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Joan Osborne
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American singer and songwriter
OverviewAI-generated
Joan Elizabeth Osborne is an American singer, singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. Born in Anchorage, Kentucky, she began her work period in 1989. Her musical output spans genres including pop, folk, blues rock, country rock, and rock. She performs using her voice and plays the guitar.
Osborne has been associated with record labels such as Mercury Records and Polydor. Her copyright is represented by Broadcast Music, Inc. She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. In addition to her music career, she has worked in the acting department. She speaks English and identifies as female.
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Film & TV
Anchorage, Kentucky, USA
Known for
- Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery — Self2025
- МУЗ КЛИПЫ 80х — Self - singer (archive footage)2021
- МУЗ КЛИПЫ 80х — Self - singer (archive footage)2020
- Hitlåtens historia — Self2010
- The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' — Self2002
- VH1: Divas Live — Self - Host1998
- Pavarotti & Friends 4 - For War Child — Self1996
- Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self1995
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest1993
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1963
Discography
- Soul Show1991
- 1993-05-07: 7 Willow Street, Port Chester, NY1993
- Blue Million Miles1993
- One of Us1994
- Relish1995
- Early Recordings1996
- Rose Land1996
- Son of a Preacher Man1996
- St. Teresa1996
- Righteous Love2000
Member of
- The Dead2003–2003
- Trigger Hippysince 2009
- Phil Lesh & Friends
- We Are Family Collective
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 686,973
- Total plays
- 5,472,024
Tags
Joan Osborne (born Joan Elizabeth Osborne in Anchorage, Kentucky, on 8 July 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and interpreter of music, having recorded and performed in various popular American musical genres including rock, pop, soul, R&B, blues, and country. She is best known for her recording of the Eric Bazilian-penned song "One of Us", from her debut album Relish (1995) - with the single and the album garnering a combined seven Grammy award nominations. Osborne was a member of Trigge
Key facts
- Born
- Joan Elisabeth Osborne , ( 1962-07-08 ) July 8, 1962 (age 63) , Anchorage, Kentucky , U.S.
- Genres
- Rock folk country rock blues R&B
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Works
- Joan Osborne discography
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Labels
- Polydor Mercury Interscope PolyGram Universal Music
- Formerly of
- The Dead , Trigger Hippy
- Website
- joanosborne .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elizabeth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Anchorage
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Polydor
- Official website
- joanosborne.com
- Image
- Joan Osborne at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped 2).jpg
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- Commons category
- Joan Osborne
- date of birth
- 1963-07-08
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- birth name
- Joan Elizabeth Osborne
- name in native language
- Joan E. Osborne
- social media followers
- 12257
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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Encyclopedic overview
Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and interpreter of music, having recorded and performed in various popular American musical genres including rock, pop, soul, R&B, blues, and country. She is best known for her recording of the Eric Bazilian-penned song "One of Us" from her debut album, Relish (1995). Both the single and the album became worldwide hits and garnered a combined seven Grammy Award nominations. Osborne has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002).
Career
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