List of mezzo-sopranos in non-classical music

The mezzo-soprano is the middle female voice and the most common of the female singing voices, which tends to dominate in non-classical music, with vocal range that typically lies between the A below "middle C" (C4) to the A two octaves above (i.e. A3–A5). In the lower and upper extremes, some mezzo-sopranos may extend down to the F below middle C (F3) and as high as "high C" (C6). The mezzo-soprano voice (unlike the soprano voice) is strong in the middle register and weaker in the head register, resulting in a deeper tone than the soprano voice.Identifying the Fab Four Singing Voices

The term mezzo-soprano was developed in relation to classical and operatic voices, where the classification is based not merely on the singer's vocal range but also on the tessitura and timbre of the voice. For classical and operatic singers, their voice type determines the roles they will sing and is a primary method of categorization. In non-classical music, singers are primarily defined by their genre and their gender not their vocal range.Axelrod, Alan, The complete idiot's guide to jazz, Alpha Books, 1999, pp. 68-69 (). See also Tarasti, Eero, Signs of music: a guide to musical semiotics, Walter de Gruyter, 2002, pp. 157-178 () When the terms soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, and bass are used as descriptors of non-classical voices, they are applied more loosely than they would be to those of classical singers and generally refer only to the singer's perceived vocal range.

The following is a list of singers in country, popular music, jazz, heavy metal, classical-crossover, and musical theatreFor a detailed description of the differences between the operatic and musical theatre voice see Björkner, Eva, Why so different? Aspects of voice characteristics in operatic and musical theatre singing , KTH School of Computer Science and Communication, 2006 () who have been described as mezzo-sopranos.

