Unplugged''

Morissette was featured as a guest vocalist on Ringo Starr's cover of "Drift Away" on his 1998 album, ''Vertical Man'', and on the songs "Don't Drink the Water" and "Spoon" on the Dave Matthews Band album ''Before These Crowded Streets''. She recorded the song "Uninvited" for the soundtrack to the 1998 film ''City of Angels''. Although the track was never commercially released as a single, it received widespread radio airplay in the U.S. At the 1999 Grammy Awards, it won in the categories of Best Rock Song and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, and was nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. Later in 1998, Morissette released her fourth album, ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'', which she wrote and produced with Glen Ballard.

Privately, the label hoped to sell a million copies of the album on initial release; instead, it debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart with first-week sales of 469,000 copies—a record, at the time, for the highest first-week sales of an album by a female artist. The wordy, personal lyrics on ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' alienated many fans, and after the album sold considerably less than ''Jagged Little Pill'', many labelled it an example of the sophomore jinx. However, it received positive reviews, including a four-star review from ''Rolling Stone''. In Canada, it won the Juno Award for Best Album and was certified four times platinum. "Thank U", the album's only major international hit single, was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance; the music video, which featured Morissette nude, generated mild controversy. Morissette herself directed the videos for "Unsent" and "So Pure", which won, respectively, the MuchMusic Video Award for Best Director and the Juno Award for Video of the Year. The "So Pure" video features actor Dash Mihok, with whom Morissette was in a relationship at the time.

Morissette contributed vocals to "Mercy", "Hope", "Innocence", and "Faith", four tracks on Jonathan Elias's project ''The Prayer Cycle'', which was released in 1999. The same year, she released the live acoustic album ''Alanis Unplugged'', which was recorded during her appearance on the television show ''MTV Unplugged''. It featured tracks from her previous two albums alongside four new songs, including "King of Pain" (a cover of The Police song) and "No Pressure over Cappuccino", which Morissette wrote with her main guitar player, Nick Lashley. The recording of the ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' track "That I Would Be Good", released as a single, became a minor hit on hot adult contemporary radio in America. Also in 1999, Morissette released a live version of her song "Are You Still Mad" on the charity album ''Live in the X Lounge II''. For her live rendition of "So Pure" at Woodstock '99, she was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 2001 Grammy Awards. During summer 1999, Alanis toured with singer/songwriter Tori Amos on the 5 And A Half Weeks Tour in support of Amos' album ''To Venus And Back''.

2001–03: ''Under Rug Swept'' and ''Feast on Scraps''

In 2001, Morissette was featured with Stephanie McKay on the Tricky song "Excess", which is on his album ''Blowback.'' Morissette released her fifth studio album, ''Under Rug Swept,'' in February 2002. For the first time in her career, she took on the role of sole writer and producer of an album. Her band, comprising Joel Shearer, Nick Lashley, Chris Chaney, and Gary Novak, played the majority of the instruments; additional contributions came from Eric Avery, Dean DeLeo, Flea, and Meshell Ndegeocello.

''Under Rug Swept'' debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, eventually going platinum in Canada and selling one million copies in the U.S. It produced the hit single "Hands Clean", which topped the Canadian Singles Chart and received substantial radio play; for her work on "Hands Clean" and "So Unsexy", Morissette won a Juno Award for Producer of the Year. A second single, "Precious Illusions", was released, but it did not garner significant success outside Canada or U.S. hot AC radio.

Later in 2002, Morissette released the combination package ''Feast on Scraps,'' which includes a DVD of live concert and backstage documentary footage directed by her and a CD containing eight previously unreleased songs from the ''Under Rug Swept'' recording sessions. Preceded by the single "Simple Together", it sold roughly 70,000 copies in the U.S. and was nominated for a Juno Award for Music DVD of the Year.

2004–05: ''So-Called Chaos'', ''Jagged Little Pill Acoustic'' and ''The Collection''

Morissette hosted the Juno Awards of 2004 dressed in a bathrobe, which she took off to reveal a flesh-colored bodysuit, a response to the era of censorship in the U.S. caused by Janet Jackson's breast-reveal incident during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. Morissette released her sixth studio album, ''So-Called Chaos'', in May 2004. She wrote the songs on her own again, and co-produced the album with Tim Thorney and pop music producer John Shanks. The album debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart to generally mixed critical reviews, and it became Morissette's lowest seller in the U.S. The lead single, "Everything", achieved major success on adult top 40 radio in America and was moderately popular elsewhere, particularly in Canada, although it failed to reach the top forty on the U.S. Hot 100. Because the first line of the song includes the word ''asshole'', American radio stations refused to play it, and the single version was changed to include the word ''nightmare'' instead. Two other singles, "Out Is Through" and "Eight Easy Steps", fared considerably worse commercially than "Everything", although a dance mix of "Eight Easy Steps" was a U.S. club hit.

Morissette embarked on a U.S. summer tour with long-time friends and fellow Canadians Barenaked Ladies, working with the non-profit environmental organization Reverb.

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of ''Jagged Little Pill'', Morissette released a studio acoustic version, ''Jagged Little Pill Acoustic,'' in June 2005. The album was released exclusively through Starbucks' Hear Music retail concept through their coffee shops for a six-week run. The limited availability led to a dispute between Maverick Records and HMV North America, who retaliated by removing Morissette's other albums from sale for the duration of Starbucks's exclusive six-week sale. As of November 2010, ''Jagged Little Pill Acoustic'' had sold 372,000 copies in the U.S., and a video for "Hand in My Pocket" received rotation on VH1 in America. The accompanying tour ran for two months in mid 2005, with Morissette playing small theatre venues. During the same period, Morissette was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.

Morissette opened for The Rolling Stones for a few dates of their A Bigger Bang Tour in the autumn of 2005.

Morissette released the greatest hits album ''Alanis Morissette: The Collection'' in late 2005. The lead single and only new track, a cover of Seal's "Crazy", was a U.S. adult top 40 and dance hit, but it achieved only minimal chart success elsewhere. A limited edition of ''The Collection'' features a DVD including a documentary with videos of two unreleased songs from Morissette's 1996 Can't Not Tour: "King of Intimidation" and "Can't Not". (A reworked version of "Can't Not" had also appeared on ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie''.) The DVD also includes a ninety-second clip of the unreleased video for the single "Joining You". As of November 2010, ''The Collection'' had sold 373,000 copies in the U.S., according to Soundscan.

Alanis performed two songs with Avril Lavigne: Morissette's "Ironic" and Lavigne's "Losing Grip".

2006–09: ''Flavors of Entanglement''/Leaving Maverick Records

2006 marked the first year in Morissette's musical career without a single concert appearance showcasing her own songs, with the exception of an appearance on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' in January when she performed "Wunderkind".

