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. Together they have one daughter, Natashya "Tash" Lórien Hawley, born on September 5, 2000. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 449 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (691 × 922 pixel, file size: 132 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Tori performing in Raanana, Israel on July 21st, 2007 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of... is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Singles from American Doll Posse Released: 2007 Released: 2007 American Doll Posse is the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Newton is a city located in Catawba County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (900 km)  - % water 9. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... Piano rock, sometimes referred to as piano pop, is a term for a style of music that is based around the piano, and sometimes around piano-related instruments, such as the Fender Rhodes, the Wurlitzer electric piano, and keyboard-based synthesizers. ... Baroque pop as a style originated in the mid 1960s as the flipside of sunshine pop. ... For other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). ... For experimental rock music, see experimental rock. ... Electronica refers to a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; but unlike electronic dance music, is not specifically focused on the dance floor. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. ... Large five-octave unfretted clavichord by Paul Maurici, after J.A. Haas The clavichord is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. ... The Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company until the 1970s. ... A Harmonium is a free-standing musical keyboard instrument similar to a Reed Organ or Pipe Organ. ... A Rhodes piano A Rhodes piano is an electromechanical musical instrument, a brand of electric piano. ... The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company, formerly a producer of stringed instruments, woodwind, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electric pianos and jukeboxes. ... Kurzweil Music Systems is a company that produces electronic musical instruments for professionals and home users. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Audio engineering is the branch of engineering dealing with the production of sound through mechanical means. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

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 music stars 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. A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... This article is about human sexual perceptions. ... For other uses, see Tragedy (disambiguation). ... Crucify is a song written and performed by Tori Amos from her album Little Earthquakes. ... Silent All These Years is a single by singer/songwriter Tori Amos from her first solo album, Little Earthquakes. ... Cornflake Girl is a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos. ... Caught a Lite Sneeze is a song by Tori Amos, released as the first single from her 1996 album Boys For Pele. ... Professional Widow is a 1996 song written by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. ... The correct title of this article is . ...

Amos has sold over 12 million records worldwide^[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. This article does not discuss cultist groups, personality cults, or cult in its original sense of religious practice. See cult (disambiguation) for more meanings of the term cult. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of pop culture. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...

Early Years (1963-1985)

An early image of Amos from VH1's Behind the Music

Amos was the third child born to Rev. Dr. Edison and Mary Ellen Amos in Newton, North Carolina, during a trip from their home in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) to North Carolina, at the Old Catawba Hospital in Newton. When Amos was 2, her family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she began to play the piano. By age five, she had begun composing instrumental pieces on piano and at nine started to add lyrics to her pieces. Image File history File links ToriAmos-BTM.jpg Summary An early picture of Tori Amos from VH1s Behind the Music Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links ToriAmos-BTM.jpg Summary An early picture of Tori Amos from VH1s Behind the Music Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... For the album by The Soundtrack of Our Lives, see Behind the Music (album). ... Newton is a city located in Catawba County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (900 km)  - % water 9. ... The familiar golden dome of Washingtons once venerable Riggs Bank, now amalgamated into PNC Bank, at the northeast corner of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW. Georgetown in red Georgetown is a neighborhood located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River waterfront. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... Baltimore redirects here. ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Largest metro area Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²)  - Width 101 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37° 53′ N to 39° 43′ N...

In 1968, while living in Rockville, Maryland, she won a full scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At age five, she was the youngest person ever to attend the school. At age 11, her scholarship was discontinued and she was asked to leave. Amos has asserted that she lost the scholarship because of her interest in rock and popular music coupled with her dislike for reading from sheet music. Two years later, she began studying at Montgomery College and began playing at piano bars, chaperoned by her father, who was sending tapes of songs she had written to record companies. Location in the State of Maryland Coordinates: , Country State County Montgomery Founded 1717 Incorporated 1860 Government  - Mayor Larry Giammo Area  - Total 13. ... Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the Peabody Conservatory of Music (or just The Peabody) is one of the most prestigious musical institutions in the world, and also the first conservatory in America. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Montgomery College is one of Marylands community colleges, sometimes humorously referred to as Harvard on the Pike (Pike referring to Rockville Pike, the major road to which the colleges Rockville campus is adjacent). ... A piano bar (also known as a piano lounge) consists of a piano or electronic keyboard played by a professional musician, located in a cocktail lounge or bar . ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ...

She first came to local notice by winning a county Teen Talent contest in 1977, singing a song called "More Than Just a Friend". By the time she reached high school, she was well known in the Washington, D.C. area. During her years at Richard Montgomery High School, she was elected Homecoming Queen, Most Likely to Succeed, Most Talented, and Best All-Around. She also became involved with Black Maskers, the school's drama group. As a high school senior, Amos co-wrote "Baltimore" with her brother Mike Amos for a competition involving the Baltimore Orioles. The song won the contest and became her first single, released as a 7" single pressed locally for family and friends during 1980 with another Amos-penned composition as a b-side, "Walking With You". At around this time she adopted the name "Tori" after a friend told her that she looked more like a Tori than a "Myra Ellen". Richard Montgomery High School (#201) is a secondary public school located in Rockville, Maryland. ... Homecoming Queen is confirmed as the fifth and last single from the double-platinum album, Extreme Behavior. ... Baltimore is the name of the very first single released by a pre-fame Tori Amos. ... This article is about the contemporary American major league baseball team. ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-sides, often accompanied by several B-sides—usually remixes or other songs. ...

