• How Varied Is Your Music Taste?

    Dez 20 2009, 19h49 por NeveAdrianne

    First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

    #1. Backstreet Boys
    1) Nick Carter
    2) Brian Littrell
    3) *NSYNC
    4) Aaron Carter
    5) Westlife
    6) Jesse McCartney
    7) 98 Degrees
    8) Blue

    #2. Heather Nova
    9) Jewel
    10) Sarah Bettens
    11) Chantal Kreviazuk
    12) Beth Orton
    13) Natalie Merchant
    14) Paula Cole
    15) Beth Hart
    16) Lisa Loeb

    #3. Westlife
    17) Boyzone
    18) Brian McFadden
    19) A1
    20) Backstreet Boys
    21) Ronan Keating
    Blue
    22) Gareth Gates
    23) Shayne Ward

    #4. Bryan Adams
    24) Bon Jovi
    25) Phil Collins
    26) Roxette
    27) Richard Marx
    28) Mike & The Mechanics
    29) Jon Bon Jovi
    30) Foreigner
    31) Bonnie Tyler

    #5. Hanson
    32) Tinted Windows
    33) Everybody Else
    34) The Moffatts
    35) Ingram Hill
    36) Ben Jelen
    37) Locksley
    38) O-Town
    39) Michael Tolcher

    #6. The Beatles
    40) John Lennon
    41) George Harrison
    42) Paul McCartney
    43) Ringo Starr
    44) Paul McCartney & Wings
    45) Wings
    46) The Who
    47) Paul & Linda McCartney

    #7. Silbermond
    48) Christina Stürmer
    49) Juli
    50) Revolverheld
    51) Cassandra Steen
    52) Rosenstolz
    53) Ich + Ich
    54) Wir sind Helden
    55) Pur

    #8. Allison Crowe
    56) Josh Woodward
    57) Rachael Sage
    57) Rob Costlow
    58) Ruth Theodore
    59) Charlotte Martin
    60) Maya Filipič
    61) Vienna Teng
    62) Steven Dunston

    #9. Amanda Marshall
    63) Jann Arden
    Chantal Kreviazuk
    64) Tara MacLean
    65) Holly McNarland
    66) Melissa Etheridge
    67) Alannah Myles
    68) Sophie B. Hawkins
    69) Meredith Brooks

    #10. Peter, Paul & Mary
    70) The Kingston Trio
    71) Joan Baez
    72) Judy Collins
    73) Pete Seeger
    74) John Denver
    75) Gordon Lightfoot
    76) Arlo Guthrie
    77) The Seekers

    #11. Sarah McLachlan
    Natalie Merchant
    Jann Arden
    Jewel
    Paula Cole
    Chantal Kreviazuk
    Tara MacLean
    78) Poe
    79) Shawn Colvin

    #12. Nerina Pallot
    80) Amy Studt
    81) Lucie Silvas
    82) Sandi Thom
    83) Anna Nalick
    84) Siobhan Donaghy
    85) Holly Brook
    Charlotte Martin
    86) Rachael Yamagata

    #13. Sandi Thom
    87) Nerina Pallot
    Amy Studt
    Lucie Silvas
    88) Remi Nicole
    89) Terra Naomi
    90) KT Tunstall
    Anna Nalick
    Holly Brook

    #14. Dixie Chicks
    91) Trisha Yearwood
    92) Faith Hill
    93) Martina McBride
    94) Sara Evans
    95) Miranda Lambert
    96) Gretchen Wilson
    97) SHeDaisy
    98) LeAnn Rimes

    #15. Elvis Presley
    99) Jerry Lee Lewis
    100) Chuck Berry
    101) Ricky Nelson
    102) Roy Orbison
    103) Eddie Cochran
    104) Gene Vincent
    105) Buddy Holly
    106) The Everly Brothers

    #16. Sheryl Crow
    Jewel
    107) Joan Osborne
    108) Alanis Morissette
    Meredith Brooks
    109) Sarah McLachlan
    110) Texas
    Melissa Etheridge
    111) Liz Phair

    #17. 3 Doors Down
    112) Nickelback
    113) Breaking Benjamin
    114) Three Days Grace
    115) Hoobastank
    116) Hinder
    117) Theory of a Deadman
    118) Daughtry
    119) Creed

    #18. Jewel
    Sarah McLachlan
    120) Sheryl Crow
    Lisa Loeb
    121) Heather Nova
    Paula Cole
    Alanis Morissette
    Chantal Kreviazuk
    Natalie Merchant

    #19. Avril Lavigne
    122) Pitty
    123) The Veronicas
    124) Ashlee Simpson
    125) Hilary Duff
    126) Paramore
    127) Skye Sweetnam
    128) Lindsay Lohan
    129) Katy Perry

    #20. Matchbox Twenty
    130) Rob Thomas
    131) Tabitha's Secret
    132) Train
    133) Goo Goo Dolls
    134) Vertical Horizon
    135) Nine Days
    136) Counting Crows
    137) Lifehouse

    Final Score:
    137/160
  • 9513's Top 10 Country Albums of the Decade

    Dez 18 2009, 7h19 por wingkon

  • Last.fm Milestone

    Dez 8 2009, 5h06 por ladyj3000

    Last.FM Milestones1st track: (11 Oct 2006)
    Guns N' Roses - TocarYesterdays
    1000th track: (15 Nov 2006)
    Jennifer Lopez - TocarLove Don't Cost a Thing
    2000th track: (26 Dec 2006)
    The Postal Service - TocarSuch Great Heights
    3000th track: (29 Jan 2007)
    Allison Crowe - TocarShine a Light
    4000th track: (15 Apr 2007)
    Jimmy Eat World - TocarThe World You Love
    5000th track: (07 Jun 2007)
    The Postal Service - TocarAgainst All Odds
    6000th track: (10 Jul 2007)
    Avril Lavigne - TocarDon't Tell Me
    7000th track: (08 Aug 2007)
    Nikki Blonsky - Good Morning Baltimore
    8000th track: (01 Sep 2007)
    KT Tunstall - TocarSuddenly I See
    9000th track: (05 Oct 2007)
    Three Dog Night - TocarMama Told Me Not To Come
    10000th track: (09 Nov 2007)
    Gladys Knight - TocarMidnight Train to Georgia
    11000th track: (15 Dec 2007)
    Notorious B.I.G. - TocarHypnotize
    12000th track: (19 Feb 2008)
    Dixie Chicks - TocarLandslide
    13000th track: (29 Mar 2008)
    Billy Idol - TocarWhite Wedding
    14000th track: (23 Apr 2008)
    Tears for Fears - TocarShout
    15000th track: (12 May 2008)
    Tracie Spencer - TocarThis House
    16000th track: (30 Jun 2008)
    Oasis - TocarWonderwall
    17000th track: (21 Aug 2008)
    Skepta - TocarToo Strong
    18000th track: (25 Sep 2008)
    The Bangles - TocarHazy Shade of Winter
    19000th track: (15 Oct 2008)
    Aretha Franklin - TocarRespect
    20000th track: (30 Oct 2008)
    Natasha Bedingfield - TocarUnwritten
    21000th track: (17 Nov 2008)
    The Police - TocarRoxanne
    22000th track: (09 Dec 2008)
    Carrie Underwood - TocarBefore He Cheats
    23000th track: (28 Dec 2008)
    Corey Hart - TocarSunglasses At Night
    24000th track: (19 Jan 2009)
    Lillix - TocarWhat I Like About You
    25000th track: (23 Feb 2009)
    Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister
    26000th track: (13 Apr 2009)
    Hank Mobley - TocarDig This (1960)
    27000th track: (14 May 2009)
    Bee Gees - TocarStayin' Alive
    28000th track: (16 Jun 2009)
    Janet Jackson - TocarWhat Have You Done For Me Lately
    29000th track: (26 Jul 2009)
    Michael Jackson - TocarMan In The Mirror
    30000th track: (18 Sep 2009)
    Modest Mouse - TocarFloat On
    31000th track: (15 Oct 2009)
    Kylie Minogue - TocarSlow
    32000th track: (15 Nov 2009)
    The New York Renaissance Band, Sally Logemann - TocarRound Dances for Eight: Newcastle / The Fine Companion / Kettle Drum
    Generated on 08 Dec 2009
    Get yours here
  • Top 10 favorite women in country

