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Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart
, or
Fiona Apple
(born September 13, 1977) is an
American
musician. Her song
Criminal
, which was on her first album,
Tidal
, won a
Grammy Award
in 1998 for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
[1]
Since then Apple has released three studio albums.
Apple was born in New York City to singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart. She started
psychotherapy
when she was 11. When she was 12 she was raped outside the apartment she lived in.
[2]
She had
obsessive-compulsive disorder
.
[3]
In 1994 Apple gave demo tape containing the songs "Never Is a Promise", "Not One of Those Times", and "He Takes a Taxi" to her friend, who was the babysitter of music publicist Kathryn Schenker.
[4]
Schenker passed the tape on to Sony Music executive Andy Slater. Slater signed Apple to the label. In 1996 Apple's first album
Tidal
was released. Apple won the MTV Video Music Award for "Best New Artist" for her song "Sleep to Dream" in 1997. Apple famously said that "the world is bullshit" in her acceptance speech.
[5]
In 1999 Apple's second album
When the Pawn...
was released.
Apple sang with
Johnny Cash
on a cover of
Simon & Garfunkel
's "Bridge over Troubled Water" on Cash's 2002 album
American IV: The Man Comes Around
.
Apple's third album
Extraordinary Machine
was released in 2005. Apple was on the cover of NYLON magazine.
[5]
In 2012 Apple's fourth album
The Idler Wheel...
was released.
A cover of "I'm in the Middle of a Riddle" that Apple made with her sister
Maude Maggart
was released on February 4 on
Sweetheart
, a Valentine's album only sold at
Starbucks
.
Apple is
vegan
. In October 2013 she asked a fan to leave her concert in
Portland, Oregon
after they shouted "Get healthy!" at her.
[6]
Album information
|
Tidal
- Released:
July 23
,
1996
(U.S.)
- Chart positions: #15 U.S, #43 Australia
- Last RIAA certification: 3x platinum
[7]
(2.7 million copies sold
[8]
)
- Singles: "Shadowboxer", "Slow like Honey", "Sleep to Dream", "The First Taste", "Criminal", "Never Is a Promise"
|
When the Pawn...
- Released:
November 9
,
1999
(U.S.)
- Chart positions: #13 U.S., #46 UK, #54 Australia
- Last RIAA certification: Platinum
[7]
(1 million copies sold
[8]
)
- Singles: "Fast as You Can", "Limp", "Paper Bag"
|
Extraordinary Machine
- Released:
October 4
,
2005
(U.S.)
- Chart positions: #7 U.S, #53 Australia
- Last RIAA certification: Gold
[7]
(600,000 copies sold
[9]
)
- Singles: "Parting Gift", "O' Sailor", "Not About Love", "Get Him Back"
|
iTunes Originals - Fiona Apple
|
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
- Released:
June 19
,
2012
(U.S.)
- Chart positions: #3 U.S, #23 Australia
- Singles: "Every Single Night", "Hot Knife"
|
Fetch the Bolt Cutters
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Year
|
Song
|
Album
|
U.S. Hot 100
|
U.S. Modern Rock
|
UK
|
1996
|
"Shadowboxer"
|
Tidal
|
?
|
34
|
?
|
1997
|
"Sleep to Dream"
|
?
|
28
|
84
|
"Criminal"
|
21
|
4
|
?
|
1999
|
"Fast as You Can"
|
When the Pawn...
|
?
|
20
|
33
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Criminal
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"Paper Bag" •
"Parting Gift" •
"O' Sailor" •
"Not About Love" •
"Get Him Back"
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