Even before Amos was eighteen, she had been compared to Kate Bush in regard to singing style and other musical tendencies. However, at that time, Amos didn't even know who Bush was. Later on she would buy her first Kate Bush album and discover her music.^[2] Kate Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. ...

Y Kant Tori Read (1985-88)

At age 21, Amos moved to Los Angeles to pursue her music career after several years performing on the piano bar circuit of the East Coast. While there she managed to get several acting jobs, including a Kellogg's Just Right cereal commercial (for which role she beat out a then-unknown Sarah Jessica Parker). In 1987 she appeared in the courtroom soap opera Trial by Jury as Carrie Hadler, a woman accused of killing her married lover with sex. (Clips would later be shown in the VH1 program "Before They Were Stars".) 1In 1985, after playing in a bar one night, she gave a ride home to a regular customer at the establishment who sexually assaulted her, an experience that would later be revisited in her song "Me and a Gun". She also met Steve Caton, who played guitars on her albums through to To Venus and Back (1999). Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Kellogg Company (often referred to as simply Kellogg or Kelloggs) is an American multinational producer of breakfast foods, snack foods, cookies, and crackers, with corporate headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA. Kellogg trades under the ticker symbol NYSE: K. Revenues in 2006 were $10. ... Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American actress and producer, with a portfolio of television, movie, and theater performances. ... Trial by Jury is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in one act (the only single-act Savoy Opera). ... Sexual assault is any physical contact of a sexual nature without voluntary consent. ... Photo of Steve Caton by James Bradford, circa 1996 Steve Caton is a professional guitarist/singer, song writer, producer, and visual artist, whose career has spanned almost three decades. ... To Venus and Back is a two-disc album set released by singer and songwriter Tori Amos in 1999. ...

In 1985, Amos formed a music group, Y Kant Tori Read. Tori came up with the name as a reference to her days back at the Peabody conservatory, where she was able to play songs on her piano simply after hearing them once, but was never able to get the hang of reading and playing from sheet music.^[3] Besides Amos, the group was composed of the aforementioned Caton, drummer Matt Sorum, bass player Brad Cobb and keyboardist Jim Tauber (for a short time). A year later, Atlantic Records gave Amos a six-record contract. In July 1988, the band's debut album Y Kant Tori Read was released and was widely panned by critics and snubbed by mainstream audiences^{[attribution needed]}, leaving Amos dejected and humiliated. After the flop, Amos began working with other artists (including Stan Ridgway of Wall of Voodoo, Sandra Bernhard, and Al Stewart) as a backup vocalist. She also recorded a song called "Distant Storm" for the film China O'Brien; in the credits, the song is attributed to a band called "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos." Y Kant Tori Read Y Kant Tori Read was a 1980s synthpop band, fronted by (then unknown) singer-songwriter Tori Amos. ... Matt Sorum (born Matthew William Sorum, November 19, 1960, in Mission Viejo, California) is a hard rock drummer and percussionist. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Y Kant Tori Read is the name of the 1980s hair-metal-pop band formed by now famous singer and songwriter Tori Amos. ... Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway was the original lead singer of the band Wall of Voodoo, singing on their debut EP and first two albums, Dark Continent and Call of the West, the last of which included their only hit song, Mexican Radio. The band was named Wall of... Wall of Voodoo is a New Wave art - punk group from Los Angeles best known for the 1983 hit Mexican Radio. ... Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955 in Flint, Michigan) is an American actress, comedian, author and singer. ... Al Stewart (born Alastair Ian Stewart on September 5, 1945, Glasgow, Scotland), is a British singer-songwriter and musician. ... Spoiler warning: China OBrien was the first in a series of low-budget atypical 1980s martial arts films (China OBrien 2, etc. ...

Although Amos often voices embarrassment concerning Y Kant Tori Read, she has performed various songs from the album live in concert. The album is now out of print and original copies are considered quite valuable.

Solo career

Debut and rising fame (1990-96)

Main article: Little Earthquakes

Despite the disappointing reaction to Y Kant Tori Read, Amos still had to comply with her six-record contract with Atlantic Records, who in 1989 wanted a new record by March 1990. When she presented them with her initial recordings, they were rejected on the grounds that the "girl and a piano thing" was not going to sell records in an early-'90s market of grunge, rock, rap, and dance music. Extensively reworked and expanded with the help of Steve Caton, Eric Rosse, Will MacGregor, Carlo Nuccio, and Dan Nebenzal, the record ended up full of raw, emotive songs recounting her religious upbringing, sexual awakening, struggle to establish her identity, and her sexual assault. The Atlantic executives changed their minds upon hearing the edited version, with the plan to promote her as an heir to Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro, or alternatively as a female version of Elton John. Expecting the traditionally more open-minded UK market to warm to Amos and to create a "buzz" with which to return to the US, Atlantic relocated Amos to England in early 1991 to play small clubs in preparation for the launch of the new album, which was released under the title Little Earthquakes. Little Earthquakes (1992) was the solo debut album of singer Tori Amos, featuring the singles Winter, China, Silent All These Years and Crucify. It helped usher in the success of other female singer/songwriters in the 1990s. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Photo of Steve Caton by James Bradford, circa 1996 Steve Caton is a professional guitarist/singer, song writer, producer, and visual artist, whose career has spanned almost three decades. ... Eric Rosse is a record producer who has worked on the Tori Amos albums Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink as well as Anna Nalicks album Wreck of the Day. ... Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ... Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro) (October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter and singer, one of the most influential musicians to emerge in the 1960s. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Little Earthquakes (1992) was the solo debut album of singer Tori Amos, featuring the singles Winter, China, Silent All These Years and Crucify. It helped usher in the success of other female singer/songwriters in the 1990s. ...