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Go to: 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 Name Lifespan Nationality Associated act(s) Paula Abdul 1962– American Yolanda Adams 1961– American Adele 1988– English Mao Amin 1962– Chinese Tori Amos 1963– American Y Kant Tori Read Amaia 1999– Spanish Eva Amaral 1972– Spanish Amaral Anastacia 1968– American Patty Andrews 1918–2013 American The Andrews Sisters Ashnikko 1996– American Chloe Bailey 1998– American Chloe x Halle Sara Bareilles 1979– American Samantha Barks 1990– English Fantasia Barrino 1984– American Jean Baylor American Natasha Bedingfield 1981- English Samantha Bee 1969– Canadian-American Begonia 1987/1988– Canadian Ana Belén 1951– Spanish Regina Belle 1963 American Pat Benatar 1953– American Jenny Berggren 1972– Swedish Ace of Base Beyoncé 1981– American Destiny's Child Spence D. "Sophomore Slump Narrowly Avoided". IGN. 5 September 2006. Access date 12 January 2010. Jade Bird 1997– English Mary J. Blige 1971– American Stephanie J. Block 1972– American Nicole Bogner 1984–2012 Austrian Visions of Atlantis Gretha Boston 1959– American Susan Boyle 1961– Scottish Edie Brickell 1966– American Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Betty Buckley 1947– American Mutya Buena 1985– English Kim Burrell 1972– American GMWA Youth Mass Choir Shirley Caesar 1938– American Ann Hampton Callaway 1958– American Tina Campbell 1974– American Mary Mary Carolee Carmello 1962– American Pearl Carr 1921–2020 English Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson Daniela Castro 1969– Mexican Patti Cathcart 1949– American Tuck & Patti Cheryl 1983– English Girls Aloud Chilli 1971– American TLC Melanie Chisholm 1974– English Spice Girls Annie "St. Vincent" Clark 1982– American Dorinda Clark-Cole 1957– American The Clark Sisters Tasha Cobbs Leonard 1981– American Natalie Cole 1950–2015 American Gal Costa 1945–2022 Brazilian Consuelo Costin 1979– American Sheryl Crow 1962– American Julee Cruise 1956–2022 American Miley Cyrus 1992– American Mary Bridget Davies 1978– American Frenchie Davis 1979– American Taylor Dayne 1962– American Yvonne De Carlo 1922–2007 Canadian-American Ester Dean 1986– American Clémentine Delauney 1987– French Sharon den Adel 1974– Dutch Sandy Denny 1947–1978 English Fairport Convention Zooey Deschanel 1980– American She & Him Marina Diamandis 1985– Welsh Dido 1971– English DJ Colette 1975– American Rose Elinor Dougall 1986– English The Pipettes Rocío Dúrcal 1944–2006 Spanish Linda Eder 1961– American Susan Egan 1970– American Emma-Lee Canadian Karen England 1974– English Opera Babes Enya 1961– Irish Clannad Paloma Faith 1981– English Ella Fitzgerald 1917–1996 American Pleasants, H. (1974). The Great American Popular Singers. Simon and Schuster. Lita Ford 1958– English-American The Runaways Sutton Foster 1975– American Connie Francis 1937– American Aretha Franklin 1942-2018 American Kam Franklin 1987– American The Suffers Nelly Furtado 1978– Canadian Maricris Garcia 1987– Filipino La Diva Katie Gavin 1992– American MUNA Inara George 1974– American Jody Gnant 1981– American Selena Gomez 1992– American Selena Gomez & the Scene Angela Gossow 1974– German Amy Grant 1960– American April Harper Grey 2000– American Laurel Halo 1985– American Hani 1992– South Korean EXID Anne Hathaway 1982– American Ofra Haza 1957 or 1958–2000 Israeli H.E.R. 1997– American Myriam Hernandez 1965– Chilean Nicole Henry 1981/1982– American Alison Hinds 1970– Barbadian Square One Gladys Horton 1945–2011 American The Marvelettes Huh Yunjin 2001– South Korean-American Le Sserafim Jennifer Hudson 1981– American Geraldine Hunt 1945–2022 American Sophie Isaacs 1988– English Janet Jackson 1966– American Selina Jen 1981– Taiwanese S.H.E Katherine Jenkins 1980– Welsh Jennie 1996– South Korean Blackpink Jessie J 1988– English Jeonghwa 1995– South Korean EXID Joan Jett 1958– American Jisoo 1995– South Korean Blackpink Lisa Johansson 1981– Swedish Draconian Martha Johnson 1950– Canadian Martha and the Muffins JoJo 1990– American Janis Joplin 1943–1970 American Big Brother and the Holding Company Rocío Jurado 1944–2006 Spanish Kelis 1979– American Kathy Kelly 1961– American The Kelly Family Stacey Kent 1965– American Kesha 1987– American Alexia Khadime 1983– English Koffee 2000– Jamaican Chantal Kreviazuk 1974– Canadian k.d. lang 1961– Canadian Gaelynn Lea 1984– American The Murder of Crows Ledisi 1972– American Amy Lee 1981– American Evanescence Lee Hi 1996– South