Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer and musician. One of the most successful and widely known rock stars of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and “electric” stage presence.
Joplin graduated from high school in 1960 and attended Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas, during the summer and later the University of Texas at Austin (UT), though she did not complete her college studies.
The campus newspaper, The Daily Texan, ran a profile of her in the issue dated July 27, 1962, headlined “She Dares to Be Different.”
What was Janis Joplin’s cause of death?
Joplin died of a heroin overdose in 1970, at the age of 27, after releasing three albums. A second solo album, Pearl, was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death.
It reached number one on the Billboard charts. She was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time[12] and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
She remains one of the top-selling musicians in the United States, with the Recording Industry Association of America certifications of 18.5 million albums sold.