During this period, Amos befriended author Neil Gaiman, who became a fan after Amos referenced him in the song Tear In Your Hand and also in print interviews. It is often said that the character Delirium from Gaiman's The Sandman series (or even her sister Death) is based on her; Gaiman has stated that "they steal shamelessly from each other" (the character was actually created before the two met). Gaiman was to become a long-time friend and collaborator. His 2006 tribute album from Ferret Records has an Amos lyric for its title (Where's Neil When You Need Him?) and contains the Amos track "Sister Named Desire". She also wrote the introduction to the trade paperback collection of Gaiman's Death: The High Cost of Living. Neil Richard Gaiman (IPA: ) (born November 10, 1960[2]) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. ... Delirium amid fish Delirium is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaimans comic book series The Sandman. ... The Sandman was a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics for 75 issues from 1988 until 1996. ... Death is a fictional character from the DC comic book series, The Sandman (1988 - 1996). ... Wheres Neil When You Need Him? is a tribute CD to writer Neil Gaiman consisting of seventeen tracks performed by various artists who are fans of Gaimans work. ... Death as illustrated by Chris Bachalo. ...

Main article: Under the Pink

After touring throughout 1992 in support of Little Earthquakes (Europe, North America, Australia, & Israel), Amos traveled to New Mexico with personal and professional partner Eric Rosse in 1993 to write and largely record her second solo record, Under the Pink. Under the Pink is a 1994 album by Tori Amos. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Largest metro area Albuquerque metropolitan area Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... Under the Pink is a 1994 album by Tori Amos. ...

The inspiration for the previous album had been the events in Amos's own life, but for her second album she drew inspiration elsewhere — from the work of Georgia O'Keeffe and Salvador Dalí, the literature of Alice Walker, and the Russian princess Anastasia Romanov. Musically, Amos drew from the style of classical composers she had studied during her childhood, and put more focus on her solo piano rather than band instrumentation. The musical complexity drawn from her classical background is particularly evident in such tracks as Icicle and the sweeping, nine-and-a-half minute, Yes, Anastasia. Tori Amos used a prepared upright piano for Bells for Her on this album. Bells for Her was also played on a prepared piano for the second half of that album's live tour. Georgia Tottoeanocomita OKeeffe (November 15, 1887—March 6, 1986) was an American artist. ... Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a Spanish surrealist painter of Catalan descent born in Figueres, Catalonia (Spain). ... For other uses, see Literature (disambiguation). ... Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author and feminist. ... Russian: Великая Княжна Анастасия Николаевна ) (June 18, 1901 - July 17, 1918) was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and... A prepared piano is a piano that has had its sound altered by placing objects (preparations) between or on the strings or on the hammers or dampers. ... Bells For Her is the third song on Tori Amos album Under The Pink, released in 1994. ...

In June 1994, Amos co-founded RAINN, The Rape Abuse and Incest National Network. RAINN is a toll-free help line in the US which connects callers with their local rape crisis center. In 1995, Amos, duetting with Robert Plant, contributed the song "Down by the Seaside" to the Led Zeppelin tribute album Encomium. The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) in the United States is a toll-free, confidential and anonymous provider of counseling to victims of rape and sexual assault. ... Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England), is an English rock singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career. ... For the bands 1969 eponymous debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin is a tribute album by various artists dedicated to Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records on March 14, 1995. ...

Main article: Boys for Pele

The idea for Amos's third solo album first originated in August 1994 during a break from the tour to promote the Under the Pink album. Amos had split from Eric Rosse both personally and professionally after a seven-year relationship, and she took a trip to Hawaii where she studied the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele, the "empowering female force" behind Boys for Pele. Boys For Pele, the Grammy-nominated third album by singer and songwriter Tori Amos, is perhaps her least well-known and yet best-selling album to date. ... Eric Rosse is a record producer who has worked on the Tori Amos albums Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink as well as Anna Nalicks album Wreck of the Day. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... In Hawaiian mythology, Pele is a goddess of fire, lightning, dance, volcanoes and violence, a daughter of Haumea and Kane Milohai. ... Boys For Pele, the Grammy-nominated third album by singer and songwriter Tori Amos, is perhaps her least well-known and yet best-selling album to date. ...

Amos performing on October 13, 1996 on her Dew Drop Inn tour.

The album was recorded in an Irish church, in County Wicklow, Ireland in 1995 as well as an old Georgian house, also in Ireland. After two albums of piano-driven pop rock music, Amos took advantage of the church recording setting to create an album ripe with baroque influences, lending it a darker sound and style. She added harpsichord, harmonium, and clavichord to her keyboard repertoire, and also included such anomalies as a gospel choir, bagpipes, church bells, and drum programming. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 428 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (571 × 800 pixel, file size: 385 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tori Amos Metadata... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 428 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (571 × 800 pixel, file size: 385 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tori Amos Metadata... is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ... For other uses, see Baroque (disambiguation). ... Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. ... A Harmonium is a free-standing musical keyboard instrument similar to a Reed Organ or Pipe Organ. ... Large five-octave unfretted clavichord by Paul Maurici, after J.A. Haas The clavichord is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. ... Gospel, from the Old English good tidings is a calque of Greek () used in the New Testament (see Etymology below). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A bagpipe performer in Amsterdam. ...

