Fiona Apple is tagged as: female vocalists, singer-songwriter, alternative, piano, indie
Fiona Apple (Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and her album Tidal (1996) in Pawn (1999) Extraordinary Machine (2005) has sold over five million copies worldwide
She breaks into the music industry came when a friend who Babysat for a record executive gave her employer a demo Apple's hoarse voice nimble piano skills and mature texts received attention from the Sony executive Andy Slater, who signed her a record deal
In 1996, Apple's debut album, Tidal was released by a subsidiary of Sony album sold 3 million copies (certified triple platinum) domestically
"Criminal" the third single from Tidal became Apple's breakthrough hit song received widespread attention in part for his suggestive lyrics ( "I've been a bad bad girl ...") but also for the controversial music video directed by Mark Romanek video was shown a waifish half-dressed Apple surrounded by the aftermath of a party, including unconscious partygoers video got Heavy Rotation on VH-1 and MTV and the singer got immediate violence reputation years later Apple said "I was not [comfortable] And you can see that in the video is not sexy, it is worrying"