    Nov 25 2009, 2h29 por wingkon

    In my personal opinion...

    1. Dixie Chicks - They're just a personal favorite from my childhood, with great and varied instrumentation, excellent vocals and amazing lyrics. Every song to me is special. They have a large variety of songs with different sounds from TocarLandslide to TocarGoodbye Earl. After all, it was because of them that I like country! :D
    2. Shania Twain - Ok, she leans a bit more on the pop side in some of her songs, but I really don't think most artists are that consistent in making good music. Her three main studio albums have songs that will become classics such as TocarYou're Still The One and Up!. Also, Come On Over is the top-selling country album!
    3. Miranda Lambert - A badass blonde, who's first hit TocarKerosene was the greatest female break-up song since You Oughta Know. It's like Joan Jett gone country! Her first two albums were great. I still need the third. ><
    4. LeAnn Rimes - What a voice she has! Leann's got one of the most astounding voices I've ever heard, and she recorded her first album at 13! Her album, This Woman, is definetly a favorite. Her most memorable songs include Can't Fight The Moonlight and Something's Gotta Give.
    5. Alison Krauss - I remember discovering her a long time ago, after hearing I'll Fly Away, which is probably one of my favorite bluegrass songs. Her voice is soft and sweet...kind of like Norah Jones. :p
    6. Faith Hill - Along with Leann, one of the greatest vocalists I've ever heard. Her songs are great, ecspecially TocarThis Kiss.
    7. Jennifer Nettles - Vocalist for Sugarland. She's got an amazing and unique voice perfect for country. All I Wanna Do and TocarAlready Gone are two of the best recent country songs I've heard.
    8. Gretchen Wilson - Her songs capture the spirit of being a white trash redneck, and she's not ashamed either! TocarRedneck Woman and All I Wanna Do among other tracks show she's not afraid to sing about drinking and partying. Gotta love the attitude :p
    9. Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This? is a very underrated album. TocarStrawberry Wine, her best known song, is one of those few songs which take me all the way back to my childhood. Plus, her voice is amazingly adorable. :D
    10. Reba McEntire - She's low because I haven't listened to her too much, but her voice is astounding and very unique. How she lost Best Female Vocalist is beyond me

    Honorable Mentions:
    Patsy Cline - The first country artist I've ever listened to. She is quite amazing, but I'd feel bad if I didn't put her near the top. :p
    Martina McBride - Wonderful singer and great lyricist, ecspecially Anyways
    SHeDaisy - A great group, and Knock on the Sky should be added to the collection of any country fan

    Sorry, I didn't include Taylor Swift or Carrie Underwood, and don't expect me to do so anytime soon.
  • CD Collection

    Out 17 2009, 1h30 por wingkon

    I was bored, so I felt like adding this ;p

    Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement
    All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals
    Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion*
    Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant
    Anthrax - Madhouse: The Very Best Of Anthrax
    Apocalyptica - Reflections Revised
    Atreyu - Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
    Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen
    Breaking Benjamin - Saturate
    Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone
    Bullet For My Valentine- Hand Of Blood EP
    Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison
    Chimaira - Chimaira [Bonus Disc]
    Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?
    Delain - April Rain*
    Diecast- Tearing Down Your Blue Skies
    Disturbed - The Sickness
    Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way
    Emilie Autumn - Opheliac - The Deluxe Edition
    Garbage - Beautiful Garbage
    Ill Niño - Confession
    In Flames - Come Clarity
    In This Moment- The Dream - Ultra Violet Edition
    Kittie - Spit
    Korn - Korn
    Lacuna Coil - Unleashed Memories [Bonus Tracks]
    Linkin Park - Songs From the Underground
    Marilyn Manson - The High End of Low
    Mudvayne - The Beginning of All Things to Come
    Mudvayne - The End of All Things to Come
    Mudvayne - L.D. 50*
    Mudvayne - The New Game [Clean/Deluxe]
    Nightwish - Dark Passion Play [Collector's Edition]
    Nonpoint- Live and Kicking
    Nonpoint -Statement
    Nonpoint - To the Pain
    Norah Jones - Not Too Late [Deluxe Edition]
    Otep - The Ascension
    Otep - House of Secrets
    Otep - Sevas Tra
    Roadrunner United - The All-Stars Session
    S.H.E. - S.H.E Forever 新歌+精選
    Sevendust- Next
    Shinedown - Leave a Whisper
    Sister Sin - Switchblade Serenades
    Static-X - Machine
    Staind - Dysfunction
    Trapt - Trapt
    Trivium - Ember to Inferno
    Within Temptation - The Heart of Everything

    *Downloaded from itunes
    I know I dont have a lot. Or rather, I need more! ><

    Total: 49
    Physical CDs: 47
  • Random Shuffle #1

    Out 12 2009, 7h41 por induldgecountry

    Go to your music player, set it to shuffle/random, and answer the following questions with the title of the FIRST song that you skip to each time. No cheating!


    If you reached the top of Mount Everest, you would scream:
    TocarCinderella - Britney Spears
    Comment: Meh...

    The next time you stand up in front of a group of people, you'll say:
    TocarSee My Side - Jordin Sparks
    Comment: Hmmm

    Your favorite thing to say when drunk is:
    TocarAfter I Fall - Lee Ann Womack
    Comment: Well that could be a possibility xD

    Your message to the world:
    TocarA Home - Dixie Chicks
    Comment: Pretty short message

    When you think of your best friend you think:
    TocarAlcohol - Brad Paisley
    Comment: Lol

    Your deepest secret:
    TocarCostume Makes The Clown - Shakira
    Comment: .....

