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Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s; her most widely recognized song, "At Seventeen", was released as a single from her 1975 album Between the Lines which reached number 1 on the Billboard chart. Born in 1951 in New York City, Ian entered the American folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-1960s. Most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century. She has won two Grammy Awards, the first in 1975 for "At Seventeen" and the second in 2013 for Best Spoken Word Album, for her autobiography, Society's Child, with a total of ten nominations in eight different categories. Ian is also a columnist and science fiction author.

Known For

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Self

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

2025

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Self (archive footage)

Countdown - The Wonder Years 2

2007

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Self (archive footage)

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974

2007

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Self (archive footage)

Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

1979

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Self - Musical Guest

Saturday Night Live

1975

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Self

Dinah!

1974

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Self

Rock Concert

1973

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The Singer

Four Rode Out

1969

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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

1967

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Self

Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

1967

Credits

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

as Self

2025

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Countdown - The Wonder Years 2

as Self (archive footage)

2007

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The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974

as Self (archive footage)

2007

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Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

as Self (archive footage)

1979

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

1975

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Dinah!

as Self

1974

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Rock Concert

as Self

1973

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Four Rode Out

as The Singer

1969

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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

as Self

1967

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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

as Self

1967

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1962

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

1961

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