Janis Lyn Joplin was born on January 19, 1943. He was an American singer and musician. One of the most successful and widely known rock stars of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and “electric” stage presence.
Joplin died of a heroin overdose in 1970, at the age of 27, after releasing three albums (two with Big Brother and the Holding Company and one solo album). A second solo album, Pearl, was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death. It reached number one on the Billboard charts.
She was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She remains one of the top-selling musicians in the United States, with the Recording Industry Association of America certifications of 18.5 million albums sold.
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Janis Joplin was an American rock, soul, and blues singer who had a net worth of $250 thousand at the time of her death in 1970. That’s the same as around $1.7 million in today’s dollars after adjusting for inflation.
Joplin remains one of the most acclaimed artists of the early 1970s and continues to be an influential figure in music and culture.
