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

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[edit] A

• Sade Adu
• Agent M (Tsunami Bomb)
• Zayra Alvarez (COBRALUSH)
• Amber
• Tori Amos
• Christina Amphlett (Divinyls)
• Brett Anderson (The Donnas)
• Emma Anderson (Lush)
• Signe Toly Anderson (Jefferson Airplane)
• Maria Andersson (Sahara Hotnights)
• Anouk
• Fiona Apple
• Funda Arar
• Joan Armatrading
• Stephanie Ashworth (Something for Kate)
• Aylin Aslim
• Melissa Auf der Maur (Auf der Maur, Hole)
• Emilie Autumn
• Jennifer Ayache (Superbus)
• Caroline Azar (Fifth Column)

[edit] B

• Alice Bag (The Bags, Castration Squad)
• Niki Barr
• Edyta Bartosiewicz
• Nirmala Basnayake (controller.controller)
• Pat Benatar
• Miki Berenyi (Lush)
• Cia Berg (Whale)
• Elizabeth Berg (The Like)
• Bif Naked
• Christina Billotte (Autoclave, Slant 6)
• Kat Bjelland (Babes in Toyland, Crunt, Katastrophy Wife)
• Björk (The Sugarcubes)
• Jody Bleyle (Team Dresch)
• Cinder Block (Fabulous Disaster)
• Beki Bondage (Vice Squad)
• Christina Booth (Magenta)
• Carla Bozulich (Ethyl Meatplow, Geraldine Fibbers)
• Dale Bozzio (Missing Persons)
• Bonnie Bramlett
• Michelle Branch
• Lynn Breedlove (Tribe 8)
• Edie Brickell (Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians)
• Eva Briegel (Juli)
• Bette Bright (Deaf School)
• Elkie Brooks
• Charmaine Brooks
• Terri Brosius (Tribe)
• Carrie Brownstein (Excuse 17, Sleater-Kinney)
• Anna Burley (The Killjoys)
• Megan Burns (Betty Curse)
• Shauna Burns
• Kate Bush
• Bilinda Butcher (My Bloody Valentine)
• Bianca Butthole (Betty Blowtorch)

[edit] C

• Kathryn Calder (Immaculate Machine, The New Pornographers)
• Dinah Cancer (45 Grave, Dinah Cancer and the Grave Robbers)
• Belinda Carlisle (The Go-Go's)
• Rachel Carns (The Need, King Cobra)
• Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters)
• Lisa Crystal Carver (Suckdog)
• Neko Case (The New Pornographers, Maow)
• Cassidy (Antigone Rising)
• Cat Power
• Jennifer Cella
• Exene Cervenka (X, Original Sinners)
• Carah Faye Charnow (Shiny Toy Guns)
• Régine Chassagne (Arcade Fire)
• Cher
• Chibi (The Birthday Massacre)
• Melanie Chisholm
• Chantal Claret (Morningwood)
• Kelly Clarkson
• Jennifer Clavin (Mika Miko)
• Chi Coltrane
• Nikka Costa
• Melora Creager (Rasputina)
• Sheryl Crow
• Allison Crowe
• Cherie Currie (The Runaways, Radio Active)

[edit] D

• Dalbello
• Brody Dalle (The Distillers), (Spinnerette)
• Jane Danger (Hetrocide, Three Dollar Bill)
• Martha Davis (The Motels)
• Maura Davis (Denali)
• Danielle Dax (The Lemon Kittens)
• Patricia Day (HorrorPops)
• Kelley Deal (The Breeders)
• Kim Deal (Pixies, The Amps, The Breeders)
• Carol Decker (T'Pau)
• Majandra Delfino
• Suze DeMarchi (Baby Animals)
• Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention)
• Jackie DeShannon
• Ani Difranco
• Beth Ditto (The Gossip)
• Fefe Dobson
• Julie Doiron (Eric's Trip, Wooden Stars, Shotgun & Jaybird)
• Free Dominguez (Kidneythieves)
• Patty Donahue (The Waitresses)
• Tanya Donelly (Belly)
• Ryann Donnelly (Schoolyard Heroes)
• Gail Ann Dorsey
• Ellyot Dragon (Sister George, Nightnurse)
• Annette Ducharme (Bowers-Ducharme)
• Amy Dumas (The Luchagors)
• Yanka Dyagileva

[edit] E

• Tammy Ealom (Dressy Bessy, The Minders)
• Aimee Echo (TheStart, Human Waste Project)
• Danielle Egnew
• Elizabeth Elmore (The Reputation, Sarge)
• Liz Enthusiasm (Freezepop)
• Roxy Epoxy (Epoxies)
• Melissa Etheridge
• Tasha-Ray Evin (Lillix)

[edit] F

• Marianne Faithfull
• Etty Lau Farrell (Satellite Party)
• Feist (Broken Social Scene)
• Şebnem Ferah
• Jennifer Finch (The Pandoras, L7, The Shocker)
• Flor
• Rachel Flotard (Visqueen)
• Ellen Foley
• Sharin Foo (The Raveonettes)
• Cassandra Ford (The Vincent Black Shadow)
• Dia Frampton (Meg & Dia)
• Meg Frampton (Meg & Dia)
• Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins)
• Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces)
• Bekki Friesen (Domenica (Canadian band))
• Justine Frischmann (Elastica)
• Fruity Frankie (Lesbians On Ecstasy)
• Dana Fuchs
• Yoshiko Fujiyama (The 5, 6, 7, 8's)

