In 2017, Collins's rendition of the song ' Amazing Grace' was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being 'culturally, historically, or artistically significant'.

Judith would also become her best-selling studio album it was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1975 for sales of over 500,000 copies and Platinum in 1996 for sales of over 1,000,000 copies. 19, spending 27 non-consecutive weeks on the chart and earning her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, as well as a Grammy Award for Sondheim for Song of the Year. 36 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in 1975 and then again in 1977 at No. She enjoyed further success with her recordings of ' Someday Soon', ' Chelsea Morning' (also written by Mitchell), ' Amazing Grace', ' Turn! Turn! Turn!', and 'Cook with Honey'.Ĭollins experienced the biggest success of her career with her recording of Stephen Sondheim's ' Send in the Clowns' from her tenth studio album Judith (1975). 8 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and won Collins her first Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance. 97) from her fifth studio album In My Life (1966), but it was the lead single from her sixth studio album Wildflowers (1967), ' Both Sides, Now' – written by Joni Mitchell – that gave her international prominence. She had her first charting single with 'Hard Lovin' Loser' (No. Her discography consists of 36 studio albums, nine live albums, numerous compilation albums, four holiday albums, and 21 singles.Ĭollins' debut studio album, A Maid of Constant Sorrow, was released in 1961 and consisted of traditional folk songs. An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk music, country, show tunes, pop music, rock and roll and standards), for her social activism, and for the clarity of her voice. Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades.

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