# List of female rock singers

This is a list of female rock singers. For female heavy metal singers, see List of female heavy metal singers.
* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Lee Aaron
* Pearl Aday
* Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
* Sade Adu
* Agent M (Tsunami Bomb)
* Nanase Aikawa
* Dot Allison
* Zayra Alvarez
* Eva Amaral
* Amber
* Vanessa Amorosi
* Tori Amos
* 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
* Emily Armstrong (Dead Sara, Linkin Park)
* Stephanie Ashworth (Something for Kate)
* Aylin Aslim
* Nicole Atkins
* Melissa Auf der Maur (Auf der Maur, Hole)
* Caroline Azar (Fifth Column)

## B

* Joan Baez
* Alice Bag (Bags, Castration Squad)
* Jessica Bailiff
* Honey Bane
* Sara Bareilles
* Courtney Barnett
* Niki Barr
* Edyta Bartosiewicz
* Becca (Stars in Stereo)
* Robin Beck
* Pat Benatar
* Miki Berenyi (Lush)
* Cia Berg (Whale)
* Elizabeth "Z" Berg (The Like)
* Marilina Bertoldi (Connor Questa)
* Sarah Bettens (K's Choice)
* Bif Naked
* Christina Billotte (Autoclave, Slant 6)
* Kat Bjelland (Babes in Toyland, Crunt, Katastrophy Wife)
* Björk (The Sugarcubes)
* Pauline Black (The Selecter)
* Porcelain Black (Porcelain and the Tramps)
* Jody Bleyle (Team Dresch)
* Beki Bondage (Vice Squad)
* Tracy Bonham
* Christina Booth (Magenta)
* Marie-Mai Bouchard
* Patti Boulaye
* Crystal Bowersox
* Carla Bozulich (Ethyl Meatplow, Geraldine Fibbers)
* Dale Bozzio (Missing Persons)
* Bonnie Bramlett
* Michelle Branch
* Laura Branigan
* Edie Brickell (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians)
* Phoebe Bridgers (boygenius)
* Eva Briegel (Juli)
* Bette Bright (Deaf School)
* Maria Brink (In This Moment)
* Charmaine Brooks
* Elkie Brooks
* Meredith Brooks
* Terri Brosius (Tribe)
* Pip Brown (Ladyhawke)
* Ruth Brown
* V V Brown
* Carrie Brownstein (Excuse 17, Sleater-Kinney)
* Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (Of Monsters and Men)
* Tahita Bulmer (New Young Pony Club)
* Anna Burley (The Killjoys)
* Megan Burns (a.k.a. Betty Curse)
* Kate Bush
* Bilinda Butcher (My Bloody Valentine)

## C

* Kathryn Calder (Immaculate Machine, The New Pornographers)
* Alexx Calise
* 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)
* Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast)
* Nikka Costa
* Chrissy Costanza (Against the Current)
* Josie Cotton
* Jayne County
* Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne)
* Beverley Craven
* Melora Creager (Rasputina)
* Sheryl Crow
* Allison Crowe
* Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean)
* Alannah Currie (Thompson Twins, Babble)
* Cherie Currie (The Runaways, Cherie & Marie Currie)
* Marie Currie (Cherie & Marie Currie)
* Miley Cyrus

## D

* E. G. Daily
* Lisa Dalbello
* Brody Dalle (The Distillers)
* Danielle Dax
* Taylor Dayne
* Kim Deal (Pixies, The Breeders)
* Joanna Dean
* Lezlie Deane
* Carol Decker (T'Pau)
* Maria Del Mar (National Velvet)
* Suze DeMarchi (Baby Animals)
* Tatiana DeMaria (TAT)
* Marina Diamandis (Marina and the Diamonds)
* Dido
* Ani DiFranco
* Dilana
* Beth Ditto (The Gossip)
* Melanie Doane
* Julie Doiron
* Lou Doillon
* Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister)
* Julie Driscoll
* Annette Ducharme
* Heather Duby
* Sherri DuPree (Eisley)

## E

* Bobbie Eakes (Big Trouble)
* Tammy Ealom (Dressy Bessy, The Minders)
* Sheena Easton
* Andrea Echeverri (Aterciopelados)
* Aimee Echo (TheStart, Human Waste Project)
* Danielle Egnew
* Ella
* Mama Cass Elliot (The Mamas & the Papas)
* Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Theaudience)
* Elizabeth Elmore (The Reputation, Sarge)
* Liz Enthusiasm (Freezepop)
* Melissa Etheridge

