The 11-time Grammy-winning artist Joni Mitchell is now a U.S. citizen.
The 82-year-old singer-songwriter made the announcement in an Instagram post Tuesday, sharing a photo of her smiling, holding an American flag in front of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security building with the caption, “A journey that began 62 years ago.”
The artist’s exact reasons for becoming a U.S. citizen are still undetermined.
Mitchell was born Nov. 7, 1943, in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada. At nine years old, her family moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, which she considers her hometown.
In 1965, she moved to the U.S. with her soon-to-be husband, folk singer Chuck Mitchell, and the next year she played a short set at the Newport folk festival in Newport, Rhode Island.
Shortly after she divorced her husband, in 1967 she pursued her career as a solo artist and released her debut album “Song to a Seagull” in 1968. Over her career, she lived across the country from Detroit to New York, eventually settling in the Laurel Canyon of Los Angeles. She’s released 18 studio albums, with the majority of them being produced in the United States.
At the Hollywood Bowl in 2024, the singer had her first headlining concert in L.A. in 24 years, dubbing the show the Joni Jam. According to New Musical Express, Mitchell encouraged audience members to “get out and vote.”
“This is an important one,” she said. “I wish I could vote — I’m Canadian. One of those lousy immigrants.”
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