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Tori Amos News and Information Tori Amos and her emotionally intense and piano-based songs brought her to the forefront of the female singer-songwriter revolution in the early '90s. Her massive touring schedule and compelling stage shows have certainly helped to keep her on top.

Amos grew up the daughter of a minister in Baltimore, Md., and was quite the child prodigy - she started composing instrumental works on the piano by the age of 5, and by 9 she added lyrics. Amos studied at Montgomery College and played piano bars before winning a county teen talent contest in 1977.

The first single Amos released was a song that won a Baltimore Orioles competition in 1980 - five years later, Amos was in Los Angeles and formed the music group Y Kant Tori Read. In 1986, Atlantic Records gave the singer a six-year record contract. Amos was marketed as Joni Mitchell - a female Elton John.

Amos first album was "Little Earthquakes" in 1991, and she toured behind it extensively across the globe. Her second album, "Under the Pink," was noteworthy because it was inspired by the works of Georgia OLeefe and Salvador Dali.

While Amos was gaining fame throughout the world, she took advantage of her celebrity to found RAINN, The Rape Abuse and Incest National Network - she is very open about a sexual assault that she faced early in her career.

The singer continued to release very thoughtful, themed albums - in 1999, she supported the double album "To Venus and Back" with the "Five and a Half Weeks Tour" with Alanis Morissette, which was a highlight for the fans of their genre.

Amos has been releasing albums relatively regularly ever since - her most recent live album was "American Doll Posse," released in spring of 2007. The concept album includes a "posse" of alter-egos, including Clyde, Santa, Isabel, Tori and Pip.