Janis Ian

**Janis Ian** (born **Janis Eddy Fink**, April 7, 1951) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction writer.  She started 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)
* *Strictly Solo* (2014)
* *Hope* (2020)
* *The Light at the End of the Line* (2021)

### 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