On April 1, 2007, Morissette released a tongue-in-cheek cover of The Black Eyed Peas's selection "My Humps", which she recorded in a slow, mournful voice, accompanied only by a piano. The accompanying YouTube-hosted video, in which she dances provocatively with a group of men and hits the ones who attempt to touch her "lady lumps", had received 16,465,653 views on February 15, 2009. Morissette did not take any interviews for a time to explain the song, and it was theorized that she did it as an April Fools' Day joke. Black Eyed Peas vocalist Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson responded by sending Morissette a buttocks-shaped cake with an approving note. On the verge of the release of her latest album, she finally elaborated on how the video came to be, citing that she became very much emotionally loaded while recording her new songs one after the other and one day she wished she could do a simple song like "My Humps" in a conversation with Guy Sigsworth and the joke just took a life of its own when they started working on it.

Morissette performed at a gig for The Nightwatchman, a.k.a. Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave fame, at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles in April 2007. The following June, she performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "O Canada", the American and Canadian national anthems, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Ottawa Senators and the Anaheim Ducks in Ottawa, Ontario. (The NHL requires arenas to perform both the American and Canadian national anthems at games involving teams from both countries.) In early 2008, Morissette participated in a tour with Matchbox Twenty and Mutemath as a special guest.

Morissette's seventh studio album, ''Flavors of Entanglement'', which was produced by Guy Sigsworth, was released in mid 2008. She has stated that in late 2008, she would embark on a North American headlining tour, but in the meantime she would be promoting the album internationally by performing at shows and festivals and making television and radio appearances. The album's first single was "Underneath", a video for which was submitted to the 2007 Elevate Film Festival, the purpose of which festival was to create documentaries, music videos, narratives and shorts regarding subjects to raise the level of human consciousness on the earth. On October 3, 2008, Morissette released the video for her latest single, "Not as We".

Morissette left Maverick Records after all promotion for ''Flavors'' was completed.

2010–present

Recently, Morissette has contributed to ''1 Giant Leap'', performing "Arrival" with Zap Mama and she has released an acoustic version of her song "Still" as part of a compilation from Music for Relief in support of the 2010 Haiti earthquake crisis. Morissette has also recorded a cover of the 1984 Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias hit, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", re-written as "To All the Boys I've Loved Before". Nelson played rhythm guitar on the recording.

In April 2010, Morissette released the song "I Remain", which she wrote for the ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' soundtrack.

On May 26, 2010, the season finale of ''American Idol'', Morissette performed a duet of her song "You Oughta Know" with Runner Up Crystal Bowersox.

Acting career

In 1986, Morissette had her first stint as an actor: five episodes of the children's television show ''You Can't Do That on Television''. She appeared on stage with the Orpheus Musical Theatre Society in 1985 and 1988.

In 1993, she appeared in the film ''Just One of the Girls'' starring Corey Haim, which she described as "horrible".

In 1999, Morissette delved into acting again, for the first time since 1993, appearing as God in the Kevin Smith comedy ''Dogma'' and contributing the song "Still" to its soundtrack. She also appeared in the hit HBO comedies ''Sex and the City'' and ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', appeared in the play ''The Vagina Monologues'', and had a brief role in the Brazilian hit soap opera "Celebridade" (''Celebrity'').

In late 2003, Morissette appeared in the Off-Broadway play ''The Exonerated'' as Charlie Jacobs, a death row inmate freed after proof surfaced that she was innocent. In April 2006, MTV News reported that Morissette would reprise her role in ''The Exonerated'' in London from May 23 until May 28.

She expanded her acting credentials with the July 2004 release of the Cole Porter biographical film ''De-Lovely'', in which she performed the song "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" and had a brief role as an anonymous stage performer. In February 2005, she made a guest appearance on the Canadian television show ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' with ''Dogma'' co-star Jason Mewes and director Kevin Smith.

In 2006, she guest starred in an episode of Lifetime's ''Lovespring International'' as a homeless woman named Lucinda, three episodes of FX's ''Nip/Tuck'', playing a lesbian named Poppy, and the mockumentary/documentary ''Pittsburgh'' as herself.

Morissette has appeared in eight episodes of ''Weeds'', playing Dr. Audra Kitson, a "no-nonsense obstetrician" who treats pregnant main character Nancy Botwin. Her first episode aired in July 2009.

In early 2010 Morissette returned to the stage, performing a one night engagement in ''An Oak Tree'', an experimental play in Los Angeles. The performance was a sell out. In April 2010 Morissette was confirmed in the cast of ''Weeds'' season six, performing again her role as Dr. Audra Kitson.

It was announced on Morissette's website that she will be starring in a film adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel ''Radio Free Albemuth''. Morissette will play Sylvia, an ordinary woman in unexpected remission from lymphoma. Morissette stated that she is "...a big fan of Philip K. Dick's poetic and expansively imaginative books" and that she "feel[s] blessed to portray Sylvia, and to be part of this story being told in film".

Personal life

Morissette dated actor and comedian Dave Coulier, 15 years her senior, for a short time in the early 1990s. In a 2008 interview with the ''Calgary Herald'', Coulier claimed to be the ex-boyfriend who inspired Morissette's song "You Oughta Know". Morissette, however, has maintained her silence on the subject of the song.

Morissette met Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds at Drew Barrymore's birthday party in 2002, and the couple began dating soon after. They announced their engagement in June 2004. In February 2007, representatives for Morissette and Reynolds announced they had mutually decided to end their engagement. Morissette has stated that her album ''Flavors of Entanglement'' was created out of her grief after the break-up, saying that "it was cathartic".

On May 22, 2010, Morissette married rapper Mario “MC Souleye” Treadway in a private ceremony at their Los Angeles home. Their first child, Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway, was born on December 25, 2010.

Morissette is a vegan.

Discography

''Alanis'' (1991)

''Now Is the Time'' (1992)

''Jagged Little Pill'' (1995)

''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' (1998)

''Under Rug Swept'' (2002)

''So-Called Chaos'' (2004)

''Flavors of Entanglement'' (2008)

Filmography

Film
! Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes
1999		God
2001	''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''	God	cameo
2004	''De-Lovely''	unnamed singer	sang "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love"
2005		herself	documentary
2010		Sylvie
2012		Herself
Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	! Notes
1986	''You Can't Do That on Television''	herself
2000	''Sex and the City''	Dawn
2002	''Curb Your Enthusiasm''	herself	episode "The Terrorist Attack"
2003	''Celebridade''	herself	Brazilian soap opera
2004	''American Dreams''	singer in the Lair	episode "What Dreams May Come"
2005	''Degrassi: The Next Generation''	principal	episode "Goin' down the Road: Part 1"
2006	''Lovespring International''	Lucinda
2006	''Nip/Tuck''	Poppy	three episodes
2009–2010		Dr. Audra Kitson
Stage
! Year	! Title	! Notes
1999	''The Vagina Monologues''
2004	''The Exonerated''	played Sunny Jacobs
2010	''An Oak Tree''

Tours

1991: Vanilla Ice tour (opening act)

1995: Jagged Little Pill/Intellectual Intercourse Tour

1996: Can't Not Tour

1998: Club Tour

1999: Junkie Tour

1999: Junkie Tour Australian Leg (with Garbage)

1999: 5 ½ Weeks Tour (with Tori Amos)

2000: One Tour

2001: Under Rug Swept Tour

2002: Toward Our Union Mended Tour

2003: All I Really Want/Feast on Scraps Tour

2004: So-Called Chaos/Au Naturale Tour (with Barenaked Ladies)

2005: Diamond Wink Tour

2008: Exile in America (with Matchbox Twenty and Mutemath)

2008: Flavors of Entanglement Tour

2009: Flavors of Entanglement South American Tour

Awards and nominations

See also

Canadian rock

Music of Canada

Best selling music artists

List of diamond-certified albums in Canada

List of best-selling albums worldwide

List of best-selling music artists

Further reading

Rock on the Net

Canadian chart positions courtesy of the ''RPM'' 100 Singles chart listings.

