The angst-ridden artist - whose latest album EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE lost out to KELLY CLARKSON's disc BREAKAWAY for the Best Pop Vocal Album - used the nomination to overcome criticism from a trusted companion.

She says, "Oh yeah! Definitely - especially as there was a time a couple of years ago when one of my friends told me that I wasn't singing well. This was during the recording of the album. And it took me a long time to...I felt like dying! This was somebody who knew what they were talking about. So that was my second thought."

FIONA APPLE
Sony BMG host a celebration for its 2006 Grammy Award Nominees with an afterparty held at Tropicana Bar in the The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,
Los Angeles, California - 08.02.06