• Lilith Fair 2010

    2009年 12月 10日, 19:59 作者:hdsander

  • Chantal Kreviazuk w. Special Guest Raine Maida Review

    2009年 12月 9日, 21:25 作者:Kyle_James

    Last nights concert at Massey Hall was definitely a festival of sorts and was exactly the kind of performance I was hoping to see at that time. Varied and Lovely.

    I had no idea what to expect when the show was touted as Chantal Kreviazuk with Special Guest Raine Maida. I wondered, is it going to be a double billed show like when I saw Alanis Morissette and Tori Amos perform live on the "5 1/2 Weeks Tour"? Or was Raine simply going to be Chantal's opening act?

    As the house lights went down, two young girls with acoustic guitars walked onto the stage so I knew he was no opening act. The girls introduced themselves as "Dala" a folk pop duo from Scarborough, the groups name was explained as being a sort of Scabble mash up of the last two letters of both of the girls first names (Amanda was the "Da" and Sheila was the "La"). The two played a five song set and practically blew me away in the process. Their vocals were like honey when banded together and they ended their set with a small acoustic rendition of "Moon River" (one of my favorite songs). As most opening acts do at Massey Hall, they explained that they would be signing cd's at the break. Gotta love that.

    I assumed the break would be after their set but the stage lights stayed on and the house lights stayed off. After a few minutes of crew people checking mic's and instruments, Raine Maida appeared on stage followed by Chantal who sat down at her piano, violinist Karen Graves, drummer Randy Cooke, and Cellist/Acoustic Guitarist Kevin Fox. Raine proceeded to play a half hour to 45 minute set of songs from his 2007 solo album "The Hunter's Lullaby". The married couple joked and bickered on stage together and Raine admitted that his song "Sex, Love and Honey" was written about one of the first fights they ever had as a married couple where Raine went too far and called her "the worst word you could call a woman" and Chantal responded by calling his Mother lol. After giving his opinion on the recent Tiger Woods fiasco, Raine took a break from performing his solo material to perform the "Our Lady Peace" hit "Innocent", dedicating it to "good people" (which didn't include Tiger).

    After Raine's set, the house lights came up, I went and bought Dala's latest album (evidently they have four albums) and got it signed by the two of them.

    15 minutes later the house lights went down once more and Chantal walked out (in a different outfit from the one we had seen during Raine's set) and was joined on stage by the same group of musicians, who throughout the show would alternate their time on stage giving Chantal's music completely different sounds. She started the show off with the song "Today" from her latest album "Plain Jane" and seemed quite relieved when the audience recognized the songs piano intro.

    "You have the new album, Thank God!" she exclaimed.

    From there she dove into the song "Time" from her third album "What If It All Means Something", and "Ghosts Of You" from 2006's "Ghost Stories" which she wrote about her cousin Brenda who had passed away and dedicated to her other cousin (Brenda's sister) who was in the audience and had survived and been cured of having the same affliction as her sister.

    As mentioned, throughout the evening, Chantal's band alternated their time on stage, leaving her alone at times to just play her piano, or having only the string instruments play with her. At one point while left alone on stage, she invited Dala to join her on backing vocals for her first ever single "God Made Me" from her debut album "Under These Rocks And Stones". Plus Chantal even tried her hand at playing the acoustic guitar on the songs "Halfway Around The World" (which she admitted was written about someone she despised) and the 1999 single "Far Away". Her music was not the only music heard during her set. She allowed violinist Karen Graves to perform a song written by her band "The Done Me Wrongs" as well as letting cellist Kevin Fox to perform his rendition of the Joni Mitchell classic "River". For the encore she invited trumpeter Brayden Baird out to jazz it up on the title track off the latest album "Plain Jane". So the sound and mood of the night was ever shifting.

    The nicest part of the evening was the presence of her kids. As well as having clips from home movies shown on the screen during her performances of the songs "5,000 Days" and her cover of John Denver's "Leaving On A Jet Plane", the kids could be heard giggling from the audience, standing in the wings with Raine, and on more than one occasion coming right on stage to talk to their Mom. At one point during the show her eldest son Rowan came on stage to ask her what time she would be finished, to which she responded "Raine, this is so not okay."

    For the final song of the night (her latest single "Invincible") Rowan and his younger brother Lucca (age 4) both came out on stage. Rowan introduced his little brother who then proceeded to sing the first verse and chorus of the song (it couldn't have been cuter if he tried). His Mom responded by saying "That's a tough act to follow, but here we go."

    Set List:
    Today
    Time
    Ghosts of You
    Half Of Me
    Wonderful
    Ordinary People
    Feels Like Home
    This Life
    My Hometown (Bruce Springsteen cover dedicated to the city of Toronto for being the Winnipeg artists second hometown)
    God Made Me (featuring Dala)
    Not One Drop; Sylvie's song (New song, unrecorded)
    Surrounded
    5,000 Days
    Before You
    Isabel (Karen Graves solo)
    River (Kevin Fox's solo)
    Say The Word
    Halfway Around The World
    Far Away
    Leaving On A Jet Plane
    The Way
    All I Can Do
    Encore:
    Plain Jane
    Invincible

    3 hours and 45 minutes of bliss. Amazing show.

    Chantal Kreviazuk
  • Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin

    2009年 12月 1日, 20:15 作者:AndzioszekxD

    Drugi longplay Lavigne, wydany w 2004 roku, trafił w moje ręce jako prezent – dostałam piracką płytę z Londynu. To zdecydowanie mocniejsza muzyka niż na debiutanckim „Let Go”. Czy wyszło to wokalistce na dobre? Moim zdaniem – zdecydowanie tak.

    Przy produkcji współpracowali z Avril między innymi Ben Moody (kawałek „Nobody’s Home”) - znany z formacji Evanescence oraz Kanadyjka Chantal Kreviazuk. Na krążku dominują ballady, trudno tu doszukać się żywiołowych tracków w stylu "Sk8er Boy"). Numerem, którego nie można wrzucić do jednego worka z napisem „wolne” jest zdecydowanie energetyczny „He Wasn’T” – słychać perkusję i gitary elektryczne. W niektórych piosenkach można wyraźnie wyłapać nawiązania do rocka alternatywnego („Together”, „Take Me Away”, „Forgotten”). Mimo, że większość muzyki na krążku to spokojne, a czasem nawet melancholijne melodie, słuchacz nie jest znudzony w połowie albumu. Jak zwykle dominują gitary i perkusja – to nadal melodyjny pop-rock, ale o wiele bardziej przemyślany i dojrzały.

    A co w sferze lirycznej? Do „Let Go” miało się w tej sferze mnóstwo zastrzeżeń, ale w „UMS” nie mam raczej do czego się przyczepić. Wokalistka napisała teksty o wiele bardziej poważne i traktujące o mroczniejszej stronie życia. Najlepiej może o tym świadczyć poruszająca ballada „Slipped Away”, którą Lavigne napisała po śmierci dziadka. Zresztą – cała płyta jest bardzo osobista, na co wskazuje wymowny tytuł krążka – „pod moją skórą”. Jedyny kawałek z albumu, którego nie lubię to „Don’t Tell Me” – po prostu mnie nie przekonuje.

