List of female singers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Blues

• Lucille Bogan
• Lucille Hegamin
• Janis Joplin
• Ma Rainey
• Bessie Smith
• Clara Smith
• Mamie Smith
• Victoria Spivey
• Sippie Wallace

Classical music and Opera

• Maria Callas
• Charlotte Church
• Kathleen Ferrier
• Amelita Galli-Curci
• Mary Garden
• Kiri Te Kanawa
• Jenny Lind
• Victoria de Los Angeles
• Adelina Patti
• Leontine Price
• Beverly Sills

see also: Contralto, Soprano, Mezzo soprano

Country Music

• Nanci Griffith
• Dolly Parton
• Tammy Wynette

Gospel Music

• Aretha Franklin
• Mahalia Jackson
• Etta James
• Dinah Washington

Jazz

• Mildred Bailey
• Eva Cassidy
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Billie Holliday
• Lizzy Miles
• Anita O'Day
• Nina Simone
• Sarah Vaughan
• Ethel Waters
• Casandra Wilson

Melodic Music

• Julie Andrews
• Doris Day
• Deanna Durbin
• Gracie Fields
• Judy Garland
• Angela Lansbury
• Marie Lloyd
• Vera Lynn
• Liza Minelli
• Marilyn Monroe
• Barbra Streisand
• Shirley Temple

Pop Music

• Tori Amos
• Tina Arena
• Josephine Baker
• Teresa Brewer
• Cher
• Rosemary Clooney
• Doris Day
• Dido
• Ruth Etting
• Doris Fisher
• Connie Francis
• Marion Harris
• Lena Horne
• Helen Kane
• Brenda Lee
• Peggy Lee
• Lulu
• Madonna
• Lene Marlin
• Sarah McLachlan
• Olivia Newton-John
• Patti Page
• Diana Ross
• Sandie Shaw
• Diana Shore
• Kate Smith
• Britney Spears
• Jo Stafford
• Aileen Stanley
• Barbra Streisand
• Gale Storm
• Donna Summer
• Sophie Tucker
• Dionne Warwick
• Margaret Whiting
• Margaret Young

Punk Rock

• Penelope Houston/The Avengers

Rock & Roll

• Pat Benatar
• Kate Bush
• The Chiffons
• Melissa Etheridge
• Lita Ford
• Beth Hada
• Debbie Harry
• Chrissie Hynde
• Sass Jordan
• Janis Joplin
• Madonna
• Alanis Morissette
• Heather Nova
• Doro Pesch
• The Shirelles
• Nancy Sinatra
• The Supremes
• Tina Turner
• Lucinda Williams
• Ann Wilson

Soul Music

• Aretha Franklin
• Me'shell N'Degeocello
• Diana Ross

Swing Music

• Andrews Sisters
• Boswell Sisters
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Ethel Waters

Vaudeville

• Nora Bayes
• Fanny Brice
• Sophie Tucker

Other

• Björk
• Brigitte Fontaine
• Yma Sumac

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