The Life And Times Of The Talented Artist, Fiona Apple - A Short Overview

Fiona's launch into the music industry emerged when a friend, who baby-sat for a record executive, handed her boss a demo. Fiona's full contralto voice, piano skills and lyrics captured the attention of Sony Music executive Andy Slater, who signed her to a record deal.

In 1996 Fiona's debut album, Tidal, was put out by a subsidiary of Sony. The album was enormously successful, going on to sell 3 million records and it was certified three times platinum in the United States.

"Criminal", the fourth single, was Fiona's breakthrough hit. The song hit the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned a great deal of attention, partly because of the contentious Mark Romanek-directed music video.

In 1999 Fiona's next album, "When the Pawn...", was launched. The title is a poem Fiona wrote immediately after reading the readers' letters that appeared in Spin soon after an article had cast her in a bad light in an earlier issue. The title's length earned it a spot inside the Guinness Book of Records.

When the Pawn used more expressive lyrics and experimented more with drum loops, however it didn't fare as well commercially as her debut. The album did go on to become RIAA-certified gold and it also sold 920000 copies in the United States. The album's lead single, "Fast as You Can", climbed to the top twenty on the Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and became Fiona's very first top forty hit in the UK.

Fiona sang with Johnny Cash on a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water" which ended up on Cash's album American IV: The Man Comes Around and wound up being nominated for a Grammy Award for the "Best Country Collaboration with Vocals".

Fiona's next album, Extraordinary Machine, was sent to Sony executives in May 2003. Sony was reportedly unenthusiastic about the finished product, and the album was shelved for well over two years. In 2004 and 2005 tracks were leaked on the internet and played on American and international radio; consequently, MP3s of the entire album went on the internet. A fan-led campaign, Free Fiona, was introduced in support in the album's official release.

In August 2005 the album was given a launch date for October. Extraordinary Machine was crowned the highest-charting album of Apple's career in the United States on its release (releasing at number seven) and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Pop Vocal Album". It was ultimately certified gold and sold 462000 copies, although its singles still did not enter any of the rock music charts.

The determined hard rock artist went on a live tour to promote the album in late 2005, and from early 2006 helped Coldplay on their tour of North America.

Fiona toured throughout the United States with the band Nickel Creek in mid-2007. Fiona Apple is going to be going on tour soon and it's recommended that you simply purchase Fiona Apple concert tickets from a ticket broker like Barry's Tickets to get premium seats. In the meantime, support Fiona's music on the rock music lyrics website.

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