Read this article about Boys For Pele that was posted at the popentertainment.com web site.

This ad for Tori's RAINN Benefit concert that took place on January 23, 1997 appeared in several magazines, including Spin and Billboard in late 1996.

In the Billboard Sneak Peek section of the Billboard Online web site, there was a paragraph discussing the RAINN Benefit.

Tori appears in the December 1996 issue of US magazine. Read the article and view the photo.

Cosmopolitan Magazine had a short article on Tori in the December 1996 issue. She is in a section called Rockin', Ragin' and Female. Other artists shown include Melissa Etheridge, PJ Harvey, Jewel, Tracey Bonham, Alanis Morissette, and Liz Phair. Read the article and see the photo.

Spin Magazine Reviews Professional Widow in the December 1996 issue.

Tori is one of the artists profiled in the December 1996/January 1997 issue of RAYGUN magazine in an article about Artist Formed Labels.

Read the article.

In Billboard magazine's year-end issue, Boys For Pele was ranked the 100th album of 1996 in terms of sales, and Professional Widow was in the top 10 on the 1996 Dance: Club Play Chart.

Tori's name appears in an article on the CNN Web Site from December 25th called Kiss draws most concert crowds in 1996. While she was not in the top 10 list for the year based on ticket gross, her name was mentioned.

"On the plus side, a number of new acts established themselves as solid, if not spectacular, concert draws this year: Alanis Morissette, Oasis, Bush, Smashing Pumpkins, Phish and Tori Amos in particular..."

Tori briefly appeared in the December 22, 1996 edition of USA Weekend, in the section called "WHO'S NEWS" by Lorrie Lynch ("the people that will make news in 1997")

Read What The Article Said.

Tori was mentioned in a few paragraphs in The Beat column of Billboard Magazine in the December 14, 1996 issue. The article discussed her RAINN benefit show and the deal with Calvin Klein to support RAINN.