Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart is a gorgeous singer-songwriter who hails from America. Fiona from the years 1996 to 2020, has released five albums most of which have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 charting list. Along with this, Fiona Apple has acquired a number of awards as well as nominations, such as 3 Grammy Awards, 2 MTV VMAs – Video Music Awards, and one Billboard Music Award.
Quick Facts concerning Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple was born in the year 1977 on September 13 in New York City, USA.
Fiona’s music genres comprise Art pop, baroque pop, avant-pop, as well as alternative
Fiona has remarkable vocals along with which she can play the piano and drums as well.
So far, Fiona has worked with various labels such as Epic, Columbia, as well as Clean Slate
Fiona was mostly raised along with her sister by her mother in Morningside Gardens located in Harlem.
Fiona would usually spend summer vacation or breaks with her father who lived in Los Angeles, California.
Fiona used to attend St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s School.
When did Fiona Apple start getting into music?
Fiona Apple is classically conditioned on piano as a child and started creating and composing her own harmonies when she was only 8 years old. During the time when Fiona was learning to play the piano, Fiona would often take music sheets and decrypt guitar tablature – which is musical notations into the connected musical notes. Subsequently, Fiona Apple started to play along with jazz classic compositions after which she slowly started to become proficient. Fiona’s major influence on jazz was when she discovered the melodies of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
What has Fiona Apple suffered at a really young age?
From a really young age, Fiona struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder, along with depression, and anxiety. Fiona was even diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). When Fiona was 12 years old, she was raped outside the apartment in Harlem where Fiona resided with her mother, step-father, and sister. Subsequently, Fiona developed an eating disorder, where Apple was deliberately thining her developing body, which Fiona saw as a temptation that attracted possible predators.
After the rape incident, Fiona Apple started taking Model Mugging classes, where she would practice self-defense, however, Fiona would often suffer panic attacks when she would walk home from school. Fiona soon moved to Los Angeles in order to live with her father for one year where Fiona used to attend Alexander Hamilton High School.
What has Fiona Apple released in her career to the world through Music?
After Fiona turned 17 years old, Fiona released her debut album titled Tidal and comprised of songs that Fiona had written when she was 17. The album was released in the year 1996. After this, in the year 1999, Fiona released her second album titled When the Pawn… and it was produced by Jon Brion. Fiona’s second album was critically as well as commercially a huge success which even received the Platinum certificate. Fiona’s third album was titled Extraordinary Machine which was released in the year 2005 and was even certified Gold.
In the year 2012, Fiona released her fourth studio album titled The Idler Wheel…, which obtained wide critical praise after a tour of the United States took place. Fiona’s fifth studio album titled Fetch the Bolt Cutters was released in the year 2020 and has earned worldwide, universal acclaim.
What has Fiona Apple accomplished in her career so far?
After the release of Fiona’s debut album, she gained her Grammy Award in the category of Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the song titled Criminal released in 1996. Fiona also won the MTV (VMA) Video Music Award in the category of Best New Artist in a Video for the song titled Sleep to Dream. For Fiona’s second album, she won the California Music Award in the category of Outstanding Female Vocalist.
For Fiona’s third album Extraordinary Machine, she was nominated in the category of Best Alternative Music Album at the Grammy Awards. Fiona additionally won an Esky Music Award in the category of Best Songbird for her third album. Fiona’s third album was also nominated in the same category of Best Alternative Music Album at the Grammy Awards in 2013. Fiona’s fifth album – Fetch the Bolt Cutters won two Grammy Awards – in the category for Best Alternative Music Album and another for the song titled Shameika in the category of Best Rock Performance.