Awards & Winners

Joan Baez

Date of Birth 09-January-1941
Place of Birth Staten Island
(New York City, United States of America, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Joan Chandos Baez, Joan Baez, Баез, Джоан, Joan Beaz, Baez, Joan, Joan Chandos Báez, Joanie
Profession Singer, Songwriter, Pacifist, Musician, Actor, Record producer, Activist
Quotes
  • Action is the antidote to despair.
Joan Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Baez has performed publicly for over 55 years, releasing over 30 albums. Fluent in Spanish as well as in English, she has also recorded songs in at least six other languages. She is regarded as a folk singer, although her music has diversified since the counterculture days of the 1960s and now encompasses everything from folk rock and pop to country and gospel music. Although a songwriter herself, Baez is generally regarded as an interpreter of other people's work, having recorded songs by the Allman Brothers Band, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Violeta Parra, Woody Guthrie, The Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and many others. In recent years, she has found success interpreting songs of modern songwriters such as Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Steve Earle and Natalie Merchant. Her recordings include many topical songs and material dealing with social issues. She began her recording career in 1960, and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2, and Joan Baez in Concert all achieved gold record status, and stayed on the charts of hit albums for two years.

Awards by Joan Baez

Check all the awards nominated and won by Joan Baez.

2010


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Joan Baez

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album Day After Tomorrow

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album Play Me Backwards

1971


Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down