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Fiona Apple

At 19, Fiona Apple established herself as an inspired singer-songwriter with her 1996 debut, Tidal. Apple's soulfully emotional lyrics and jazz-influenced style opened the door to commercial success for many other female artists, including Vanessa Carlton and Norah Jones. Constant radio play of Apple's first single, "Shadowboxer," accompanied with heavy rotation of the video on MTV and VH1, landed the album on the Top 40. It eventually went triple platinum. However, Apple is best known for the tantalizing video for her second single, "Criminal" — a song that won her the Grammy Award in 1998 for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. In 1999 Apple released her second album, When the Pawn… (the 90-word title holds the Guinness World Record for Longest Album Title).

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