[edit] G

• Lady Galore (Lords of Acid)
• Suzi Gardner (L7)
• Katie Jane Garside (Daisy Chainsaw, Queen Adreena)
• Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
• Anneke van Giersbergen
• Donna Godchaux
• Goldy Locks
• Brisa Gonzalez (Swan Island)
• Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth, Free Kitten)
• Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)
• Rachel Goswell (Slowdive, Mojave 3)
• Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + the Plastics)

[edit] H

• Nina Hagen (The Nina Hagen Band)
• Emily Haines (Broken Social Scene, Metric)
• Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
• Ayumi Hamasaki
• Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo)
• Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre)
• Annie Hardy (Giant Drag)
• Sarah Harmer (The Saddletramps, Weeping Tile)
• Deborah Harry (Blondie)
• Beth Hart
• PJ Harvey
• Annie Haslam
• Juliana Hatfield (Blake Babies, The Lemonheads)
• Charlotte Hatherley (Ash)
• Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto)
• Imogen Heap (Frou Frou)
• Heinie (Bitch Alert)
• Nona Hendryx
• Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave)
• Jennifer Love Hewitt
• Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)
• Debby Holiday
• Annie Holoien (The Soviettes, Awesome Snakes)
• Ella Hooper (Killing Heidi)
• Penelope Houston (The Avengers)
• Jenny Hoyston (Erase Errata)
• Laura Hubert (Leslie Spit Treeo)
• Anne-Marie Hurst (Skeletal Family, Ghost Dance, The Elements)
• Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)

[edit] I

• Natalie Imbruglia
• Allison Iraheta
• Maja Ivarsson (The Sounds)
• Debora Iyall (Romeo Void)

[edit] J

• Cindy Jackson (The Dollz)
• Kate Jackson (Long Blondes)
• Janet Jackson
• Wendy James (Transvision Vamp)
• Jane Jensen
• Jessicka (Jack Off Jill, Scarling.)
• Joan Jett (The Runaways, The Blackhearts, Evil Stig)
• Axella Johannesson
• Molly Johnson (Alta Moda, Infidels)
• Taborah Johnson
• Grace Jones
• Janis Joplin (Big Brother and the Holding Company, Kozmic Blues Band)
• Milla Jovovich
• K. JUNO

[edit] K

• Kalliopi
• Nil Karaibrahimgil
• Tomoko Kawase (Tommy Heavenly6)
• Lisa Kekaula (The Bellrays)
• Rose Kemp
• Joyce Kennedy (Mother's Finest)
• Kerri Kenney-Silver (Cake Like)
• Cheyenne Kimball
• Carole King
• Chrissi Klug (Luttenberger*Klug)
• Theo Kogan (Theo & the Skyscrapers, Lunachicks)
• Ash Koley
• Melanie Krahmer (Sirsy)
• Chantal Kreviazuk
• Sierra Kusterbeck (VersaEmerge)

[edit] L

• Lachi
• Nomy Lamm
• Anita Lane
• Storm Large
• Liz Larin
• Cyndi Lauper
• Dyanna Lauren (Thousand Year Itch)
• Avril Lavigne
• Rita Lee (Os Mutantes)
• Sook-Yin Lee (Bob's Your Uncle)
• Amy Lee (Evanescence)
• 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)
• Nikkie Van Lierop (Lords of Acid)
• Lea Liitmaa (Blacky)
• Sonja Kristina Linwood (Curved Air)
• Little Annie
• Lisa Lobsinger (Broken Social Scene, Reverie Sound Revue)
• Lisa Loeb
• Mary Lou Lord
• Ruth Lorenzo
• Inger Lorre (The Nymphs)
• Bonnie Lou
• Sara Lov (Devics)
• Courtney Love (Hole)
• 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)

[edit] M

• Madonna
• Maggie MacDonald (Republic of Safety, Kids on TV, Barcelona Pavilion)
• Lois Maffeo
• Leslie Mah (Anti-Scrunti Faction)
• Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead)
• Michelle Malone
• Aimee Mann (Til Tuesday)
• Shirley Manson (Garbage, Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, Angelfish)
• Maria del Mar (National Velvet)
• Janis Martin
• Cristina Martinez (Boss Hog, Pussy Galore)
• Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters)
• Denise McCann
• Megan McCauley
• Elizabeth McGrath (Miss Derringer)
• Frances McKee
• Nikki McKibbin
• Sarah McLeod (The Superjesus)
• Holly McNarland
• Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
• Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs)
• Tift Merritt
• Riki Michele
• Amy Millan (Stars, Broken Social Scene)
• Darby Mills (Headpins)
• Rachel Minton (Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer)
• Joni Mitchell
• Alanis Morissette
• Patricia Morrison (The Bags, Legal Weapon, The Gun Club, The Sisterhood, The Damned)
• Lisa Moorish
• Alison Mosshart (Discount, The Kills)
• Alison Moyet
• Alannah Myles

