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Joni Mitchell

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Roberta Joan Mitchell (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her personal lyrics and unconventional compositions, which grew to incorporate elements of pop, jazz, rock, and other genres. Among her accolades are eleven Grammy Awards, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Rolling Stone, in 2002, named her "one of the greatest songwriters ever", and AllMusic, in a 2011 biography, stated "Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century." Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in Saskatoon and throughout western Canada, before moving on to the nightclubs of Toronto. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joni Mitchell is the 232nd most popular musician (down from 196th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Canada (down from 46th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Musician.

Joni Mitchell is most famous for her folk music, which she wrote and performed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She is also famous for her song "Big Yellow Taxi," which she wrote in 1970.

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Among musicians, Joni Mitchell ranks 232 out of 3,175. Before her are Lucio Dalla, Stéphane Grappelli, Ahmet Ertegun, Nam June Paik, George Martin, and Ken Hensley. After her are Violeta Parra, Klaus Nomi, Gilberto Gil, Wanda Landowska, Salif Keita, and Sean Combs.

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Among people born in 1943, Joni Mitchell ranks 76. Before her are Neale Donald Walsch, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Tom Holland, Wolfgang Overath, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, and Lucio Dalla. After her are Mario J. Molina, Alain de Benoist, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Holland Taylor, John Denver, and Jerry Bruckheimer.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joni Mitchell ranks 56 out of 1,622. Before her are Drake (1986), Marc Ouellet (1944), Wayne Gretzky (1961), Manly P. Hall (1901), René Angélil (1942), and Henry Mintzberg (1939). After her are Howard Shore (1946), John Kenneth Galbraith (1908), Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (1943), Peter North (1957), Catherine O'Hara (1954), and Oswald Avery (1877).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Joni Mitchell ranks 4. Before her are Leonard Cohen (1934), Glenn Gould (1932), and Neil Young (1945). After her are Oscar Peterson (1925), Avril Lavigne (1984), Gil Evans (1912), Loreena McKennitt (1957), David Foster (1949), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Deadmau5 (1981), and Robbie Robertson (1943).

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