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Janis Joplin

American singer (1943–1970)

  • Audience467K
  • Fame79.0
  • Momentum0.3
Source-basedStable
467K youtube followers
  • Audience467K
  • Fame79.0
  • Momentum0.3
  • Wikipedia181.3K
Lived 1943–1970, aged 27United States
United States flagUnited StatesMusiciansSinger / Musician
  • Biggest on YouTube
    467K
    @@janisjoplin
  • Wikipedia
    86 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1943–1970
    Aged 27
  • Known for
    Woodstock
    1970
Summary
Updated 2026-06-23

She blew open the door for women in rock with a voice that could shred and plead in the same breath — then died at 27, three months before her biggest hit went to number one.

Biography

About

Joplin broke through at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival as the front woman for Big Brother and the Holding Company, a little-known San Francisco psychedelic band. After two albums she struck out solo, fronting first the Kozmic Blues Band and then the Full Tilt Boogie Band, playing Woodstock in 1969 and tearing through the Festival Express tour. Her mezzo-soprano could wring out "Piece of My Heart" and "Cry Baby" until they bled, and five of her singles cracked the Billboard Hot 100. She died of a heroin overdose in October 1970, at 27. Three months later her second solo album, Pea…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin
said
Time keeps movin' on, Friends they turn away.
— "Kozmic Blues", co-written with Gabriel Mekler
Janis Joplin
said
Dawn has come at last, Twenty-five years, honey just in one night, oh yeah.
— "Kozmic Blues", co-written with Gabriel Mekler
Janis Joplin
said
Aww, but it don't make no difference, baby, no, no, And I know that I could always try.
— "Kozmic Blues", co-written with Gabriel Mekler
Janis Joplin
said
Don't expect any answers, dear, For I know that they don't come with age, no, no. Well, ain't never gonna love you any better, babe.
— "Kozmic Blues", co-written with Gabriel Mekler
Janis Joplin
said
Oh! But it don't make no difference, babe, hey, And I know that I could always try.
— "Kozmic Blues", co-written with Gabriel Mekler
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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Albums

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  • This Is Janis Joplin
    1995
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Score breakdown

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Fame
Stable
79.0
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum0.3
Historical30.5
Now attention17.1
Source confidence100.0
Completeness90.0
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Sources

  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence