Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink, April 7, 1951) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction writer.  She stated singing folk in the mid-sixties while she was still a teenager.  She sang the most in the 1960s and the 1970s, but she's still singing today. In 1975, Ian won a Grammy Award for her song, "At Seventeen".

Ian is openly lesbian and is married to a woman.

Discography

Albums
 Janis Ian (1967) #29 US (Verve) / (1978) (Columbia) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
 For All the Seasons of Your Mind (1967) #179 US (Verve)
 The Secret Life of J. Eddy Fink (1968) (Verve)
 Who Really Cares (1969) (Verve)
 Present Company (1971) #223 US (Capitol)
 Stars (1974) #83 US, #63 (Columbia) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl)
 Between the Lines (1975) #1 US, #22 Japan (Columbia, Festival) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
 Aftertones (1976) #12 US, #1 Japan (Columbia) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
 Miracle Row (1977) #45 US, #26 Japan (Columbia) /  (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
 Night Rains (1979) (Columbia)
 Restless Eyes (1981) #156 US (Columbia)
 Uncle Wonderful (1983) (Festival) (Australia only)
 Breaking Silence (1993) (Morgan Creek) / (Bonus Track) (2003) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
 Simon Renshaw Presents: Janis Ian Shares Your Pain (1995) (not released until 12.09)
 Revenge (1995) (Beacon)
 Hunger (1997) (Windham Hill)
 god & the fbi (2000) (Windham Hill) / (3 Bonus Tracks) (2000) (JVC Japan)
 Lost Cuts 1 (2001) (Rude Girl)
 Billie's Bones (2004) (Oh Boy, Rude Girl Cooking Vinyl US)s Night Rains (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
 Billie's Bones (Bonus Track) (2004) (JVC Japan)
 Folk is the New Black (2006) (Rude Girl) / (With DVD) (2006) (Evasound)
 Revenge (Bonus Track) (2006) (Cooking Vinyl UK 2003) (WEA)

Compilation albums
 Remember (1978) (JVC Japan)
 The Best of Janis Ian (1980) (CBS)
 My Favourites (1980) (CBS)
 Stars/Night Rains (Double Album) (1987) (CBS)
 At Seventeen (1990) (CBS)
 Up 'Til Now (1992) (Sony)
 Society's Child: The Verve Recordings (1995) (Polydor)
 Live on the Test 1976 (1995) (BBC World Wide)
 Unreleased 1: Mary's Eyes (1998) (Rude Girl)
 The Bottom Line Encore Collection (1999) (Velvet)
 The Best of Janis Ian (2002) (Festival)
 Live: Working Without a Net (2003) (Rude Girl)
 Souvenirs: Best of 1972-1981 (US CD) (2004) (Rude Girl) / (Japan CD) (2004) (JVC Japan) / (CD/DVD) (2006) (Evasound)
 Unreleased 2: Take No Prisoners (2006) (Rude Girl)
 Unreleased 3: Society's Child (2006) (Rude Girl)
 Ultimate Best (2007) (JVC Victory)
 Best of Janis Ian: Autobiography Collection (2008) (Rude Girl)
 The Essential Janis Ian (2009)

Singles

DVDs
 Live at Club Cafe (2005) (Rude Girl)
 Janismania (2005) (Rude Girl)
 Through the Years: A Retrospective (2007) (Rude Girl)
 Janis Ian '79: Live in Japan & Australia'' (2008) (Rude Girl)

References

Other websites 
 Official website
 Janis Ian's Pearl Foundation
 
 Janis Ian interview on Slashdot
 2006 interview
 Janis Ian archive on NPR Music

1951 births
Living people
American composers
American folk musicians
American guitarists
American science fiction writers
Grammy Award winners
Jewish American writers
Lesbians
LGBT novelists
LGBT people from New York City
LGBT singers
LGBT songwriters
Musicians from New York City
Singers from New York City
Writers from New York City