Joni Mitchell's last studio album of original music, "Shine," was released in 2007, but the singer, who turned 80 in November 2023, has hardly been off the radar, keeping a solid base of faithful fans content and happy. Over a dozen various compilations of her previous work, including both studio and live recordings, have been released since 2007, with 10 of them achieving top album sales on the charts.

Since 2020 alone, Mitchell has had her album "Clouds" inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, earned two honorary doctorates, received Kennedy Center honors from President Biden, been named Person of the Year by MusiCares, won her ninth Grammy, and was handed the Gershwin Prize by the Library of Congress. "My songs ... they're not folk music, they're not jazz, they're art songs," she told the Library of Congress during the prize event. "They embody classical things and jazzy things and folky things, long line poetry."

One of Mitchell's most popular albums, "Blue," celebrated the 50th anniversary of its release in June 2021. In honor of the record, which gave the world such songs as "A Case of You," "Carey," and "California," a new EP, "Blue at 50: Demos and Outtakes," was released, including different takes of five tracks from the original album. "Blue" hit number 21 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart; "Blue at 50" hit number 13, proving some things, like Joni Mitchell's voice, never go out of style.