Tori Amos

Tori Amos
Amos in concert at the theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, 2017
Amos in concert at the theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, 2017
Background information
Birth nameMyra Ellen Amos
Also known as
  • Ellen Amos
  • Tess Makes Good
Born (1963-08-22) August 22, 1963 (age 61)
Newton, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • keyboards
DiscographyTori Amos discography
Years active1979–present
Labels
Formerly ofY Kant Tori Read
Websitetoriamos.com

Tori Amos[7] (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range.[8] Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She had to leave at the age of eleven when her scholarship was discontinued for what Rolling Stone described as "musical insubordination".[9] Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop / rock group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion.

Her charting singles include "Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "God", "Cornflake Girl", "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Professional Widow", "Spark", "1000 Oceans", "Flavor" and "A Sorta Fairytale", her most commercially successful single in the U.S. to date.[10] Amos has received five MTV VMA nominations and eight Grammy Award nominations, and won an Echo Klassik award for her Night of Hunters classical crossover album. She is listed on VH1's 1999 "100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll" at number 71.[11]

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  8. ^ St. Leger, Marie Elsie (February 24, 1994). "Under The Pink". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2012. Under the Pink, Tori Amos' second solo album, continues the singer-songwriter's exploration of her life's journey from the confines of a strict religious upbringing to personal and artistic freedom. She is armed with an attention-grabbing mezzo-soprano and lyrics that can kill with a turn of phrase.
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  10. ^ McNair, James (November 21, 2003). "Tori Amos: Fairy-Tale Endings". Arts & Music. The Independent. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
  11. ^ "VH1: 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll". 1999. Retrieved October 23, 2017 – via RockOnTheNet.com.