Female Musicians

Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García; September 1, 1957) is a Cuban American singer/songwriter & actress top 100 best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide, 26.5 million of those in the United States alone. She has won seven Grammy Awards, placing her among the most successful crossover performers in Latin music to date. Early life Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo was born September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba, from Jose and Gloria Fajardo. Her maternal grandfather, Leonardo Garcia, emigrated to Cuba from Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain, where he married Gloria's maternal grandmother, originally from Logroño, Spain. Prior t…

Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks (born May 26, 1948) 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 sold over 120 million albums. She has been noted for her ethereal visual style and symbolic lyrics. Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975 along with her then boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham. Fleetwood Mac's second album after the incorporation of Nicks and Buckingham, 1977's Rumours, produced four U.S. Top 10 singles (including Nicks' song "Dreams", which was the band's first and only U.S. number one) and remained at #1 on the American albums chart for over 30 wee…

Stacey Q (born Stacey Lynn Swain) is a pop singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for her 1986 hit single "Two of Hearts". Childhood Stacey Swain was born on November 30, 1958 in Fullerton, California . She is the youngest of three children. Her mother, Joyce Swain, was a dog breeder whose Cardigan Welsh Corgis have appeared in various Hollywood films and television series. From the beginning, Swain demonstrated a passion for music, dance and theater. She once stated in a 1989 interview that she had asked for dance lessons as early as age three, but her mother "made me wait until I was five". By 1963, Swain was studying classical ballet and aspired to become a bal…

Emina Jahovic Sandal is a popular Serbian pop singer. She is known as Emina Turkcan in Turkey after her elder brother Mirsad Turkcan, a naturalised Turkish basketball player. She is married to Turkish singer Mustafa Sandal. Albums * Tacka (2002) * Radije ranije (2005) * Exhale (2008) * Vila (May 21, 2009) Singles * Tacka (2002) * Osmi Dan (2002) * Uzalud se budim(2003) * Tvoja greska (2005) * Da'l ona zna (2006) * Nije vise tvoja stvar (2006) * Pola ostrog noza (2006) * Cool Zena (2007) * Exhale (2008) * Jos ti se nadam feat. Sasa Kovacevic (2008) * Pile Moje (2009) * Med feat. Dino Merl…

Young singer from Canada. She is probably 17 now. She has been singing for years. Beautiful voice Enjoy!

Pat Benatar (born January 10, 1953) is a four-time Grammy Award-winning American singer that combined the power chords, tough sexuality, and powerful vocals of arena rock with polished mainstream pop/rock.[1] She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States. Hit songs included "Love Is a Battlefield", "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", "We Belong" and "Heartbreaker". During the 1980s Benatar had two RIAA-certified Multi-Platinum albums, five RIAA-certified Platinum albums, three RIAA-certified Gold albums and 19 Top 40 singles.[2] Benatar was one of the most heavily played artists in the early days of MTV[1]. Life and careerPatricia Mae Andrzejewski wa…

The Go-Go’s are an all-female American rock band formed in 1978. They made history as the first all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts.[1] The Go-Go's rose to fame during the early 1980s. Their debut album, Beauty and the Beat, is considered one of the "cornerstone albums of new wave" (Allmusic), breaking barriers and paving the way for a host of other new American acts. When the album was released, it steadily climbed the Billboard 200 chart, ultimately reaching number one, where it remained for six consecutive weeks. The L.P. sold in excess of three million copies and reached double platinum st…

Heart is a rock band whose founding members came from Seattle, Washington, USA in the early 1970s.Going through several lineup changes, the only constant members of the group are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson.[10] The group rose to fame in the 1970s with their music being influenced by hard rock as well as folk music. After diminishing in popularity by the mid-1980s, the band created a major comeback in 1985, experiencing further success with their power ballads throughout the rest of the decade. By the mid-1990s, Heart left their 1980s' sound and went back to their hard rock roots which they continue to play today. To date, Heart has sold over 35 million albums worldwide.…

Soraya, born Soraya Raquel Lamilla Cuevas (March 11, 1969 – May 10, 2006) was an American singer/songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer. A successful Latin music star, she had two number-one songs on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay charts. She won a 2004 Latin Grammy Award for the self titled album "Soraya" as "Best Album by Songwriter", which she produced, and a 2005 Latin Grammy Awards nomination for "Female Pop Vocal Album" for her album El Otro Lado de Mí (literally "The other side of me"). She was the opening act for the 2005 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Her career spanned ten years, and she recorded five albums. Early life She was born Soraya Raquel …

Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have earned her the title "The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll". Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Success followed with a string of hits including "River Deep, Mountain High" and the 1971 hit "Proud Mary". With the publication of her autobiography I, Tina, came allegations of spousal abuse against Ike Turner following their 1977 split. Turner rebuilt her career, launching a string of hits beginning in 19…

Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American actress, singer, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit Christmas song "Santa Baby". Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world." She took over the role of Catwoman for the third season of the 1960s Batman television series, replacing Julie Newmar, who was unavailable for the final season. Early years Kitt was born Eartha Mae Keith on a cotton plantation in the town of North, South Carolina, a small town in Orangeburg County near Columbia, South Carolina. The plantation is now used for pecan cultivation and the h…

Gloria Trevi (born Gloria de los Ángeles Treviño Ruiz on February 15, 1968) is a Mexican pop-rock singer-songwriter. She was described as the "Supreme Diva of the Mexican Pop" by the music channel VH1 and sold over 12 million records worldwide. Biography Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, she left Monterrey at the age of 12 to pursue a career in Mexico City, where she met her future manager Sergio Andrade. Before that she had sung and danced on the streets for spare change, teaching aerobics and serving quesadillas at a food stand. In 1985, she was a member of a short-lived girl group named Boquitas Pintadas. After the break up of the band in 1988, Gloria Trevi appr…

Ayesha isnt a model but she is a singer. She is the gf of Stephen Curry.

Zayda Peña Arjona (March 5, 1981 – December 1, 2007) was the lead singer of Zayda y Los Culpables. Shortly before midnight on November 29, 2007, an unknown gunman shot Peña in the back at Mónaco Motel in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, across the U.S.-Mexico border from Brownsville, Texas. Two other people — a friend of Peña and a motel employee — were also shot. Both died at the scene. Paramedics took Zayda to Alfredo Pumarejo Hospital in Matamoros, where doctors determined that her injuries were not fatal. Physicians placed Peña in emergency surgery in order to remove the bullet. The next day, several assailants entered the hospital, roaming the corridors. Once they were able …

Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll, gospel and jazz singer and songwriter. James is the winner of four Grammys and seventeen Blues Music Awards. She 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. In the 1950s and 1960s, she had her biggest success as a blues and R&B singer. She is best known for performing "At Last", which has been featured in movies, television shows, commercials, and web-streaming services. James has a contralto vocal range. Early life Jamesetta Hawkins was born in Los Angeles, Ca…

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 — June 15, 1996) also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves, she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. She is considered to be a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Over a recording career that lasted 59 years, she was the winner of 14 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Art by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush. Early life Fitzgerald was born in Newport…

A little bit of history: In 2007 former Star Academy Yoga teacher and Crazy Horse dancer Aria met Interscope record exec Jimmy Iovine. Together with him, Will-i-am and Robin Antin they auditioned over 500 European Girls and picked 6 girls including Shar Mae Amor, Lauren Bennett, Kelly Beckett and Jule to go to L.A.. Together they started recording and after being cut down to 4 members they were featured in a remix of Will-i-am's I Got It From My Mama. After the Search for the Next Doll, Antin brought in some girls from the show (Mariela Arteaga, Sisely Treasure, Brittany Diiorio and Chelsea Korka) to work with the girls but in the end only Aria, Lauren, Shar, Kelly and …

Billie Holiday (born Elinore Harris;[1] April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired all over the world for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing. Critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child", "Don't Explain", "Fine and …

Winner of Eurovision Song Contest - May 29 2010

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S club 7 was a british group that was popular in 1999 to 2003. One of my favorite singles ever and Natural

Born Joan Marie Larkin in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania on Sept. 22, 1958. Jett is a popular and influential singer, songwriter, producer and actress. She was a founding member of The Runaways. When the group split in 1979, Jett went solo and formed Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Her albums include: Joan Jett-1980 Bad Reputation-1981 I Love Rock N' Roll-1981 Album-1983 Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth-1984 Good Music-1986 Up Youe Alley-1988 The Hit List-1990 Notorious-1991 I Love Rock N' Roll 92-1992 Do You Wanna Touch Me?-1993 Flashback-1993 Pure and Simple-1994 Evil Stig-1994 1979-1995 Greatest Hits-1996 Fit to Be Tied-1997 Fetish-1999 Jett Rock-2003…

Lita Rossana Ford was born in London on Sept. 19, 1958. She started playing guitar at 11 years old and joined The Runaways in 1975. The group split in 1979 and Lita began her solo career. Her duet with Ozzy Osbourne, Close My Eyes Forever, was her biggest hit. That song reached number 8. She married Jim Gillette, the singer for the hair metal band Nitro in 1994. They have 2 sons together. Lita and Jim are currently in negotiations for their own reality TV show. Her albums are: Out For Blood-1983 Dancin' on the Edge-1984 Lita-1988 Stiletto-1990 Dangerous Curves-1991 Black-1995 Greatest Hits Live-2000 Wicked Wonderland-2009

Cassadee is the lead singer of the band Hey Monday. DOB August 28, 1989 From Florida videos http://www.heymondaymusic.com/us/videos