Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple performing.
Background information
Birth name	Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart
Born	(1977-09-13) September 13, 1977 Manhattan, New York City, United States
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Alternative pop Piano pop/rock Baroque pop Jazz Experimental pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Piano, Vocal
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Epic
Website	Fiona-Apple.com

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 three 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 information
Tidal Released: July 23, 1996 (U.S.) Chart positions: #15 U.S, #43 Australia Last RIAA certification: 3x platinum (2.7 million copies sold) 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 sold) 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

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

Other websites

• Official site
• MTV Fiona Apple page Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine