Female Musicians

Kelly Rowland (born Kelendria Trene Rowland on February 11, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actress, and one of the founding members of the successful musical group Destiny's Child. Rowland has won four Grammy Awards – three with Destiny's Child and one as a solo artist.

I don't know if someone of you knows her, but I really want to intruduce her to them who don't know her music and her great voice! Career Biography Missy Higgins, who was brought up in Melbourne, Australia, began her professional music career in mid-2001, while she was still a student at the exclusive Geelong Grammar School, when she won the Triple J 'Victoria Unearthed' competition with her song "All For Believing". After attracting the attention of manager John Watson, she released her first EP with his record label Eleven in November 2003. Her second EP Scar was released in August 2004, debuting at #1 on the Australian charts. Her first album, The Sound Of White was…

Chan Marshall (pronounced "Shawn") Cat Power From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Power Born- January 21, 1972 Origin- USA Genre(s)- Indie rock, singer-songwriter Occupation(s)- Singer-songwriter Instrument(s)- Vocals, guitar, piano Years active - 1995-present Cat Power is the stage name of American singer/songwriter Charlyn "Chan" Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall, January 21, 1972), known for her minimalist style, sparse guitar and piano playing, and ethereal Southern-styled vocals. She is often accompanied by backing musicians on record and in concert. Bio from her record label's website: Source:…

Sophie Zelmani Sophie Zelmani From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Zelmani Sophie Zelmani (born 12 February 1972 as Sophie Edkvist) is a Swedish singer-songwriter who debuted 1995 with the single Always you. Discography * A Decade of Dreams (2005) * Love Affair (2003) * Sing and Dance (2002) * Time to Kill (1999) * Precious Burden (1996) * Sophie Zelmani (1995) Sophie also appears on the Dawson's Creek Soundtrack with her ballad, "I'll Remember You."

Gemma Hayes Gemma Hayes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Hayes Gemma Hayes is a singer-songwriter born on August 11, 1977 in Ballyporeen, Tipperary, Ireland. One of eight children, Hayes was surrounded by music from an early age whether it was coming from stereos in her siblings bedrooms or being played by her father, a keyboardist in a local band. By the time she left for boarding school in County Limerick, Hayes was already proficient at piano and found that the music she'd used to counter the boredom of living in a small town now offered her escape from the strict regime of her new home. Although she e…

Gwenno! Riot Becki! Rosay! One, two, three... let's go! The Pipettes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pipettes Background information Origin- Brighton, England Genre(s)- Indie (music) Years active- 2003

Brooke Ellen Bollea (born May 5,1988 in Tampa, Florida), better known by her stage name, Brooke Hogan, is a singer and reality television star. Brooke Hogan is the oldest child of Terry Bollea (professional wrestler Hulk Hogan) and his wife Linda Bollea. In addition to Brooke and her parents, the Bollea family includes Nick Hogan. Brooke and her brother Nick were both home-schooled. Brooke gained fame from her appearance on the reality television series Hogan Knows Best, which spotlights her family, and which premiered on July 10, 2005 on VH1 and also on MTV. Brooke is currently pursuing a pop music career with her parents acting as her managers. Her first song in the U…

India Arie Simpson (born October 3, 1975) is a two time Grammy Award-winning American neo-soul and R&B singer, songwriter, guitarist and a flautist. She is professionally known as Indie Arie or India.Arie. India Arie Simpson was born in Denver, Colorado. She absorbed musical skill early in life, encouraged by both parents: her mother, Joyce, herself a former singer, and now India Arie's stylist; and her father, basketball star Ralph Simpson. She had taken up a succession of musical instruments throughout her schooling in Denver, Colorado, but her interest in the guitar while attending the Savannah College of Art and Design led to a personal revelation about songwrit…

Jane Birkin OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an actress and singer. Birkin was born in London, England to David Birkin, a Royal Navy commander and World War II espionage hero, and Judy Campbell, an actress in Noel Coward musicals. Her great aunt was Freda Dudley Ward, a mistress of Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales Birkin emerged in the swinging 60s in London, starring as one of the models in the controversial film Blow Up[1] in 1967. In 1968, Birkin went to France to audition for the lead female role in Slogan. Though she did not speak French, she got the role. In 1969, she and Serge Gainsbourg released the song "Je t'aime... moi non plus" ("I lo…

KATE BUSH (Info from "Wikipedia") Catherine "Kate" Bush (born 30 July 1958, Bexleyheath, Kent, now part of Greater London), is an English singer-songwriter with an expressive three-octave vocal range. She was born to an English father and an Irish mother. Bush is known for her eccentric, idiosyncratic, literary lyrics; and eclectic and meticulous musical and production style. She debuted in 1978 with the surprise hit "Wuthering Heights", which was number one in the UK music charts for four weeks. While this was the height of her UK singles chart success, she has achieved considerable album sales throughout her career. The Kick Inside (1978) was Bush's debut album, r…

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Lauryn Hill (born May 25, 1975 in South Orange, New Jersey), is a seven-time Grammy award winning musician, and record producer. Initially establishing her reputation as the most visible and vocal member of The Fugees, she continued on to a solo career, releasing The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and the controversial MTV Unplugged No. 2.0. Lauryn Hill attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. She was an active vocal student, cheerleader, and performer. Hill began her acting career very early. Her earliest roles included the TV show As the World Turns (as Kira Johnson in 1991), and the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. In Sister Act 2, Hill became widely r…

Solange Knowles biography Name : Solange Knowles Birth Date : June 24, 1986 Birth Place : Houston, Texas, USA Birth Name : Solange Piaget Knowles Height : 5' 8 Profession : Actress, musician Husband : Daniel Smith (football player; married in February 2004 in Bahamas) Sister : Beyonce Knowles (musician; born on September 4, 1981) Nationality : American Solange Knowles Detailed Biography A multi-talented teenager and breakout star who has already released her first successful pop album, Solange Knowles makes her feature film debut in JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION. Knowles began performing at the age of 4 as a member of a Houston dance troupe and studied …

Danity Kane is an American R&B girl group signed to Bad Boy Records. Formed on the third installment of the Making the Band series, the quintet consists of Shannon Bex, Aundrea Fimbres, Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Richard, and Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgette. Making the Band 3 In 2005 rapper and mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs returned with Making the Band 3, this time searching for the next female supergroup. With the help of choreographer Laurie Ann Gibson, vocal coach Doc Holiday and talent manager Johnny Wright, he set out on a multi city search, subsequently finding 20 young singers. While seven girls remained, Diddy grew more and more unhappy with the level of talent throughout t…

Monrose In 2006, the German channel Pro7 looked for talents to form a new girl band. The 5th season of "Popstars" became the most successful ever and made all viewers forget the horrible bands that had come out of Season 2 - 4, like "Bro'Sis", "Nu Pagadi" or "Overground". They were terrible, indeed. 5189 girls wanted to be in the band and stood in front of the jury (D!, Nina Hagen and some other guy I dunno) As the show ended on November 23rd the final band was built: Bahar, the little honeybunny Name: Bahar Kizil Age: 18 Born: October 5th, 1988 in Freiburg, Germany Profession: Student Hobbys: Music, Dancing, Taekwondo

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Foxy Brown (born Inga Marchand on September 6, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rapper of Afro-Trinidadian and Indo-Trinidadian descent known for her solo work as well as numerous collaborations and a brief stint as part of hip-hop supergroup The Firm, while following footsteps of Brooklyn native Lil' Kim. She has released three albums: Ill Na Na (1996), Chyna Doll (1999), and Broken Silence (2001) while also being featured on Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album (1997). After a bitter split with her record label Def Jam in 2003, Brown ended up in label limbo. In 2004 childhood friend and collaborator Jay-Z signed Brown to Def Jam and his…

Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Grammy Award Winning Jazz pianist and singer. Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. She began learning the piano at age four. During her youth the family moved to Vancouver. In high school, she started playing in a small jazz group. At the age of fifteen, she started playing regularly in several Nanaimo restaurants. At age seventeen she won a scholarship from the Vancouver International Jazz Festival to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and completed three terms. In Nanaimo her playing attracted the attention of famed bass player Ray Brown (ex-husband of the lat…

Birth name: Kelis Rogers Born: August 21, 1979 (age 27) Origin: Manhattan, New York, United States Genre(s): R&B, hip-hop, pop Occupation(s): singer, songwriter Years active: 1999

Seventeen-year-old Natasha Thomas from Copenhagen/ Denmark well remembers her first performance in front of an audience: "I was in the sixth grade," she recollects. "It was a concert, staged by the music school I went to. I had just changed public schools, because most of my class was bullying me. The concert was held at my old school, and they were there, so I was very nervous. But I knew I just had to get up there and show them. No one was going to scare me off. The song I sang was 'Killing Me Softly'." Her professional attitude and her determination didn't always make it easy for the young singer. "I had to change schools once because my classmates bullied me," she s…

Celine Marie Claudette Dion (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy and Juno award winning pop singer and occasional songwriter and actress. She began her career in the early 1980s as a French singer before breaking into the international music scene in the 1990s. Dion was born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Qu

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Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross due to a spelling error on her birth certificate)[1]on March 26, 1944) is an American pop, soul, and R&B singer and actress. Ross is one of the most successful female artists of her era due to her solo work and her tenure as lead singer of The Supremes in the 1960s. In 1976, Billboard magazine named her the female entertainer of the century. In 1993, The Guinness Book Of World Records pronounced her the most successful female music artist ever in the US(the title is now attributed to Mariah Carey), partly due to Ross' combined total of eighteen number-one singles, six of them recorded solo and the remaining dozen from her w…

Streisand was born Barbara Joan Streisand to a Jewish family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Her father, Emanuel Streisand, a grammar teacher, died when she was 15 months old; and she had a turbulent relationship with her stepfather, Louis Kind. Her mother, Diana Ida Rosen, did not encourage her daughter to pursue a show business career, opining that Barbara was not attractive enough. She was educated at Erasmus Hall High School, where she graduated fourth in her class in 1959, and she sang in the school choir with Neil Diamond. She was also friendly there with future World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer. She never attended college Barbra Streisand has recorded more t…

Name: Alesha Dixon Age: 28 Date Of Birth: 07/October/78 Birth Place: Welwyn Garden City Job: Former Mis-teeq member // solo artist, MC, Choreographer Musical Influences: Micheal Jackson, Dina Carroll, Lauren Hill, Method Man Marital Status: Married to Harvey former member of 'So Solid Crew' Role Model: Her Mum Former member of one of UK's best girlgroups Mis-Teeq Alesha Dixon has launched a solocareer. As a signed Polydor singer, she released her first single "Lipstick". Her second single "Knockdown" has already got a video, and hits stores on October 30th. Her debutalbum "Fired Up", a funky album with lots of uptempo and fresh songs, due released on November 6. …