"Alanis Morissette – Artist Chart History". ''Billboard''. Retrieved August 23, 2006.

[ "Alanis Morissette – Billboard Singles"]. Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2006.

"Alanis Morissette". Mariah-charts.com. Retrieved August 23, 2006.

''Rock Chicks:The Hottest Female Rockers from the 1960s to Now'' by Stieven-Taylor, Alison (2007). Sydney. Rockpool Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921295-06-5

References

External links

Official website

Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill Review at Spectrum Fm

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Guy Eckstine is an A&R; executive, artist manager, and record producer, who has produced and executive produced over 40 records. Four albums that Eckstine has produced or executive produced have won Grammy Awards, including ''The New Standard'' by Herbie Hancock. Eckstine also serves on the Board of Governors for The Recording Academy, New York Chapter.

Biography

The son of singer and bandleader Billy Eckstine, Guy Eckstine is currently President of Iconique Music Group.

Throughout his 25 year executive career, Eckstine has distinguished himself in a variety of positions in the music industry as SVP Creative Development, MP3.com; VP A&R;, Verve Records; Director A&R;, Columbia Records; Creative Manager, Virgin Music Publishing; and Co-founder/CEO, MIAATV.com.

After attending UCLA as an Ethnomusicology Major and John Bergamo's percussion program at California Institute of the Arts, Eckstine began his music career as a session musician playing drums for Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, Eddy Grant, Michael Henderson, James Ingram, and Herbie Hancock, among others. Eckstine is also a founding member of the progressive rock band Soma, featuring guitarist Allan Holdsworth, bassist, Tony Levin, guitarist, David Shawn Waldroop, and keyboardist/composer, Mark Gleed.

Eckstine's executive music business career began in 1988 at Virgin Music Publishing. As Creative Manager at Virgin Music, Eckstine pitched and secured songwriter covers for Virgin's stable of songwriters, including songs for Whitney Houston, Vanessa Williams, and Kool and the Gang. Shortly thereafter in 1989, Eckstine was hired as Director of A&R; at Columbia Records, where he worked with, Terence Trent d'Arby, Shawn Smith, (lead singer of Brad/Satchel), Regina Belle, Movement Ex, Lenny Hamilton Jr. and Philip Bailey.

In July 1991, Eckstine then joined Verve Records as VP/A&R;, at which he signed and produced/executive produced recordings by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chris Botti, Jeff Lorber, Art Porter, Gino Vannelli, Pete Belasco, Peter Delano, Evan Marks, and Roy Hargrove, among others. He also executive produced the Frank Zappa tribute album, "Zappa's Universe," which received a Grammy Award for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance." As VP A&R; at Verve Records, which included his discovery of trumpet superstar Chris Botti, Eckstine's creative vision helped guide Verve to 6 consecutive years (1991–1997) as Billboard Magazine's premiere jazz label in the World. Seminal and Grammy winning jazz recordings of the 1990s included, Herbie Hancock's, "Dis Is Da Drum," and "The New Standard"; Chris Botti's debut recording, "First Wish;" Wayne Shorter's "Highlife;" and the debut of saxophonist, Art Porter, "Pocket City."

In the late 1990s, Eckstine became SVP/Creative Development, for the pioneering online music service provider, MP3.com, providing artist development expertise on the MP3.com "Music and Technology Tour" featuring, Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Christina Aguilera, and TLC. Becoming a part of the .com revolution, Eckstine was initially hired as Genre Manager for Jazz, World and Classical Music.

Post MP3.com, Eckstine independently produced records including the chart-topping Billboard Jazz release, "Nice and Slow," by Brian Culbertson, (WB) (2002), "A Charlie Brown Christmas," by Cyrus Chestnut,(Atlantic) (2003), which featured Brian McKnight, Vanessa L. Williams, The Manhattan Transfer, Pat Martino,among others. In 2004 for Savoy Jazz, Eckstine produced "Moondance," by flautist, Hubert Laws, which featured, Herbie Hancock, Chris Botti, and Brian Culbertson. The album also showcased two of Eckstine's compositions, "Nighttime Daydream," and "Summer of '75." Eckstine also produced many independent artists, and successfully solicited the recording contracts for Julia Fordham, (Atlantic Records) and Carol Welsman, (Savoy Records). In 1999, Eckstine produced and performed on the debut album "Styrofoam," by Alexandra Scott, in 2002, he produced San Diego funk jazz combo, "Spaceman Spiff," in 2006-2007, Eckstine produced, performed and co-wrote the Southern California based rock group, "Feels Like Friday," and NYC based singer/songwriter, Sandra Small. Eckstine scored music for TV and Film, including the Fox Television series T.R.A.X., (2001), directed by Renny Harlin, and the television commercials for CBS, "Courting Alex," starring Jenna Elfman, (2006), and TV/commercial music for the drug Avodart, (2006).

In October 2005, Eckstine became the Co-founder/CEO of MIAATV.com- Music Industry Television. In addition to acquiring talent and interviewing over 250 artist and music industry legends for MIAATV.com, including artists Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Phil Ramone, Chris Botti, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, and Joss Stone, Eckstine negotiated and implemented strategic partnerships and affiliations with major brands such as Atlantic Records, Gibson Musical Instruments, Hal Leonard Music Publishing, A.E.S- Audio Engineering Society, M.I.T. - Musicians Institute, NAMM, IAJE, Mobile Music Now, Emergenza, and ASCAP.

Over the course of his executive and professional career, Eckstine has been a speaker, panelist, and moderator at entertainment industry conventions and events including, AMCON 2010, IBS 2009, CMJ 2008, and Digital Hollywood 2007. In the past decade Eckstine provided his expertise at IAJE, (International Association Of Jazz Educators), the Radio and Records Convention, the Urban Network Convention, the Gavin Convention, and the L.A.S.S,- Los Angeles Songwriter Showcase. Eckstine has also been a guest lecturer at the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music, Tisch School Of The Arts, at New York University, and lectured on the creative process, A&R;, Record Production and Music Publishing at the UCLA Music Business Program, and the CalArts Alumni Entertainment Group.

