“t much better than at school.”
- #wikipedia
- #quote
- #trusted-source
- #www.washingtonpost.com
Figure timeline
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart is an American singer-songwriter. All five of her albums have reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200, and as of 2021, she has sold over 15 million records worldwide. Apple has received numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and a Billboard Music Video Award. Three of her albums appear on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All…
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
entertainment · American musician (born 1977) · singer-songwriter · singer · pianist · songwriter · jazz musician · recording artist · composer · musician · also Fiona Apple, Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart, Fiona Apple Maggart, Apple
Born 13 September 1977 · Q228968
67 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
8 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Quote
2026· 1 entry
2025· 6 entries
Vulture: Fiona Apple Releases New Song Inspired by Court Watching
- #news
- #headline
Uproxx: Fiona Apple’s First New Song In Five Years, ‘Pretrial (Let Her Go Home),’ Was Inspired By Court-Watching
- #news
- #headline
Published video “Fiona Apple - Pretrial (Let Her Go Home) (Official Music Video)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
- #corroborated
Published video “Fiona Apple - Pretrial (Let Her Go Home) (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
- #corroborated
Apple released the single "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)", inspired by her experiences as a volunteer court watcher with CourtWatch PG and Free Black Mamas DMV Bailout
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Apple covered Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" as part of the tribute album Heart Of Gold: The Songs Of Neil Young Volume I
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2024· 5 entries
The Guardian: Top of the pips: Fiona Apple’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
- #news
- #headline
Released album “Cover Songs, Volume 4: 2016–2022”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Cover Songs, Volume 3: 2011–2016”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Cover Songs, Volume 2: 2006-2011”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Cover Songs, Volume 1: 1997-2005”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
2022· 2 entries
Uproxx: Fiona Apple Is Emotionally Heading To Middle Earth For Her New ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Song
- #news
- #headline
Published video “Fiona Apple - Across the Universe (Official HD Video)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
- #corroborated
2021· 3 entries
Apple covered Sharon Van Etten's "Love More", from the 10th anniversary of Van Etten's second album, Epic
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Yahoo: Fiona Apple Explains Why She Isn’t Attending the Grammys: ‘It’s Not Because I’m Trying to Protest’
- #news
- #headline
Since 2021, Apple has been a volunteer court watcher for Courtwatch PG.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #philanthropy
2020· 19 entries
The Guardian: The 50 best albums of 2020, No 1: Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Fiona Apple on the album of the year, Grammys hypocrisy and how #MeToo helped her get sober
- #news
- #headline
Published video “Fiona Apple - Shameika (Process Video)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
- #corroborated
Rolling Stone: Fiona Apple Collaborates With Real ‘Shameika’ on ‘Shameika Said’
- #news
- #headline
Yahoo: Fiona Apple Reconnects With Real ‘Shameika,’ Former Classmates Collab on New Remix
- #news
- #headline
Published video “Fiona Apple - Shameika (Official Video)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
- #corroborated
Apple was confirmed as an additional musician featuring on Bob Dylan's 39th album Rough and Rowdy Ways, playing piano on the track "Murder Most Foul"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
The Guardian: Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters review – a strange, exceptional record
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters review – a glorious eruption
- #news
- #headline
Published video “Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
- #corroborated
Published video “Fiona Apple - Ladies (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
- #corroborated
Published video “Fiona Apple - Rack of His (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
- #corroborated
Published video “Fiona Apple - For Her (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
- #corroborated
Published video “Fiona Apple - Newspaper (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
- #corroborated
Released album “Fetch the Bolt Cutters”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
The Guardian: Fiona Apple: where to start in her back catalogue
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Fiona Apple: six reasons she is the perfect artist for a time of crisis
- #news
- #headline
Apple posted a video of herself fingerspelling the phrase "M-Y-R-E-C-O-R-D-I-S-D-O-N-E"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
While They Wait's Scott Hechinger told Vulture that Apple had donated $90,000, which would help 15 families
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2019· 1 entry
Apple pledged to donate two years' worth of earnings from TV and movie placements of her song "Criminal" to the While They Wait fund, which assists refugees with basic necessities, immigration fees, and legal services
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2018· 1 entry
Joined Shirley Manson at the female-driven Girl School Festival in Los Angeles for a cover of "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore, wearing a white T-shirt with "KNEEL, PORTNOW" written across it
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2017· 2 entries
The Guardian: Arcade Fire, Gorillaz, Fiona Apple and more – this week's anti-Trump songs reviewed
- #news
- #headline
Released "Tiny Hands" for the Women's March on Washington
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2016· 1 entry
Was featured in the song "Left Handed Kisses" from the album Are You Serious
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2014· 2 entries
Apple wrote the opening theme, "Container", for the Showtime drama series The Affair
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Including in New York City and Cambridge, Massachusetts, during his tour in support of his second full-length album, Heigh Ho
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2012· 3 entries
Apple was arrested at an internal U
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Released album “The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released her fourth studio album, The Idler Wheel
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2010· 1 entry
Released album “Original Album Classics”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
2009· 1 entry
Covered "Why Try to Change Me Now" and "I Walk A Little Faster" for The Best Is Yet to Come – The Songs of Cy Coleman
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2008· 1 entry
Recorded a duet, "Still I", with Christophe Deluy
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2006· 1 entry
Released album “iTunes Originals”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
2005· 2 entries
Released ep “2005‐08‐13: Largo, Los Angeles, CA, USA”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Extraordinary Machine”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
2004· 1 entry
And 2005, tracks were leaked on the Internet in MP3 format and played on U
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2002· 2 entries
Released album “Tidal / When the Pawn…”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
At Ocean Way Studios in Nashville, then moved to the Paramour Mansion in Los Angeles
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2000· 3 entries
Released album “I Know”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Apple moved to Los Angeles, where she still resides as of 2020
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Released album “Tweeker Body for Christmas”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1999· 2 entries
Released album “When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ’Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won’t Matter, Cuz You’ll Know That You’re Right”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released ep “Fiona Apple 1999”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1997· 2 entries
Released album “Sweet Angel”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Apple met director Paul Thomas Anderson during a photoshoot, and the two began a relationship that lasted until 2002
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1996· 2 entries
Released album “Tidal”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Apple's debut album, Tidal, was released by Work Records and Columbia Records
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1994· 1 entry
When she gave a demo tape containing the songs "Never Is a Promise", "Not One of Those Times", and "He Takes a Taxi" to a friend who worked as a babysitter for music publicist Kathryn Schenker
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1977· 2 entries
Born 1977-09-13.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth
In New York City to singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart, who met when both were cast in the Broadway musical Applause
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event