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After rising to fame as the singer of college radio heroes 10,000 Maniacs, Merchant went solo in 1993. Her 1995 debut, “Tigerlilly,” was an instant hit thanks to two breakout singles, “Wonder” and “Carnival.”-Xfinity Music Staff
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Gwen Stefani: Th...Stefani joined No Doubt in 1986 at the age of 17. Nine years later, the bindi-wearing blondie and her California ska band had their major breakthrough with the album “Tragic Kingdom,” which hit No. 1 on the strength of singled like “Just a Girl,” “Spiderwebs” and the ballad “Don’t Speak.”-Xfinity Music Staff
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Gwen Stefani: No...After enjoying a successful stint as a solo artist, launching her own fashion line and giving birth to two sons with husband and Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, the 42-year-old Stefani reunited with her old bandmates. Earlier this week, they released their first single in nine years, “Settle Down.” Their sixth album, “Push and Shove,” is due out in September.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Alanis Morissett...This Canadian fireball empowered women and terrorized men everywhere (especially her ex, “Full House” star Dave Coulier) with the scathing kiss-off track “You Oughta Know.” Her album “Jagged Little Pill” topped the charts and sold a staggering 33 million copies worldwide.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Alanis Morissett...The 38-year-old has been dabbling in acting, with roles in shows like “Weeds” and “Up All Night,” but keep music as her primary focus. Her eighth studio album, “Havoc and Bright Lights,” will be released on August 28, 2012.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Courtney Love: T...After years of slogging it out on the independent scene, Love released her debut album with Hole in 1994, just four days after husband Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted shotgun wound. The album went platinum and was revered by critics, while Love went on a massive downward spiral.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Courtney Love: N...Wherever she goes, the 48-year-old Love seems to leave a trail of broken relationships, mugshots and lawsuits in her wake. The troubled star performs intermittently with her band, while channeling her creativity into acting roles and the occasional art exhibit.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Tori Amos: ThenThis redhead made her name writhing on a piano bench while delivering hard-hitting ballads about sexuality, God, and some awkward meeting point between the two.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Tori Amos: NowIn October 2012, the 48-year-old chanteuse will mark the 20th anniversary of her debut album, “Little Earthquakes,” with an album of re-worked songs from her back catalog called “Gold Dust.” -Xfinity Music Staff
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Sarah McLachlan:...This Canadian powerhouse broke through in the U.S. with her single “Possession,” and parlayed that success into the establishment of the Lilith Fair, the the most successful all-female music festival in history and one of the biggest music fests of the ‘90s.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Sarah McLachlan:...The 44-year-old mother of two wrote the official theme song of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and later that year released her first album of new material in seven years and launched a revival of the Lilith Fair.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Joan Osborne: Th...The rootsy soul singer broke through the mainstream in the mid-’90s with the megahit “One of Us,” which earned Grammy nominations for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Joan Osborne: No...After spending much of the past decade touring as a vocalist for the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, the 50-year-old Osborne released her seventh album, a collection of vintage blues and soul covers called “Bring It on Home,” in March 2012.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Lisa Loeb: ThenLoeb crashed the national scene in 1994, when her contribution to the “Reality Bites” soundtrack, “Stay (I Missed You),” made her the first artist to score a No. 1 hit without a record deal.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Lisa Loeb: NowLoeb released her first joint children’s book and album project titled “Lisa Loeb’s Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs” in 2011, a year after launching a more grown-up pursuit, the Lisa Loeb Eyewear Collection. The 44-year-old gave birth to her second child in June 2012. -Xfinity Music Staff
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Shirley Manson: ...After toiling in various bands throughout the ‘80s, Manson was extended an invitation by super-producer Butch Vig (Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana) to audition for his new band Garbage. A few hit singles later, the band’s self-titled debut went quadruple-platinum.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Shirley Manson: ...After Garbage went on hiatus in 2005, Manson fiddled around with solo material and made her professional acting debut in “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.” The band reunited in 2007 and released its fifth album, “Not Your Kind of People,” in May of 2012.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Nina Persson: Th...This Swedish beauty hit paydirt in 1996 when her band, The Cardigans, landed a song on the soundtrack to “Romeo + Juliet.” The disco-lite “Lovefool” hit No. 1 in the U.S. and topped charts around the globe.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Nina Persson: No...After a Cardigans hiatus that stretched from 2007-2011, during which time Persson indulged in the side project A Camp, the 37-year-old reunited with her old bandmates and has plans to perform at several festivals in summer 2012.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Liz Phair: ThenPhair became the queen of indie alt-rock and the object of lust of men everywhere with the 1993 release of her debut album, “Exile in Guyville,” which regularly ranks among the greatest albums of all time.