    Drugi album z dorobku Avril oceniam, jak do tej pory najlepiej. Płyta pierwsza i trzecia zdecydowanie odstaje zarówno muzycznie, jak i tekstowo, od „Under My Skin”. Ta pozycja stoi na czele tych, do których wracam najczęściej – nie znudziła mi się przez 5 lat – a to musi o czymś świadczyć. Powinna trafić nie tylko do wielbicieli muzyki Lavigne, polecam.

    Wszystkie recenzje znajdują się też na moim blogu.
  • Top 40 singles of the 2000s

    2009年 11月 29日, 16:34 作者:eddy2375

    My top forty/favourite singles of the 2000s... again the decade isn't quite over yet but still =)

    1. Vanessa Carlton - "播放White Houses" (2004)

    2. Annie - "Heartbeat" (2004)

    3. Mint Royale - "播放Don't Falter" (2000)

    4. Bat for Lashes - "播放Daniel" (2009)

    5. Robyn - "播放With Every Heartbeat" (2005)

    6. Deadmau5 & Kaskade - "I Remember" (2009)

    7. Lady GaGa - "播放Poker Face" (2008)

    8. Nelly Furtado - "播放Maneater" (2006)

    9. Friendly Fires - "Jump In The Pool" (2009)

    10. Metric - "播放Empty" (2007)

    11. Solange - "I Decided (Part II)" (2008)

    12. Kelis - "播放Millionaire" (2004)

    13. Björk - "播放Cocoon" (2002)

    14. Girls Aloud - "The Loving Kind" (2009)

    15. Mariah Carey - "播放I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" (2008)

    16. Peter Bjorn and John - "Young Folks" (2006)

    17. Guru Josh Project - "Infinity 2008" (2008)

    18. Kylie Minogue - "播放The One" (2008)

    19. P!nk - "播放God Is a DJ" (2004)

    20. David Guetta - "When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland)" (2009)

    21. Chantal Kreviazuk - "播放In This Life" (2002)

    22. Robbie Williams - "播放Lovelight" (2006)

    23. Santogold - "L.E.S. Artistes" (2008)

    24. Corinne Bailey Rae - "Like A Star" (2005)

    25. Patrick Wolf - "播放The Magic Position" (2007)

    26. Alanis Morissette - "Hands Clean" (2002)

    27. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "播放Turn Into" (2006)

    28. Beth Orton - "播放Shopping Trolley" (2006)

    29. Alicia Keys - "播放Like You'll Never See Me Again" (2007)

    30. Vanessa Carlton - "播放A Thousand Miles" (2002)

    31. Siobhan Donaghy - "Don't Give It Up" (2007)

    32. Hilary Duff - "播放So Yesterday" (2003)

    33. Max Tundra - "播放Lysine" (2002)

    34. Mint Royale - "播放The Effect on Me" (2005)

    35. Lykke Li - "Little Bit" (2007)

    36. Nadia Oh - "Something 4 The Weekend" (2007)

    37. Nelly Furtado - "播放Hey, Man!" (2002)

    38. Deep Dish - "Dreams" (2006)

    39. Avril Lavigne - "播放Girlfriend" (2007)

    40. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - "Rubicon" (2004)

    xx
  • Single Of The Week

    2009年 11月 28日, 22:06 作者:yxsarvik

  • 50 Questions about my Top 50: 2009 Version

    2009年 11月 2日, 23:13 作者:melbo

    Because it's been almost two years since I filled this out...I thought it would be fun to see how this has changed.

    1. How did you get into 29? (Martina Sorbara)
    My friend Christina loved her first. She has excellent taste in music, so I looked her up.

    2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Clay Aiken)
    Haha...umm...I guess something he sang on American Idol? I don't remember whether I watched the auditions that season or picked up the show later.

    3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (Chris Isaak)
    No idea. I don't really pay attention to his lyrics...more his music and his voice.

    4. What is your favorite album by 49? (Spice Girls)
    Haha, I guess I prefer Spice World?

    5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Mariah Carey)
    Five.

    6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Billy Joel)
    First, how is Billy only #50?! That's disturbing. I love so many of his songs (so many!!), but if I have to pick just one, I always go with 播放The Longest Time. I was so disappointed that he didn't sing it at Wrigley Field last summer.

    7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Sarah McLachlan)
    Mm, yes. 播放Wintersong. It's such a beautiful type of sad, though.

    8. What is your favorite song by 15? (Andrea Bocelli)
    Vivo Per Lei (con Giorgia), unless it's Olympic time. Then it's Because We Believe.

    9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Vienna Teng)
    播放Harbor, 播放Whatever You Want, 播放Antebellum.

    10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (The Beatles)
    There are probably a hundred. I mean, really, does their discography ever end? All You Need Is Love would be the most obvious.

    11. What is your favorite album by 40? (Shania Twain)
    Come On Over. Seriously, weren't the majority of the songs on that album released to great success?

    12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Jack Johnson)
    播放Better Together!

    13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Laura Pausini)
    I discovered her through a fantastic lady that I used to work for. She passed away a few years ago, but listening to Laura always makes me think of her.

    14. What is your favorite song by 38? (Michael Jackson)
    Don't Stop Til You Get Enough. I think.

    15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Backstreet Boys)
    BSB makes me so nostalgic. Specifically, I guess I'll go with 播放As Long As You Love Me

    16. How many times have you seen 25 live? (Madonna)
    None. I'm sure that would be a great show, though!

    17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Destiny's Child)
    I don't know what the first song I heard would have been, but the first one that I liked was probably 播放Bills, Bills, Bills.

    18. What is your favorite album by 11? (John Mayer)
    Continuum! Easily.

    19. What is your favorite song by 1? (Emm Gryner)
    So far, this is the only ranking that hasn't changed since the last time I did this survey, and the answer hasn't changed either. My favourite Emm song is still Blackwinged Bird

    20. Have you ever seen 14 live? (Rascal Flatts)
    No! I would love to, but I don't have any local friends who like them.

    21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Rachael Yamagata)
    Her songs make me think of many fabulous road trips with Jules.

    22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Sara Bareilles)
    播放Gravity. So. Incredible.

    23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Astor Piazzolla)
    I have no idea. Since I'm a skating fan, 播放Libertango is a safe bet!

    24. What is your favorite album by 18? (Diana Krall)
    The Girl In The Other Room

    25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Regina Spektor)
    播放Hotel Song or 播放Samson

    26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Alicia Keys)
    I'm sure it was 播放Fallin'

    27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Chantal Kreviazuk)
    Here's another one that hasn't changed! But the answer might...the verdict is still out. What If It All Means Something has been my favourite, but her new one, Plain Jane is gaining ground. We'll see.

    28. What is you favorite song by 2? (Céline Dion)
    Céline is still #2. And 播放S'il Suffisait D'Aimer is still my favourite. Although there are SO MANY.

    29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (Sarah Slean)
    播放My Invitation, and I didn't really like it, so I didn't listen to her for a long time. I'm still not crazy about that song, but I do love her.

    30. What is you favorite song by 8? (Kelly Clarkson)
    I can't believe she's ranked so high, first of all. I don't feel like I listen to her that often. Maybe because it takes me so many listens to decide whether or not I like her songs, haha. I guess my favourite is 播放Since U Been Gone. Does that make me shallow?

    31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Keith Urban)
    I haven't.