    Your innermost desire:
    TocarTurning Home - David Nail
    Comment: Meh...

    Your oldest memory makes you think:
    The Way It Goes - Gloriana
    Comment: ......

    Somewhere in your wedding vows, you'll include:
    TocarIs Fort Worth Worth It - Terri Clark
    Comment: Well thats a good thought to have xD

    On your deathbed, you'll whisper:
    TocarI Didn't Come Here To Lose - Jimmy Wayne
    Comment: Oh yea! :P

    Your friends say behind your back:
    TocarThe Man Who Made My Mama Cry - Lee Ann Womack
    Comment: OMG! xD lol

    You say behind your friends' back
    TocarMake Her Fall In Love With Me Song - George Strait
    Comment: Meh...

    Your opinion of MySpace:
    Like It Or Leave It - Aly & AJ
    Comment: Makes sense to me lol

    When you wake up in the morning, you mutter:
    TocarOnly Prettier - Miranda Lambert
    Comment: I guess xD

    If you found yourself lost on a desert island, you'd yell:
    TocarNothin' 'Bout Memphis - Trisha Yearwood
    Comment: I don't get it 0.o

    Right now, your feelings are:
    TocarLove Is The Lesson - Billy Ray Cyrus
    Comment: Hmm...

    What's your excuse for reposting this:
    Missing Missouri - Sara Evans
    Comment: Not really, I'm alrdy here lol...

    Your life's soundtrack:
    TocarAlready Gone - Sugarland
    Comment: Well thats depressing-ish =P

    The day you fall in love will be the day that:
    TocarLove's the Only House - Martina McBride
    Comment: That one is just perfect! <3

    You Scream During Sex:
    TocarStrangers - Martina McBride
    Comment: That's an... interesting though to say the least xD

    Your farewell message to the readers of this :
    TocarWhite Liar - Miranda Lambert
    Comment: Shame on you all! xD lol
  • Top 35 albums (with some very limited commentary as well)

    Out 10 2009, 21h31 por david5970

    Thought I'd post this chart with some added commentary from me to make it a little bit more interesting than the usual long laundry list that usually gets posted on these journals from time to time.

    Kind of interesting to note that there are a number of artists in my top 25 list, that aren't featured here at all, those being Johnny Cash; Beyoncé; Girls Aloud; Alan Jackson; Dixie Chicks (those actually being in my top ten overall); Mariah Carey; Kylie Minogue; Rihanna; Vince Gill; Clint Black; Gwen Stefani; Christina Aguilera; Destiny's Child; and Avril Lavigne.

    (14 in all, or over half of my top 25 not represented in my top 35 albums)

    I also guess some of the Greatest Hits albums may have skewed the results as well. Still, here is the list:

    david5970's top albums (overall)
    1. Garth Brooks - The Hits (28) For all the essential Garth Brooks songs2. Dusty Springfield - Classics & Collectibles (1) (24)
    Dusty was just fantastic when you look at some of the songs on this album: TocarI Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself, TocarI Only Want To Be With You, TocarThe Look Of Love. The whole thing is just pure class of the highest order. 3. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (22)
    One of the greatest albums of the nineties, I actually rediscovered it a little while ago. Of course, I love all the hit songs from it, but had forgotten just how great the rest of the album was as well. 4. Nat King Cole - The Ultimate Collection (21)
    Just some effortless singing at the piano. TocarSmile currently my most played from this album is just an example. 5. Elvis Presley - Elvis: 30 #1 Hits (20)
    Elvis: do you really want me to say anything more? Do I need to say anything more? :) 6. Trisha Yearwood - Songbook: A Collection of Hits (20)
    Great singer; nice collection of good songs 7. ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (19)
    Just essential for those moments that only ABBA seem to do, fantastic unadulterated pop that just makes you smile and dance. What can be better than that? 8. The Mavericks - Trampoline (18)
    Good fun album - always had a soft spot for TocarDolores 9. Texas - The Greatest Hits (18)
    Got a lot of plays from my library radio with TocarSummer Son with 12 plays, although it may not be my favorite song of theirs. Go figure! LOL 10. Madness - Divine Madness (17)
    TocarLovestruck is an underrated gem. 11. The Corrs - The Best of the Corrs (17)
    Have always loved the Corrs, just loved how they were seemingly fresh and different than anything else around at the turn of the millenium.12. Bananarama - The Greatest Hits Collection (17)
    Unadulterated pop again, this time from the SAW stable. Hey, I grew up with this stuff in the late 80s as a tweenager. 13. Garbage - Garbage (16)
    Never really appreciated them that much until years later when I just put this CD on and realised what I might have missed. 14. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (16)
    The more I listen, the more I like. Discovered her by reading an article in some magazine in the mid-90s and deciding just to take a chance on hearing some of her stuff. Kind of a diversion from my usual listening habits at the time but happy that I did. TocarFuck and Run is amazing.15. The Mavericks - Music for All Occasions (16)
    Another Mavericks album, boy, they were good :) 16. Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business (16)
    TocarDon't Phunk With My Heart and TocarDon't Lie just remind me of driving through Atlanta listening to Star 94 in 2005. 17. Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On (16)
    The Hard Way, He Thinks He'll Keep Her, Passionate Kisses, I Take My Chances; just love them one and all! 18. Dean Martin - The Very Best of Dean Martin (16)
    Come on, it's Dino. You can't get much cooler than that. 19. Manfred Mann - The Best Of Manfred Mann (16)
    Great sixties pop music. Pretty Flamingo. 20. Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This? (16)
    Strawberry Wine and the title track. 21. Matt Monro - The Very Best of Matt Monro (16)
    Perfect combination of a good singer and good songs. 22. Kelis - Kelis Was Here (15)
    Actually surprised that this album is in here, as Tasty is my favorite album of hers. Still TocarLil Star is a good track 23. P!nk - Try This (15)
    P!nk is one of my favorite artists, although this isn't necessarily my favorite album of hers (that's I'm Not Dead) 24. Roy Orbison - The Very Best of Roy Orbison (14)
    The Big O - nothing more needs to be said. One of the best and most distinctive voices in the history of pop music. 25. Mindy McCready - If I Don't Stay the Night (14)
    Have always liked Mindy ever since she first burst onto the scene. Just makes me wonder how successful she may have been now if she hadn't had all those problems that have dogged her. Still, there are some great and often sadly now forgotten songs in her back catalogue. 26. S Club 7 - Sunshine (14)
    Don't Stop Movin' to the S Club beat. Good unadulterated 2000s pop. 27. Harry Connick, Jr. - Forever For Now (14)
    Recipe For Love and You Didn't Know Me When are two of my favorite songs of his. 28. Pam Tillis - All of This Love (14)
    TocarDeep Down and TocarBetty's Got a Bass Boat have seven plays each. 29. Sugababes - Taller in More Ways (13)
    Push The Button and Ugly are two great songs. They made some of the best pop music in the 2000s.30. Paramore - RIOT! (13)
    To be honest, just getting into Paramore; loving this album. 31. Restless Heart - Greatest Hits (13)
    This is in the list just because I absolutely adore TocarWhen She Cries 32. Aaron Tippin - Ultimate Aaron Tippin (13)
    There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio has got the most plays in my library, although TocarTen Pound Hammer is perhaps my fave song, just good fun. 33. All Saints - All Saints (13)
    Absolutely LOVE All Saints. favorite track off their debut album was/is Bootie Call . Saw them perform at a wind and rainsoaked Radio One Roadshow in Blackpool. Wish they were still recording together, it's so damn annoying thinking that they have deprived us of more All Saints material (for evidence just check out Appleton. Absolutely adored Melanie Blatt. Those lips.... :)~~~~~ LOL 34. Gretchen Peters - The Secret of Life (13)
    Isn't TocarOn A Bus To St. Cloud one of the greatest songs ever written? Actually prefer this version to Trisha's as well.35. Danity Kane - Welcome to the Dollhouse (13)
    More of a discovery on last.fm than anything else... was just recommended to me on this site.
  • 25 questions about my top artists

