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Iggy Pop

Also known as James Osterberg, James Newell Osterberg Jr., James Newell Osterberg

American musician (born 1947)

OverviewAI-generated

Iggy Pop, born James in Muskegon, Michigan, in 1947, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is a member of The Stooges and has worked with record labels including Arista Records, I.R.S. Records, A&M Records, and Chrysalis Records. His musical genres encompass rock, hard rock, proto-punk, and garage rock. Pop has received the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and the Polar Music Prize. He attended the University of Michigan and speaks English.

His discography includes works such as *Blender*, *Total chaos*, *Teatime dub encounters*, *Kill city*, and *Punk rock Christmas*. Pop performs on guitar, percussion, acoustic guitar, and keyboard instruments. He is a baritone vocalist. His official website is iggypop.com. He has kept cockatoos as pets.

Synthesized by Vinony from 45 facts across 10 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, TMDb, Firecrawl, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born: 1947
Works: 15

Top works

Blender
Total chaos
Teatime dub encounters
Kill city
Punk rock Christmas

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Film & TV

Muskegon, Michigan, USA

James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and occasional actor. He is considered an influential innovator of punk rock, hard rock, and other styles of rock music. Pop began calling himself "Iggy" after his first band in high school (for which he was drummer), The Iguanas. He was lead singer/songwriter of…

Known for

Daniel's Gotta Die — Edward Powell2025
Iggy Pop - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 — Himself2025
How Dark My Love — Self2025
The Dark Fantastic — Self2025
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self2025
Nash the Slash Rises Again! — Self2025
Iggy Pop - Citadelle de Spandau, Berlin 2025 — Self2025
The Rock Prophet: The Story of Link Wray — Self2025
Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw — Self2024
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S” — Self - Narrator (voice)2024

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1947

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 2,270,861
Total plays: 44,977,963

Official website

Iggy Pop - Official Site

Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Muskegon
Occupation: recording artist
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Polar Music Prize
Genre: punk rock
Instrument: voice
Record label: Virgin Music
Discography: Iggy Pop discography
Official website: iggypop.com
Image: Iggy & the Stooges (2005).jpg
Voice type: baritone

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Commons category: Iggy Pop
date of birth: 1947-04-21
topic's main category: Category:Iggy Pop
start of work period: 1965-00-00
has pet: Cockatoos
pseudonym: Iggy Pop
nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
copyright representative: Broadcast Music, Inc.
social media followers: 206031
writing language: English language
topic has template: Template:Iggy Pop
nickname: iguana
birth name: James Newell Osterberg
name in native language: James Osterberg
P12674: Aisha Qandicha

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Iggy Pop, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Live on the King Biscuit Flower Hour / Iggy Pop

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Encyclopedic overview

James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor who was the lead vocalist of the proto-punk band the Stooges. Regarded as the "Godfather of Punk", he is noted for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics, poetic lyrics, and unique voice. He was named one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Stooges in 2010, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 for his solo career.

He had a long collaborative relationship and friendship with David Bowie over the course of his career, beginning with the Stooges' album Raw Power in 1973. Both musicians went to West Berlin to wean themselves off their respective drug addictions and Pop began his solo career by collaborating with Bowie on the 1977 albums The Idiot and Lust for Life, Pop usually contributing the lyrics.

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