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Tori Amos
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American singer-songwriter and pianist
Tori Amos is an American singer-songwriter and pianist known for her distinctive musical style and artistic expression. She has been an influential figure in popular music since the 1990s, contributing significantly to alternative and art rock genres.
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Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. She 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.
Known for
- Take 5 with Zan Rowe — Self2022
- Women Who Rock — Self2022
- Larger than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story — Self2017
- Tori Amos at Baloise Session — Self - Vocals, Piano2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2015
- The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill — Self2014
- NPR Music Presents: Tori Amos in Concert — Self - Vocals, Piano2012
- NPR Music Presents: Tori Amos In Concert — Self2012
- Tori Amos: Live from The Artists Den — Self - Vocals, Piano2010
- Map the Music — Self2010
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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1963
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- 1,726,669
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- 114,485,719
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Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; 22 August 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist, recognised for her classically trained mezzo-soprano voice. A child prodigy, she entered the preparatory division of the Peabody Institute at age five but left at eleven, later developing her skills performing in bars in Washington, D.C. Amos was the lead singer of the 1980s pop-rock group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving a solo breakthrough in the early 1990s. Her music often explores themes includin
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- human
- Given name
- Ellen
- Family name
- Amos
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newton
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Hair colour
- red hair
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Discography
- Tori Amos discography
- Official website
- www.toriamos.com
- Image
- Tori Amos 12 01 2017 -35 (25495988058).jpg
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- Tori Amos
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- Myra Ellen Amos
- influenced by
- Joni Mitchell
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- pseudonym
- Tori
- social media followers
- 139000
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- Y Kant Tori Read
- medical condition
- synesthesia
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- name in native language
- Tori Amos
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- toriamos.com/store
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Tori Amos (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. A child prodigy, Amos entered the Peabody Institute's preparatory division at five, but left at eleven, coming of age as a pianist in Washington, D.C. bars. 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". Amos has received five MTV VMA nominations and nine 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.
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