In June 2007, Eckstine co-founded Iconique Music Group. Iconique Music Group manages recording artists, Nailah Porter, The Bolts, Sasha Dobson, Loston Harris III, Pete Belasco, Justyna Kelley, Anna Thomas, and technology companies, Art & Logic, iEveryware, and Phoam Technologies. In the summer of 2009, Eckstine co-produced the debut of Nashville born and L.A. based singer/songwriter Justyna Kelley, "Over The Moon," with producers, David Kershenbaum and Kevin Killen. In 2010 Eckstine executive produced,"ConJazzNess," by Universal Music Group/EmArcy recording artist, Nailah Porter. In 2011, Eckstine produced "Meet the Bolts," the full length debut of Southern California modern rock band, The Bolts.

Discography

Selected discography (produced, executive produced, and A&R;):

Herbie Hancock - The New Standard, (Verve) Dis Is Da Drum, (Mercury) The Essential Herbie Hancock, (Verve)

Wayne Shorter - High Life, (Verve Forecast)

Chris Botti - First Wish, (Verve Forecast) Midnight Without You, (Verve Forecast) Caught, (Verve Forecast) Best of Chris Botti, (GRP)

Gino Vannelli - Yonder Tree, (Verve Forecast) Slow Love, (Verve Forecast)

Brian Culbertson - Nice and Slow, (WB)

Jeff Lorber - Worth Waiting For, (Verve Forecast) West Side Stories, (Verve Forecast) State of Grace, (Verve Forecast) The Very Best of Jeff Lorber, (GRP)

Art Porter - Pocket City, (Verve Forecast) Straight to the Point, (Verve Forecast) Undercover, (Verve Forecast) Lay Your Hands on Me, (Verve Forecast) For Art's Sake, (Verve Forecast)

Cyrus Chestnut and Friends - A Charlie Brown Christmas, (Atlantic)

Peter Delano - Peter Delano, (Verve) Bite of the Apple, (Verve)

Pete Belasco - Get It Together, (Verve Forecast)

Tom Grant - In My Wildest Dreams, (Verve Forecast) The View From Here, (Verve Forecast) Hands, (Verve Forecast)

Evan Marks - Long Way Home, (Verve Forecast) Three Day Weekend, (Verve Forecast)

Hubert Laws - Moondance, (Savoy Jazz)

Alexandra Scott - Styrofoam, (Indie)

Feels Like Friday - We Like Supermodels, (Drugs)

Ricardo Silviera - Small World, (Verve Forecast)

Incognito - Inside Life, (Verve Forecast) Tribes, Vibes and Scribes, (Verve Forecast) Positivity, (Verve Forecast) Tales From The Beach, (Heads Up/Concord)

Julia Fordham Concrete Love, (Atlantic/Vanguard)

Sandra Small 5 - Small World, (Smallworld)

Spaceman Spiff - The Love EP (Indie)

Soma - Soma (Occidental)

Various artists - Zappa's Universe, (Verve)

Various Artists- Playboys - Playboys 40 Years Of Jazz (Verve)

Movement Ex - Movement Ex,(Columbia)

Justyna Kelley- Over The Moon(Indie)

Nailah Porter- ConJazzNess, (Universal/EmArcy)

The Bolts- Meet The Bolts

Awards

Award-winning recordings and productions by Eckstine:

; Grammy award

"The New Standard", "Dis Is Da Drum" - Herbie Hancock,

"Zappa's Universe" - Various artists

"Highlife"- Wayne Shorter

References

Billboard Magazine, Radio and Records, The Gavin Report, NARAS, Jazziz, Down Beat, Jazztimes, Urban Network, Verve Records, Atlantic Records, EmArcy Records, Savoy Jazz, Columbia Records, Mercury Records, ASCAP

External links

[ Guy Eckstine] at Allmusic

Guy Eckstine at Linked In

Guy Eckstine at Iconique Music Group

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name	Idina Menzel
background	solo_singer
birth name	Idina Kim Mentzel
born	May 30, 1971Queens, New York, U.S.
spouse	Taye Diggs (January 11, 2003–present) 1 child
genre	Broadway, pop, vocal
occupation	Singer, actress, songwriter
awards	Best Leading Actress in a Musical 2005 ''The Light in the Piazza''
years active	1995–present
label	Hollywood (1998–1999)Warner Bros. (2007–present)
spouse	Taye Diggs_(one child)
website	idinamenzel.com }}

Idina Kim Menzel (; née Mentzel; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is widely known for originating the roles of Maureen in ''Rent'' and Elphaba in ''Wicked''.

Early life

Menzel was born in Queens, New York. Her mother, Helene, is a therapist, and her father, Stuart Mentzel, worked as a pajama salesman. Her family is Jewish. Her family lived in Marlboro Township, New Jersey from when she was in kindergarten to third grade, but she was raised in Syosset, New York, with her younger sister Cara, and later changed her last name to Menzel to better reflect the pronunciation the Mentzel family had adopted in America. When Menzel was 15 years old, her parents divorced and she began working as a wedding and bar mitzvah singer, a job which she continued throughout her time at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Drama at NYU prior to being cast in Jonathan Larson's rock musical ''Rent''. She was friends with actor Adam Pascal before they worked together in ''Rent''.

Theatre career

In 1995, Menzel auditioned for ''Rent'', which became her first professional theater job and her Broadway debut. ''Rent'' opened off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop on January 26, 1996, but it moved to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre due to its popularity. For her performance as Maureen Johnson in the original cast of the musical, Menzel received a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her final performance in the musical was on July 1, 1997.

Following the success of ''Rent'', Menzel released her first solo album entitled ''Still I Can't Be Still'' on Hollywood Records, Menzel also originated the role of Dorothy in ''Summer of ’42'' at Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut, starred as Sheila in the New York City Center Encores! production of ''Hair'' and appeared on Broadway as Amneris in ''Aida''. Menzel earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for her performance as Kate in the Manhattan Theatre Club's 2000 off-Broadway production of Andrew Lippa's ''The Wild Party''. Her other off-Broadway credits include the pre-Broadway run of ''Rent'' and ''The Vagina Monologues''.

In 2003, Menzel starred with actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth on Broadway in ''Wicked'', a musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman based upon the popular 1995 Gregory Maguire novel. Menzel received the 2004 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. On her second-to-last performance of ''Wicked'' on January 8, 2005, she fell through a trap door and cracked a lower rib. The injury prevented her from performing in the January 9 show. Menzel did, however, make a special out-of-costume appearance at that performance, performed her final song, and received a 5 minute long standing ovation. Menzel was replaced by Elphaba standby Shoshana Bean.

Following ''Wicked'', Menzel appeared off-Broadway in the Public Theater's production of ''See What I Wanna See'', a Michael John LaChiusa-penned musical whose run ended in December 2005, for which she received Drama Desk Award and Drama League Award nominations. She reprised her Tony Award-winning role as Elphaba in the West End production of ''Wicked'' when it opened at London's Apollo Victoria Theater on September 7, 2006. During her run, she was the highest paid female performer in the West End at $30,000 per week. Menzel finished her West End run on December 30, 2006. She was succeeded by Elphaba standby Kerry Ellis.