    32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Chicago)
    播放Just You 'N' Me

    33. What is you favorite album by 12? (Superchick)
    Beauty from Pain

    34. What is the worst song by 45? (Coldplay)
    I don't think there's any that make me groan.

    35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (Daniel Bedingfield)
    播放James Dean (I Wanna Know)

    36. What is your favorite album by 48? (Blue Rodeo)
    I definitely haven't heard all their albums, but I have The Days in Between and I like it.

    37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (U2)
    I haven't ever, although I'm sure it's a great show. I'm not sure I would shell out the cash for it, though.

    38. What is your favorite song by 36? (Bryan Adams)
    Seriously? Obviously 播放Summer Of '69

    39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Jamie Cullum)
    I'm going to go with These Are The Days, because that's the first track on Twentysomething. I was with a friend when she bought it and we listened to it on the way home from Windsor.

    40. What is your favorite album by 7? (Michael Bublé)
    It's Time

    41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (98 Degrees)
    I still love 播放Still.

    42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Vanessa-Mae)
    [album artist=Vanessa-Mae]The Violin Player[/track]

    43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Barenaked Ladies)
    Falling for the First Time

    44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Janet Jackson)
    Minneapolis!

    45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Shaun Groves)
    Welcome Home

    46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Christina Aguilera)
    播放Come On Over (All I Want Is You)!

    47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Charlotte Martin)
    [album artist=Charlotte Martin]On Your Shore

    48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (John Legend)
    I'm going to go with John Legend.

    49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Frank Sinatra)
    Who knows!

    50. How many albums do you own by 20? (Maria Mena)
    Two, although one in only digital format since it wasn't released here.
  • Single Of The Week

    2009年 10月 25日, 18:13 作者:yxsarvik

  • KGRL's NMM™ on Oct. 21st, 2009

    2009年 10月 21日, 18:48 作者:hdsander

    Wednesday, Oct. 21st, 6am PST





    An extensive, eclectic New Music Morning spanning eight sets with music of very different genres demonstrated once again that listening to KGRL never gets boring.

    "Good morning flowerites and welcome to the New Music Morning sets.
    Sit back, relax and enjoy your taste of the new music added to our playlist.
    You can also join us at the Flowerbox over at www.KGRL.fm to chat with
    your fellow flowerites.
    Our New Music Morning starts right now!" ♫

    ZA - Me In May
    ZA - Candy Street
    Clare & the Reasons - Ooh You Hurt Me So
    Clare & the Reasons - Mellifera
    The Civil Wars - Pressing Flowers
    The Civil Wars - Poison & Wine
    Gus MacGregor - See Yourself (Feat. Jael Krebs)
    Nellie McKay - 播放Mean To Me
    Nellie McKay - 播放Crazy Rhythm
    ---
    Elin Ruth Sigvardsson - F Off
    Elin Ruth Sigvardsson - DEAD MAN WALKING
    chandelle - Full Circle
    chandelle - You By My Side
    Pomplamoose - Centrifuge
    Pomplamoose - Beat The Horse
    Love:Fi - this is all
    Love:Fi - last moment
    Holly Miranda - Everytime I Go To Sleep
    ---
    Samantha Farrell - Fade away
    Samantha Farrell - Shoulda Known Better
    Gin Wigmore - Golden Ship
    Gin Wigmore - Hey Ho
    Hannah Speirs - The View
    Hannah Speirs - In The Attic
    Terra Naomi - In the Summertime
    Terra Naomi - you for me
    Meja - Waiting for the Rain
    Meja - I Don't Recognize You
    ---
    Angie Hart - I'm Afraid Of Fridays
    Angie Hart - Simple
    Nat Johnson & The Figureheads - Envy
    Nat Johnson & The Figureheads - Careful
    Amanda Stansky - 播放Nocturnally
    Amanda Stansky - 播放Let Me Know
    Meme Love - 播放Something Amazing
    Meme Love - Romance is Dead
    Peppermoon - Apres l'orage
    ---
    Pilot - Colonel Moutarde
    Pilot - The Third
    Names - La da da
    Names - Beating Records
    Cowboy X - Analogue Droids
    Cowboy X - Villain In Disguise
    Tegan and Sara - Someday
    Tegan and Sara - Sentimental Tune
    Ladylike Dragons - My Need Of Naughtyness
    Ladylike Dragons - Bound Together
    ---
    Chantal Kreviazuk - Invincible
    Chantal Kreviazuk - Half Of Me
    Something Beginning With L - Say
    Something Beginning With L - Mean
    Mozella - 播放Stay
    Mozella - 4 Leaf Clover
    Lindsey Ray - Uncover
    Lindsey Ray - Float Away
    Tori Beaumont - Rainbows
    ---
    Eisley - Ambulance
    Eisley - The Valley
    Land of Talk - Sixteen Asterisk
    Land of Talk - May You Never
    Beautiful Small Machines - Simple Joys
    Annie - When the Night
    Annie - Bad Times
    Joss Stone - 播放Free Me
    Joss Stone - Incredible
    ---
    Lindsey Mae - Paper Mache
    Lindsey Mae - 播放The Way You
    Sofia Talvik - 播放Diamonds
    Sofia Talvik - 播放Something good
    Anni B Sweet - Take On Me
    Emiliana Torrini - 播放Weird Friendless Kid
    Emiliana Torrini - Tuna Fish (Acoustic)
    Metric - Satellite Mind (Acoustic)
    Metric - Twilight Galaxy (Acoustic)

    "...and that was the end of our New Music Morning sets.
    I hope you all enjoyed the finely selected new artists and tracks played
    during our presentation.
    See you all again next time for another edition of New Music Morning sets,
    only here at KGRL.
    Good day flowerites!


    Thank you, Mysty, for giving us joy and pleasure with this vast collection of songs. We greatly appreciate all your effort to make this happen.


  • Chantal Kreviazuk day

    2009年 10月 16日, 18:59 作者:rgoudie

    I feel like listening to a succession of Chantal Kreviazuk records.
  • Birthdays of 268 favourite female singers

    2009年 9月 30日, 22:54 作者:emcxmc

    Here to compare for most of my favourite female singers their age and birthday (listed chronologic), with place of birth (if indicated) and short description (as shown in Wikipedia).

    (born before 1940)

    + Bessie Smith (July 9, 1892 or April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer.

    + Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992, Berlin, Germany) was a German-born American actress and singer.Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer. In 1999 the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time.

    + Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day.

    + Édith Piaf, born Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 -10 October 1963), French singer and cultural icon who is almost universally regarded as France's greatest.

    92 - Vera Lynn Dame Vera Lynn, DBE (born 20 March 1917) is an English singer whose career flourished during World War II. Nicknamed "The Forces' Sweetheart", the songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again" and "The White Cliffs of Dover".

    + Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 in Newport News, VA – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), was one of the most influential jazz singers of the 20th Century, the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards.

    + Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Grammy award winning jazz and popular music singer and songwriter and Academy Award-nominated actress. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota.

    + Maria Callas (New York City December 2, 1923 – Paris, France September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century.

    + Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American blues, jazz, and gospel singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the “Queen of the Blues”

    + Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jeane Mortenson (Los Angeles, 1 juni 1926 – 5 augustus 1962).

    83 - Irene Papas - Irene Papas (born September 3, 1926) is a Greek actress and occasional singer.

    + Julie London (September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress who was known for her smoky, sensual voice (Cry me a river). Born in Santa Rosa, California,

    + Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 - 10 November 2008) was a South African singer and civil rights activist also known as Mama Africa.