Boys for Pele was released in January 1996. Substantially longer than the first two albums at around 70 minutes, it garnered mixed reviews; some critics praised its intensity and uniqueness while others bemoaned its comparative impenetrability. It was perhaps the first in a style of which Amos seems to work, as the (comparative) musical and lyrical straightforwardness of Little Earthquakes gave way to an interest in opaque lyrics (often centered in religion and mythology) and a darker, more complex sound. The erratic lyrical content of its songs seemed indecipherable to some fans, and the instrumentation kept it away from mainstream audiences. Nevertheless, Boys for Pele is Amos's most successful transatlantic chart release, reaching UK #2 and US #2 upon its release at the height of her fame (and as with her first four solo albums, it has been certified platinum for sales of more than a million US copies). 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Little Earthquakes (1992) was the solo debut album of singer Tori Amos, featuring the singles Winter, China, Silent All These Years and Crucify. It helped usher in the success of other female singer/songwriters in the 1990s. ...

Also in 1996, Amos began her own vanity label called Igloo, internal to Atlantic Records. Her first signing (which she executively produced) was the band Pet, headed by lead singer Lisa Papineau. Their self-titled debut album included the song "Lil' Boots," which was also featured on the soundtrack for The Crow: City of Angels. Record sales were meager and the subsidiary label was quickly folded. A vanity label is a term given to a situation where a famous recording artist is allowed to run a label within a label and release music by other artists he or she admires. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Crow: City of Angels is the 1996 sequel to cult movie and comic The Crow by James OBarr. ...

Amos performed a highly publicized television concert called "The Concert for RAINN" in early 1997. This coincided with "National RAINN Day", and during the concert all cable and network television stations aired Amos's public service announcement about the organization. During this concert Amos performed her song "Muhammad My Friend" with her friend Maynard James Keenan of the band Tool. The concert also introduced a year long campaign in collaboration with Calvin Klein eye wear. Proceeds were collected for RAINN. She also co-wrote/performed a song called "It Might Hurt a Bit" with singer Michael Stipe of the band R.E.M.. It was intended for the soundtrack to the film Don Juan DeMarco, but was not used and has never been released. Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... A public service announcement (PSA) or community service announcement (CSA) is a non-commercial advertisement typically on radio or television, ostensibly broadcast for the public good. ... Maynard James Keenan (born April 17, 1964, as James Herbert Keenan) is an American rock singer. ... Tool is a Grammy-award winning American rock band, formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. ... This article is about the corporation Calvin Klein Inc. ... REDIRECT Template:Infobox Musician John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960 in Decatur, Georgia) is the lead singer of the American rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known (and occasionally parodied) for the mumbling style of his early career and for his complex, surreal lyrics, as well... R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and Michael Stipe (vocals). ... Don Juan DeMarco is a film starring Johnny Depp as a man who believes himself to be Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. ...

Miscarriages and marriage (1997-99)

Main article: From the Choirgirl Hotel

During the tour to promote Boys for Pele, Amos and her sound engineer Mark Hawley began a relationship and Amos later discovered she was pregnant. She planned to take 1997 away from the limelight and the recording studio in order to look after her unborn child, however, Amos miscarried two days before Christmas 1996 at three months, plunging her into new emotional depths. During her recovery period at her second home in Florida, Amos unexpectedly began writing new songs. From the Choirgirl Hotel, released in 1998, was the fifth major label album by singer and songwriter Tori Amos. ... Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the natural or spontaneous end of a pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or the fetus is incapable of surviving, generally defined in humans at a gestation of prior to 20 weeks. ... For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ...

After writing in "the tropics" of Florida (where she suffered a second miscarriage in May 1997, this time earlier in the pregnancy), Amos returned to Cornwall, England, where she settled with Hawley in 1997. They converted the barn of their new home into a state-of-the-art recording studio, Martian Engineering Studios, and Amos spent the latter part of 1997 recording her new songs there. After three albums of largely acoustic piano-based music, Amos embraced some styles of dance music after the remix of "Professional Widow" became a worldwide hit, and also decided to feature arrangements which expanded considerably on her core piano sound, including elements of electronica and jazz. For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... Electronica refers to a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; but unlike electronic dance music, is not specifically focused on the dance floor. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ...

Following Amos and Hawley's marriage on February 22, 1998, Atlantic released Amos' fourth solo album, From the Choirgirl Hotel, in May 1998. Many of the songs on the album (e.g. "Playboy Mommy" and "Spark") dealt with her two recent miscarriages. Reviews were mostly favourable and praising of Amos' continued artistic originality (it was voted among the best albums of the year by Q magazine), and the album was generally well-received by Amos fans. Amos herself lists the album as her favorite. is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... From the Choirgirl Hotel, released in 1998, was the fifth major label album by singer and songwriter Tori Amos. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ...

