Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple (* 13. September 1977 in New York City as Fiona Apple Maggart ) is an American singer , singer-songwriter and pianist .
Life
Fiona Apple is the daughter of actor Brandon Maggart and singer Diane McAfee . Her sister Amber appears as a singer under the name Maude Maggart . Her half-brother Garett Maggart starred in the television series The Sentinel .
In her childhood Fiona took piano lessons . Her parents separated early. At the age of 12, she was raped on the way to see her mother. In order to process the experience, she later wrote the song Sullen Girl and did psychotherapy . Fiona has also been in psychotherapeutic treatment for aggression and psychological problems , among other things because as a teenager she threatened to kill herself and her sister Amber.
Through a friend, she got a recording deal with Epic Records in 1996 . Her album Tidal won a Grammy . Her video for Sleep to Dream won the 1997 MTV Video Music Award . Her appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards 1997 received a lot of media attention. With the words "This world is bullshit, and you shouldn't model your life on what you think that we think is cool, and what we're wearing and what we're saying" she criticized the music industry.
Fiona Apple is vegan and continues as a supporter of PETA for animal rights one.
Career
Tidal
In 1996 Tidal was released , their debut album, which to date has sold more than 3 million times in the USA alone (triple platinum ). Criminal , their third single, got a huge response. Other singles from the album are Sleep to Dream , Shadowboxer , Never is a Promise and The First Taste .
After her debut success and some controversy - u. a. an appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards where she berated the music industry - it's 3 years before the next release.
When the Pawn ...
After a dispute with the record company, which with the 90-word long title ( “ When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King / What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight / And He'll Win the Whole Thing ' Fore He Enters the Ring / There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind is Your Might / So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand / And Remember That Depth is the Greatest of Heights / And If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land / And If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right ” ), their second album was released in 1999. The album name, a poem written by Fiona, is usually shortened to When the Pawn .
The musically more experimental album is praised by many critics and fans and although it still achieved platinum status, it does not come close to the success of its debut. Fast as You Can , Paper Bag and Limp are released as singles .
In 2002 Apple was a guest singer for the Simon & Garfunkel classic Bridge over Troubled Water on Johnny Cash's album American IV: The Man Comes Around . She also sang a cover version of Cat Stevens' Father And Son with Cash , which appeared posthumously on his album Unearthed .
Extraordinary Machine
In 2003, the record company refused to release the third album Extraordinary Machine . The material has been labeled "commercially unsuccessful". Fiona Apple's career was up in the air.
In the course of time, however, individual songs from the unreleased album appeared in Internet file sharing networks and were also played by small radio stations. Fans organized the Free Fiona campaign for release in January 2005 . On August 15, 2005, the record company finally announced the release of a revised version of Extraordinary Machine for October 2005.
As a producer acts Mike Elizondo , known for his work with hip-hop -Künstlern such. B. Dr. Dre , co-producer is Brian Kehew . Of the eleven songs that have already appeared, nine have been completely revised and a new song ( Parting Gift ) has been recorded. According to Elizondo, the production now sounds “completely different”. Despite listening to the earlier version produced by Jon Brion , "everything has been done from scratch".
The Idler Wheel ...
In June 2012 Apple released their fourth studio album, produced with concert drummer Charley Drayton, entitled The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do ( The Idler Wheel ... ) . The date of publication was delayed by the artist due to internal label issues. The album received excellent reviews and topped a number of annual bests, including Time Magazine . The sound carrier received a rating of 89 out of 100 points on the Metacritic website .
After a long break, Apple returned to the public in December 2016 with an anti- Trump song called Trump's Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire (a corruption of the Christmas classic Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire ). In January 2017 she released the protest song Tiny Hands , written especially for the Women's March on Washington , together with producer Michael Whalen .
Fetch the bolt cutters
Only eight years after the last album came the fifth studio album called Fetch the Bolt Cutters in April 2020 . The musician has preferred the publication date.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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| 1996 | Tidal | - | - | - | - |
US15th  × 3
(91 weeks)US |
First published: July 23, 1996
Sales: +3,000,000 |
| 1999 | When the Pawn ... |
DE66 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK46 (2 weeks) UK |
US13 (20 weeks)US |
First published: November 9, 1999
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
| 2005 | Extraordinary Machine | - | - | - | - |
US7th  (21 weeks)US |
First published: October 3, 2005
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 2012 | The Idler Wheel ... |
DE56 (1 week) DE |
AT44 (2 weeks) AT |
CH28 (2 weeks) CH |
UK68 (1 week) UK |
US3 (16 weeks) US |
First published: June 19, 2012
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| 2020 | Fetch the bolt cutters |
DE20 (... weeks) DE |
AT30 (2 weeks) AT |
CH11 (3 weeks) CH |
UK33 (... weeks) UK |
US4 (... weeks) US |
First published: April 17, 2020
|
More albums
- 2006: iTunes Originals
- 2015: Watkins Family Hour
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 1997 | Sleep to Dream Tidal |
- | - | - |
UK79 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: April 14, 1997
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| Criminal Tidal |
- | - | - | - |
US21st (20 weeks)US |
First published: September 16, 1997
Sales: 1,000,000 |
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| 1999 | Fast as You Can When the Pawn ... |
- | - | - |
UK33 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 20, 1999
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More singles
- 1996: Shadowboxer
- 1996: Slow Like Honey
- 1997: The First Taste
- 1997: Never Is a Promise
- 1998: Across the Universe
- 1998: Please Send Me Someone to Love
- 2000: Limp
- 2000: Paper Bag
- 2003: Frosty the Snowman
- 2005: O'Sailor
- 2005: Parting Gift
- 2006: Not About Love
- 2006: Get Him Back
- 2006: Sally's Song
- 2008: Angel Eyes
- 2009: Why Try to Change Me Now
- 2009: I Walk a Little Faster
- 2012: Dull Tool
- 2012: Every Single Night
- 2013: Pure Imagination
- 2014: container
- 2017: Tiny Hands (with Michael Whalen)
Web links
- Fiona Apple in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (English)
- Fiona Apple at MusicBrainz (English)
- Further links on the subject of Fiona Apple in the Open Music Project - MusicMoz (English)
- Works by and about Fiona Apple in the catalog of the German National Library
- Fiona Apple - Singing Life - Jazz Collection -Podcast of the SRF with many audio samples
swell
- ↑ Maude Maggart's homepage (English), 2006
- ↑ a b biography on laut.de
- ↑ " Heard again : Fiona Apple - When The Pawn ..." on hifistatement.net
- ↑ Entry in the lexicon of rock and pop music ( Memento from December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Fiona Apple wins the MTV Video Music Award 1997 in the category "Best New Artist" ( Memento from November 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English), 1997
- ↑ "Fiona Apple world is bullshit" on youtube.com
- ^ Campaign for the publication of Extraordinary Machine (English), 2003
- ↑ Top 10 Everything of 2012 - Albums. Time , accessed May 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The Idler Wheel ... - Metacritic. Metacritic , accessed May 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Gil Kaufman: Fiona Apple Debuts Anti-Trump Song 'Tiny Hands' in Honor of Women's March. Billboard , January 18, 2017, accessed May 2, 2017 .
- ↑ After eight years a new album: Fiona Apple releases “Fetch The Bolt Cutters” , review on SWR2 on April 17, 2020, accessed May 3, 2020
- ↑ Daniel Gerhardt: Fiona Apple is back with an album about power men , review of Die Zeit from April 17, 2020, accessed May 3, 2020
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Apple, Fiona |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Apple Maggart, Fiona (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer, singer-songwriter, pianist and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |