After an appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, Janis Joplin and Big Brother found themselves in the national limelight with a big-time manager and a recording contract with Columbia Records. This is their class. Released in 1968, Cheap Thrills became a #1 album and sold over a million copies. This is the album that cemented Janis Joplin's status as the first, true female rock superstar.