Menzel played the role of Florence in the 21st Anniversary concert of ''Chess'' at the Royal Albert Hall, London from May 12–13, 2008 alongside Kerry Ellis, Adam Pascal and Josh Groban.

In 2008, Menzel headlined the Powerhouse Theatre's reading of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's musical ''Nero'' from July 11–13, performing the role of Nero's mistress, Poppea.

Film, television, recording and singing career

Menzel's film roles include appearances in ''Just a Kiss'', ''Kissing Jessica Stein'', ''The Tollbooth'', ''Water'', ''Ask the Dust'', ''Enchanted'', and ''Rent'', in which she and five other original cast members reprised their stage roles. As a singer, Menzel is known for her wide vocal range and her use of the 'belt' technique.

Menzel performed at the 1998 Lilith Fair summer concert festival and continues to write and perform original music. She has toured extensively and frequently performs in various venues throughout New York City. She produced and released her debut album, ''Still I Can't Be Still'', for Hollywood Records in 1998. One single from the album, "Minuet", made the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Tracks chart at #48 in October 1998.

Her second album, ''Here'', was released independently by Zel Records in 2004. Menzel has contributed to soundtracks, including those for the film ''The Other Sister'' and the ABC television dramedy ''Desperate Housewives''. She also appears on Ray Charles's album ''Genius and Friends'', which was released in 2005, on the track "I Will Be There." In 2007, she appeared on the ''Beowulf'' soundtrack singing the end credits song, "A Hero Comes Home". Also in 2007, Menzel's powerful singing voice led her to be asked to accompany the baritone British ''X-Factor'' runner-up Rhydian Roberts on his debut album, duetting on the song "What if".

Her third solo album, ''I Stand'', was released on January 29, 2008. It includes many new songs, including the lead single, "Brave", the title track "I Stand", and a song released on EP, "Gorgeous". The album debuted at #58 in the Billboard 200, making it the first solo album by Menzel to make the charts. There are five versions of this album: the original version, the special limited edition, the iTunes version, the Barnes & Noble edition, and the Borders edition. Menzel wrote many of the songs on her album.

On April 1, 2008, Menzel kicked off her "I Stand" tour in support of her new album performing 4 sold out legs. The tour lasted from 2008-2009. Her Concert at the Rose Hall in New York City was filmed for a PBS special.

On November 11, 2008, Menzel released a new single in conjunction with Major League Baseball. The single entitled "Hope" was written by Paul Hampton and all the songs proceeds go to Stand Up 2 Cancer.

On November 27, 2008, Menzel performed "I Stand" on the M&M; Candies float as part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Menzel has a recurring guest star role in the television series ''Glee'', playing Shelby Corcoran, the coach of the rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. When the series first premiered, Glee fans had noted a strong physical resemblance between Menzel and Lea Michele who portrays the character Rachel Berry. According to her husband, actor Taye Diggs, Menzel expressed interest in possibly guest starring as the biological mother of Rachel. The character was introduced in the April 13, 2010 episode "Hell-O", and it was revealed in the May 18, 2010 episode, "Dream On", that Shelby is, in fact, Rachel's biological mother, having answered an ad from Rachel's two gay dads looking for a 'mother' to help them have a baby. Lea Michele and Idina Menzel sing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ''Les Misérables'' and "Poker Face" originally by Lady Gaga together. Menzel will be returning to Glee in Season 3 appearing in at least 12 episodes. She will come back as a teacher causing trouble for Rachel, Quinn, Puck, and Former Flame Will Schuster.

On July 19, 2010, Menzel performed "Defying Gravity" and "What I Did For Love" in front of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at ''A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House''. The concert aired on PBS October 20, 2010.

In April 2010, Menzel returned to concert stage embarking on a tour with different Symphony Orchestras. Her tours included collaborations with the New York Philharmonic, The Boston Pops Orchestra, and the North Carolina Symphony. Menzel continues her Symphony tour throughout the United States. In October 2011, Menzel will return to London to perform a one night only concert in the UK at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Marvin Hamlisch conducting. She plans to add more tour dates in Europe and Australia soon.

Menzel will be a part of a brand new musical drama series created by Bob Kushell on ABC about a single mother with a teenage daughter struggling to make ends meet by working at a diner and as a wedding singer, which Menzel actually worked as prior to ''Rent''. The series is in development and is hopeful to be picked up for the Fall 2011 television season.

She has also said that she will be going back to the studio to work on new songs and is also looking into a PBS or other TV special based on her current concert work.

Personal life

Menzel is married to actor Taye Diggs, her co-star from the original Broadway production of ''Rent''. They have a son, Walker Nathaniel Diggs, born in 2009. They have a Yorkshire Terrier named Sammy Davis Jr. and two cats named Ella and Coltrane, also known as their "Jazz Cats" because they were named after jazz performers Ella Fitzgerald and John Coltrane.

Charity

Menzel was an Honorary Chair of the Imperial Court of New York's Annual Charity Coronation Ball, Night of A Thousand Gowns on March 21, 2009. Other Honorary Chairs for the evening's charity event included Sir Elton John CBE, Patti LuPone, John Cameron Mitchell, Joan Rivers and Dame Robin Strasser.

On May 17, 2009, Menzel performed at a special benefit concert in Atlanta, Georgia to raise money for the Pace Academy Diversity Program in coordination with the Ron Clark Academy. The event resulted in the funding of two scholarships for Ron Clark Academy students to attend Pace Academy. The event was organized and hosted by Philip McAdoo, a former ''Rent'' cast member and current Diversity Program Director at Pace Academy.

In 2010, Menzel founded the A BroaderWay Foundation with husband Taye Diggs as a means of supporting young people in the arts. A BroaderWay sponsors camp programs, theater workshops, innovative educational programming and offers scholarships and opportunities to experience professional performances. In Summer 2011, Camp BroaderWay welcomed young girls from under-served metro New York communities to a 10-day performing arts camp, run by Menzel and a team of acclaimed professional Broadway artists including Taye Diggs. During this camp the girls collaborated with Broadway artists to write an original musical that was performed at a theatre in New York. The camp took place at Belvoir Terrace Summer Camp in Lenox, MA.