Main article: To Venus and Back

After the successful band tour ended, Amos decided to make her next project a double album comprising live material recorded on the tour as well as b-sides, bolstered by two to three new unreleased compositions. Inspired by fan demand for remastered b-sides from her extensive back-catalogue Tori started re-recording classics like "Here, in my Head" and "Honey" but found herself improvising new lyrics and eventually entirely new songs. Thus, the project mutated into a two-disc set comprising live songs from the tour and a new studio disc (plans to release a live video/DVD of the tour were also abandoned) that was released in September 1999 under the title To Venus and Back. To Venus and Back is a two-disc album set released by singer and songwriter Tori Amos in 1999. ... To Venus and Back is a two-disc album set released by singer and songwriter Tori Amos in 1999. ...

The album was supported by a short tour in 1999, the "Five and a Half Weeks Tour", which Amos co-headlined with Alanis Morissette around a month prior to the release of the double album. Many referred to Amos as the "opening act" for Morissette because she always performed first; however, this was due only to the logistics of setting up a grand piano for performance. An Amos-only stint, the "To Dallas and Back" tour, also took place, but promotional plans were cut when Amos suffered her third miscarriage, again at three months, on November 11, 1999. In her 2005 book Piece by Piece, Amos revealed that Atlantic allowed her only two days before pushing her back into a promotional schedule, one reason that caused her eventual split from the record label in 2002. Alanis redirects here. ... is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Cover of Piece by Piece Piece by Piece is an autobiographical book by singer/songwriter Tori Amos and co-authored by rock music journalist Ann Powers. ...

Personal and professional transitions (2000-04)

Main article: Strange Little Girls

After releasing two albums and embarking on two tours in rapid succession, Amos took a break from both touring and recording in 2000 to devote to another pregnancy. After suffering a total of three miscarriages, Amos became a mother, giving birth to her daughter, Natashya, in September of 2000. Inspired by the songs she heard on the radio while looking after her daughter at her second home in Florida, Amos hatched the idea to produce a covers album, recording songs written by men about women and turning them around to suit the female perspective. In her 2005 book Piece by Piece, Amos revealed that a stimulus for the album was to end her contract with Atlantic Records without giving them new original songs; Amos felt that since 1998, the label had not been properly promoting her and had trapped her in a contract that required her to deliver three more albums and a hits collection. After the double album To Venus and Back, the covers album would satisfy her contractual obligations with Atlantic before a hits package release. Strange Little Girls was a concept album released by singer-songwriter Tori Amos in 2001. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... To Venus and Back is a two-disc album set released by singer and songwriter Tori Amos in 1999. ...

The unique album garnered substantial press attention, as did the packaging featuring Amos in various poses adopting the styles of the different female characters she portrays in each song. Each photograph, featuring make-up by Kevyn Aucoin, was accompanied by text from Neil Gaiman and formed a successful advertising campaign. Kevyn Aucoin (February 14, 1962 in Shreveport, Louisiana; died May 7, 2002) was a make-up artist and photographer who was well known for catering to the laywomans need to feel beautiful. ... Neil Richard Gaiman (IPA: ) (born November 10, 1960[2]) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. ...

Amos performed her cover of Tom Waits' "Time" on Late Show with David Letterman on 9/18/2001, only one week after the events of 9/11, a time when many artists were leaving New York or unwilling to perform in such a public venue. She also did a public signing at Virgin Megastores in Union Square (New York City) in New York that same week. Late Show redirects here. ... The date that commonly refers to the attacks on United States citizens on September 11, 2001 (see the September 11, 2001 Attacks). ... Virgin Megastores is an international chain of record shops, founded by Sir Richard Branson on Londons Oxford Street in January or February 1971 (exact date uncertain). ... Union Square Park (also known as Union Square) is an important and historic intersection in New York City, located where Broadway and the Bowery came together in the early 19th century. ...

Main article: Scarlet's Walk

With her contract Atlantic fulfilled after a 15-year stint, Amos signed to another major label, Sony/Epic in early 2002. In October, Amos released Scarlet's Walk, her first album under the new label. Described as a "sonic novel", the 18-track album proved to be a landmark for a variety of reasons. Stylistically, Amos put drums and bass guitar at the forefront, using her piano playing as an accent rather than a highlight. Thematically, the album explored Amos' alter ego, Scarlet, and her cross-country trip in early 2001. Through the songs, Amos explores the history of America, American people, Native American history, pornography, masochism, homophobia and misogyny, but the political nature of the album is often tempered by the classic production and songwriting style, recalling the likes of Fleetwood Mac. Scarlets Walk is the eighth album released by singer and songwriter Tori Amos. ... Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $66. ... Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Scarlets Walk is the eighth album released by singer and songwriter Tori Amos. ... This article is about the literary concept. ... Alter Ego has multiple meanings: Alter Ego is a game for the Commodore 64 computer. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... Porn redirects here. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ... A protest by The Westboro Baptist Church, a group identified by the Anti-Defamation League as virulently homophobic. ... This box:      Misogyny (IPA: ) is hatred or strong prejudice against women; an antonym of philogyny. ... This article is about the band. ...