Korean Hi Suhyun Julie Lee American Old Black Kettle Ute Lemper 1963– German Saller, René Spencer. "Ute Lemper: Punishing Kiss". RFT. 14 June 2000. Access date 27 March 2017. Nolwenn Leroy 1982– French Leona Lewis 1985– English Uyên Linh 1987– Vietnamese Dua Lipa 1995– English Cher Lloyd 1993– English Julie London 1926–2000 American Lorde 1996– New Zealand Demi Lovato 1992– American Darlene Love 1941– American The Blossoms Patti LuPone 1949– American Anni-Frid Lyngstad 1945– Norwegian-Swedish ABBA Vera Lynn 1917–2020 English Leanne Lyons 1973– American SWV Kirsty MacColl 1959–2000 British Madonna 1958– American Breakfast Club Ella Mai 1994– English Kirstin Maldonado 1992– American Pentatonix Malú 1982– Spanish Mandisa 1976–2024 American Tamela Mann 1966– American Kirk Franklin & The Family Claire Martin 1967– English Mary Martin 1913–1990 American Melanie Martinez 1995– American Tirzah Mastin English Kathy Mattea 1959– American Amanda McBroom 1947– American Sarah McLachlan 1968– Canadian Elle McLemore 1991– American Nicky Mehta Canadian The Wailin' Jennys Katie Melua 1984– British Bridgit Mendler 1992– American Alex Menne American Great Grandpa Idina Menzel 1971– American Jennylyn Mercado 1987– Filipino Ethel Merman 1908–1984 American Bette Midler 1945– American Amy Millan 1973– Canadian Mina 1940– Italian Liza Minnelli 1946– American Holly Miranda 1982– American The Jealous Girlfriends Janelle Monáe 1985– American Victoria Monét 1993– American Jane Monheit 1977– American Amaia Montero 1976– Spanish La Oreja de Van Gogh Patricia Morison 1915–2018 American Alanis Morissette 1974– Canadian-American Joan Morris 1943– American Hannah Mrozak 1999- American Citizen Queen Maria Muldaur 1943– American Martha Munizzi 1968– American Marissa Nadler 1981– American Joanna Newsom 1982– American The Pleased Hồng Nhung 1970– Vietnamese Normani 1996– American Fifth Harmony Sinéad O'Connor 1966–2023 Irish Omawumi 1982– Nigerian Rita Ora 1990– English Dolores O'Riordan 1971–2018 Irish The Cranberries Laura Pausini 1974– Italian Christina Perri 1986– American Thu Phương 1972– Vietnamese Édith Piaf 1915–1963 French Nandi Rose Plunkett 1988/1989– American Half Waif Cassadee Pope 1989– American Hey Monday Jessica Pratt 1987– American Kelly Price 1973– American Reaves, Valeri. "R&B and Gospel singer Kelly Price: 'Music saved my Life'". AXS. 6 August 2014. Alla Pugacheva 1949– Russian Robin Quivers 1952– American Lệ Quyên 1981– Vietnamese Như Quỳnh 1970– Vietnamese-American Bonnie Raitt 1949– American Raiven 1996– Slovenian Jean Redpath 1937–2014 Scottish Shelley Regner 1988– American DCappella Daisy Ridley 1992– English Rihanna 1988– Barbadian Amber Riley 1986– American Leading Ladies Molly Ringwald 1968– American Suzzy Roche 1956– American The Roches Maggie Rogers1994-American Kelly Rowland 1981– American Destiny's Child Jennifer Rush 1960– American Cathie Ryan Irish-American Cherish the Ladies Mônica Salmaso 1971– Brazilian Lea Salonga 1971– Filipino Paloma San Basilio 1950– Spanish Marta Sánchez 1966– Spanish Olé Olé Santigold 1976– American Stiffed Tiwa Savage 1980– Nigerian Seyi Shay 1985– British From Above Kierra Sheard 1987– American Sigrid 1996– Norwegian Diana Silvers 1997– American Ashlee Simpson 1984- American Faryl Smith 1995– British Song Yuqi 1999- Chinese (G)I-dle Jordin Sparks 1989– American Regina Spektor 1980– Russian-American Sienna Spiro 2005– English Dusty Springfield 1939–1999 English Jo Stafford 1917–2008 American Jevetta Steele 1963– American Gwen Stefani 1969– American No Doubt Stephanie 1987– South Korean The Grace Katie Stevens 1992– American Barbra Streisand 1942– American Jazmine Sullivan 1987– American Donna Summer 1948–2012 American Taylor Swift 1989– American Mariya Takeuchi 1955– Japanese Mỹ Tâm 1981– Vietnamese Tamia 1975– Canadian Rhian Teasdale 1993– English Wet Leg Thalía 1971– Mexican Timbiriche Linda Thompson 1947– English Hương Tràm 1995– Vietnamese Carrie Underwood 1983– American Elle Varner 1989– American Martha Wainwright 1976– Canadian-American Waje Nigerian Jessie Ware 1984– English Allison Williams 1988– American Nancy Wilson 1954– American Heart Elisabeth Withers 1970– American Rachael Wooding 1979– English Jamila Woods 1989– American Tammy Wynette 1942–1998 American Nilüfer Yanya 1995– British Trisha Yearwood 1964– American Li Yuchun 1984– Chinese Lyudmila Zykina1929-2009Soviet-Russian

List of mezzo-sopranos in non-classical music

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