Joan Armatrading
Sign in to saveAlso known as Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading
British singer and musician
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Weakness in Me
- Not too far away
- Track Record
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1950-12-09
2008 universal fire victimclassic pop and rockfolkfolk rockrocksinger-songwriter
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 388,349
- Total plays
- 3,980,221
Tags
singer-songwriterfemale vocalistsbluesrockpop
Joan Armatrading MBE (born Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on 9 December 1950) and brought up in Birmingham, England, is a British singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Armatrading has mixed eclectic musical styles over decades of recording and performing. She has had several British hit singles, the biggest of which were "Love & Affection", "Me Myself I", and "Drop the Pilot". Her music is generally pop, with forays into rock, folk, jazz, and even reggae. Her popularity
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barbara
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Basseterre
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- The Open University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- joanarmatrading.com
- Image
- 2007-10-25 Joan Armatrading, Kantine, Koeln IMG 8237.jpg
- Voice type
- contralto
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- Commons category
- Joan Armatrading
- date of birth
- 1950-12-09
- sexual orientation
- non-heterosexuality
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- birth name
- Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading
- name in native language
- Joan Armatrading
- social media followers
- 24900
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
Sources (8)
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