    + Patsy Cline (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963), born Virginia Patterson Hensley, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s. Since her death at age 30 in a 1963 plane crash at the height of her career, she has been considered one of the most influential, successful, revered, and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century

    77 - Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades. Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1960s she became known internationally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown," "I Know a Place," "My Love," "Colour My World," "A Sign of the Times," and "Don't Sleep in the Subway". With more than 70 million records sold worldwide, she is the most successful British female solo recording artist ever and is cited as such in the Guinness Book of World Records.

    76 - Yoko Ono, (born February 18, 1933), is a Japanese-American artist and musician. She is known for her marriage to John Lennon and for her work as an avant-garde artist and musician.

    + Nina Simone - Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist.

    75 - Brigitte Bardot (born 28 September 1934) is a French actress, former fashion model, singer and animal welfare/rights activist.

    74 - Loretta Lynn (born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1935) is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country music cultural icon.

    72 - Roberta Flack - Roberta Flack (Feb 10, 1937 in Asheville NC, USA).

    72 - Wanda Jackson - Wanda Lavonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American singer and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 60s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist.[1] She is known to many as the The First Lady (or Queen) of Rockabilly, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence on April 4, 2009.

    71 - Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll and jazz singer and songwriter. She is the winner of four Grammys, seventeen Blues Music Awards, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (in 1993), the Blues Hall of Fame (in 2001), and the Grammy Hall of Fame (in both 1999 and 2008).

    + Nico, Christa Päffgen (October 16, 1938 – July 18, 1988), singer of psychedelic sixties band The Velvet Underground.

    + Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known as Dusty Springfield, was a pop singer and entertainer. Of all the female British pop artists of the 1960s, she made one of the biggest impressions on the American market. Owing to her distinctive sensual sound, she was one of the most notable white soul artists.

    70 - Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington).

    70 - Grace Slick - Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939), singer of psychedelic sixties band Jefferson Airplane.

    70 - Tina Turner - Tina Turner, Anna Mae Bullock (Nutbush, 26 november 1939).


    (born between 1940 - 1950)

    69 - Merrilee Rush (born January 26, 1940, Seattle, Washington, USA) is an American singer best known for her recording of the song "Angel of the Morning", a Top 10 charting song which earned her a Grammy nomination for Female Vocalist Of The Year in 1968.

    69 - Nancy Sinatra - Nancy Sandra Sinatra Jr (born June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of the legendary singer Frank Sinatra and his first wife Nancy Barbato.

    68 - Joan Baez - Joan Chandos Baez (born in Staten Island, NYC, USA, on January 9, 1941), folk singer.

    68 - Shirley Owens (born June 10, 1941, Henderson, North Carolina) was the member of the hit group, The Shirelles. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

    + Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & The Papas. After the group broke up, she had a successful solo career, releasing five studio albums. Elliot was found dead in her room in London from an apparent heart attack after two weeks of sold-out performances at the Palladium. In 1998, the four members of the group were inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

    67 - Carole King - Carole King, born as Carole Klein (Brooklyn (New York), 9 februari 1942).

    67 - Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942) is a Memphis, Tennessee-born but Detroit, Michigan-raised American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer. Many have called her “The Queen Of Soul” and “Lady Soul”. She is renowned for her soul and R&B recordings but is also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, and gospel. She is generally regarded as one of the best vocalists ever.

    67 - Barbra Streisand - Barbra Streisand (born Barbara Joan Streisand, April 24, 1942) is an American singer, film and theatre actress.

    + Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998), was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists.

    + Janis Joplin - Janis Lyn Joplin (Port Arthur (Texas), 19 januari 1943 – Los Angeles (Californië), 4 oktober 1970).

    66 - Cilla Black (born Priscilla Maria Veronica White on 27 May 1943) is a British singer, actress and television performer, origin from Liverpool, Lancashire, England, who has been successful as an entertainer from 1963 through the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her successful singles "Anyone Who Had A Heart" and "You're My World". After a successful recording career and a brief time as a comedy actress, she became the best paid female presenter in British television history.

    66 - Christine McVie - born Christine Anne Perfect, July 12, 1943, in Birmingham, Greenodd, Cumbria, England) is an English singer, keyboardist, and songwriter. Her primary fame came as a member of the band Fleetwood Mac.

    66 - Ronnie Spector (born Veronica Yvette Bennett, 10 August 1943, in New York City) was the lead singer of the 1960’s girl group The Ronettes, who most famously sang Be My Baby. She is the ex-wife of producer Phil Spector.

    66 - Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell, born as Roberta Joan Anderson (Fort Macleod (Alberta, Canada), 7 november 1943).

    65 - Françoise Hardy - Françoise Madeleine Hardy (née le 17 janvier 1944 à Paris).

    65 - Diana Ross (born Diana Ernestine Earle Ross; March 26, 1944, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) is an American singer and actress. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes, before leaving the group for a solo career on January 14, 1970. Since the beginning of her career with The Supremes and as a solo artist, Ross has sold more than 100 million records.

    65 - Patti LaBelle (born Patricia Louise Holt on May 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a hugely revered R&B/soul singer who fronted two moderately successful groups before rising to stardom as a solo artist in the late 1970s, influencing a new generation of female singers.

    65 - Nona Hendryx (born October 9, 1944 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actress. Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with "Lady Marmalade."

    65 - Anna McGarrigle, (born December 4, 1944, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Quebec) is a Canadian folk music singer/songwriter who writes and performs as a duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle with her sister Kate McGarrigle.

    64 - Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.), better known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music with equal conviction and power; and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis. She is best known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry".

    64 - Sally Carr (born Sarah Cecilia Young on 28 March 1945, in Muirhead, Lanarkshire). Lead singer of Middle of the Road were a Scottish pop group who enjoyed great success across Europe in the early 1970s.

    64 - Carly Simon - Carly Elisabeth Simon (New York City, 25 juni 1945).

    64 - Deborah Harry - Debbie Harry, american singer, born as Deborah Ann Harry (Miami, 1 juli 1945), lead singer of punk band Blondie .

    64 - Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Pasadena, California) is an American singer-songwriter. She is noted for her distinctive, raspy voice which she attributes to many hours spent singing in smoky bars and clubs.

    64 - Bette Midler - Bette Davis Midler (born December 1, 1945).

    63 - Dolly Parton - Dolly Rebecca Parton (Sevierville (Tennessee), 19 januari 1946).

    63 - Kate McGarrigle, (born February 6, 1946, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who writes and performs as a duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle with her sister Anna McGarrigle.

    63 - Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946, later adopted by Gilbert LaPierre) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, author and entertainer. Among her many career accomplishments in music, television and film, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards among others.

    63 - Linda Ronstadt - Linda Marie Ronstadt (Tucson (Arizona), 15 juli 1946).

    62 - Jane Birkin - Jane Mallory Birkin, née le 14 décembre 1946 à Londres.

    62 - Marianne Faithfull - Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946).

    62 - Patti Smith - Patti Smith, Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946 in Chicago).

    + Sandy Denny, born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978), England.

    62 - Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born February 3, 1947, in Astoria, New York City) is an American singer-songwriter. Usually known professionally as Melanie, she is best known for her hits "Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" and "What Have They Done To My Song Ma". Melanie has sold over 25 million records over the course of her career.

