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  "slug": "billie-holiday",
  "name": "Billie Holiday",
  "description": "Billie Holiday appears once in our Jazz list, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/billie-holiday/",
  "appearanceCount": 1,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1939,
    "last": 1939
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 5,
    "list": "Jazz"
  },
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    {
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      "slug": "jazz",
      "name": "Jazz",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/jazz/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "billie-holiday--strange-fruit",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/billie-holiday--strange-fruit/",
      "title": "Strange Fruit",
      "year": 1939,
      "label": "Commodore",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Her own label refused it, so she released it elsewhere. The most uncomfortable three minutes in American popular music, sung with almost no inflection, which is why it works.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Billie%20Holiday%20Strange%20Fruit",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=649wWWkW_1o",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 5,
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        "slug": "jazz",
        "name": "Jazz",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/jazz/"
      },
      "artist": "Billie Holiday"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}