Female Musicians

Just found out about this girl, she's got a wonderful voice and I'd thought you should know! Maria Mena Birth name: Maria Viktoria Mena Born: February 19, 1986 Oslo, Norway Years active: 2002–present Label(s): Sony BMG Website: http://www.mariamenamusic.no/ Biography - from wikipedia.org Maria Mena was born into an artistic family. Her mother wrote plays and her father Charles was a drummer. Both Mena and her younger brother Tony are named after characters from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Her father played in several bands in Oslo, which influenced Mena towards music. When Mena was nine years old, her parents divorced. She suffered from depression…

Sarah Brightman (born August 14, 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano, actress and dancer. Brightman debuted as a dancer in troupes such as Hot Gossip and later released a string of disco singles. She achieved greater fame as a musical theatre performer and partner of theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom she originated several roles including Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. Her 1984 marriage to Lloyd Webber attracted active tabloid coverage. The couple divorced in 1990, ending her musical theatre career. After her divorce, Brightman established a position as a crossover artist with former Enigma producer Frank Peterson. Her style, a ble…

Birth name Kim Smith Born November 18, 1960 (1960-11-18) (age 46) Origin Chiswick, West London, England Genre(s) Pop, New wave, Rock, Dance Occupation(s) Vocalist, Songwriter Years active 1981–present Label(s) RAK Records, MCA Records, EMI Website www.kimwilde.com Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, November 18, 1960 in Chiswick, West London) is an English pop singer, professional gardener, and pop cultural figure. She debuted in 1981 with the hit "Kids in America", which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. In 1987 she made the #1 spot in the United States with her version of "You Keep Me Hangin' On", which had previously been a #1 hit there for The Suprem…

Nina Osenar Born on 15.5.1983 height: 170 cm weight: 50 kg A singer/model from Slovenia. She won titles such as Miss Hawaiian Tropic (slo), Playboy Playmate of the year (slo) and many more. She was the star of the show ''Sanjska Ženska'' (Dream girl) and the host of the TV reality show Big Brother (slo).She appeared in many music videos for Slovene and foreign artists, as well as in a video for her single ''A Moment Like This''. YouTube links: (music video for her single Moment Like This)) (shooting Piran)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiOhuMbtGgk (photoshooting in Miami for Playboy WARNING, SOME PARTS OF THE VIDEO CONTAIN NUDITY) (shooting on the lake for One …

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Vrai nom : Kaci Deanne Brown Nationalité : Américaine Genre principal : Variétés Naissance : 07 juillet 1988 Age : 19 ans

Nikki Webster (born April 30, 1987) is an Australian pop performer. She is best known for her starring role in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony and her single "Strawberry Kisses". Early career Nikki Webster was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 30 April 1987. Her first appearance on stage was at the age of four and she appeared in her first commercial at the age of six, a Twisties commercial. In 1994, she was a member of the cast of Aladdin and made a guest appearance on Home And Away.In 1995, she was in the ensemble cast of an Australian production of Cinderella and made a guest appearance on ABC-TVs G.P. Nikki went to MLC School Burwood until Year 6, be…

Short Biography Despina Vandi (Greek; ??sp???a ?a?d?) (born Despina Malea, 22 July 1969, near Stuttgart-Tübingen, Southern Germany) is a Greek singer famous mainly in Greece and Cyprus with international success too (mainly in Europe and the United States). Although born in Germany, Vandi's family was from Kavala...

