Willie Mae Thornton
Irma Thomas
Marsha Ball
Bonnie Raitt
EmmyLou Harris
Toni Price
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Awards and honors
Mitchell was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, but did not attend the ceremony. In 1995, she received Billboard's Century Award. In 1996 she was awarded the Polar Music Prize.
She has received nine regular Grammy Awards during her career, with the first coming in 1969 and the most recent in 2008. She received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002, with the citation describing her as "one of the most important female recording artists of the rock era" and "a powerful influence on all artists who embrace diversity, imagination and integrity."
Regarding her as a national treasure, Mitchell's home country Canada has bestowed her with a number of honours. She was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1981 and received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000. In 2002 she became only the third popular Canadian singer/songwriter (Gordon Lightfoot and Leonard Cohen being the other two), to be appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour. She received an honourary doctorate in music from McGill University in 2004. In January 2007 she was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. In June, 2007, Canada Post featured Mitchell on a postage stamp.
In November, 2006, the album Blue was listed by Time magazine as among the "All-Time 100 Albums".
In the 1990s Mitchell was listed as fourth on VH-1's list of "The One Hundred Most Important Women in Rock."
Grammy Awards
Year Category Work Result
1969 Best Folk Performance Clouds Won
1974 Album of the Year Court and Spark Nomination
1974 Record of the Year "Help Me" Nomination
1974 Pop Female Vocalist Court and Spark Nomination
1974 Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) "Down To You" Won
1976 Pop Female Vocalist The Hissing of Summer Lawns Nomination
1977 Best Album Package Hejira Nomination
1988 Pop Female Vocalist Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm Nomination
1995 Best Pop Album Turbulent Indigo Won
1995 Best Album Package Turbulent Indigo Won
2000 Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Both Sides Now Nomination
2000 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Both Sides Now Won
2002 Lifetime Achievement Award - Won
2003 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) "Woodstock" (Travelogue recording) Won
2007 Album of the Year River: The Joni Letters Won *
2007 Best Pop Instrumental Performance "One Week Last Summer" Won
- * Although officially a Herbie Hancock release, Joni also received a Grammy due to her vocal contribution to the album.