Theatre, film and television credits

+Theatre

! Start year

! Production

! Role

Notes and awards

1996

Maureen Johnson

* Original Broadway Cast

* Performances:

** New York Theatre Workshop (January 26, 1996 – March 31, 1996)

** Nederlander Theatre (April 29, 1996 – July 1, 1997)

Tony Award for Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical>Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

2000

''''

Kate

* Performances: Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I (February 24, 2000 – April 9, 2000)

* Nominated – 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

2000

''Summer of '42''

Dorothy

* Performances: The Norma Terris Theatre (August 10, 2000 – September 3, 2000)

2001

Sheila

* Performances: New York City Center – (May 3, 2001 – May 7, 2001)

2001

Amneris

* Replacement Broadway Cast

* Performances: Palace Theatre (September 13, 2001 – January 27, 2002)

2002

''''

Performer

* Performances: Westside Theatre (Downstairs) (March 5, 2002 – April 14, 2002)

2002

Fanny Brice

* Performances: New Amsterdam Theatre (September 23, 2002)

* Performed "Cornet Man"

2003

Elphaba

* Original Broadway cast

* Performances: George Gershwin Theatre (October 8, 2003 – January 8, 2005)

* Won – Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

* Won – Broadway.com Audience Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical

* Won – Broadway.com Audience Award for Best Diva Performance

* Won – Broadway.com Audience Award for Best Onstage Pair (''with Kristin Chenoweth'')

* Won – Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical

* Nominated – Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical

* Nominated – Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance

2005

''See What I Wanna See''

Kesa / The Wife (Lily) / The Actress (Deanna)

* Performances: The Public Theater (October 30, 2005 – December 4, 2005)

* Nominated – Drama Desk Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical

* Nominated – Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance

2006

Elphaba

West End theatre>West End cast

* Performances: Apollo Victoria Theatre (September 7, 2006 – December 30, 2006)

* Won – WhatsOnStage.com Theatregoers Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical

2008

Florence Vassy

* Performances: Royal Albert Hall (May 12, 2008 – May 13, 2008)

2008

Poppea

* Performances: Powerhouse Theatre (July 11, 2008 – July 13, 2008)

+ Film
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2001	''Kissing Jessica Stein''	Bridesmaid
2002		Linda
2004	''''	Raquel Cohen-Flaxman
2004	''Water''	Jessy Turner	Unreleased
2005		Maureen Johnson	Nominated – 2005 Northeastern Critics Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated – 2005 Northeastern Critics Award for Best EnsembleNominated – 2005 Broadcast Film Critics Award for Best EnsembleNominated – 2005 Washington Film Critics Award for Best Ensemble
2006		Vera Rivkin
2007	''ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway''	as Herself
2007		Nancy Tremaine

+ Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1998	''Hercules: The Animated Series''	Circe	1 episode
2004		Carol	1 episode
2005	''Kevin Hill''	Francine Prescott	2 episodes
2009		Lisa King	2 episodes
2009	''Great Performances''	Florence Vassey	1 episode
2010-present		Shelby Corcoran	Recurring character
2010	''Wonder Pets''	The Queen of Hearts
2010	''Sesame Street''	Herself	1 episode
2011	''The Glee Project''	Herself	Season 1 episode 2: "Theatricality"

Discography

Studio albums

!Year	!Album	!width="50"	!width="50"	!Worldwide sales
	''Still I Can't Be Still''			9,000
	''Here''			12,000
	''I Stand''			42,000

Singles

style="width:3px;;"	Year	Title	! style="width:36px;"	! style="width:36px;"	! style="width:36px;"	!style="width:3em;font-size:75%;"	Album
	1998	"Minuet"	—	—	—	48	''Still I Can't Be Still''
	2006	"Take Me or Leave Me"	—	—	32	—
		—	—	5	—
	—	19	—	—
"Gorgeous"	—	—	3	—
2008	"Hope"	—	—	—	—
		—	—	—	—
"I Dreamed a Dream"	31	—	—	—
	20	—	—	—

Cast recordings

{|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Label |- | 1996 | ''Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording)'' | DreamWorks Records |- | 2000 | ''The Wild Party (Lippa) (Off-Broadway)'' | RCA Victor Broadway |- | 2003 | ''Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording)'' | Decca Records |- | 2005 | ''Rent (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' | Warner Bros. Records |- | 2006 | ''See What I Wanna See (2005 Original Off-Broadway Cast)'' | Sh-K-Boom Records |- | 2009 | ''Chess in Concert (Live Recording of 2008 Royal Albert Hall Performance)'' | Reprise Records |- | 2009 | ''Highlights from Chess in Concert (Live Recording of 2008 Royal Albert Hall Performance)'' | Reprise Records |}

Miscellaneous

{|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Song ! Album ! Label |- | 1998 | "Follow If You Lead" | ''The Other Sister (Music From The Motion Picture)'' | Hollywood Records |- |rowspan=2| 2003 | "How Shall I See You Through My Tears", "The Want of a Nail" (Backing vocals) | ''Camp (Music from the Motion Picture)'' | Decca Records |- | "I Saw Three Ships" | ''Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 5'' | Rock-It Science Records |- |rowspan=2| 2005 | "Damsel In Distress" | ''Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives'' | Hollywood Records |- | "I Will Be There" | ''Genius & Friends'' | Rhino Records |- | 2007 | "A Hero Comes Home" (End Credit Version) | ''Beowulf (Music from the Motion Picture)'' | Warner Bros. Records |- | 2008 | "What If" (duet with Rhydian Roberts) | ''Rhydian'' | Syco Records |- | 2010 | "Take a Bow" (duet with Elaine Paige) | ''Elaine Paige and Friends'' | Warner Bros. Records |}

References

External links

Interview with Idina Menzel at TonyAwards.com

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Coordinates	40°26′30″N80°00′00″N
name	Josh Groban
background	solo_singer
birth name	Joshua Winslow Groban
born	February 27, 1981Los Angeles, California, U.S.
instrument	Vocals, piano, drums, percussion, flute
genre	Easy listening, pop, vocal, operatic pop, pop rock
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, actor, record producer
years active	1997–present
label	143, Reprise
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Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in this country. To date, he has sold over 24 million albums worldwide.

Groban originally studied acting, but as his voice changed, it developed into a "significant instrument". The event that changed Groban's life was when his vocal coach, Seth Riggs, submitted a tape of Josh singing "All I Ask of You", from ''The Phantom of the Opera'', to Riggs' friend, renowned producer, composer and arranger David Foster. Foster called him to stand in for an ailing Andrea Bocelli to rehearse a duet, "The Prayer," with Celine Dion at the rehearsal for the Grammy Awards in 1998. Groban, being shy, reluctantly agreed. Rosie O'Donnell was so impressed that she immediately invited him to appear on her daytime talk show. He got another big break when Foster asked him to sing at the California Governor's Gray Davis' 1999 inauguration. His name and career soared with the public recognition he received, after being cast on ''Ally McBeal'' by the show's creator, David E. Kelley, who asked him to perform "You're Still You" for the show's 2001 season finale.

Early life and education

Groban was born in Los Angeles to Lindy, a school teacher and full time mother, and Jack Groban, a businessman. His father is of Jewish background and a descendant of Russian and Polish immigrants. His mother is Norwegian American, the daughter of immigrants from the eastern Norwegian district of Toten. His parents joined the Episcopal Church after his father's conversion from Judaism to Christianity. Chris, his younger brother, shares the same birthday, four years later.

