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![]() Osborne performing in 2009 | |
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Birth name | Joan Elisabeth Osborne |
Born | Anchorage, Kentucky, U.S. | July 8, 1962
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Discography | Joan Osborne discography |
Years active | 1989–present |
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Formerly of | The Dead, Trigger Hippy |
Website | joanosborne |
Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and interpreter of music, having recorded and performed in various popular American musical genres including rock, pop, soul, R&B, blues, and country.[1] She is best known for her recording of the Eric Bazilian-penned song "One of Us" from her debut album, Relish (1995). Both the single and the album became worldwide hits and garnered a combined seven Grammy Award nominations. Osborne has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002).