Fiona Apple

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.
Since then Apple has released four studio albums.

Early life
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. She had obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Career
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. 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.

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.

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.

Personal life
Apple is vegan. In October 2013 she asked a fan to leave her concert in Portland, Oregon after they shouted "Get healthy!" at her.

 Discography 
 Albums 
Album informationTidal
 Released: July 23, 1996 (U.S.)
 Chart positions: #15 U.S, #43 Australia
 Last RIAA certification: 3x platinum"Gold and Platinum Searchable Database" . RIAA.com. (2.7 million copies sold"Loyal fans helped free Fiona Apple's CD". Associated Press/MSNBC Entertainment. October 5, 2005.)
 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 (1 million copies sold)
 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 (600,000 copies soldCohen, Jonathan. "Fiona Taps Rice, Garza For Summer Trek" . Billboard. April 19, 2006.)
 Singles: "Parting Gift", "O' Sailor", "Not About Love", "Get Him Back"iTunes Originals - Fiona Apple
 Released: February 14, 2006 (U.S.)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
 Released: 2020

 Charting singles 
YearSongAlbumU.S. Hot 100U.S. Modern RockUK 1996 "Shadowboxer" Tidal – 34 – 1997 "Sleep to Dream" – 28 84 "Criminal" 21 4 – 1999 "Fast as You Can" When the Pawn... – 20 33

 References 

 Other websites 

 Official site
 MTV Fiona Apple page 

Category:1977 births
Category:Living people
Category:American pianists
Category:Singer-songwriters from New York (state)
Category:American rock singers
Category:American Grammy Award winners
Category:Singers from New York City