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Joni Mitchell

1943 - Today

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Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. She is widely considered one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time. 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 pop and jazz elements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joni Mitchell has received more than 17,297,197 page views. Her biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Joni Mitchell is the 173rd most popular musician (up from 211th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Canada (up from 50th 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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  • 17M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Joni Mitchell ranks 173 out of 2,662. Before her are Dave Brubeck, Björk, Cyndi Lauper, Brian Eno, Willie Nelson, and Herbie Hancock. After her are Nam June Paik, Gilberto Gil, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Keith Jarrett, Wilhelm Kempff, and Giya Kancheli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Joni Mitchell ranks 62. Before her are Hanna Schygulla, Mario Monti, Neale Donald Walsch, Mario Botta, Sam Shepard, and Antonio Tabucchi. After her are Jerry Bruckheimer, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, John Denver, Eduard Limonov, Esma Redžepova, and Vint Cerf.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joni Mitchell ranks 38 out of 1,350. Before her are Pierre Trudeau (1919), Howard Shore (1946), Henry Mintzberg (1939), Richard E. Taylor (1929), René Angélil (1942), and William Giauque (1895). After her are Paul Anka (1941), Bertram Brockhouse (1918), Denis Villeneuve (1967), Mary Pickford (1892), Jim Peebles (1935), and Charles Brenton Huggins (1901).

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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), Loreena McKennitt (1957), David Foster (1949), Gil Evans (1912), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Neil Peart (1952), and Robbie Robertson (1943).

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