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Liz Phair: NowThe sultry 45-year-old made an abrupt switch to glossy pop in the early 2000, abandoning her indie aesthetic in favor of the production of Britney Spears collaborators The Matrix. Her 2010 album “Funstyle” was an even greater departure, and lost her both her management and her record label. Undeterred, the delightfully stubborn Phair is at work on a new album and new novel as she continues her work as an award-winning TV composer.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Fiona Apple: The...This fiery-tempered pianist broke through in 1996 with a debut album, “Tidal,” that went triple platinum, thanks in large part to the risque teen-party video for lead single “Criminal.” She also earned herself a Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and the Best New Artist honors at the MTV VMAs.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Fiona Apple: NowAn older, yet slightly less cantankerous Apple returned in June 2012 with her fourth album, titled (deep breath) “The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do,” which debuted at No. 3 after receiving glowing reviews.-Xfinity Music Staff
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PJ Harvey: ThenSinger, songwriter and certified weirdo Polly Jean Harvey became a cornerstone of alternative rock and college radio with the release of her same-named band’s seminal albums “Dry” and “Rid of Me” and her solo debut in 1995, “To Bring You My Love,” which cemented her status as an uncompromising, complex, punk-infused musical terrorist.-Xfinity Music Staff
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PJ Harvey: NowThe more she evolves, the more PJ stays the same potent songwriting force. The 42-year-old’s eighth studio album, “Let England Shake,” was released in 2011 to nearly universal acclaim. It won the Mercury Prize and was dubbed Album of the Year by multiple outlets. -Xfinity Music Staff
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Bjork: ThenFollowing the dissolution of the Sugarcubes in 1992, this Icelandic space alien embarked on a hugely successful solo career. Her debut, the aptly titled “Debut,” was an instant hit thanks to the MTV success of singles “Human Behavior,” “Venus as a Boy” and “Big Time Sensuality.”-Xfinity Music Staff
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Bjork: NowThe older she gets, the stranger her music becomes. Her 2004 album “Medulla” was mostly a capella and sounded like animal noises, and 2011’s “Biophilia” was released as a series of iPad apps. The 46-year-old also continues to work as a film composer, but has declined acting roles since her award-winning work in “Dancer in the Dark.”-Xfinity Music Staff
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Dolores O'Riorda...This singer crashed the alt-rock party in 1993 with a thick Irish accent and a chip on her shoulder. As the singer of The Cranberries, she dominated the charts with a string of hit singles that included “Linger,” “Dreams,” “Zombie,” “Salvation” and more.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Dolores O'Riorda...After releasing a pair of solo album in the 2000s, the 40-year-old O’Riordan reunited with her Cranberries bandmates in 2009. In February 2012, the group released “Roses,” its sixth album overall, and first in 11 years.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Natalie Imbrugli...The former Australian soap star tried music on for size in 1997 with her debut album “Left of the Center,” which sold a tidy seven million copies on the runaway success of lead single “Torn.”-Xfinity Music Staff
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Natalie Imbrugli...Since marrying Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns in 2003, the 37-year-old Imbruglia has enjoyed a varied career in music and on TV. In 2010, she served as judge on the Australian version of “The X Factor.” She is currently at work on her fifth album, due out later this year.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Natalie Merchant...After rising to fame as the singer of college radio heroes 10,000 Maniacs, Merchant went solo in 1993. Her 1995 debut, “Tigerlilly,” was an instant hit thanks to two breakout singles, “Wonder” and “Carnival.”-Xfinity Music Staff
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Natalie Merchant...The 48-year-old remains active in music. Her most recent release, 2010’s “Leave Your Sleep,” was a double-album of classic children's poetry adapted to music. It will be re-released as a 48-page picture book in November 2012.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Paula Cole: ThenEven before “I Don’t Want to Wait” became an inescapable hit thanks to its use as the theme song on “Dawson’s Creek,” Paula Cole was making waves in the mid-’90s with her single “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” She pulled in the Grammy for Best New Artist the following year.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Paula Cole: NowThe 44-year-old Lilith Fair alum maintains a sizeable following. In August she’ll head into the studio to begin work on her sixth album, “Raven,” which is slated for release in 2013.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Hope Sandoval: T...The ethereal voice behind California dream pop band Mazzy Star, Sandoval shot to fame in 1993 with the unlikely MTV hit “Fade into You,” and was later given the dubious honor of a reference in the lyrics of a Red Hot Chili Peppers song.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Hope Sandoval: N...Now 46, the shrouded star spent most of the 2000s playing with her new project, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions. In 2010, however, she reunited with Mazzy Star to record the band’s first album since 1996, slated for release later this year.-Xfinity Music Staff
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Kim Deal: ThenA year after the breakup of The Pixies, Deal poured herself into her side project, The Breeders, alongside twin sister Kelley. The band’s second album, “Last Splash,” went platinum on the strength of alt-rock hits “Cannonball” and “Divine Hammer.”-Xfinity Music Staff
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Kim Deal: NowIn 2004, Deal reunited with The Pixies for a massive victory lap that included major stops at Coachella, Lollapalooza and the Reading and Leeds Festivals. The 51-year-old released the fourth Breeders album, “Mountain Battles,” in 2008 and a follow-up EP in 2009.-Xfinity Music Staff
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