Alanis Morissette Net Worth 2026: 33M Albums, Then Her Manager Stole $5M

Alanis Morissette wrote the anthem of 90s female rage, sold 33 million copies of it, won five Grammys in a single night, and then discovered her business manager had been stealing from her for seven years. If that isn’t ironic, nothing is. (Yes, she’d appreciate the joke.)

Alanis Morissette’s net worth in 2026 sits at an estimated $60 million. Given what she’s survived financially, professionally, and personally, that number represents something more interesting than wealth. It represents resilience in an industry that tried to take everything from her more than once.

From Ottawa to Maverick: The Fastest Ascent of the 90s

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1974, Morissette was writing songs by age nine and appearing on the Canadian kids’ show You Can’t Do That on Television by middle school. Her first two albums, released exclusively in Canada, were straight pop, earning her the nickname “The Debbie Gibson of Canada.” Nobody in America had heard of her.

Then she moved to Los Angeles at 21 and met producer Glen Ballard. Together they created Jagged Little Pill, released in June 1995 on Madonna’s Maverick Records. The first single, “You Oughta Know,” hit KROQ like a controlled explosion. The album went on to sell 33 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time and generating an estimated $10 to $12 million in royalties for Morissette during its initial run.

She swept the 1996 Grammys: Album of the Year, Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song, Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. At 21 years old, she was the biggest-selling female artist on the planet. The money poured in. She trusted other people to manage it.

The Betrayal That Defines the 90s Artist Experience

Jonathan Todd Schwartz was Morissette’s business manager from 2009 to 2016. During those seven years, he embezzled more than $5 million from her accounts. He also stole over $2 million from other celebrity clients to fund a lifestyle that didn’t belong to him.

Morissette testified that she trusted Schwartz because it gave her “more freedom to pursue the artistic side of show business.” His betrayal left her, in her own words, “shaken to the core.” In 2017, Schwartz pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years in federal prison, ordered to pay $8.6 million in restitution.

The embezzlement was discovered only when Morissette hired a new manager who reviewed the books. That detail is the quiet horror of the story: the theft lasted seven years because nobody else was checking. This pattern, artist trusts advisor, advisor exploits access, damage compounds over time, repeated across the 90s with devastating regularity. It’s the same vulnerability that trapped TLC in exploitative contracts and left Tupac with $200,000 to his name despite $60 million in sales.

The Revenue Machine After Jagged Little Pill

Morissette didn’t stop after her blockbuster. Her 1998 follow-up, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, sold respectably but couldn’t match the phenomenon. Subsequent albums, Under Rug Swept, So-Called Chaos, Havoc and Bright Lights, and 2020’s Such Pretty Forks in the Road, kept her commercially viable without repeating the stratosphere of 1995.

The real money came from touring. According to Billboard, Morissette’s booking fees run between $1 million and $1.5 million per show. Her 2022-2023 global anniversary tour grossed over $75 million, with Morissette reportedly taking home $20 to $25 million after expenses. She recently wrapped a Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace. Annual earnings are estimated at $5 to $8 million from performances, merchandise, and meet-and-greets.

Jagged Little Pill also became a Broadway musical, opening in 2019 and winning two Tony Awards. The show generated additional royalty streams and introduced her music to a generation that wasn’t alive when the album dropped. According to McKinsey’s analysis of entertainment IP, cross-platform adaptation is the most reliable way to extend the commercial life of a music catalog. Morissette’s team executed that playbook perfectly.

Real Estate and Investments

Morissette’s real estate moves reflect the caution of someone who’s been burned. She purchased a Mediterranean-style mansion in Brentwood, Los Angeles, in 1996 for $1.8 million at the height of her fame. She sold it in 2017 for $5.35 million, shortly after a burglary that cost her $2 million in jewelry and valuables. She also owns a private retreat in Costa Rica valued at approximately $1.3 million, used for songwriting getaways.

She’s invested in several female-led wellness startups with total holdings estimated at $2 to $3 million, a portfolio that reflects her longstanding advocacy for mental health awareness and holistic living. The investments are modest by celebrity standards but strategic in their alignment with her personal brand.

The Real Worth of Alanis in 2026

At 51, Morissette is still touring, still writing, and still generating revenue from a catalog that spans three decades. Her $60 million net worth would be higher without the Schwartz embezzlement and without the structural disadvantages of 90s-era recording contracts that captured the bulk of Jagged Little Pill’s commercial value for the label.

But here’s what the number doesn’t capture: Morissette turned betrayal into testimony, rage into art, and financial vulnerability into advocacy. She talks openly about the industry’s exploitation of artists, about mental health, about the structures that enable theft. In a decade defined by people who got taken, Alanis Morissette is the one who got taken, got back up, and made the telling of it worth $60 million.

That’s not ironic. That’s power.

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