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Varvara (singer) Varvara or "Barbara" (Варвара in Russian Cyrillic), is a Russian pop singer and dancer who uses influences from around the world in her music. Career Varvara began her career in musical theatre, studying in Odessa, Ukraine at Gnesinskoe Academy under director Matvei Osherovskiy where she was repeatedly rejected for record contracts. While working at a theatre under Lev Leshchenko, she graduated from Russian Academy of Theatre Arts GITIS. Having wanted freedom from directors her whole theatre career, Varvara began a solo career that she could control. In 2000, NOX Music signed Varvara, and in 2001 released her debut album, entitled "Varvara". The m…

Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin (born January 11, 1979) is a multiple-award winning Malaysian pop singer-songwriter. She is undoubtedly the most successful Malaysian singer of all time. While there have been artists from Malaysia who reached international stardom but left the country in their pursuit of success, Siti Nurhaliza's career was planted and blossomed locally and as predicted, she has become an international icon respectively. She was honoured with the title Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP) by the Sultan of Pahang which carries the title 'Datuk' infront of her name.[1] To date, she has garnered more than 100 local awards as well as international awards. Career …

Macy Gray (born Natalie Renee McIntyre on September 6, 1967) is an American R&B, soul, and neo-soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis. To date, Gray has released four studio albums, one compilation album, and one live album—with her fourth studio album, Big, released in March 2007. "Coming Back to You", her latest song, is featured on the soundtrack to the 2006 film Déjà Vu. She has appeared in a number of films including Training Day, Spider-Man, and Idlewild. Gray is best known for her international hit single "I Try", taken from her multi-Platinum deb…

Anggun Cipta Sasmi (born April 29, 1974, in Jakarta) is a singer/songwriter of French nationality. Her name means "Graceful" in Indonesian. Anggun is also the highest-selling Asian artist outside Asia and made a history for being the first Asian artist to break into international music scene. She is best known in Europe, particularly in France and Italy, as well as in several parts of Asia. At a young age, Anggun decided to follow in her father, Darto Singo's footsteps, and become an entertainer. During her early years, she was influenced by rock sounds of native Javanese artists and the rock & roll icon, Elvis Presley. She was educated in Catholic schools because he…

Profile Name: Agnes Monica Muljoto Profession: Singer and Actress Birthdate: 1986-Jul-01 Birthplace: Jakarta, Indonesia Nationality: Indonesian Family: Mother ( Jenny Siswono ), Father ( Ricky Muljoto ), and Brother ( Steve Muljoto ) Talent agency: Entertainment Inc. [edit] About Agnes Agnes started her career in the age of 6 as a host of a children TV show and as a singer. Her first album was not a big hit in Indonesia since at that time not many children in Indonesia bought cassettes of child singers. At the age of 12, she entered acting world. "Lupus Milenia" was her first series. Although not too successful, the series led her the series …

Samantha Cole is a New York City based Dance-pop singer/songwriter who is also a popular performer at nightclubs. She got her first big break the MTV dance show, "The Grind." She soon became a regular at the "Tatuo." The song she did with Shaggy was "Bring It To Me" became a huge hit. The single was the highest charting release from her self-titled debut released in 1997. Although the album was calculated to go into Platinum status and have a string of huge hits, it did not. The second single "Happy With You" peaked at #78 on the Billboard Hot 100. The third single, "Without You" failed to make an impact. Afterward, Samantha faded into obsurity, she remained undaunded, co…

Mónica Rodríguez, Nika (Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, December, 11th 1979) is a spanish singer who entered the world's music thanks to her participation on the second edition of Operación Triunfo on 2002. She started to study clasic ballet at the age of 3 years old. She plays piano and guitar. She was part on two bands before realised her first album.

Nez (born Nezihe Kalkan, 1979) is a popular Turkish singer known for her modern-oriental hybrid dancing style combined with techno-inspired pop music. She spent a long time in the UK for education and after returning to her home country in early 2000's, she started performing regularly in a renowned jazz club in Istanbul with a unique show. She currently has two albums.