    Out 10 2009, 0h04 por david5970

    25 questions about my top artists:
    (Based on my Top 50 from the last 12 months)

    1. How did you get into 29?
    Fergie from liking some of her stuff with the BEP and loving the The Dutchess album.

    2. What was the first song ever you heard about 22?
    Mindy McCready Ten Thousand Angels - and have liked her ever since then

    3. What's your favourite lyric by 33?
    Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This? - maybe not a lyric but a kick-ass song title

    4. What is your favourite album by 49?
    Lonestar Lonely Grill, haven't listened to it for a while though :/

    5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
    Rihanna One... Good Girl Gone Bad, in case you were asking

    6. What is your favourite song by 50?
    Madness It Must Be Love, although it can get on my nerves after hearing it a few times over a few days

    7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
    Rhett Akins - Carolina Line ... underrated tear jerker

    8. What is your favorite album by 15?
    Greatest Hits - A celebration of old school Kylie

    9. What is your favorite song by 5?
    Johnny Cash TocarFolsom Prison Blues, but how can I really pick just one favorite?!??!?

    10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
    Beyoncé Crazy in Love ... one of my faves of hers, and I can always imagine the video when I'm listening to it :)

    11. What is your favorite album by 40?
    Texas - Don't really know any of the albums, just pick and choose songs I like

    12. What is your favorite song by 10?
    Dixie Chicks - tough one, probably TocarThere's Your Trouble

    13. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
    ABBA -car journeys when I was young and one of their greatest hits collections was one of the few tapes we had in the car

    14. What is your favorite song by 38?
    Lily Allen - TocarAlfie ... sweet and innocent, but then it's not

    15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
    Mary Chapin Carpenter - Down at the Twist and Shout probably, although her songs are so well crafted that they all seem to make me happy, without necessarily being written to make people happy.

    16. How many times have you seen 25 live?
    Pam Tillis Never

    17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
    Destiny's Child - hmmm, can't remember, could have been Bills, Bills, Bills, or Bug A Boo... can't remember which though

    18. What is your favorite album by 11?
    Sugababes - Overloaded: The Singles Collection ... just a great collection of pop songs and just serves as a reminder of how great they are/were.

    19. Who is a favorite member of 1?
    P!nk - that's about all I need to say, huh? :)

    20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
    Clint Black - no, and I would have loved it if he did do a tour of the UK

    21. What is a good memory involving 27?
    Nat King Cole - don't think I particularly have one to be honest

    22. What is your favorite song by 16?
    Dusty Springfield - TocarI Only Want To Be With You

    23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
    Martina McBride Either My Baby Loves Me or Life #9

    24. What is your favorite album by 18?
    Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape

    25. What is your favorite song by 21?
    Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know - a classic 90s track
  • Birthdays of 270 favourite female singers

    Set 30 2009, 22h54 por emcxmc

    Here to compare for most of my favourite female singers their age and birthday (listed chronologic), with place of birth (if indicated) and short description (as shown in Wikipedia).

    (born before 1940)

    + Bessie Smith (July 9, 1892 or April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer.

    + Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992, Berlin, Germany) was a German-born American actress and singer.Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer. In 1999 the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time.

    + Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day.

    + Édith Piaf, born Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 -10 October 1963), French singer and cultural icon who is almost universally regarded as France's greatest.

    92 - Vera Lynn Dame Vera Lynn, DBE (born 20 March 1917) is an English singer whose career flourished during World War II. Nicknamed "The Forces' Sweetheart", the songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again" and "The White Cliffs of Dover".

    + Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 in Newport News, VA – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), was one of the most influential jazz singers of the 20th Century, the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards.

    + Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Grammy award winning jazz and popular music singer and songwriter and Academy Award-nominated actress. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota.

    + Maria Callas (New York City December 2, 1923 – Paris, France September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century.

    + Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American blues, jazz, and gospel singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the “Queen of the Blues”

    + Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jeane Mortenson (Los Angeles, 1 juni 1926 – 5 augustus 1962).

    83 - Irene Papas - Irene Papas (born September 3, 1926) is a Greek actress and occasional singer.

    + Julie London (September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress who was known for her smoky, sensual voice (Cry me a river). Born in Santa Rosa, California,

    + Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 - 10 November 2008) was a South African singer and civil rights activist also known as Mama Africa.

    + Patsy Cline (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963), born Virginia Patterson Hensley, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s. Since her death at age 30 in a 1963 plane crash at the height of her career, she has been considered one of the most influential, successful, revered, and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century

    77 - Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades. Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1960s she became known internationally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown," "I Know a Place," "My Love," "Colour My World," "A Sign of the Times," and "Don't Sleep in the Subway". With more than 70 million records sold worldwide, she is the most successful British female solo recording artist ever and is cited as such in the Guinness Book of World Records.

    76 - Yoko Ono, (born February 18, 1933), is a Japanese-American artist and musician. She is known for her marriage to John Lennon and for her work as an avant-garde artist and musician.

    + Nina Simone - Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist.

    75 - Brigitte Bardot (born 28 September 1934) is a French actress, former fashion model, singer and animal welfare/rights activist.

    74 - Loretta Lynn (born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1935) is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country music cultural icon.

    72 - Roberta Flack - Roberta Flack (Feb 10, 1937 in Asheville NC, USA).

    72 - Wanda Jackson - Wanda Lavonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American singer and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 60s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist.[1] She is known to many as the The First Lady (or Queen) of Rockabilly, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence on April 4, 2009.

    71 - Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll and jazz singer and songwriter. She is the winner of four Grammys, seventeen Blues Music Awards, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (in 1993), the Blues Hall of Fame (in 2001), and the Grammy Hall of Fame (in both 1999 and 2008).

    + Nico, Christa Päffgen (October 16, 1938 – July 18, 1988), singer of psychedelic sixties band The Velvet Underground.

    + Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known as Dusty Springfield, was a pop singer and entertainer. Of all the female British pop artists of the 1960s, she made one of the biggest impressions on the American market. Owing to her distinctive sensual sound, she was one of the most notable white soul artists.

    70 - Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington).

    70 - Grace Slick - Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939), singer of psychedelic sixties band Jefferson Airplane.

    70 - Tina Turner - Tina Turner, Anna Mae Bullock (Nutbush, 26 november 1939).


    (born between 1940 - 1950)

    69 - Merrilee Rush (born January 26, 1940, Seattle, Washington, USA) is an American singer best known for her recording of the song "Angel of the Morning", a Top 10 charting song which earned her a Grammy nomination for Female Vocalist Of The Year in 1968.

    69 - Nancy Sinatra - Nancy Sandra Sinatra Jr (born June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of the legendary singer Frank Sinatra and his first wife Nancy Barbato.

    68 - Joan Baez - Joan Chandos Baez (born in Staten Island, NYC, USA, on January 9, 1941), folk singer.

    68 - Shirley Owens (born June 10, 1941, Henderson, North Carolina) was the member of the hit group, The Shirelles. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

    + Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & The Papas. After the group broke up, she had a successful solo career, releasing five studio albums. Elliot was found dead in her room in London from an apparent heart attack after two weeks of sold-out performances at the Palladium. In 1998, the four members of the group were inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

    67 - Carole King - Carole King, born as Carole Klein (Brooklyn (New York), 9 februari 1942).

    67 - Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942) is a Memphis, Tennessee-born but Detroit, Michigan-raised American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer. Many have called her “The Queen Of Soul” and “Lady Soul”. She is renowned for her soul and R&B recordings but is also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, and gospel. She is generally regarded as one of the best vocalists ever.

    67 - Barbra Streisand - Barbra Streisand (born Barbara Joan Streisand, April 24, 1942) is an American singer, film and theatre actress.

    + Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998), was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists.

    + Janis Joplin - Janis Lyn Joplin (Port Arthur (Texas), 19 januari 1943 – Los Angeles (Californië), 4 oktober 1970).

    66 - Cilla Black (born Priscilla Maria Veronica White on 27 May 1943) is a British singer, actress and television performer, origin from Liverpool, Lancashire, England, who has been successful as an entertainer from 1963 through the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her successful singles "Anyone Who Had A Heart" and "You're My World". After a successful recording career and a brief time as a comedy actress, she became the best paid female presenter in British television history.

    66 - Christine McVie - born Christine Anne Perfect, July 12, 1943, in Birmingham, Greenodd, Cumbria, England) is an English singer, keyboardist, and songwriter. Her primary fame came as a member of the band Fleetwood Mac.

    66 - Ronnie Spector (born Veronica Yvette Bennett, 10 August 1943, in New York City) was the lead singer of the 1960’s girl group The Ronettes, who most famously sang Be My Baby. She is the ex-wife of producer Phil Spector.

    66 - Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell, born as Roberta Joan Anderson (Fort Macleod (Alberta, Canada), 7 november 1943).

    65 - Françoise Hardy - Françoise Madeleine Hardy (née le 17 janvier 1944 à Paris).

    65 - Diana Ross (born Diana Ernestine Earle Ross; March 26, 1944, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) is an American singer and actress. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes, before leaving the group for a solo career on January 14, 1970. Since the beginning of her career with The Supremes and as a solo artist, Ross has sold more than 100 million records.

    65 - Patti LaBelle (born Patricia Louise Holt on May 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a hugely revered R&B/soul singer who fronted two moderately successful groups before rising to stardom as a solo artist in the late 1970s, influencing a new generation of female singers.

    65 - Nona Hendryx (born October 9, 1944 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actress. Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with "Lady Marmalade."

    65 - Anna McGarrigle, (born December 4, 1944, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Quebec) is a Canadian folk music singer/songwriter who writes and performs as a duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle with her sister Kate McGarrigle.

    65 - Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.), better known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music with equal conviction and power; and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis. She is best known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry".

    64 - Sally Carr (born Sarah Cecilia Young on 28 March 1945, in Muirhead, Lanarkshire). Lead singer of Middle of the Road were a Scottish pop group who enjoyed great success across Europe in the early 1970s.

    64 - Carly Simon - Carly Elisabeth Simon (New York City, 25 juni 1945).

    64 - Deborah Harry - Debbie Harry, american singer, born as Deborah Ann Harry (Miami, 1 juli 1945), lead singer of punk band Blondie .

    64 - Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Pasadena, California) is an American singer-songwriter. She is noted for her distinctive, raspy voice which she attributes to many hours spent singing in smoky bars and clubs.

    64 - Bette Midler - Bette Davis Midler (born December 1, 1945).

    63 - Dolly Parton - Dolly Rebecca Parton (Sevierville (Tennessee), 19 januari 1946).

    63 - Kate McGarrigle, (born February 6, 1946, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who writes and performs as a duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle with her sister Anna McGarrigle.

    63 - Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946, later adopted by Gilbert LaPierre) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, author and entertainer. Among her many career accomplishments in music, television and film, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards among others.

    63 - Linda Ronstadt - Linda Marie Ronstadt (Tucson (Arizona), 15 juli 1946).

    63 - Jane Birkin - Jane Mallory Birkin (born in London on December 14th, 1946) is an English actress, model, singer and film director who lives in France. She is best known for her duet "Je t'aime... moi non plus" with Serge Gainsbourg.

    62 - Marianne Faithfull - Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946).

    62 - Patti Smith - Patti Smith, Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946 in Chicago).

    + Sandy Denny, born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978), England.

    62 - Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born February 3, 1947, in Astoria, New York City) is an American singer-songwriter. Usually known professionally as Melanie, she is best known for her hits "Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" and "What Have They Done To My Song Ma". Melanie has sold over 25 million records over the course of her career.

    62 - Sandie Shaw (born Sandra Ann Goodrich, 26 February 1947, Dagenham, Essex, England) is a British singer. She was, as described in the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, "the barefoot pop princess of the 1960s", owing to her distinctive penchant of performing on stage without shoes.

    62 - Jennifer Warnes - Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is a Grammy winning American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She is known for her rich soprano/contralto voice, her interpretations of compositions written by herself and many others, as well as an extensive playlist as a vocalist on movie soundtracks.

    62 - Kiki Dee (born Pauline Matthews, 6 March 1947, Little Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is a singer-songwriter, with a career that has lasted over 40 years.

    62 - Emmylou Harris - Emmylou Harris (Birmingham (Alabama), 2 april 1947).

    62 - Laurie Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, visual artist and musician. Laura Phillips Anderson was born June 5, 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States. She attended Mills College in California, and eventually graduated from Barnard College magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, studying art history. In 1972, she obtained an MFA in sculpture from Columbia University. She became more widely known in 1982 with the single “O Superman”.

    62 - Dolores Brooks (born June 20, 1947 in Brooklyn, NY) was a member of the girl group The Crystals.

    62 - Julie Covington (born 11 September 1947, London) is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina".

