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1. Joplin, Janis Joplinnoun

   United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970)

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1. Janis Joplin

   Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) 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.In 1967, Joplin rose to fame following an appearance at Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then little-known San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. After releasing two albums with the band, she left Big Brother to continue as a solo artist with her own backing groups, first the Kozmic Blues Band and then the Full Tilt Boogie Band. She appeared at the Woodstock festival and on the Festival Express train tour. Five singles by Joplin reached the Billboard Hot 100, including a cover of the Kris Kristofferson song "Me and Bobby McGee", which reached number one in March 1971. Her most popular songs include her cover versions of "Piece of My Heart", "Cry Baby", "Down on Me", "Ball and Chain", "Summertime", and her original song "Mercedes Benz", her final recording.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 Recording Industry Association of America certifications of 18.5 million albums sold.

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   Janis Joplin was an iconic American singer and songwriter in the late 1960s, known for her powerful, blues-inspired vocals and uninhibited stage presence. Often referred to as "The Queen of Psychedelic Soul", she was a key figure in the counterculture movement and is best remembered for hits such as "Piece of My Heart", "Ball 'n' Chain", and "Me and Bobby McGee". Joplin tragically died at the age of 27 of a drug overdose, cementing her status as a member of the infamous "27 Club" of musicians who died at that age. Despite her short career, Joplin's influence on rock music and female artists is profound, and she remains a popular and respected figure in music history.

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1. Janis Joplin

   Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer-songwriter who first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her own backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. She was one of the more popular acts at the Monterey Pop Festival and later became one of the major attractions to the Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour. Janis Joplin charted five singles, and other popular songs from her four-year career include "Down on Me", "Summertime", "Piece of My Heart", "Ball 'n' Chain", "Maybe", "To Love Somebody", "Kozmic Blues", "Work Me, Lord", "Cry Baby", "Mercedes Benz", and her only number one hit, "Me and Bobby McGee". Joplin was well known for her performing abilities, and her fans referred to her stage presence as "electric". At the height of her career, she was known as "The Queen of Rock and Roll" as well as "The Queen of Psychedelic Soul," and became known as Pearl amongst her friends. She was also a painter, dancer and music arranger. Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of janis joplin in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of janis joplin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of janis joplin in a Sentence

1. Diane Fernandez:

   The owners have had people come from all over the world. They come from Europe, Australia. They've had people offer them $2,000 to sleep on Janis Joplin's bedroom floor.

2. Stevie Nicks:

   I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.

3. John Green:

   She's the kind of person who either dies tragically at twenty-seven, like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, or else grows up to win, like, the first-ever Nobel Prize for Awesome.

4. William Lee Golden:

   And Eric Church, a great singer and songwriter, and Carrie Underwood, an incredible singing talent, and Maren Morse — she's got a wonderful voice. She reminds me of Janis Joplin, as far as the style of voice, the quality of voice.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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