## F

* Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama, Shakespears Sister)
* Marianne Faithfull
* Etty Lau Farrell (Satellite Party)
* Leslie Feist (Broken Social Scene)
* Şebnem Ferah
* Sky Ferreira
* Melissa Ferrick
* Jennifer Finch (The Pandoras, L7, The Shocker)
* Orenda Fink (Azure Ray, Now It's Overhead, Art in Manila)
* Samantha Fish
* Colleen Fitzpatrick (Eve's Plum)
* Fiona Flanagan
* Flor
* Ellen Foley
* Cassandra Ford (The Vincent Black Shadow)
* Frazey Ford
* Lita Ford (The Runaways)
* Dia Frampton (Meg & Dia)
* Meg Frampton (Meg & Dia)
* Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins)
* Marie Fredriksson (Roxette)
* Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces)
* Justine Frischmann (Elastica)
* Dana Fuchs
* Miki Furukawa

## G

* Diamanda Galas
* Erica Garcia
* 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)
* Ely Guerra
* Lyndsey Gunnulfsen (PVRIS)
* Alejandra Guzmán

## H

* 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
* Debbie 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

* Cindy Jackson (The Dollz)
* Kate Jackson (The Long Blondes)
* Wanda Jackson
* Etta James
* Wendy James (Transvision Vamp)
* Floor Jansen (Nightwish, Northward, After Forever)
* Taylor Jardine (We Are The In Crowd)
* Jane Jensen
* Jessicka (Jack Off Jill, Scarling.)
* Joan Jett (The Runaways, The Blackhearts, Evil Stig)
* Kelly Johnson (Girlschool)
* Martha Johnson (Martha and the Muffins)
* Marta Jandova (Die Happy)
* Molly Johnson (Alta Moda, Infidels)
* Taborah Johnson
* Gloria Jones
* Grace Jones
* Norah Jones
* Rickie Lee Jones
* Janis Joplin (Big Brother and the Holding Company, Kozmic Blues Band)
* Sass Jordan
* Milla Jovovich
* K. Juno

## K

* Kaliopi
* Lena Katina
* Tomoko Kawase (Tommy Heavenly6)
* Lisa Kekaula (The Bellrays)
* Rose Kemp
* Joyce Kennedy (singer) (Mother's Finest)
* Kerri Kenney-Silver (Cake Like)
* Chaka Khan
* Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes)
* Carole King
* Elle King
* Kaori Kishitani (Princess Princess)
* Stefanie Kloß (Silbermond)
* Chrissi Klug (Luttenberger*Klug)
* Jennifer Knapp
* Gladys Knight
* Theo Kogan (Theo & the Skyscrapers, Lunachicks)
* Ash Koley
* Alexis Krauss (Sleigh Bells)
* Chantal Kreviazuk
* Sonja Kristina (Curved Air)
* Jan Kuehnemund (Vixen; early 1970s)
* Sierra Kusterbeck (VersaEmerge)

## L

* Patti LaBelle
* Lachi
* Martha Ladly (Martha and the Muffins, The Associates)
* LaFee
* Mon Laferte
* Natalia Lafourcade
* Shona Laing
* Nomy Lamm
* Anita Lane
* Lana Lane
* Robin Lane
* Storm Large
* Liz Larin
* Cyndi Lauper
* 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)
* 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)
* Lindsay Lohan
* 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

* 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)
* Michelle Malone
* Aimee Mann ('Til Tuesday)
* Barbara Manning
* Shirley Manson (Garbage, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, Angelfish)
* April March
* Ida Maria
* Marjo
* Chan Marshall (Cat Power)
* Dorothy Martin (Dorothy)
* Janis Martin
* Hayley Mary (The Jezabels)
* Carolyne Mas
* Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters)
* Cerys Matthews (Catatonia)
* Imelda May
* Kim McAuliffe (Girlschool)
* Denise McCann (Headpins)
* 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
* Krystal Meyers
* 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
* Camila Moreno
* 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

* Mika Nakashima
* Michie Nakatani (Shonen Knife)
* Terra Naomi
* Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
* Leigh Bingham Nash (Sixpence None the Richer)
* Sandra Nasic (Guano Apes)
* JD Natasha (Condors and Chaos)
* Ednita Nazario
* 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

## O

* Orianthi
* Eva O (Christian Death)
* Karen Orzolek (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
* Hazel O'Connor
* Sinéad O'Connor
* Olivia
* Anette Olzon (Nightwish, Alyson Avenue, The Dark Element)
* Yoko Ono (The Plastic Ono Band)
* Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
* Beth Orton
* Joan Osborne

## P

* 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

* Suzi Quatro
* Sara Quin (Tegan and Sara)
* Tegan Quin (Tegan and Sara)
* Diana Quinn (Tru Fax and the Insaniacs, Honky Tonk Confidential, The Fabulettes)
* Stacey Q

