List of female rock singers

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This is a list of female rock singers. For female heavy metal singers, see List of female heavy metal singers.

A[]

Tori Amos
Fiona Apple
Melissa Auf der Maur
  • Lee Aaron
  • Pearl Aday
  • Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
  • Sade Adu
  • Nanase Aikawa
  • Agent M (Tsunami Bomb)
  • Dot Allison
  • Zayra Alvarez
  • Amber
  • Tori Amos
  • Vanessa Amorosi
  • Christina Amphlett (Divinyls)
  • Diana Anaid
  • Emma Anderson (Lush)
  • Brett Anderson (The Donnas)
  • Laurie Anderson
  • Signe Toly Anderson (Jefferson Airplane)
  • Anouk
  • Sarah Anthony (The Letter Black)
  • Fiona Apple
  • Tasmin Archer
  • Joan Armatrading
  • Stephanie Ashworth (Something for Kate)
  • Aylin Aslim
  • Nicole Atkins
  • Melissa Auf der Maur (Auf der Maur, Hole)
  • Caroline Azar (Fifth Column)

B[]

Pat Benatar
Miki Berenyi
Bif Naked
Björk

C[]

Lydia Canaan
Dinah Cancer
Brandi Carlile
Exene Cervenka
  • Kathryn Calder (Immaculate Machine, The New Pornographers)
  • Alexx Calise
  • Lydia Canaan
  • Dinah Cancer (45 Grave, Dinah Cancer and the Grave Robbers)
  • Belinda Carlisle (The Go-Go's)
  • Vanessa Carlton
  • Kim Carnes
  • Rachel Carns (The Need, King Cobra)
  • Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters)
  • Lisa Crystal Carver (Suckdog)
  • Neko Case (The New Pornographers, Maow)
  • Cassidy (Antigone Rising)
  • Exene Cervenka (X, Original Sinners)
  • Tracy Chapman
  • Cher
  • Toni Childs
  • Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields)
  • Carah Faye Charnow (Shiny Toy Guns)
  • Régine Chassagne (Arcade Fire)
  • Alisa Childers (ZOEgirl)
  • Melanie Chisholm (Melanie C)
  • Agnieszka Chylińska (O.N.A.)
  • Madonna Louise Ciccone (Madonna)
  • Chantal Claret (Morningwood)
  • Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
  • Kelly Clarkson
  • Daisy Coburn (Daisy Dares You)
  • Lisa Coleman (Wendy & Lisa)
  • Chi Coltrane
  • Andrea Corr (The Corrs)
  • Sharon Corr (The Corrs)
  • Nikka Costa
  • Chrissy Costanza (Against The Current)
  • Josie Cotton
  • Jayne County
  • Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne)
  • Melora Creager (Rasputina)
  • Sheryl Crow
  • Allison Crowe
  • Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean)
  • Alannah Currie (Thompson Twins, Babble (band))
  • Cherie Currie (The Runaways, Cherie & Marie Currie)
  • Marie Currie (Cherie & Marie Currie)
  • Miley Cyrus

D[]

Julie Doiron

E[]

F[]

Feist
Orenda Fink

G[]

KatieJane Garside
Kim Gordon
  • Diamanda Galas
  • Janet Gardner (Vixen; mid-1980s)
  • Suzi Gardner (L7)
  • KatieJane Garside (Daisy Chainsaw, Queenadreena)
  • Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes)
  • Anna Gerasimova
  • Lisa Germano (Eels)
  • Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
  • Debbie Gibson
  • Donna Godchaux
  • Goldy Locks
  • Holly Golightly (Thee Headcoatees)
  • Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth, Free Kitten, Harry Crews)
  • Lesley Gore
  • Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)
  • Rachel Goswell (Slowdive, Mojave 3)
  • Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!)
  • Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + the Plastics)
  • Jemma Griffiths (Jem)
  • Clare Grogan (Altered Images)
  • Lyndsey Gunnulfsen (PVRIS)

H[]