    + Mariska Veres (1 October 1947 - 2 December 2006) was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue.

    62 - France Gall - France Gall (born Isabelle Genevieve Marie Anne Gall on October 9, 1947 in Paris).

    + Minnie Riperton (Nov 8, 1947 - July 12, 1979).

    62 - Gigliola Cinquetti - Gigliola Cinquetti (b. 20 December 1947 in Verona, Italy) is an Italian singer.

    61 - Patty Pravo - Patty Pravo (born 9 April 1948 Venice, Italy) is the stage name of Italian pop singer Nicoletta Strambelli.

    61 - Kate Pierson - Catherine Elizabeth Pierson (born 27 April 1948 in Weehawken, New Jersey) is an American vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's. She also plays keyboard, guitar and bass for the band.

    61 - Grace Jones (born Grace Mendoza on May 19, 1948, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a model, singer and actress.

    61 - Stevie Nicks - Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born on May 26, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and has sold nearly 120 million albums. She has been noted for her ethereal visual style and symbolic lyrics.

    61 - Olivia Newton-John born 26 September 1948 in Cambridge, United Kingdom is a British-born, Australian-raised singer and actress.

    61 - Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE, (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, actress, model and television personality, who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her hit "To Sir, With Love" and in the UK for "Shout".

    61 - Chi Coltrane (born on Nov 16, 1948 in Racine, Wisconsin) was an American singer/songwriter who entered the charts in many countries with her eponymous debut album by November of 1972.

    60 - Mary Weiss, born on December 28, 1948 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, found fame in the 1960s as the lead singer of The Shangri-Las.

    60 - Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948, Boston, Massachusetts, US) is an American singer and songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of music, earning the title "The Queen of Disco".

    60 - Véronique Sanson (full name, Veronique Marie Line Sanson, according to the ASCAP Songwriter's Database, born April 24, 1949, in Boulogne, near Paris, France) is a two-time Victoires de la Musique Award-winning French singer-songwriter, musician, and producer with an avid following in her native country.

    60 - Rory Block - Aurora "Rory" Block (born November 6, 1949, in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American female blues guitarist and singer, a notable exponent of the country blues style.

    60 - Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Lynn Raitt (Burbank (Californië), 8 november 1949).


    (born between 1950 - 1960)

    59 - Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950, Pontardawe, Wales) is a Welsh folk singer. She is best known as one of the first musicians to sign to The Beatles' Apple label, and for her 1968 single "Those Were The Days".

    59 - Suzi Quatro (born Susan Kay Quatrocchio, June 3, 1950, Detroit, Michigan) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actress.

    59 - Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin, 11 June 1950, Cricklewood, London) is an English singer-songwriter.

    59 - Tina Weymouth (Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth) (born on November 22, 1950 in Coronado, California) is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the influential New Wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club.

    59 - Joan Armatrading - Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE, (born 9 December 1950, Basseterre, Saint Kitts, UK) is a British singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and the first female UK artist to have debuted at number 1 in the Billboards Blues charts. She is also the first female UK artist to be nominated for a Grammy in the blues category.

    58 - Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb; January 9, 1951) is an American country singer best known for a series of country-pop crossover hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". She accumulated 18 No. 1 country hits during the 1970s and 1980s. She is also famous for her nearly floor-length hair and was voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1983. She is the younger sister of singer Loretta Lynn (16 years younger).

    58 - Ellen Foley (born June 5, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American singer and actress, who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom Night Court. In music, she has released three solo albums but is best known for her collaborations with the singer Meat Loaf.

    58 - Bonnie Tyler - Bonnie Tyler (born June 8, 1951 in Skewen, Neath, South Wales, United Kingdom).

    58 - Chrissie Hynde - born Christine Ellen Hynde, 7 September 1951, Akron, Ohio, lead singer of The Pretenders.

    57 - Juice Newton (born Judith Kay Newton February 18, 1952 in Lakehurst, New Jersey is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist. To date, Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories (winning once in 1983), as well as a CMA Award for Best New Female Artist and two Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards (won consecutively).

    + Nicolette Larson (July 17, 1952 – December 16, 1997, Helena, Montana, USA ) was an American singer best known for her 1978 cover of Neil Young's "Lotta Love".

    57 - Máire Ní Bhraonáin, better known as Máire Brennan or incorrectly/phonetically as Moya Brennan (born August 4, 1952, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland), is a Grammy Award-nominated Celtic Folk singer. She began her singing career when her family formed the band Clannad in 1970.

    56 - Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953) is a four-time Grammy Award-winning American singer best known for her mezzo-soprano vocal range and establishing herself as one of rock's top vocalists and one of music's top-selling female artists with hit songs such as "Love Is a Battlefield"

    56 - Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and alt-country songwriter and singer. A three-time Grammy Award winner, she was named “America’s best songwriter” by TIME magazine in 2002.

    56 - Cyndi Lauper - Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22, 1953).

    56 - Nanci Griffith - Nanci Caroline Griffith, born July 6, 1953, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas, United States.

    ?? - Mary Margaret O'Hara, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, born on ??,??, 1954??.

    55 - Alice - Alice Visconti, born Carla Bissi in Forlì, Italy on September 26, 1954 is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist, active since 1971.

    55 - Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer from the United States. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.

    54 - Annie Lennox - Annie Lennox is an Oscar, Brit and Grammy award-winning pop musician and vocalist. She was born on December 25, 1954 in Aberdeen, Scotland. After three years as lead singer of The Tourists, Lennox achieved her most notable fame as the alto, soul-tinged lead singer of the 1980s rock duo Eurythmics with British musician David A. Stewart.

    54 - Nina Hagen (born Catharina Hagen on 11 March 1955) is a singer from East Berlin, Germany.

    54 - Jane Siberry - Jane Siberry, born October 12, 1955, Canada.

    53 - Julee Cruise - Julee Cruise (born 1 December 1956, in Creston, Iowa).

    52 - Loreena McKennitt - Loreena McKennitt (Morden (Manitoba) Canada, 17 februari 1957).

    52 - Susan Janet Ballion (born 27 May 1957 in Southwark, Southeast London, England), better known by her stage name, Siouxsie Sioux is a singer, best known as the vocalist of Siouxsie & The Banshees between 1976 and 1996.

    52 - Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo García; September 1, 1957, Havana, Cuba) is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide. She has won seven Grammy Awards, placing her among the most successful crossover performers in Latin music to date.

    52 - Toni Childs - Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957, from Orange, California).

    51 - Annabel Lamb (born ??/??/1958, Surrey) is an English singer-songwriter. She has released eight albums to date. Lamb had a British Top 30 hit in 1983 with her cover version of The Doors "Riders on the Storm", her only hit on the UK Singles Chart.

    51 - Meredith Brooks - Meredith Ann Brooks (born June 12, 1958 in Oregon, USA).

    51 - Kate Bush - Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, now part of Greater London, England, UK).

    51 - Madonna - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Ritchie (Bay City (Michigan), 16 augustus 1958).