[edit] N

• Mika Nakashima
• Terra Naomi
• Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
• Leigh Bingham Nash (Sixpence None the Richer)
• Nena
• Julia Neigel
• Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
• Nico
• Ninja (The Go! Team)
• Kasia Nosowska (Hey)
• Heather Nova
• Julie Novak
• Terri Nunn (Berlin)
• Laura Nyro

[edit] O

• Eva O (Christian Death)
• Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
• Hazel O'Connor
• Olivia
• Yoko Ono (The Plastic Ono Band)
• Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
• Monique Ortiz (Bourbon Princess)
• Joan Osbourne
• Amanda Overmyer

[edit] P

• Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls)
• Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes)
• Nina Persson (The Cardigans, Sparklehorse)
• Eva Petersen (The Little Flames)
• Vicki Peterson (The Bangles)
• Vanessa Petruo
• Kembra Pfahler (The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black)
• Liz Phair
• Phranc (Nervous Gender, Catholic Discipline)
• Kate Pierson (The B-52's)
• Pink
• Pitty
• Poe
• Tamala Poljak (Longstocking)
• Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
• Cassadee Pope (Hey Monday)
• Louise Post (Veruca Salt)
• Grace Potter (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)
• Monique Powell (Save Ferris)
• Britta Phillips (Luna)
• Anne Preven
• Lindsay Price

[edit] Q

• Suzi Quatro
• Sara Quin
• Tegan Quin

[edit] R

• Bonnie Raitt
• Genya Ravan (The Escorts, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive)
• Marion Raven
• Amy Ray (Indigo Girls)
• Julianne Regan (All About Eve)
• Jane Relf (Renaissance)
• Candia Ridley (Inkubus Sukkubus)
• Janet Robin
• Amanda Rogers
• Linda Ronstadt
• Tina Root (Switchblade Symphony, Tre Lux)
• Holly Ross (Angelica)
• Serena Ryder

[edit] S

• Lætitia Sadier (Stereolab)
• Saffron (Republica)
• Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls)
• Greta Salpeter (The Hush Sound)
• Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions)
• Simi Sernaker (Suffrajett)
• Sarah Shannon (Velocity Girl)
• Kim Shattuck (The Muffs, The Pandoras)
• Alison Shaw (The Cranes)
• Davetta Sherwood
• Shery
• Madigan Shive (Tattle Tale, Bonfire Madigan)
• Sharon Shy (The Ropes)
• Ana da Silva (The Raincoats)
• Juliet Simms (Automatic Loveletter)
• Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Creatures)
• Katie Sketch (The Organ)
• Skin (Skunk Anansie)
• Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship)
• Tara Slone (Joydrop)
• Jen Smith (Dub Narcotic Sound System)
• Patti Smith
• Shawnee Smith
• Patty Smyth (Scandal)
• Marla Sokoloff (Smitten)
• Louisa Rachel Solomon (The Shondes)
• Donita Sparks (L7)
• Regina Spektor
• Pamela Spence
• Sharleen Spiteri
• Becky Stark (Lavender Diamond)
• Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
• Linda Strawberry
• Laura Stoica
• Joss Stone
• Helen Storer (Thee Heavenly Music Association)
• Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex)
• Alison Sudol (A Fine Frenzy)
• Donna Summer
• Verity Susman (Electrelane)

[edit] T

• Maria Taylor (Azure Ray, Now It's Overhead)
• Susan Tedeschi
• Texas Terri
• Mary Timony (Autoclave, Helium)
• Su Tissue (Suburban Lawns)
• Kristy Thirsk (Delerium, Rose Chronicles)
• Linda Thompson
• Rachel Trachtenburg (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
• Sisely Treasure (Shiny Toy Guns)
• Jen Trynin
• Anna Tsuchiya
• Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney)
• KT Tunstall
• Tina Turner
• Bonnie Tyler

[edit] U

• Ari Up (The Slits)
• Sarah Utter (Bangs)

[edit] V

• Tobi Vail (Bikini Kill)
• Tomiko Van (Do As Infinity)
• Stevie Vann
• Tara Vanflower (Lycia)
• Cherry Vanilla
• Suzanne Vega
• Mariska Veres (Shocking Blue)
• Holly Beth Vincent (Holly and the Italians)

[edit] W

• Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
• Katie White (Ting Tings)
• Mindy White (Lydia)
• Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's)
• Kim Wilde
• Hayley Williams (Paramore)
• Lucinda Williams
• Ann Wilson (Heart)
• Cindy Wilson (The B-52's)
• Kaia Wilson (Adickdid, Team Dresch, The Butchies)
• Nancy Wilson (Heart)
• Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Partyline)
• Jen Wood (The Postal Service)
• Holly Woods (Toronto)

[edit] Z

• Mary Lu Zahalan
• Mia Zapata (The Gits)
• Annette Zilinskas (The Bangles)
• Andrea Zollo (Pretty Girls Make Graves)

[edit] See also

• List of female metal singers
• Lead vocalist