    62 - Sandie Shaw (born Sandra Ann Goodrich, 26 February 1947, Dagenham, Essex, England) is a British singer. She was, as described in the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, "the barefoot pop princess of the 1960s", owing to her distinctive penchant of performing on stage without shoes.

    62 - Jennifer Warnes - Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is a Grammy winning American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She is known for her rich soprano/contralto voice, her interpretations of compositions written by herself and many others, as well as an extensive playlist as a vocalist on movie soundtracks.

    62 - Kiki Dee (born Pauline Matthews, 6 March 1947, Little Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is a singer-songwriter, with a career that has lasted over 40 years.

    62 - Emmylou Harris - Emmylou Harris (Birmingham (Alabama), 2 april 1947).

    62 - Laurie Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, visual artist and musician. Laura Phillips Anderson was born June 5, 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States. She attended Mills College in California, and eventually graduated from Barnard College magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, studying art history. In 1972, she obtained an MFA in sculpture from Columbia University. She became more widely known in 1982 with the single “O Superman”.

    62 - Dolores Brooks (born June 20, 1947 in Brooklyn, NY) was a member of the girl group The Crystals.

    62 - Julie Covington (born 11 September 1947, London) is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina".

    + Mariska Veres (1 October 1947 - 2 December 2006) was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue.

    62 - France Gall - France Gall (born Isabelle Genevieve Marie Anne Gall on October 9, 1947 in Paris).

    + Minnie Riperton (Nov 8, 1947 - July 12, 1979).

    61 - Gigliola Cinquetti - Gigliola Cinquetti (b. 20 December 1947 in Verona, Italy) is an Italian singer.

    61 - Patty Pravo - Patty Pravo (born 9 April 1948 Venice, Italy) is the stage name of Italian pop singer Nicoletta Strambelli.

    61 - Kate Pierson - Catherine Elizabeth Pierson (born 27 April 1948 in Weehawken, New Jersey) is an American vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's. She also plays keyboard, guitar and bass for the band.

    61 - Grace Jones (born Grace Mendoza on May 19, 1948, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a model, singer and actress.

    61 - Stevie Nicks - Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born on May 26, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and has sold nearly 120 million albums. She has been noted for her ethereal visual style and symbolic lyrics.

    61 - Olivia Newton-John born 26 September 1948 in Cambridge, United Kingdom is a British-born, Australian-raised singer and actress.

    60 - Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE, (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, actress, model and television personality, who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her hit "To Sir, With Love" and in the UK for "Shout".

    61 - Chi Coltrane (born on Nov 16, 1948 in Racine, Wisconsin) was an American singer/songwriter who entered the charts in many countries with her eponymous debut album by November of 1972.

    60 - Mary Weiss, born on December 28, 1948 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, found fame in the 1960s as the lead singer of The Shangri-Las.

    60 - Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948, Boston, Massachusetts, US) is an American singer and songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of music, earning the title "The Queen of Disco".

    60 - Véronique Sanson (full name, Veronique Marie Line Sanson, according to the ASCAP Songwriter's Database, born April 24, 1949, in Boulogne, near Paris, France) is a two-time Victoires de la Musique Award-winning French singer-songwriter, musician, and producer with an avid following in her native country.

    60 - Rory Block - Aurora "Rory" Block (born November 6, 1949, in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American female blues guitarist and singer, a notable exponent of the country blues style.

    60 - Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Lynn Raitt (Burbank (Californië), 8 november 1949).


    (born between 1950 - 1960)

    59 - Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950, Pontardawe, Wales) is a Welsh folk singer. She is best known as one of the first musicians to sign to The Beatles' Apple label, and for her 1968 single "Those Were The Days".

    59 - Suzi Quatro (born Susan Kay Quatrocchio, June 3, 1950, Detroit, Michigan) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actress.

    59 - Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin, 11 June 1950, Cricklewood, London) is an English singer-songwriter.

    59 - Tina Weymouth (Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth) (born on November 22, 1950 in Coronado, California) is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the influential New Wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club.

    59 - Joan Armatrading - Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE, (born 9 December 1950, Basseterre, Saint Kitts, UK) is a British singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and the first female UK artist to have debuted at number 1 in the Billboards Blues charts. She is also the first female UK artist to be nominated for a Grammy in the blues category.

    58 - Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb; January 9, 1951) is an American country singer best known for a series of country-pop crossover hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". She accumulated 18 No. 1 country hits during the 1970s and 1980s. She is also famous for her nearly floor-length hair and was voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1983. She is the younger sister of singer Loretta Lynn (16 years younger).

    58 - Ellen Foley (born June 5, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American singer and actress, who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom Night Court. In music, she has released three solo albums but is best known for her collaborations with the singer Meat Loaf.

    58 - Bonnie Tyler - Bonnie Tyler (born June 8, 1951 in Skewen, Neath, South Wales, United Kingdom).

    58 - Chrissie Hynde - born Christine Ellen Hynde, 7 September 1951, Akron, Ohio, lead singer of The Pretenders.

    57 - Juice Newton (born Judith Kay Newton February 18, 1952 in Lakehurst, New Jersey is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist. To date, Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories (winning once in 1983), as well as a CMA Award for Best New Female Artist and two Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards (won consecutively).

    + Nicolette Larson (July 17, 1952 – December 16, 1997, Helena, Montana, USA ) was an American singer best known for her 1978 cover of Neil Young's "Lotta Love".

    57 - Máire Ní Bhraonáin, better known as Máire Brennan or incorrectly/phonetically as Moya Brennan (born August 4, 1952, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland), is a Grammy Award-nominated Celtic Folk singer. She began her singing career when her family formed the band Clannad in 1970.

    56 - Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953) is a four-time Grammy Award-winning American singer best known for her mezzo-soprano vocal range and establishing herself as one of rock's top vocalists and one of music's top-selling female artists with hit songs such as "Love Is a Battlefield"

    56 - Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and alt-country songwriter and singer. A three-time Grammy Award winner, she was named “America’s best songwriter” by TIME magazine in 2002.

    56 - Cyndi Lauper - Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22, 1953).

    56 - Nanci Griffith - Nanci Caroline Griffith, born July 6, 1953, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas, United States.

    ?? - Mary Margaret O'Hara, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, born on ??,??, 1954??.

    55 - Alice - Alice Visconti, born Carla Bissi in Forlì, Italy on September 26, 1954 is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist, active since 1971.

    55 - Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer from the United States. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.

    54 - Annie Lennox - Annie Lennox is an Oscar, Brit and Grammy award-winning pop musician and vocalist. She was born on December 25, 1954 in Aberdeen, Scotland. After three years as lead singer of The Tourists, Lennox achieved her most notable fame as the alto, soul-tinged lead singer of the 1980s rock duo Eurythmics with British musician David A. Stewart.

    54 - Nina Hagen (born Catharina Hagen on 11 March 1955) is a singer from East Berlin, Germany.

    54 - Jane Siberry - Jane Siberry, born October 12, 1955, Canada.

    53 - Julee Cruise - Julee Cruise (born 1 December 1956, in Creston, Iowa).

    52 - Loreena McKennitt - Loreena McKennitt (Morden (Manitoba) Canada, 17 februari 1957).

    52 - Susan Janet Ballion (born 27 May 1957 in Southwark, Southeast London, England), better known by her stage name, Siouxsie Sioux is a singer, best known as the vocalist of Siouxsie & The Banshees between 1976 and 1996.

