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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 196th most popular musician, the 46th most popular biography from Canada and the 5th 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 196 out of 3,175. Before her are Emil Gilels, Roger Whittaker, Dr. Alban, Claudio Arrau, Paolo Conte, and Gene Simmons. After her are Abdel Halim Hafez, Wilhelm Kempff, Ike Turner, Willie Nelson, Kitarō, and Amy Winehouse.

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Among people born in 1943, Joni Mitchell ranks 79. Before her are Antonio Inoki, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Yohji Yamamoto, David Soul, Arthur Ashe, and Roy Andersson. After her are Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Chantal Mouffe, Sam Shepard, John Denver, Piet Keizer, and Alain de Benoist.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joni Mitchell ranks 46 out of 1,622. Before her are Drake (1986), Jim Peebles (1935), Howard Shore (1946), Henry Mintzberg (1939), John Kenneth Galbraith (1908), and Mary Pickford (1892). After her are Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (1943), Paul Anka (1941), William Vickrey (1914), Charles Brenton Huggins (1901), Ryan Gosling (1980), and Oscar Peterson (1925).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Joni Mitchell ranks 5. Before her are Leonard Cohen (1934), Glenn Gould (1932), Neil Young (1945), and Neil Peart (1952). After her are Oscar Peterson (1925), Avril Lavigne (1984), Robbie Robertson (1943), Loreena McKennitt (1957), Gil Evans (1912), David Foster (1949), and Diana Krall (1964).

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