Groban debuted as a singer in the seventh grade. His music teacher chose him to sing a solo of "S'wonderful" at the school's Cabaret Night, where he sang alone on stage for the first time. At this time, he was more focused on theatrical arts. He transferred from a traditional school to Bridges Academy because, he explains, "I didn't feel that I was getting enough creative input. So I went to Bridges Academy to get my grades up to straight A's." There he was permitted to take regular classes from 9 AM to 1 PM, and attend theater classes in the afternoon. In the summers of 1997 and 1998, he also attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts Camp in Michigan, majoring in music theatre, and began taking vocal lessons. Groban went on to attend the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts as a theatre major and graduated in 1999. He was admitted to Carnegie Mellon University, intending to study drama, but he left four months into his first semester. Offered a recording contract, he decided to pursue his singing career.

Career

Early career

In late 1998, the 17-year-old Groban was introduced by his vocal coach to Grammy-winning producer/arranger David Foster and future manager Brian Avnet. At the time Groban had no recording experience and was preparing to begin studying at Carnegie Institute of Technology. Groban worked for David Foster as a rehearsal singer on a series of high-profile events, including the January 1999 inauguration of Gray Davis as Governor of California and the 1999 Grammy Awards where — as a stand-in for Andrea Bocelli — he rehearsed Foster's "The Prayer" with Céline Dion. According to manager Avnet, Groban was very nervous about standing in for Bocelli and had to be talked into it, but his performance prompted the show hostess, Rosie O'Donnell, to ask him to appear on her show the following week, which then led to an appearance on the Ally McBeal show. David E. Kelley, creator of the television series ''Ally McBeal,'' created a character, Malcolm Wyatt, for Groban in the season finale aired in May 2001. The character of Malcolm Wyatt was so popular, prompting 8,000 emails from viewers, that Groban was asked to return the next season to reprise his role and perform "To Where You Are." Avnet claims this sequence of events effectively got Groban's career off the ground.

Groban was offered a recording contract at Warner Bros. Records through Foster's 143 Records imprint. Avnet told HitQuarters that Warner initially proved resistant to the deal because "They were afraid they wouldn’t be able to get a voice like that on radio." Explaining his reasons for signing the artist, Foster said: "I love his natural ability in the pop and rock arena, but I love his sense of classics even more. He's a true musical force to be reckoned with." Under Foster's influence, Groban's first album focused more on classics such as "Gira Con Me Questa Notte" and "Alla Luce Del Sole."

Groban performed "There For Me" with Sarah Brightman on her 2000–01 ''La Luna World Tour'', and was featured on her "La Luna" concert DVD. He recorded "For Always" with Lara Fabian on the movie soundtrack to ''A.I.: Artificial Intelligence'' (2001). Groban performed in many benefit shows, including: "The Andre Agassi Grand Slam Event For Children," singing alongside Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Don Henley, and Robin Williams; "Muhammad Ali's Fight Night Foundation" which honored Michael J. Fox and others; "The Family Celebration" (2001), which was co-hosted by President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and David E. Kelley and his wife, Michelle Pfeiffer; and Michael Milken's CapCure event, which raises funds for cancer research.

The singer's self-titled debut album ''Josh Groban'' was released on November 20, 2001. Over the next year, it went from gold to double-platinum.

On February 24, 2002, Groban performed "The Prayer" with Charlotte Church at the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and by November, he had his own PBS special, "Josh Groban In Concert" (2002). In December 2002, he performed "To Where You Are" and sang "The Prayer" in a duet with Sissel Kyrkjebø at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway. He joined The Corrs, Ronan Keating, Sting, Lionel Richie, and others for a Christmas performance at the Vatican in Rome, Italy. In 2003, Groban performed at the David Foster concert for World Children's Day, singing "The Prayer" with Celine Dion and the finale song, "Aren't They All Our Children?" with artists including Yolanda Adams, Nick Carter, Enrique Iglesias, and Celine Dion.

Recent years

Groban's second album ''Closer'', produced and written by Foster, was released on November 11, 2003. Groban said that he believed that this second album was a better reflection of him, and that his audience would be able to get a better idea of his personality from listening to it. "What most people know about me, they know through my music. This time, I've tried to open that door as wide as possible. These songs are a giant step closer to who I really am and what my music is all about. Hence the title."

Two months after ''Closer'' was released, it rose on the ''Billboard'' charts from number 11 to number one. His cover of Brian Kennedy's "You Raise Me Up" became very popular on the adult contemporary charts. Groban also performed the song "Remember" (with Tanja Tzarovska) on the ''Troy'' soundtrack, "Believe" on the soundtrack to the 2004 animated film ''The Polar Express'', and a cover of Linkin Park's "My December".

In the summer of 2004, Groban returned to Interlochen, performing and discussing his earlier experiences with local residents and campers. On November 30, 2004, his second live DVD, ''Live At The Greek'', was released; it was also shown as a ''Great Performances'' special on PBS. Also in 2004 , Groban performed "Remember When It Rained," backed by a full orchestra, at the American Music Awards, where he was nominated for Favorite Male Artist in the pop category. Groban and his recordings were nominated for more than a dozen awards in 2004, including the American Music Award, a World Music Award, an Academy Award, and a Grammy.

Groban has appeared on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' six times, as well as on ''The Ellen Degeneres Show'', ''Larry King Live'', ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show'', ''Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'', ''The Jay Leno Show'', ''20/20'', ''Today'', Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Super Bowl XXXVIII, the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade, the Rockefeller Tree Lighting, and ''Glee''.

During the first week of September 2006, Groban's single entitled "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" was released exclusively on AOL's First Listen. His third studio album ''Awake'' was officially released on November 7, 2006. Groban performed "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" as well as two other tracks from ''Awake'' at his recording session for ''Live from Abbey Road'' at Abbey Road Studios on 26 October 2006. On that album, Groban also collaborated with British musician and songwriter Imogen Heap, on the single "Now or Never". He performed two tracks with the South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, "Lullaby" and "Weeping." Groban's "Awake" world tour visited 71 cities between February and August 2007, and travelled further to Australia and the Philippines with Lani Misalucha as his special guest in October 2007. He performed a duet with Barbra Streisand ("All I Know of Love") and with Mireille Mathieu ("Over the Rainbow"). As to his future, Groban is open to a plethora of possibilities. He said, "I am fortunate enough to have had many really big moments in my career. I think the mistake a lot of people in my position make is to always search for the next big thing. I am looking forward to playing some small theaters. I'm looking forward to writing more. I want to delve further into my acting career and explore some of the film and TV opportunities that I haven't had time for. My outlook is to expect the unexpected. And when the next step comes, I'm prepared to take it." Groban has also expressed an interest in performing on Broadway.

Groban has twice appeared on hit British TV Music Quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks. His first appearance was as a guest on Omid Djalili's team and the second appearance was as the host/quiz master of an episode.