    52 - Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo García; September 1, 1957, Havana, Cuba) is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide. She has won seven Grammy Awards, placing her among the most successful crossover performers in Latin music to date.

    52 - Toni Childs - Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957, from Orange, California).

    51 - Annabel Lamb (born ??/??/1958, Surrey) is an English singer-songwriter. She has released eight albums to date. Lamb had a British Top 30 hit in 1983 with her cover version of The Doors "Riders on the Storm", her only hit on the UK Singles Chart.

    51 - Meredith Brooks - Meredith Ann Brooks (born June 12, 1958 in Oregon, USA).

    51 - Kate Bush - Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, now part of Greater London, England, UK).

    51 - Madonna - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Ritchie (Bay City (Michigan), 16 augustus 1958).

    51 - Siobhan Fahey (born Siobhan Máire Deirdre Fahey, 10 September 1958, Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland) was a founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later founded the musical outfit Shakespears Sister.

    51 - Heidi Berry is an American singer-songwriter, born on ??/??/1958, in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1991, Ivo Watts-Russell asked Berry to sing on the third album by This Mortal Coil, and over the next five years she recorded three albums for 4AD.

    51 - Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin September 22, 1958) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress. She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock N' Roll".

    51 - Carmel (born Carmel McCourt, 24 November 1958, Wrawby, Lincolnshire, England) is a British female singer, her eponymous band Carmel uniting bassist Jim Parris, and drummer Gerry Darby.

    50 - Sade (pronounced “shah-day”) is a Grammy-winning, world-famous English group, which achieved success in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Sade Adu, (real name Helen Folasade Adu - born 16 January 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria)

    50 - Susanna Hoffs (born Susanna Lee Hoffs, January 17, 1959) is a vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Bangles.

    50 - Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr, 27 April 1959) is a pop singer originally from Bellshill, Scotland.

    50 - Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Nadine Vega (born July 11, 1959, Santa Monica, California) is an American songwriter and singer known for her highly literate lyrics and eclectic folk-inspired music.

    50 - Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader MBE (born Sadenia Reader, 29 August 1959, Scottland).

    + Kirsty MacColl - Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) (aged 41) was an English singer-songwriter from Croydon, England.


    (born between 1960 - 1970)

    49 - Nena (born Gabriele Susanne Kerner, March 24, 1960, Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany) is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1984 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons".

    49 - Anne Clark - Anne Clark (born 14 May 1960, Croydon, London, England).

    49 - Sarah Brightman - Sarah Brightman, (Born: Aug 14, 1960 in Berkhampstead, England).

    49 - Aimee Mann - Aimee Mann (born September 8, 1960).

    49 - Jennifer Rush (born September 28, 1960, Queens, New York, US is an American German-based Pop/Rock singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which went on to be covered by Celine Dion

    49 - Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960 in Chiswick, West London) is an English pop singer.

    48 - Cowboy Junkies - Margo Timmins (born January 27, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec).

    48 - Lisa Gerrard (born April 12, 1961) is an Australian musician from Melbourne, singer and composer who gained international renown as part of the music group Dead Can Dance together with Brendan Perry.

    48 - Enya - Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin, born on 17 May 1961, Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland.

    48 - Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961 in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.

    48 - Kim Deal - Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of the alternative rock band the Pixies.

    48 - Alison Moyet (born Genevieve Alison Jane Moyet, 18 June 1961), is an English pop singer-songwriter noted for her bluesy voice.

    48 - Mylène Farmer - Mylène Jeanne Gautier (born 12 September 1961 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author.

    48 - k.d. lang - Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC (born November 2, 1961).

    47 - Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock, country and pop into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards. Crow is also a left-wing political activist.

    47 - Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston, February 24, 1962, Dallas, Texas) is a U.S. singer-songwriter whose music and performances are influenced by her Texas roots, her political activism, and a self-assured style.

    47 - All About Eve - Julianne Regan (born 30 June 1962, Coventry, UK).

    47 - Joan Osborne - Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962).

    47 - Tracey Thorn (born 26 September 1962), lead singer of duo Everything but the Girl, from Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

    + Eva Cassidy (Eva Marie Cassidy, February 2, 1963 in Washington, DC – November 2, 1996 in Bowie, Maryland) was an American vocalist described by the British newspaper The Guardian as "one of the greatest voices of her generation." She had a diverse repertoire of jazz, blues, folk, gospel and pop. Cassidy remained virtually unknown outside of her native Washington, DC, when she died of melanoma (which had spread to her bones) in 1996.

    46 - Harriet Wheeler (born 26 June 1963) is the lead singer of the 1980s/1990s alternative rock band, The Sundays

    46 - Tori Amos - Myra Ellen Amos, born on August 22, 1963.

    46 - Elizabeth Fraser, born Elizabeth Davidson Fraser, August 29, 1963, Falkirk, Scotland and part of the group Cocteau Twins.

    46 - Natalie Merchant - Natalie Anne O'Shea Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, U.S.) former lead singer and member of 10,000 Maniacs.

    45 - Neneh Mariann Karlsson (born 10 March 1964) and known as Neneh Cherry is a two-time Grammy Award-nominated and MTV Europe Music Award-winning singer-songwriter and rapper.

    45 - Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964, origin from Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) is an American singer–songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "The Promise" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.

    45 - Maria McKee - Maria Louise McKee, born on August 17, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, also known as lead singer of the band Lone Justice.

    45 - Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood (born September 19, 1964, Monticello, Georgia, US) is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."

    45 - Lou Rhodes (born as Louise Robinson, 1. November 1964 in Leeds), is an English singer and songwriter from Manchester, now living in Wiltshire. In addition to providing vocals and lyrics for the band Lamb.

    45 - Diana Krall, (born Diana Jean Krall, Nanaimo, British Columbia, November 16, 1964) is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. She is known for her contralto vocals.

    44 - Happy Rhodes - Kimberley Tyler Rhodes, born on August 9, 1965 in Poughkeepsie, New York.

    44 - Shania Twain, (born Eilleen Regina Edwards, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, August 28, 1965) is a Canadian country pop artist. Her third album Come on Over is the best-selling album of all time by a female musician and the best-selling album in the history of country music.

    44 - Björk - Björk Guðmundsdóttir (Reykjavik, 21 november 1965).

    43 - Alison Goldfrapp - Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp (born 13 May 1966) is an English soprano singer-songwriter with the duo Goldfrapp.

    43 - Tanya Donelly (born July 14, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American Grammy-nominated singer songwriter and guitarist based in New England who co-founded Throwing Muses with her stepsister Kristin Hersh.

    43 - Martina McBride (born July 29, 1966, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is best-known for her inspirational-style ballads about women and children.

    43 - Kristin Hersh - Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966).

    43 - Shirley Manson - Shirley Ann Manson (born August 26, 1966) is a Scottish musician, the lead vocalist of the band Garbage. Manson is also the former keyboardist and backup singer with Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, as well as the ex lead singer of Angelfish.

    43 - Sinéad O'Connor - Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor (Glenageary, 8 december 1966, Ireland).

    42 - Eleanor McEvoy (born 22 January 1967) is one of Ireland's most accomplished contemporary singer/songwriters. McEvoy composed the song Only A Woman's Heart, title track of A Woman's Heart, the best-selling Irish album in Irish history.

    42- Liz Phair - Elizabeth Clark Phair born on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

    42 - Heather Nova - Heather Allison Frith, born on July 6, 1967 in Bermuda.

