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American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

This article is about the musician. For his debut album, see Bob Dylan (album).

Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan;^[3] born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.

Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time,^[4][5][6] Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career. With an estimated figure of more than 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians of all-time.^[7] Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry".^[6] His lyrics incorporated political, social and philosophical influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture.^[8]

Dylan was born and raised in St.

Louis County, Minnesota, and at 20 years old