Nina Hagen
Kathleen Hanna
Debbie Harry 2008 Tribeca portrait
Debbie Harry
PJ Harvey
  • Nina Hagen (The Nina Hagen Band)
  • Danielle Haim (Haim)
  • Emily Haines (Broken Social Scene, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton and Metric)
  • Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
  • Toni Halliday (Curve)
  • Bianca Halstead (Betty Blowtorch, Butt Trumpet)
  • Ayumi Hamasaki
  • Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo)
  • Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, The Julie Ruin)
  • Lisa Hannigan
  • Annie Hardy (Giant Drag)
  • Sarah Harmer (The Saddletramps, Weeping Tile)
  • Emmylou Harris
  • Deborah Harry (Blondie)
  • Beth Hart
  • PJ Harvey
  • Annie Haslam (Renaissance)
  • Juliana Hatfield (Blake Babies, The Lemonheads)
  • Charlotte Hatherley (Ash)
  • Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto)
  • Imogen Heap (Frou Frou)
  • Christy Hemme
  • Nona Hendryx
  • Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux)
  • Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave)
  • Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)
  • Ella Hooper (Killing Heidi)
  • Horse
  • Penelope Houston (The Avengers)
  • Jenny Hoyston (Erase Errata)
  • Laura Hubert (Leslie Spit Treeo)
  • Anne-Marie Hurst (Skeletal Family, Ghost Dance)
  • Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)

I[]

  • Maja Ivarsson (The Sounds)
  • Debora Iyall (Romeo Void)
  • Laura Imbruglia
  • Natalie Imbruglia
  • Izïa

J[]

Joan Jett

K[]

Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes

L[]

Courtney Love
Lydia Lunch
  • Patti Labelle
  • Lachi
  • Martha Ladly (Martha and the Muffins, The Associates)
  • LaFee
  • Shona Laing
  • Nomy Lamm
  • Anita Lane
  • Lana Lane
  • Storm Large
  • Liz Larin
  • Cyndi Lauper
  • Lindsay Lohan
  • Dyanna Lauren (Thousand Year Itch)
  • Lauren Laverne (Kenickie)
  • Avril Lavigne
  • Noelle LeBlanc (Damone)
  • Jen Ledger (Skillet (band))
  • Brenda Lee
  • Rita Lee (Os Mutantes)
  • Sook-Yin Lee (Bob's Your Uncle)
  • Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)
  • Adrianne Leon
  • Katrina Leskanich (Katrina and the Waves)
  • Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins)
  • Juliette Lewis (Juliette and the Licks)
  • Susanne Lewis (Hail, Thinking Plague)
  • Sonja Kristina Linwood (Curved Air)
  • Little Annie
  • Little Eva
  • Cristina Llanos (Dover)
  • Lisa Lobsinger (Broken Social Scene, Reverie Sound Revue)
  • Lisa Loeb
  • Lora Logic (X-Ray Spex, Essential Logic, Red Krayola)
  • Mary Lou Lord
  • Ruth Lorenzo
  • Inger Lorre (The Nymphs)
  • Bonnie Lou
  • Sara Lov (Devics)
  • Courtney Love (Hole)
  • Darlene Love
  • Lovefoxxx (CSS)
  • Lene Lovich
  • Pearl Lowe (Powder)
  • Lulu
  • Lydia Lunch (Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Beirut Slump, 8-Eyed Spy, Harry Crews)
  • Michelle Luttenberger (Luttenberger*Klug)
  • Annabella Lwin (Bow Wow Wow)

M[]

Shirley Manson
Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power
Ana Matronic
Joni Mitchell
Alanis Morissette
  • Mariqueen Maandig (How To Destroy Angels)
  • Kirsty MacColl
  • Amy Macdonald
  • Maggie MacDonald (Republic of Safety, Kids on TV, Barcelona Pavilion)
  • Lois Maffeo
  • Leslie Mah (Anti-Scrunti Faction)
  • Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead)
  • Michelle Malone
  • Aimee Mann ('Til Tuesday)
  • Barbara Manning
  • Shirley Manson (Garbage, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, Angelfish)
  • April March
  • Ida Maria
  • Krystal Meyers
  • Marjo
  • Chan Marshall (Cat Power)
  • Dorothy Martin (Dorothy)
  • Janis Martin
  • Carolyne Mas
  • Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters)
  • Cerys Matthews (Catatonia)
  • Denise McCann (Headpins)
  • Jenna McDougall (Tonight Alive)
  • Elizabeth McGrath (Miss Derringer)
  • Frances McKee
  • Maria McKee
  • Sarah McLeod (The Superjesus)
  • Sarah McLachlan
  • Holly McNarland
  • Sylvia McNeill
  • Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
  • Fleming McWilliams (Fleming and John)
  • Wendy Melvoin (Wendy & Lisa)
  • Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs)
  • Olivia Merilahti (The Dø)
  • Tift Merritt
  • Riki Michele
  • Bette Midler
  • Amy Millan (Stars, Broken Social Scene)
  • June Millington (Fanny)
  • Darby Mills (Headpins)
  • Kylie Minogue
  • Rachel Minton (Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer)
  • Holly Miranda (The Jealous Girlfriends)
  • Joni Mitchell
  • Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless)
  • Betty Moon
  • Alecia Beth Moore (P!nk)
  • Rebecca Moore
  • Lisa Moorish
  • Alanis Morissette
  • Patricia Morrison (Bags, Legal Weapon, The Gun Club, The Sisterhood, The Damned)
  • Lisa Moorish
  • Dorothy Moskowitz (The United States of America)
  • Alison Mosshart (Discount, The Kills, The Dead Weather)
  • Alison Moyet (Yazoo)
  • Lennon Murphy
  • Pauline Murray (Penetration)
  • Billie Myers
  • Alannah Myles

