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Fiona Apple is a singer, pianist, and songwriter who has been professionally active since 1994, when she was just 17 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n Apple has only released five albums, but each of them has shown a growing willingness to embrace creative approaches to writing, performing, and recording music. <\/span><\/p>\n Between albums, she often collaborates with other artists, including Phoebe Bridgers, Bob Dylan, Jakob Dylan, Andrew Bird, Margaret Cho, and Jon Brion.<\/span><\/p>\n Fiona Apple unknowingly started her rise to fame in 1994 when she gave a friend demo recordings of several songs, including \u201cNever Is a Promise\u201d and \u201cHe Takes a Taxi.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n The friend passed the demo to publicist Kathryn Schenker, who gave the tape to Andy Slater, an executive at Sony Music. Slater expressed an interest in working with Apple. She signed her to a record deal that would lead to her debut album<\/span>, Tidal<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Columbia Records released\u00a0<\/span>Tidal\u00a0<\/em>in 1996.\u00a0<\/span>Tidal\u00a0<\/em>sold 2.7 million copies. Singles from the album include:<\/span><\/p>\n Most of the album focused on a recent breakup from her boyfriend. The songs show a startling maturity for such a young songwriter. \u201cCriminal\u201d reached the Billboard Top 40, which drove sales and made Apple even more popular.<\/span><\/p>\n The song topped at 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, 17 on the Billboard Adult Top 40, and 2 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs.<\/span><\/p>\nFiona Apple Rise To Fame<\/span><\/h2>\n
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