    42 - Faith Hill (born Audrey Faith Perry on September 21, 1967) is an American country singer. Hill's voice (described as both soulful and raspy) and careful song selection have helped her to sell more than 40 million records and accumulate 8 number-one singles and 3 number-one albums on the Country charts.

    42 - Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City) is a singer-songwriter whose musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, Americana, old-time string band music, and folk into a rustic style that she dubs "American Primitive".

    42 - Sophie B. Hawkins - Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer and songwriter, born 1 November 1967, in Manhattan, New York City, USA.

    42 - Sharleen Spiteri - Sharleen Eugene Spiteri (born 7 November 1967 in Glasgow) lead singer of Texas.

    41 - Carla Bruni (born Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi, December 23, 1967 in Turin, Italy) is an Italian-born, naturalized French songwriter, singer, former model and First Lady of France.

    41- Sarah McLachlan - Sarah Ann McLachlan, born January 28, 1968 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    41 - Axelle Red - Axelle Red was born Fabienne Demal in Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, on February 15, 1968

    41 - Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968 in Rockport, Massachusetts, USA) is an American singer and songwriter.

    41 - Kylie Minogue, Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (born 28 May 1968, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress.

    41 - KatieJane Garside (born July 8, 1968) is a vocalist and lyricist who fronted the first incarnation of the band Daisy Chainsaw and sang guest vocals for the industrial act Test Department. After retiring from the music world temporarily, she now sings with Queen Adreena, an independent rock band from London. Ruby Throat’s debut album The Ventriloquist was released on 8th November 2007 in a limited run of only 500 copies.

    40 - Lori McKenna (born in Massachusetts, on December 22, 1968 as Lorraine Giroux) is an American folk singer/songwriter. She lives in Stoughton, Massachusetts with her husband and five children.

    40 - Tanita Tikaram (born 12 August 1969, Münster, Germany) is a British pop/folk singer-songwriter, best known for the hits "Twist in My Sobriety" and "Good Tradition" from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart.

    40 - PJ Harvey - Polly Jean Harvey, born October 9, 1969 in Yeovil, United Kingdom.


    (born between 1970 - 1980)

    39 - Gabrielle - Louise Gabrielle Bobb (born April 16, 1970, London) is an English singer who records under the name Gabrielle.

    39 - Ani DiFranco (born Angela Maria DiFranco on September 23, 1970 in Buffalo, New York) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She is a prolific artist, having released over twenty albums and is widely celebrated as a feminist icon.

    38 - Sara Evans (born Sara Lynn Evans, February 5, 1971 in New Franklin, Missouri) is an country singer and songwriter. Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging from the late-90s, Evans has made four No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums.

    38 - Rachel Goswell (born 16 May 1971 in Fareham, England) is a singer-songwriter who was a vocalist with shoegazing pioneers Slowdive.

    38 - Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. During her career she has won 26 Grammy Awards, making her the most awarded female artist (and the third most awarded artist overall) in Grammy history.

    38 - Lisa Ekdahl (born July 29, 1971 in Mariefred, Sweden) is a Swedish singersongwriter. Her voice has been described as "child-like" and "soft, supple and smooth".

    38 - Dolores O'Riordan - Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (Burton) (born September 6, 1971) lead singer of The Cranberries.

    37 - Dido - Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, (born 25 December 1971, London).

    37 - Cat Power - Charlyn "Chan" Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January 1972).

    37 - Mindy Smith - Mindy Smith (born June 1, 1972 on Long Island, New York) is an American singer-songwriter.

    36 - Chantal Kreviazuk - Chantal Kreviazuk (born May 18, 1973, Winnipeg, Canada).

    36 - Jennifer Paige (born September 3, 1973, Marietta, Georgia, United States) is an American singer-songwriter who rose to stardom in the early years of 1990s teen-pop, and is best known for her 1998 pop hit "Crush".

    36 - Tara MacLean (born October 25, 1973 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada) is a Canadian singer and songwriter.

    35 - Imelda Mary Higham (born ??/??/1974), known as Imelda May and previously as her maiden name Imelda Clabby, is an Irish female vocalist from the Liberties, in Dublin, Ireland. Specialising in Rockabilly music, she has a repertoire of covers and self-penned songs.

    35 - Andrea Corr, (born Andrea Jane Corr, May 17, 1974) is the lead singer and writes most of the lyrics for the Irish folk-rock band The Corrs from Dundalk, Ireland. The group consists of the Corr siblings: Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle); Sharon (violin, vocals); Caroline (drums, percussion, bodhrán, vocals); and Jim (guitar, keyboards, vocals).

    35 - Jewel, born Jewel Kilcher, May 23, 1974, Payson, Utah, United States) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet. She has received three Grammy Award nominations and has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide.

    35 - Alanis Morissette - Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974).

    35 - Nina Persson (born Nina Elisabet Persson, September 6, 1974 in Örebro, Sweden) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish pop group The Cardigans.

    35 - Natalie Maines (born Natalie Louise Maines Pasdar, October 14, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter who achieved success as the lead vocalist for the female alternative country band, the Dixie Chicks. Born in Lubbock, Texas, Maines considers herself a rebel who "loved not thinking in the way I knew the majority of people thought."

    34 - Madeleine Peyroux (born 1974, Athens, Georgia, USA) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday.

    34 - Natalie Imbruglia - Natalie Jane Imbruglia (born February 4, 1975, Australia).

    34 - Miranda Lee Richards - Miranda Lee Richards (born April 4, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter.

    34 - Anouk Teeuwe (born April 8, 1975) is a Dutch singer, professionally known as Anouk. Since 1997, she has released seven pop-rock albums.

    34 - Nerina Pallot - Nerina Pallot (born Nerina Natasha Georgina Pallot, 26 April 1975, London).

    34 - KT Tunstall - Kate Victoria Tunstall better known as KT Tunstall (born 23 June 1975 in St Andrews, Scotland) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist.

    34 - Keri Noble (born 1975) is an American singer-songwriter born in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Detroit. Her father was a Baptist minister, and Noble sang in church as a child.

    33 - Emma Bunton - Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English pop singer, songwriter, radio presenter, and occasional actress. Bunton is best known for being a member of the successful '90s girl group, the Spice Girls

    33 - Feist - Leslie Feist, (Amherst (Nova Scotia), 13 februari 1976, Canada).

    33 - Charlotte Martin - Charlotte Ann Martin (born March 29, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, who performs predominantly on the piano.

    33 - Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976, in Mount Gambier, Australia) is an Australian alternative country singer-songwriter.

    33 - Leigh Nash - Leigh Bingham Nash (born 27 June 1976) is a singer, and composer, best known as the lead vocalist for the rock band Sixpence None the Richer.

    33 - Catherine Feeny (born ??/??/1976) is an American singer/songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in Norristown, Pennsylvania, studied in Washington, D.C., and finally relocated to Los Angeles, where she started seriously writing her own songs.

    32 - Kate Walsh - Kate Walsh es un cantautora inglesa de Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, born 2 february 1977.

    32 - Ilse Annoeska de Lange (born May 13, 1977, Almelo, Netherlands) is a Dutch country and pop singer, better known as Ilse DeLange.

    32 - Sarah Slean - Sarah Hope Slean (born on 21 June 1977) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, painter, and photographer from Pickering, Ontario.

