Yoko Ono is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist known for her groundbreaking work in visual art, performance art, and experimental music. After growing up in Tokyo, she moved to New York City in 1952, where she became active in the avant-garde art scene and joined the Fluxus movement. Ono gained international recognition in 1969 when she married John Lennon of the Beatles, with whom she collaborated musically as part of the Plastic Ono Band. Together, they staged influential peace protests, most famously their bed-in against the Vietnam War. Ono continued her solo music career, achieving critical and commercial success with the album Double Fantasy and later scoring multiple number one singles on the US Dance charts. She has inspired and influenced many contemporary musicians and artists. As John Lennon's widow, she has worked to preserve his legacy through various memorials and philanthropy for peace and the arts, including funding the Strawberry Fields memorial and Imagine Peace Tower. Ono remains recognized as a pioneering figure in art, activism, and music.