Neon Dion And The Iggy Pops select
Tori Amos in the
Female Vocalist Category.
Tori Amos (born
Myra Ellen Amos on
August 22,
1963) is an
American pianist and
singer-songwriter. She is married to
English sound engineer Mark Hawley, with whom she has one child, Natashya "Tash" Lórien Hawley, born on
September 5,
2000.
Amos was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few
alternative rock performers to use a
piano as her primary instrument. She is known for emotionally intense songs that cover a wide range of subjects including
sexuality,
religion and personal
tragedy. Some of her charting singles include "
Crucify", "
Silent All These Years", "
Cornflake Girl", "
Caught a Lite Sneeze", "
Professional Widow", "Spark", and "
A Sorta Fairytale".
Amos had sold 12+ million records worldwide as of 2005
[1] and has also enjoyed a large
cult following. Having a history of making eccentric and at times ribald comments during concerts and interviews, she has earned a reputation for being highly
idiosyncratic. As a social commentator and sometimes activist, some of the topics she has been most vocal about include feminism, religion, and sexuality.
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