Nataša Bekvalac (Serbian Cyrillic: Наташа Беквалац; Šatrovački: ШатаНа КвалацБе, ŠataNa KvalacBe) is a famous contemporary pop star in Serbia and surrounding countries. She was born on September 25, 1980 in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (Serbia). Music career Bekvalac blasted onto the Balkan music scene in 2001 with her debut album Ne Brini (Don't worry); hits from the album included the title track and Samo si moj (You're only mine). The success continued in 2003 with Ništa lično (Nothing personal) which produced the single Mali Signali (Small signals), with continuing success in 2005 with the album Stereo Ljubav (Stereo Love). A selection of singles from each album we…

Monika Brodka (born February 7, 1987) is a Polish singer, who rose to fame as the winner of season three of the Polish Pop Idol in 2004, beating Kuba Kęsy. She was the second female winner of the show, and as of 2006, is the youngest of the four. Her single "Znam Cię Na Pamięć" debuted at #5 on MTV Poland's chart "The Interactive Chart".

Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born March 9, 1983 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal) is a Mexican singer and actress. Maite gained international popularity as a member of the successful group RBD. Maite Perroni was only eleven months old when she and her family moved to Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco in Mexico. Her father, Javier Perroni, was transferred to that city by his job, where the Perroni family lived for twelve years. She has two brothers: Adolfo, who is three years younger, and Francisco (Paco), who is nine years younger than she. Maite, or "Mai" as her closest friends call her, studied acting in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artistica (CEA) in the …

Louise Griffiths, (born 31 July 1978 in Hertfordshire, England), is a female pop singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of a London taxicab driver, and she also plays the saxophone. She first became famous as a contestant in the BBC television series, Fame Academy 2 in 2003, when it was revealed that she was the live-in girlfriend of British Formula 1 racing driver, Jenson Button. Musical career Before appearing on Fame Academy, Griffiths was a member of an all girl band, Orchid, who originally recorded the hit song Sound of the Underground in 2001. Their single was never released, but the song was later re-recorded by Louis Walsh's pop band Girls Aloud using Orchid's…

Jenny Frost (born Jennifer Frost, 22 February 1978, Wirral), is an English singer, model, television personality, DJ and member of Atomic Kitten. Biography Frost loved music from an early age. Her earliest concert experience was when her father took her to a Level 42 concert at the age of nine. Sports and dancing were Frost's favourite activities, however modelling was her dream. After high school she started to work for the BBC Television doing the Holiday programme and travelling around the world. Frost started her musical career in 1998 in the girl-band Precious, which became famous by winning the right to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999, with t…

Ishtar (born Eti Zach; November 10th, 1968) is an Arabic pop singer. She is best known for her work as the front vocalist of the French-based band Alabina and her solo pop hits such as C'est La Vie, Last Kiss and Habibi (Sawah). Early life Eti Zach was born November 10, 1968 in Qiryat Atta, near Haïfa. She was born to an Egyptian mother and a Moroccan father (with Sephardic heritage) though she was raised in Israel. She speaks and sings in Arabic, Hebrew, French, Spanish, and English; in addition, she says she "half-speaks Moroccan". Ishtar began performing in clubs at age 15 and continued even while enrolled in the Israeli army, where she served as one of the first …

Hande Yener (born January 12, 1973 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish pop music singer. She brought a different style to Turkish pop music, which was quickly realized by Turkish listeners, and is today one of the most popular music artists in Turkey. Life and career In 1992, she met Sezen Aksu, who was shopping at the department store where she worked. Then Hulya Avsar helped her meet Sezen Aksu who later hired her as a backing singer after an audition. She supported Aksu at her album Deli Kızın Türküsü at back-vocals, also worked as her assistant for two years. Hande's debut album "Senden İbaret" (All About You) came out in 2000, with hit songs such as Yalanın Batsın and …

Elize (artist name of Elise van der Horst, born July 22, 1982 in Utrecht) is a Dutch singer-songwriter. Growing up in Bussum, EliZe shared her mother's passion for singing. As an eight year old she was selected to sing in a children's television show, "Kinderen voor Kinderen" ("Children for Children"), in which she performed for six years. From this period she is best known for singing "Het tietenlied" ("the tits song"), about a girl getting into puberty. Career After Kinderen voor Kinderen, she joined 'Non Stop', a teenage choir, and participated in two amateur productions of the musicals Chicago and Les Misérables. For the last couple of years, she has been active …