Main article: Tales of a Librarian

After scoring her biggest commercial success in five years with her Epic debut, Scarlet's Walk, Amos still owed Atlantic a retrospective hits package. After given the option to be involved in the project, Amos elected to take a central role in the production of the collection. In November 2003 Tales of a Librarian was released, which Amos described as a "sonic autobiography", a title derived from her dislike of the term "greatest hits".^[4] Amos revisited the mixing of many of her own favorite songs from her career, focusing on those she thought were not fully realized in their original recordings and those that she felt explained her life story. Recording under the premise that a librarian is a "chronicler", Amos pieced together the album, adding two new songs and two re-recorded b-sides. The songs were arranged in accordance with the Dewey Decimal System, extending the librarian theme of the album. Tales of a Librarian (complete title: A Tori Amos Collection: Tales of a Librarian) is the first greatest hits compilation album by singer/songwriter Tori Amos. ... Tales of a Librarian (complete title: A Tori Amos Collection: Tales of a Librarian) is the first greatest hits compilation album by singer/songwriter Tori Amos. ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC, also called the Dewey Decimal System) is a system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey (1851–1931) in 1876, and since greatly modified and expanded in the course of the twenty-two major revisions which have occurred up until 2004. ...

Under her new contract with Epic Records, Amos appeared in the film Mona Lisa Smile as a big-band singer and contributed two songs, "You Belong to Me" and "Murder, He Says", to the film's soundtrack. Stylistically, both songs reflect music and vocal arrangements from the big-band era. Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 American film that was produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures, directed by Mike Newell, written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, and starring Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles. ...

Main article: The Beekeeper

Musically inspired by the tight band sound she afforded during her year-long trek with Matt Chamberlain and Jon Evans on the successful Scarlet's Walk album and tour, Amos' next album project explored the tightness of this band sound. Recorded in the summer of 2004 at her home studio in Cornwall, Amos was conceptually influenced by the ancient art of beekeeping, which she considered a source of female inspiration and empowerment. Through extensive study, Amos also wove in the stories of the Gnostic gospels and the removal of women from a position of power within the Christian church to create an album based largely on religion and politics. Many fans and critics, however, have argued that the concept is unclear and confusing. Following the death of her brother in November 2004, Amos wrote the closing track, "Toast", for last minute inclusion on the album, also adding the line "take this message to Michael" to the backing vocals on the title track. The album was released in February 2005 as The Beekeeper and it debuted at US #5, placing Amos in an elite group of women to have secured five or more US Top 10 album debuts. The Beekeeper is an album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. ... Matt Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967 in San Pedro, California) is one of the worlds most widely-heard session drummers. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... Beekeeping, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (14th century) Honey seeker depicted on 6000 year old cave painting near Valencia, Spain Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin apis, a bee) is the practice of intentional maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. ... Gnosticism is a blanket term for various religions and sects most prominent in the first few centuries A.D. General characteristics The word gnosticism comes from the Greek word for knowledge, gnosis (γνῶσις), referring to the idea that there is special, hidden mysticism (esoteric knowledge... For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... For the architectural structure, see Church (building). ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... The Beekeeper is an album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. ...

Amos received unsettling news in 2003 when Epic Records President Polly Anthony resigned. Anthony had been one of the main reasons Amos signed with the label. As a result, Amos formed the Bridge Entertainment Group, a company devoted to helping musicians in various ways during a time when the music industry is changing.^[5] Amos hinted that those in charge at Epic during the creation of The Beekeeper were interested "only in making money". Amos' general disenchantment with the commercial side of the music industry was showcased when she did not bother performing the first single from the album in many cities during the accompanying tour; it is usually expected by record companies of a modern musician that they perform their singles or hits regularly.

In conjunction with the album, Amos released an autobiography co-authored by rock music journalist Ann Powers entitled Piece by Piece in February 2005. It delves deeply into Amos’s interest with mythology and religion and explores her songwriting process as well as telling the story of her progression into fame. Ann Powers has been writing about popular music and society since the early 1980s. ... Cover of Piece by Piece Piece by Piece is an autobiographical book by singer/songwriter Tori Amos and co-authored by rock music journalist Ann Powers. ...

Amos announced in late 2005 that she would be issuing a series of live "official bootlegs", all recorded during her "Original Sinsuality" tour. A website was established at toriamosbootlegs.com where hard copies of the releases were made exclusively available. The packaging was minimal and featured bird/insect/snake artwork following the theme of The Beekeeper, which had featured elaborate packaging placing the various songs into different metaphorical gardens. The bootlegs were sold for $13.98 each and featured full concerts from her 2005 tour; the bootleg albums were widely acclaimed by both critics and fans and showcased Amos' continued unique performance style. Soon after the hard copies were released online retailers began offering the entire albums for paid download, and in December 2005 all six two-disc sets were issued as a 12-disc box set, The Original Bootlegs.

Summations and "jumping ship" (2005-07)

During 2005, Amos negotiated a contract with the Warner Bros. reissue imprint Rhino to release reissues and compilations. The first release of the deal was the two-disc DVD set Fade To Red: The Video Collection in February 2006, which contained most of Amos' solo music videos as well as behind-the-scenes footage and commentary. The contract continued in September 2006 with the release of the five-disc box set A Piano: The Collection, celebrating Amos' 15-year solo career. The set includes various album songs, singles, remixes, alternate mixes, demos and a string of unreleased songs from album sessions. The collection is packaged to resemble a piano keyboard with extensive liner notes (including Amos' commentary) and a hard-back book. While the contents of the box set are extensive, many b-sides and rarities do not appear in this collection. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tori Amos - The Video Collection: Fade To Red is a 2 DVD set featuring music videos released (1992-2005) from artist Tori Amos. ...

Main article: American Doll Posse

Amos performing as Pip in concert on July 13, 2007 on her American Doll Posse tour.