    51 - Siobhan Fahey (born Siobhan Máire Deirdre Fahey, 10 September 1958, Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland) was a founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later founded the musical outfit Shakespears Sister.

    51 - Heidi Berry is an American singer-songwriter, born on ??/??/1958, in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1991, Ivo Watts-Russell asked Berry to sing on the third album by This Mortal Coil, and over the next five years she recorded three albums for 4AD.

    51 - Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin September 22, 1958) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress. She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock N' Roll".

    51 - Carmel (born Carmel McCourt, 24 November 1958, Wrawby, Lincolnshire, England) is a British female singer, her eponymous band Carmel uniting bassist Jim Parris, and drummer Gerry Darby.

    50 - Sade (pronounced “shah-day”) is a Grammy-winning, world-famous English group, which achieved success in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Sade Adu, (real name Helen Folasade Adu - born 16 January 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria)

    50 - Susanna Hoffs (born Susanna Lee Hoffs, January 17, 1959) is a vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Bangles.

    50 - Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr, 27 April 1959) is a pop singer originally from Bellshill, Scotland.

    50 - Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Nadine Vega (born July 11, 1959, Santa Monica, California) is an American songwriter and singer known for her highly literate lyrics and eclectic folk-inspired music.

    50 - Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader MBE (born Sadenia Reader, 29 August 1959, Scottland).

    + Kirsty MacColl - Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) (aged 41) was an English singer-songwriter from Croydon, England.


    (born between 1960 - 1970)

    49 - Nena (born Gabriele Susanne Kerner, March 24, 1960, Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany) is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1984 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons".

    49 - Anne Clark - Anne Clark (born 14 May 1960, Croydon, London, England).

    49 - Sarah Brightman - Sarah Brightman, (Born: Aug 14, 1960 in Berkhampstead, England).

    49 - Aimee Mann - Aimee Mann (born September 8, 1960).

    49 - Jennifer Rush (born September 28, 1960, Queens, New York, US is an American German-based Pop/Rock singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which went on to be covered by Celine Dion

    49 - Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960 in Chiswick, West London) is an English pop singer.

    48 - Cowboy Junkies - Margo Timmins (born January 27, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec).

    48 - Lisa Gerrard (born April 12, 1961) is an Australian musician from Melbourne, singer and composer who gained international renown as part of the music group Dead Can Dance together with Brendan Perry.

    48 - Enya - Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin, born on 17 May 1961, Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland.

    48 - Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961 in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.

    48 - Kim Deal - Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of the alternative rock band the Pixies.

    48 - Alison Moyet (born Genevieve Alison Jane Moyet, 18 June 1961), is an English pop singer-songwriter noted for her bluesy voice.

    48 - Mylène Farmer - Mylène Jeanne Gautier (born 12 September 1961 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author.

    48 - k.d. lang - Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC (born November 2, 1961).

    47 - Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock, country and pop into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards. Crow is also a left-wing political activist.

    47 - Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston, February 24, 1962, Dallas, Texas) is a U.S. singer-songwriter whose music and performances are influenced by her Texas roots, her political activism, and a self-assured style.

    47 - All About Eve - Julianne Regan (born 30 June 1962, Coventry, UK).

    47 - Joan Osborne - Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962).

    47 - Tracey Thorn (born 26 September 1962), lead singer of duo Everything but the Girl, from Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

    + Eva Cassidy (Eva Marie Cassidy, February 2, 1963 in Washington, DC – November 2, 1996 in Bowie, Maryland) was an American vocalist described by the British newspaper The Guardian as "one of the greatest voices of her generation." She had a diverse repertoire of jazz, blues, folk, gospel and pop. Cassidy remained virtually unknown outside of her native Washington, DC, when she died of melanoma (which had spread to her bones) in 1996.

    46 - Harriet Wheeler (born 26 June 1963) is the lead singer of the 1980s/1990s alternative rock band, The Sundays

    46 - Tori Amos - Myra Ellen Amos, born on August 22, 1963.

    46 - Elizabeth Fraser, born Elizabeth Davidson Fraser, August 29, 1963, Falkirk, Scotland and part of the group Cocteau Twins.

    46 - Natalie Merchant - Natalie Anne O'Shea Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, U.S.) former lead singer and member of 10,000 Maniacs.

    45 - Neneh Mariann Karlsson (born 10 March 1964) and known as Neneh Cherry is a two-time Grammy Award-nominated and MTV Europe Music Award-winning singer-songwriter and rapper.

    45 - Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964, origin from Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) is an American singer–songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "The Promise" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.

    45 - Maria McKee - Maria Louise McKee, born on August 17, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, also known as lead singer of the band Lone Justice.

    45 - Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood (born September 19, 1964, Monticello, Georgia, US) is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."

    45 - Lou Rhodes (born as Louise Robinson, 1. November 1964 in Leeds), is an English singer and songwriter from Manchester, now living in Wiltshire. In addition to providing vocals and lyrics for the band Lamb.

    45 - Diana Krall, (born Diana Jean Krall, Nanaimo, British Columbia, November 16, 1964) is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. She is known for her contralto vocals.

    44 - Happy Rhodes - Kimberley Tyler Rhodes, born on August 9, 1965 in Poughkeepsie, New York.

    44 - Shania Twain, (born Eilleen Regina Edwards, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, August 28, 1965) is a Canadian country pop artist. Her third album Come on Over is the best-selling album of all time by a female musician and the best-selling album in the history of country music.

    44 - Björk - Björk Guðmundsdóttir (Reykjavik, 21 november 1965).

    43 - Alison Goldfrapp - Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp (born 13 May 1966) is an English soprano singer-songwriter with the duo Goldfrapp.

    43 - Tanya Donelly (born July 14, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American Grammy-nominated singer songwriter and guitarist based in New England who co-founded Throwing Muses with her stepsister Kristin Hersh.

    43 - Martina McBride (born July 29, 1966, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is best-known for her inspirational-style ballads about women and children.

    43 - Kristin Hersh - Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966).

    43 - Shirley Manson - Shirley Ann Manson (born August 26, 1966) is a Scottish musician, the lead vocalist of the band Garbage. Manson is also the former keyboardist and backup singer with Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, as well as the ex lead singer of Angelfish.

    43 - Sinéad O'Connor - Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor (Glenageary, 8 december 1966, Ireland).

    42 - Eleanor McEvoy (born 22 January 1967) is one of Ireland's most accomplished contemporary singer/songwriters. McEvoy composed the song Only A Woman's Heart, title track of A Woman's Heart, the best-selling Irish album in Irish history.

    42- Liz Phair - Elizabeth Clark Phair born on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

    42 - Heather Nova - Heather Allison Frith, born on July 6, 1967 in Bermuda.

    42 - Faith Hill (born Audrey Faith Perry on September 21, 1967) is an American country singer. Hill's voice (described as both soulful and raspy) and careful song selection have helped her to sell more than 40 million records and accumulate 8 number-one singles and 3 number-one albums on the Country charts.