N[]

Heather Nova
  • Mika Nakashima
  • Michie Nakatani (Shonen Knife)
  • Terra Naomi
  • Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
  • Leigh Bingham Nash (Sixpence None the Richer)
  • Nena
  • Anastacia Newkirk (Anastacia)
  • Juice Newton
  • Olivia Newton-John
  • Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
  • Nico
  • Ninja (The Go! Team)
  • Sarah Nixey (Black Box Recorder)
  • Stina Nordenstam
  • Tone Norum
  • Kasia Nosowska (Hey)
  • Heather Nova
  • Terri Nunn (Berlin)
  • Laura Nyro
  • Sandra Nasic (Guano Apes)
  • Ednita Nazario

O[]

Eva O

P[]

Nina Persson
  • Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls)
  • Vanessa Paradis
  • Dolly Parton
  • Annette Peacock
  • Jemina Pearl (Be Your Own Pet)
  • Laura Pergolizzi (LP)
  • Katy Perry
  • Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes)
  • Nina Persson (The Cardigans, Sparklehorse, A Camp)
  • Vicki Peterson (The Bangles)
  • Vanessa Petruo
  • Kembra Pfahler (The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black)
  • Liz Phair
  • Britta Phillips (Luna)
  • Michelle Phillips (The Mamas & the Papas)
  • Phranc (Nervous Gender, Catholic Discipline)
  • Kate Pierson (The B-52's)
  • Pitty
  • Poe
  • Tamala Poljak (Longstocking)
  • Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
  • Cassadee Pope (Hey Monday)
  • Louise Post (Veruca Salt)
  • Grace Potter (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)
  • Cat Power
  • Preslava
  • Lisa Marie Presley
  • Anne Preven
  • Lindsay Price

Q[]

R[]

S[]

Hope Sandoval
Siouxsie Sioux
Patti Smith
Adalita Srsen
Laura Stoica

T[]

Tina Turner
  • Koko Taylor
  • Maria Taylor (Azure Ray, Now It's Overhead)
  • Susan Tedeschi
  • Özlem Tekin
  • Keiko Terada (Show-Ya)
  • Texas Terri
  • Tanita Tikaram
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  • Kristy Thirsk (Delerium, Rose Chronicles)
  • Sandi Thom
  • Irma Thomas
  • Linda Thompson
  • Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl)
  • Tiffany
  • Mary Timony (Helium, Autoclave, Wild Flag)
  • Martina Topley-Bird
  • Emilíana Torrini
  • Rachel Trachtenburg (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
  • Sisely Treasure (Shiny Toy Guns)
  • Lindsey Troy (Deap Vally)
  • Jen Trynin
  • Anna Tsuchiya
  • Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney)
  • KT Tunstall
  • Tina Turner
  • Tarja Turunen
  • Bonnie Tyler
  • Judie Tzuke

U[]

  • Ari Up (The Slits, New Age Steppers)
  • Carrie Underwood

V[]

Suzanne Vega
  • Tobi Vail (Bikini Kill)
  • Tomiko Van (Do As Infinity)
  • Marijne van der Vlugt (Salad, )
  • Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering)
  • Tara VanFlower (Lycia)
  • Cherry Vanilla
  • Suzanne Vega
  • Mariska Veres (Shocking Blue)
  • Holly Beth Vincent (Holly and the Italians)
  • Julia Volkova

W[]

Lucinda Williams
Shannon Wright

Y[]

Z[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Flaster, Craig (August 24, 2014). "Lorde Becomes First Female Artist To Win Best Rock Video VMA: She's officially a VMA Royal". MTV. Retrieved September 13, 2014.

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