Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple, born on September 13, 1977, in New York City, is an acclaimed American singer-songwriter known for her distinctive voice and poignant lyrics. The youngest daughter of actor Brandon Maggart, she spent her childhood alternating between her mother's home in New York and her father's in Los Angeles. Apple began studying piano at a young age and started writing songs when she was just eight years old, showcasing her prodigious talent early on.

Her debut album, Tidal, released in 1996, features songs penned during her teenage years and earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Performance for the hit single 'Criminal.' Following this success, her second album, When the Pawn..., produced by Jon Brion in 1999, received critical acclaim and achieved platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.

Apple's third album, Extraordinary Machine, was a long-awaited project that began recording in 2002. Despite her dissatisfaction with the initial production, which led to a fan protest against Epic Records, the album was eventually re-produced and released in October 2005, earning a gold certification and a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. Her fourth studio album, The Idler Wheel..., released in 2012, was met with critical praise and followed by a successful U.S. tour, garnering another Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.

In 2020, Apple released her fifth studio album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, which won two Grammy Awards, including Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rock Performance for the lead single 'Shameika.' With over fifteen million records sold worldwide and numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, Fiona Apple continues to be a significant figure in the music industry, with three of her albums featured on Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list.