2010–present

Groban finished his fifth studio album, entitled ''Illuminations'', and the album was released on November 15, 2010. Most of the songs on the album are about "specific situations that I've had where love has existed and ultimately failed," Groban told The New York Times, adding: "And other songs are about the quest, and it just not working out." Groban wrote 11 of the 13 songs on the album. The first single from the album, "Hidden Away," was made available for free download via Facebook on September 8. “For me to sit in a room with a piano in one take with some of Johnny Cash’s musicians — that was totally new for me.” Josh added. “and I think that excitement is on the record.” On October 12, a second single from the upcoming album, "Você Existe Em Mim", was made available on iTunes. This song is sung in Brazilian Portuguese and was written by Brazilian artist Carlinhos Brown. The Washington Post said: "Illuminations" is not a revelation, but it offers a perfectly fine, and often quite lovely, glimpse at a pop-classical crossover artist in the middle of crossing over." Josh plans on making one more record with Rubin. Beginning May 12, 2011, Groban is scheduled to embark on a worldwide tour entitled Straight to You Tour to promote ''Illuminations''.

On Tuesday, May 24, 2011, he appeared as a mystery guest star on the season 12 finale of Dancing With the Stars to surprise Petra Nemcova by singing "You Raise Me Up" to her dance. When she saw that it was he who was actually singing the song and not one of the usual performers, she momentarily was too stunned to continue dancing.

Film

In a comedy called ''Crazy, Stupid, Love.'', a film starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell, released on July 29, 2011, Groban played a character named Richard, a caddish and nerdy attorney. Recently, Groban has sung in a number of comedy sketches on afterhours programs, including Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Show with David Letterman, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Television

Groban is going to guest appear in ''The Office'' in late 2011 as Andy Bernard's brother.

Notable performances

On April 14, 2007, Groban joined Idina Menzel for a PBS ''Soundstage'' taping. The next day, he held his own taping for the same PBS TV series at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall at Jazz in New York City.

In June 2007, Groban recorded a Christmas album in London with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Magdalen College Choir, which he discussed on the DVD from "The Making of ''Noël''". It was released on October 9, 2007, and is titled ''Noël''. The album has been highly successful in the US, breaking numerous records for a Christmas album, as well as becoming the best selling album of 2007 in only its tenth week of release, at sales of 3.6 million.

On July 1, 2007, Groban performed with Sarah Brightman at the ''Concert for Diana'' at Wembley Stadium; it was broadcast to over 500 million homes in 140 countries.

On February 10, 2008, Groban performed at the 2008 Grammy Awards with Andrea Bocelli in a tribute to Luciano Pavarotti.

On September 21, 2008, Groban performed a comical medley of well-known TV theme songs at the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

In December 2008, Groban appeared on ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks''. He performed a duet with Only Men Aloud! at the Royal Variety Show at the London Palladium for the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.

On January 18, 2009, Groban performed as part of the Presidential Inauguration ceremonies, performing "My Country 'Tis of Thee" in duet with Heather Headley.

On January, 19. 2009, Groban performed with Herbie Hancock as part of Feeding America's Rally Against Hunger in Washington DC. The event was also attended by Martin Luther King III and actor Ben Affleck.

Two days later he made the first of two appearances on ''Glee'', playing himself. His second appearance was in the Season 1 finale Journey to Regionals.

At the 2010 BCS National Championship Game, he performed the ''Star Spangled Banner'' on Jan. 7, 2010, with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, at the historic Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.

On December 21, 2010, Groban returned to BBC Two's ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', this time as guest host and ending the show duetting with Michael Ball in a version of "I Dreamed a Dream" from ''Les Miserables''.

On March 4, 2011, Groban filled in for Regis Philbin on Live with Regis and Kelly, where he interviewed Heather Locklear and LaToya Jackson and performed "Higher Window" from his latest CD "Illuminations".

Vocal technique

Various music critics have described Groban's voice in different ways, with some referring to him as a tenor and others as a baritone. In performance, Groban's music goes as low as G2 (as in the song "To Where You Are") and extends up to at least B♭4 (as heard in "You Raise Me Up" or to the B4 in "February Song"). This places his voice lower than the tenor range on the low end, and just short of Tenor C, and therefore above the baritone range, on the high end. There is currently no authoritative system of voice classification in non-classical music. The problem lies in the fact that classical terms are used to describe not merely various vocal ranges, but specific vocal timbres each unique to those respective ranges, and produced by the classical training techniques with which most popular singers are not intimately familiar and which are not universally employed by the few that are. In a 2002 ''New York Times'' article, Groban described himself as a "tenor in training".

Charity

Under the guidance of his mentor David Foster, Groban performed for many charity events that included VH1 Save the Music (2005), Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (2005), Fifth Adopt-A-Annual Minefield concert (2005), 2nd Annual Grammy Jam (2005), Live 8 (2005), The Heart Foundation Gala (2005), and David Foster and Friends Charity Gala (2006). He also sang a solo on the recording of We Are The World 25 for Haiti (2010). Inspired by a visit with Nelson Mandela during a 2004 trip to South Africa, he established the Josh Groban Foundation to help children in need through education, healthcare and the arts. Mandela appointed Groban as an Official Ambassador for Mandela's Project 46664, a campaign to help raise Global awareness of HIV/AIDS in Africa. On April 25, 2007, Josh Groban performed with the African Children's Choir on ''American Idol'''s "Idol Gives Back" episode. Also on September 2, 2007, Groban donated $150,000 to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to fund music education. On February 28, 2008, he appeared in One Night Live at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada with Bryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, Jann Arden and RyanDan in aid of the Sunnybrook Hospital Women and Babies Program. In honor of his 27th birthday, his fans set out to raise $27,000 in a project called "Raise 27". They ended up raising a total of $44,227 for the Josh Groban Foundation, to benefit the Noah's Ark children's orphanage called Siyawela in South Africa. Groban has since referred to this donation as "the best birthday present ever". For those who could afford the $1500 ticket, Josh Groban performed at the The Angel Ball on October 21, 2010. Proceeds went to the Gabrielles Angel Foundation for cancer research.

Impact

Some of Groban's musical influences have been Radiohead, Steve Perry, Paul Simon, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Freddie Mercury and Björk. He cites as vocal influences "anyone who told a story with their songs," including Mandy Patinkin, Klaus Nomi, George Hearn, and Luciano Pavarotti.

He was named the #1 Best Selling Artist of All Time on Barnes & Noble in 2007. Groban has sold more than 20 million albums in less than ten years.

In 2002, Groban was listed as "100 Sexiest Newcomer" and in 2008, he became one of People's "100 Most Beautiful People".

Personal life

Groban dated January Jones from 2003–06. Although maintaining a home in Los Angeles, he recently moved his primary residence to New York, where he indicates that "dating can be very easy or very tough."

Discography

2001: ''Josh Groban''

2003: ''Closer''

2006: ''Awake''

2007: ''Noël''

2010: ''Illuminations''

Concert tours

Closer Tour (2004–2005)

Awake Tour (2007)

Before We Begin (2010)

Straight to You Tour (2011)

References

External links

BroadwayWorld: Idina Menzel & Josh Groban to Star in 'Chess' Musical UK Concert?

Chess in Concert (2008)

Brown, Bob. "A Star in the Making: Who is Josh Groban?." ABCNews. com: 20/20

Josh Groban video interview on Virgin Red Room

Watch Josh Groban make a northern cuppa in this exclusive interview with Virgin Red Room

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