    32 - Lisa Knapp - Lisa Knapp (born July 21, 1977) hailed as one of Brit folk's brightest new young stars when she appeared with Wild and Undaunted in 2007.

    32 - Fiona Apple - Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart, born September 13, 1977, USA).

    32 - Rachael Yamagata - Rachael Yamagata (born on September 23, 1977 in Arlington, Virginia)

    32 - Tina Dico, (born Tina Dickow on October 14, 1977 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a singer and songwriter, inspired by artists such as Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.

    32 - Imogen Heap - Imogen Heap (born 9 December 1977 in the London Borough of Havering) is a Grammy nominated English singer and songwriter from Romford, Havering.

    31 - Elisa Toffoli (born in Trieste, Italy, December 19, 1977) is an Italian singer, performing under the mononym Elisa. She is one of few Italian musicians to write and record mainly in English. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica and trip hop.

    31 - Kathleen Edwards (born July 11, 1978 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter.

    31 - Vienna Teng - Vienna Teng (born Cynthia Yih Shih on October 3, 1978) is a Taiwanese American pianist and singer-songwriter based in New York City.

    31 - Karen Lee Orzolek, better known as Karen O, is the lead vocalist for the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. She was born on November 22, 1978 in South Korea.

    31 - Nelly Furtado - Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978, Canada).

    30 - Erin McCarley (born January 15, 1979 in Garland, Texas) is an alternative music singer-songwriter.

    30 - Norah Jones - Norah Jones, born on March 30th 1979 in New York City.

    30 - Butterfly Boucher is an Australian singer/songwriter, born June 2, 1979. The name "Butterfly" was a suggestion from a friend of the family. Boucher currently resides in the United States in Nashville, Tennessee.

    30 - Kaki King - Kaki King (born August 24, 1979 as Katherine Elizabeth King) is an American guitar player and singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia.

    30 - Geike Arnaert is the former lead singer of the Belgian pop group Hooverphonic. Born on 13 September 1979, Westouter, Belgium.

    30 - Bat for Lashes - Bat for Lashes is the pseudonym of British musician Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), a Brighton-based songwriter.

    30 - Sara Bareilles - Sara Beth Bareilles (born December 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Bareilles was born and raised in Eureka, California.

    30 - Ingrid Michaelson (born Ingrid Ellen Michaelson, 8 December 1979, NY) is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter best known for her single "The Way I Am."


    (born between 1980 - 1990)

    29 - Regina Spektor - Regina Spektor (Moskou, 18 februari 1980)

    29 - Vanessa Carlton - Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American soft rock / pop singer, songwriter, and pianist.

    29 - Lene Marlin - Lene Marlin Peterson (August 17, 1980 in Tromso, Norway).

    28 - Lisa Hannigan (born Lisa Margaret Hannigan, 12 February 1981, Kilcloon, County Meath, Ireland) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Her music has led to much success, critical praise, airplay and award nominations in her native Ireland and, more recently, in the United States.

    28 - Brandi Carlile (b. June 1, 1981, in Ravensdale, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter. Carlile’s music has been categorized in several genres, including pop, rock, alternative country, and folk.

    27 - Amy Lynn Hartzler (b. December 13, 1981, Riverside, California, U.S.), better known as Amy Lee, is an American singer-songwriter and classically trained pianist. She is co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence.

    27 - Meiko (pronounced MEE-ko), born on February 25, 1982 is an American singer/songwriter, born and raised in Roberta, Georgia and currently residing in Los Angeles, California.

    27 - Kelly Clarkson (born Kelly Brianne Clarkson, April 24, 1982, Fort Worth, Texas, United States) is an American pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the first season of the television series American Idol in 2002.

    27 - LeAnn Rimes, (born Margaret LeAnn Rimes, August 28, 1982, Pearl, Mississippi, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for her rich vocals similar to legendary country music singer Patsy Cline, and her rise to fame at the age of 13, becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.

    26 - Carrie Underwood (Carrie Marie Underwood, born March 10, 1983) is an American country singer and songwriter from Checotah, Oklahoma. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol. She has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a multiple Grammy Award winner, was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, and is the reigning Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of The Year.

    26 - Alela Diane - Alela Diane Menig (b. April 20, 1983, Nevada City, California, USA) is an American singer and songwriter, who is associated with the psych folk.

    26 - Michelle Branch (born July 2, 1983, Sedona, Arizona, USA ) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

    26 - Missy Higgins (born Melissa Morrison Higgins on August 19, 1983, in Melbourne, Australia) is one of Australia’s most popular female singer-songwriters.

    26 - Amy Winehouse - Amy Jade Winehouse (born 14 September 1983 in London) is an English singer-songwriter, known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including soul, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll and rhythm and blues.

    26 - Miranda Lambert - Miranda Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star.

    25 - Priscilla Ahn (born Priscilla Natalie Hartranft, March 9, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

    25 - Katharine McPhee (Katharine Hope McPhee, born March 25, 1984) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, actress, model, and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the Fox reality show American Idol in 2006, eventually finishing as the runner-up.

    25 - Anna Nalick - Anna Christine Nalick (born March 30, 1984, in Glendora, California), is an U.S. singer-songwriter.

    25 - Jessie Baylin is a Nashville based singer/songwriter born April 4, 1984, in Gillette, New Jersey.

    25 - Mandy Moore - Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer–songwriter, actress and fashion designer.

    25 - Duffy - Aimée Ann Duffy (born 23 June 1984), better known by her stage name Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter.

    25 - Katie Melua - Ketevan "Katie" Melua (Georgia, born 16 September 1984).

    25 - Avril Lavigne - Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley (Belleville, Ontario, 27 september 1984).

    24 - A Fine Frenzy - Alison Sudol (born December 23, 1984), known professionally as A Fine Frenzy is an American alternative singer-songwriter and pianist.

    24 - Melody Gardot (born February 2, 1985 in New Jersey) is an American jazz singer, writer and musician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was disabled at 19 after being struck by a car while riding her bicycle and began writing music after using music to aid her recovery.

    24 - Lily Allen - Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English pop music singer and songwriter.

    23 - Maria Mena (Maria Viktoria Mena, Oslo, Norway, February 19, 1986) is a Norwegian pop-rock singer-songwriter, born into an artistic family, her mother, a playwright and her father, a drummer. Both Maria and her brother Tony are named after characters from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Her mother is Norwegian and her father is Nicaraguan.

    23 - Susanne Sundfør (born 19 March 1986, Haugesund, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She is the granddaughter of language researcher Kjell Aartun. She currently resides in Oslo.

    22 - Kate Nash - Kate Marie Nash (born 6 July 1987) is an English singer-songwriter based in London.

    22 - Amy Macdonald - Amy Macdonald (Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, 25 augustus 1987).

    22 - Florence + The Machine - Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28th August 1987), London, England, UK.

    21 - Adele - Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, born 5 May 1988, is an English soul/jazz singer.

    20 - Sonya Kitchell (Sonya D. Kitchell, born March 1, 1989 in Northampton, Massachusetts) is an American jazz singer-songwriter.

    19 - Taylor Swift - Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country pop singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress.


    (born after 01/01/1990)

    19 - Laura Marling - Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990), is a folk-pop, singer-songwriter from Hampshire, England


    (not listed)
    (because no favourites of mine).

    Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, ...
    Anastacia, Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, Paris Hilton, ...
    Britney Spears, Christina Aquilera, Shakira, ...
    Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna, ...
    and girls alike.