Joan Baez

Joan Baez: Biography in Details

Who is Joan Baez?

American Joan Baez is a life achievement award-winning singer and songwriter. She is renowned for her Folk and County singing style.

She is also a social and political activist.

Who are the parents of Joan Baez?

Joan Baez was born on the 9th of January 1941 in Staten Island, New York. Her birth name is Joan Chandos Baez.

Her father, Lt. Albert Baez is a physicist, and her mother, Lt. Hoan Chandos Baez was descended from the Dukes of Chandos. Albert was one of the co-inventor of the X-ray Microscope.

She has two sisters, Lt. Pauline Marden and Lt. Mimi Farina. Both of them were singers and activists. They were of Scottish-Mexican ethnicity.

While growing up, she faced various discrimination due to her Mexican heritage. Due to this reason, she was involved in social causes as an activist.

Educational Background

Talking about their educational background, in 1958, she graduated from Palo Alto High School. After that, she joined Boston University. However, she attended the University for six weeks only.

Joan Baez- Professional Life, Career

Music Journey

Joan Baez always had a deep attachment to music since her childhood. However, she professionally started singing during High School. At the time, she used to perform in clubs. After graduation from High School, she gave her first concert in Club 47.

In 1960, she launched her self-titled debut album with 13 traditional tracks. The album peaked at the 15th position on the US Billboard and also the album earned Gold certification by RIAA.

Moving forwards, she released the albums like Blessed Are…, Speaking of Dreams, and Diamonds and Rust. Last, in 2018, she launched the 25th and the final studio album, Whistle Down the Wind. 

Social & Political Activists

During their High School days, she has a great impact on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech about civil rights and social rights. Moving forwards, they became friends and participated in various movements together.

The singer has actively participated in events like Civil movements and always raised their voice for Civil rights, LGBT Rights, and Human Rights via her songs and active participation in the protests too.

Awards & Nominations

• 2007- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards.
• 2015- Ambassador of Conscience Award.
• 2019, 2009, 1972- Nominated for Grammy Awards.

How much is the net worth of Joan Baez?

Throughout her career, she has made a net worth of $11 million. Her earnings as a singer are in the range of $21k to $2101k. Besides that, she makes in the range of $25k to $126k as a songwriter.

Apart from that, she also earns through the royalties of her albums too.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

Joan Baez has brown eyes with light hair. Her height is 5 feet 5 inches and has a decent weight.

Joan Baez- Controversy, Rumors

As of now, she has managed to be far from any sort of controversy that created headlines in the media. Similarly, there are no rumors related to him.

Social Media

Joan has over 51.7k followers on Twitter and over 785k on Facebook. She has more than 77.4k followers on Instagram.

On Twitter, she is following the personalities like Greta Thunberg, Tom Morello, and Jackson Browne.

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