Joni Mitchell Net Worth

Legendary singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell has a net worth of $6 million. Joni Mitchell gained her net worth as one of the greatest musicians of the late 20th century. Besides being a musician, Mitchell is a painter and has designed all her album covers. Hailing from Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada, Mitchell started out performing folk songs in small nightclubs in Western Canada. When rejected from major folk clubs, Mitchell went on to busking in the streets of Toronto. In the mid-sixties, Mitchell made the big move to the US, where she began to make a name for herself. By 1969, Mitchell released her debut album, Song to a Seagull. From that album, many notable folk singers made cover versions of Chelsea Morning, Both Sides Now and The Circle Game. The journey to stardom just got better for Mitchell as her 1971 album, Blue, has been hailed one of the greatest albums ever made. By the late 1970s, she started experimenting with jazz, working with respected musicians including Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Her Jazz-inspired albums, The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) and Heijra (1976) were not well received at the time of release, but now are hailed as classics. In the later years, Mitchell embraced pop and electronic music, winning Grammy awards her albums: Turbulent Indigo (1994) and Both Sides Now (2000). In 2007, it was revealed that Mitchell will record her 17th and last album, Shine.

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