## R

* Stefy Rae (Stefy)
* Rainey
* Bonnie Raitt
* Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary)
* Genya Ravan (The Escorts, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive)
* Marion Raven
* Amy Ray (Indigo Girls)
* Julianne Regan (All About Eve)
* Jane Relf (Renaissance)
* Lana Del Rey
* Manda Rin (Bis)
* Catherine Ringer (Les Rita Mitsouko)
* Janet Robin
* The Roches
* Katy Rose
* Christina Rosenvinge
* Patti Rothberg
* Linda Ronstadt
* Tina Root (Switchblade Symphony, Tre Lux)
* Amanda Rootes (Fluffy)
* Holly Ross (Angelica)
* Ellie Rowsell (Wolf Alice)
* Emma Ruth Rundle (Marriages and Red Sparowes)
* Serena Ryder

## S

* Lætitia Sadier (Stereolab)
* Santi White (Stage name Santigold)
* Ashlee Simpson
* Jenna Sanz-Agero (Vixen)
* Saffron (Republica)
* Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls)
* Greta Salpeter (The Hush Sound)
* Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions)
* Sandi Saraya (Saraya)
* Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)
* Helen Schneider
* Simi Sernaker (Suffrajett)
* Moon Shadow (as Goldy Locks)
* Nancy Shanks (Vixen; early 1970s)
* Sarah Shannon (Velocity Girl)
* Kim Shattuck (The Muffs, The Pandoras)
* Ringo Sheena (Tokyo Jihen)
* Davetta Sherwood
* Shery
* Madigan Shive (Tattle Tale, Bonfire Madigan)
* Ana da Silva (The Raincoats)
* Jane Siberry (AKA Issa)
* Jenny Simmons (Addison Road)
* Simone Simons
* Juliet Simms (Automatic Loveletter)
* Carly Simon
* Nina Simone
* Nancy Sinatra
* Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Creatures)
* Skin (Skunk Anansie)
* Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship)
* Tara Slone (Joydrop)
* Jen Smith (Dub Narcotic Sound System)
* Patti Smith
* Shawnee Smith
* Carly Smithson (We Are the Fallen)
* Patty Smyth (Scandal)
* Azalia Snail
* Jill Sobule
* Soko
* Marla Sokoloff (Smitten)
* Pepper Somerset (My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult)
* Louisa Rachel Solomon (The Shondes)
* Donita Sparks (L7)
* Ronnie Spector (The Ronettes)
* Regina Spektor
* Pamela Spence
* Sharleen Spiteri (Texas)
* Dusty Springfield
* Adalita Srsen (Magic Dirt)
* Becky Stark (Lavender Diamond)
* Alison Statton (Young Marble Giants, Weekend)
* Michael "Micki" Steele (The Runaways, The Bangles}
* Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
* Juanita Stein (Howling Bells)
* Marnie Stern
* Laura Stoica
* Linda Strawberry
* Re Styles (The Tubes)
* Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex)
* Alison Sudol (A Fine Frenzy)
* Lacey Sturm (Flyleaf)
* Svetlana Surganova
* Rachel Sweet
* Skye Sweetnam
* Sylvaine

## T

* 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

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

## W

* Wendy Waldman
* Mary Weiss (The Shangri-Las)
* Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine)
* Louise Wener (Sleeper)
* Silje Wergeland (The Gathering, Octavia Sperati)
* Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
* Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays)
* Emily Jane White
* Katie White (The Ting Tings)
* Meg White (The White Stripes)
* Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's)
* Toyah Willcox
* Kim Wilde
* Tess Wiley (Sixpence None the Richer)
* Enid Williams (Girlschool)
* Hayley Williams (Paramore)
* Lucinda Williams
* Wendy O. Williams (Plasmatics)
* Ann Wilson (Heart)
* Cindy Wilson (The B-52's)
* Kaia Wilson (Adickdid, Team Dresch, The Butchies)
* Nancy Wilson (Heart)
* Karin Wistrand (Lolita Pop)
* Whitney Wolanin
* Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Partyline)
* Jen Wood (The Postal Service, Tattle Tale)
* Holly Woods (Toronto)
* D'arcy Wretzky (The Smashing Pumpkins)
* Shannon Wright

## Y

* Naoko Yamano (Shonen Knife)
* Rachael Yamagata
* Kim Yoon-ah (Jaurim)
* Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde)
* Astrid Young

## Z

* Pia Zadora
* Mary Lu Zahalan
* Mia Zapata (The Gits)
* Thalia Zedek (Live Skull)
* Zemfira
* Annette Zilinskas (The Bangles)
* Zola Jesus