In several interviews while promoting A Piano, Amos revealed details about her ninth studio album.^[6] The first interview in which Amos commented in-depth on the album was published on the Internet on March 12, on guitarist and journalist Paul Tingen's site.^[7] The interview explained much about the thematic nature of the album and the concepts behind it. With this album Amos stated she was "jumping ship" from her previous work, with A Piano being the summation of her previous work and the end of an era. Amos also hinted that she may bring back both her harpsichord (which she used on Boys for Pele) and Wurlitzer (used on Strange Little Girls and Scarlet's Walk), yet only the Wurlitzer appeared (on "Dark Side of the Sun"). Amos revealed in a Sound on Sound interview that she has been recording with new microphones and pianos (and will take a new piano on tour), and has also recorded with the Yamaha CS80 synth keyboard for the album.^[8] Singles from American Doll Posse Released: 2007 Released: 2007 American Doll Posse is the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 399 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (533 × 800 pixel, file size: 49 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 399 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (533 × 800 pixel, file size: 49 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

The album was released under the title American Doll Posse on May 1, 2007 in the US.^[9] The "Posse", a group of girls who are used as a theme of alter-egos in the album, consists of Amos in a number of guises: Santa, Clyde, Isabel, Tori, and Pip.^[10] On March 23, 2007, toriamos.com released an audio clip from Amos, stating that each of the characters from American Doll Posse has her own online blog which she urged fans to find. American Doll Posse was Amos' sixth album that debuted in the Top 10, at #5 in the United States, despite having fewer sales than The Beekeeper.^[11] Singles from American Doll Posse Released: 2007 Released: 2007 American Doll Posse is the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

On October 16, 2007, Amos announced the release of the Legs & Boots series, digital downloads of several concerts on the North American leg of her American Doll Posse tour.^[12] Complete shows will be available in MP3 format for $9.99 a few hours after each show and in CD-quality FLAC files for $14.99 within a week after each show. is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For other uses, see MP3 (disambiguation). ... FLAC, an acronym for Free Lossless Audio Codec, is a popular file format for audio data compression. ...

Discography

Main article: Tori Amos discography

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CD singles, B-sides and soundtracks

Further information: List of Tori Amos b-sides

Early in her career Amos garnered a reputation for releasing an extensive catalogue of CD singles in conjunction with her albums. This catalogue of music collectables is so vast that a book was published in 1997 entitled "Tori Amos Collectibles" which served as a partial (to that date) photographic journal detailing the variety of world-wide releases, test pressings and bootlegs. One of Amos' best selling early releases was a five track E.P. for her song "Crucify" which was sold at regular album prices. Amos' penchant for including non-album B-sides on each of her singles played a major factor in her initial popularity. In particular her cover of the Nirvana song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from the Crucify E.P. garnered major press attention and critical lauds. One unusual choice of b-sides on a CD-single were the Chas and Dave compositions "London Girls" and "That's What I Like Mick (The Sandwich Song)". Many of Amos' b-sides feature on the A Piano: The Collection box set. In recent years the production of CD-singles has become less common. B-sides for Scarlet's Walk were released through the internet, while The Beekeeper did not feature any B-sides, but did contain 19 full-length tracks. In 1994, recorded the Anita Ward's disco classic "Ring My Bell" from a collection organized by New Musical Express. Below is an alphabetical list of b-side and non-album tracks by American singer and song-writer Tori Amos. ... A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... Crucify is a song written and performed by Tori Amos from her album Little Earthquakes. ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... Nevermind track listing Smells Like Teen Spirit is a song by the American rock band Nirvana, and the opening track and lead single from the bands 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind. ... Chas & Dave are Cockney pop rock music artists, often billed as Chas n Dave. ... Anita Ward (born December 20, 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. ...

Amos also established herself early-on as a willing contributor to film soundtracks (including Toys, Higher Learning, Mission: Impossible II, Great Expectations and Mona Lisa Smile) as well as to compilation projects and projects by other artists (including Al Stewart, Tom Jones, and Sandra Bernhard). As such she has, to date, accumulated a catalogue of over 100 non-album tracks (not including live versions of album tracks or remixes). Toys is a 1992 surreal black comedy film directed by Barry Levinson. ... For other uses, see Higher Learning (disambiguation). ... Mission: Impossible II, or M:I-2 as it is also known, is the 2000 John Woo-directed sequel to Brian De Palmas 1996 Mission: Impossible motion picture, based on the TV series of the same name. ... Great Expectations is a 1998 contemporary film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name, directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert DeNiro, Anne Bancroft and Chris Cooper. ... Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 American film that was produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures, directed by Mike Newell, written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, and starring Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles. ... Al Stewart (born Alastair Ian Stewart on September 5, 1945, Glasgow, Scotland), is a British singer-songwriter and musician. ... For other uses, see Tom Jones (disambiguation). ... Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955 in Flint, Michigan) is an American actress, comedian, author and singer. ...

Videography

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Award nominations

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• 1995 - Best Alternative Music Album (for Under The Pink, nomination).
• 1997 - Best Alternative Music Album (for Boys For Pele, nomination).
• 1999 - Best Alternative Music Album (for From the Choirgirl Hotel, nomination).
• 1999 - Female Rock Vocal Performance (for Raspberry Swirl, nomination).
• 2000 - Best Alternative Music Album (for To Venus and Back, nomination).
• 2000 - Female Rock Vocal Performance {for Bliss, nomination).
• 2002 - Best Alternative Music Album (for Strange Little Girls, nomination).
• 2002 - Female Rock Vocal Performance (for Strange Little Girl, nomination).
• 2004 - Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Packaging (for Scarlet's Walk, nomination).

