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Janis Ian

1951 - Today

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Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" and the 1975 Top Ten single "At Seventeen", from her seventh studio album Between the Lines, which in September 1975 reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. Born in Farmingdale, New Jersey, Ian entered the American folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Janis Ian is the 1,917th most popular musician (down from 1,436th in 2024), the 10,150th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,223rd in 2019) and the 748th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Janis Ian ranks 1,917 out of 3,175. Before her are Andy Mackay, Walter Becker, Marc Minkowski, Machito, Laurent Garnier, and Calum Scott. After her are Leif Ove Andsnes, Jon Batiste, Suzanne Ciani, Blue Mitchell, Harold Budd, and Khatia Buniatishvili.

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Among people born in 1951, Janis Ian ranks 538. Before her are Ahmed Tidiane Souaré, Júlio César Leal, Pamela Bellwood, Franciszek Gągor, Haruki Uemura, and Mohamed Ben Rehaiem. After her are Joachim Fritsche, Aleksey Buldakov, Roger Pontare, Carlo Vanzina, Uri Lupolianski, and Felipe Muñoz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janis Ian ranks 10,152 out of 20,380. Before her are Jerry Jones (1942), Frank Buckles (1901), Minta Durfee (1889), Kevin J. Anderson (1962), Chuck McKinley (1941), and Al Unser (1939). After her are Colton Ford (1962), Norman Thagard (1943), Michael Patrick King (1954), Jon Batiste (1986), Harold Smith (1909), and Curtis Stevens (1898).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Janis Ian ranks 748. Before her are Frank Ferrer (1966), Skrillex (1988), Johnny Van Zant (1960), Ed King (1949), Walter Becker (1950), and Machito (1912). After her are Jon Batiste (1986), Suzanne Ciani (1946), Blue Mitchell (1930), Harold Budd (1936), Lynn Harrell (1944), and Alan Jay Lerner (1918).

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