This is a list of female rock singers. For female heavy metal singers, see List of female heavy metal singers.

A

Lee Aaron Pearl Aday Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation) Agent M (Tsunami Bomb) Zhanna Aguzarova Nanase Aikawa 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 LaVern Baker 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 ( 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) Alexandra Căpitănescu 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 Rita Dakota (Monroe) Lisa Dalbello Brody Dalle (The Distillers, Spinnerette) Betty Davis Danielle Dax Taylor Dayne Kim Deal (Pixies, The Breeders) Joanna Dean Lezlie Deane Carol Decker (T'Pau) Maria Del Mar (National Velvet) Lana Del Rey Suze DeMarchi (Baby Animals) Tatiana DeMaria (TAT) Marina Diamandis (Marina and the Diamonds) Dido Ani DiFranco Dilana Beth Ditto (The Gossip) Melanie Doane Lou Doillon Julie Doiron 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) Lusine Gevorkyan (Sphere of Influence, Tracktor Bowling, Louna) Beth Gibbons (Portishead) Donna Godchaux Goldy Locks Holly Golightly (Thee Headcoatees) Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth, Free Kitten, Harry Crews) Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt) Lesley Gore Rachel Goswell (Slowdive, Mojave 3) Anya Green (LaScala) 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) Halsey 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

Laura Imbruglia Natalie Imbruglia Maja Ivarsson (The Sounds) Debora Iyall (Romeo Void) 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 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 Olga Kormukhina Alexis Krauss (Sleigh Bells) Chantal Kreviazuk Sonja Kristina (Curved Air) Mira Kubasińska (Blackout, Breakout, and After Blues) 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) Linda (Linda, Convoy, Bloody Faeries) 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) Mara 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 Irina Nelson (Reflex) Nena Anastacia Newkirk (Anastacia) Juice Newton Mika 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)