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• 1992 - Best Female Video (for Silent All These Years, nomination).
• 1992 - Best Cinematography in a Video (for Silent All These Years, nomination).
• 1992 - Best New Artist In a Video (for Silent All These Years, nomination).
• 1992 - Breakthrough Video (for Silent All These Years, nomination).

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Tours

An Amos concert ticket for October 5, 1996.

Amos remains one of the world's most active touring artists in modern popular music. She has been performing in bars and clubs from as early as 1976, and under her professional name began playing clubs in London in 1991. Her first world tour began in 1992 and she has since performed more than 950 shows. Amos was voted by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003 as the fifth-best live act. Her concerts are notable for their changing set lists from night to night. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 368 pixelsFull resolution (1401 × 645 pixel, file size: 157 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Scan of a concert ticket for a Williamsport Tori Amos concert. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 368 pixelsFull resolution (1401 × 645 pixel, file size: 157 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Scan of a concert ticket for a Williamsport Tori Amos concert. ... For other uses, see 5th October (Serbia). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the music magazine. ...

Little Earthquakes Tour 

Amos' first world tour began on January 29, 1992 in London and ended on November 30, 1992 in Auckland. She played on a Yamaha keyboard each night solo. The tour included 142 concerts around the globe.

Under the Pink Tour 

Amos' second world tour began on February 24, 1994 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and ended on December 13, 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. Amos performed solo each night on her iconic Bösendorfer piano - for the first time - and the tour included 181 concerts.

Dew Drop Inn Tour 

The third world tour began on February 23, 1996 in Ipswich, England, and ended on November 11, 1996 in Boulder, Colorado. Amos performed each night on piano, harpsichord, and harmonium, with Steve Caton on guitar on some songs. The tour, renowned for Amos' intense, passionate performances, included 187 concerts.

Plugged '98 Tour 

Amos' first band tour, the line-up featured Amos on piano and Kurzweil as well as Steve Caton on guitar, Matt Chamberlain on drums, and Jon Evans on bass. The tour began on April 18, 1998 in Fort Lauderdale and ended on December 3, 1998 in East Lansing, Michigan, including 137 concerts.

Five and a Half Weeks Tour / To Dallas and Back 

Amos' fifth tour was North America-only. The first part of the tour was co-headlining with Alanis Morissette and featured the same band line-up as in 1998. Amos and the band continued for eight shows before Amos embarked on a series of solo shows. The tour began on August 18, 1999 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and ended on December 9, 1999 in Denver, Colorado, including 46 concerts.

Strange Little Tour 

This tour was Amos' first since becoming a mother in 2000 and her first tour fully solo since 1994 (Steve Caton was present on some songs in 1996). It saw Amos perform on piano, Rhodes piano, and Wurlitzer electric piano, and though the tour was in support of her covers album, the set lists were not strictly covers-oriented. Having brought her one-year-old daughter on the road with her, this tour was also one of Amos' shortest ventures, lasting just three months. It began on August 30, 2001 in London and ended on December 17, 2001 in Milan, including 55 concerts.

On Scarlet's Walk / Lottapianos Tour 

Amos' seventh tour saw her reunited with Matt Chamberlain and Jon Evans, but not Steve Caton. The first part of the tour, which featured Amos on piano, Rhodes, and Wurlitzer, was six months long and Amos went out again in the summer of 2003 for a co-headlining tour with Ben Folds. The tour began on November 7, 2002 in Tampa, Florida and ended on September 4, 2003 in West Palm Beach, Florida, featuring 124 concerts.

Original Sinsuality Tour / Summer of Sin 

This tour began on April 1, 2005 in Clearwater, Florida, with Amos on piano, two organs, and Rhodes. The tour also encompassed Australia for the first time since 1994. Amos announced at a concert on this tour that she would never stop touring but would scale down the tours. Amos returned to the road in August and September for the Summer of Sin North America leg, ending on September 17, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. A major feature of the tour was that fans could nominate cover songs on Amos' website which she would then choose from to play in a special section of each show. One of the songs chosen was the Kylie Minogue hit "Can't Get You Out of My Head", which Amos dedicated to her the day after Minogue's breast cancer was announced to the public. Other songs performed by Amos include The Doors' "People are Strange", Joni Mitchell's "The Circle Game", Madonna's "Live to Tell" and "Like a Prayer", Björk's "Hyperballad", Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" (which she debuted in Austin, Texas, just after the events of Hurricane Katrina), Kate Bush's "And Dream of Sheep" and Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over", dedicating it to drummer Paul Hester who had died a week before.The entire concert tour featured 82 concerts, and six full-length concerts were released in 2005 as official bootlegs.

American Doll Posse World Tour 

This was Amos' first tour with a full band since her 1999 Five and a Half Weeks Tour, accompanied by long-time bandmates Jon Evans and Matt Chamberlain, with guitarist Dan Phelps rounding out Amos' new band.^[13] Amos's equipment included her piano, her organ, and a Yamaha synth keyboard. The tour kicked off with its European leg in Rome, Italy on May 28, 2007, which has ended on July 21st with a show in Israel. The Australian and North American legs start in September and October, respectively. Amos has stated that the tour will run until December 2007 and will include "over 120 shows."

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