    42 - Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City) is a singer-songwriter whose musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, Americana, old-time string band music, and folk into a rustic style that she dubs "American Primitive".

    42 - Sophie B. Hawkins - Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer and songwriter, born 1 November 1967, in Manhattan, New York City, USA.

    42 - Sharleen Spiteri - Sharleen Eugene Spiteri (born 7 November 1967 in Glasgow) lead singer of Texas.

    41 - Carla Bruni (born Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi, December 23, 1967 in Turin, Italy) is an Italian-born, naturalized French songwriter, singer, former model and First Lady of France.

    41- Sarah McLachlan - Sarah Ann McLachlan, born January 28, 1968 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    41 - Axelle Red - Axelle Red was born Fabienne Demal in Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, on February 15, 1968

    41 - Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968 in Rockport, Massachusetts, USA) is an American singer and songwriter.

    41 - Kylie Minogue, Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (born 28 May 1968, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress.

    41 - KatieJane Garside (born July 8, 1968) is a vocalist and lyricist who fronted the first incarnation of the band Daisy Chainsaw and sang guest vocals for the industrial act Test Department. After retiring from the music world temporarily, she now sings with Queen Adreena, an independent rock band from London. Ruby Throat’s debut album The Ventriloquist was released on 8th November 2007 in a limited run of only 500 copies.

    41 - Lori McKenna (born in Massachusetts, on December 22, 1968 as Lorraine Giroux) is an American folk singer/songwriter. She lives in Stoughton, Massachusetts with her husband and five children.

    40 - Tanita Tikaram (born 12 August 1969, Münster, Germany) is a British pop/folk singer-songwriter, best known for the hits "Twist in My Sobriety" and "Good Tradition" from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart.

    40 - PJ Harvey - Polly Jean Harvey, born October 9, 1969 in Yeovil, United Kingdom.


    (born between 1970 - 1980)

    39 - Gabrielle - Louise Gabrielle Bobb (born April 16, 1970, London) is an English singer who records under the name Gabrielle.

    39 - Ani DiFranco (born Angela Maria DiFranco on September 23, 1970 in Buffalo, New York) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She is a prolific artist, having released over twenty albums and is widely celebrated as a feminist icon.

    38 - Sara Evans (born Sara Lynn Evans, February 5, 1971 in New Franklin, Missouri) is an country singer and songwriter. Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging from the late-90s, Evans has made four No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums.

    38 - Rachel Goswell (born 16 May 1971 in Fareham, England) is a singer-songwriter who was a vocalist with shoegazing pioneers Slowdive.

    38 - Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. During her career she has won 26 Grammy Awards, making her the most awarded female artist (and the third most awarded artist overall) in Grammy history.

    38 - Lisa Ekdahl (born July 29, 1971 in Mariefred, Sweden) is a Swedish singersongwriter. Her voice has been described as "child-like" and "soft, supple and smooth".

    38 - Dolores O'Riordan - Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (Burton) (born September 6, 1971) lead singer of The Cranberries.

    37 - Dido - Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, (born 25 December 1971, London).

    37 - Cat Power - Charlyn "Chan" Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January 1972).

    37 - Mindy Smith - Mindy Smith (born June 1, 1972 on Long Island, New York) is an American singer-songwriter.

    36 - Chantal Kreviazuk - Chantal Kreviazuk (born May 18, 1973, Winnipeg, Canada).

    36 - Jennifer Paige (born September 3, 1973, Marietta, Georgia, United States) is an American singer-songwriter who rose to stardom in the early years of 1990s teen-pop, and is best known for her 1998 pop hit "Crush".

    36 - Tara MacLean (born October 25, 1973 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada) is a Canadian singer and songwriter.

    35 - Imelda Mary Higham (born ??/??/1974), known as Imelda May and previously as her maiden name Imelda Clabby, is an Irish female vocalist from the Liberties, in Dublin, Ireland. Specialising in Rockabilly music, she has a repertoire of covers and self-penned songs.

    35 - Andrea Corr, (born Andrea Jane Corr, May 17, 1974) is the lead singer and writes most of the lyrics for the Irish folk-rock band The Corrs from Dundalk, Ireland. The group consists of the Corr siblings: Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle); Sharon (violin, vocals); Caroline (drums, percussion, bodhrán, vocals); and Jim (guitar, keyboards, vocals).

    35 - Jewel, born Jewel Kilcher, May 23, 1974, Payson, Utah, United States) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet. She has received three Grammy Award nominations and has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide.

    35 - Alanis Morissette - Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974).

    35 - Nina Persson (born Nina Elisabet Persson, September 6, 1974 in Örebro, Sweden) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish pop group The Cardigans.

    35 - Natalie Maines (born Natalie Louise Maines Pasdar, October 14, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter who achieved success as the lead vocalist for the female alternative country band, the Dixie Chicks. Born in Lubbock, Texas, Maines considers herself a rebel who "loved not thinking in the way I knew the majority of people thought."

    34 - Madeleine Peyroux (born 1974, Athens, Georgia, USA) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday.

    34 - Natalie Imbruglia - Natalie Jane Imbruglia (born February 4, 1975, Australia).

    34 - Miranda Lee Richards - Miranda Lee Richards (born April 4, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter.

    34 - Anouk Teeuwe (born April 8, 1975) is a Dutch singer, professionally known as Anouk. Since 1997, she has released seven pop-rock albums.

    34 - Nerina Pallot - Nerina Pallot (born Nerina Natasha Georgina Pallot, 26 April 1975, London).

    34 - KT Tunstall - Kate Victoria Tunstall better known as KT Tunstall (born 23 June 1975 in St Andrews, Scotland) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist.

    34 - Keri Noble (born 1975) is an American singer-songwriter born in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Detroit. Her father was a Baptist minister, and Noble sang in church as a child.

    33 - Emma Bunton - Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English pop singer, songwriter, radio presenter, and occasional actress. Bunton is best known for being a member of the successful '90s girl group, the Spice Girls

    33 - Feist - Leslie Feist, (Amherst (Nova Scotia), 13 februari 1976, Canada).

    33 - Charlotte Martin - Charlotte Ann Martin (born March 29, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, who performs predominantly on the piano.

    33 - Noe Venable (born April 20, 1976 in San Francisco, California) is an experimental folk/pop singer-songwriter.

    33 - Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976, in Mount Gambier, Australia) is an Australian alternative country singer-songwriter.

    33 - Leigh Nash - Leigh Bingham Nash (born 27 June 1976) is a singer, and composer, best known as the lead vocalist for the rock band Sixpence None the Richer.

    33 - Catherine Feeny (born ??/??/1976) is an American singer/songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in Norristown, Pennsylvania, studied in Washington, D.C., and finally relocated to Los Angeles, where she started seriously writing her own songs.

    32 - Kate Walsh - Kate Walsh es un cantautora inglesa de Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, born 2 february 1977.

    32 - Ilse Annoeska de Lange (born May 13, 1977, Almelo, Netherlands) is a Dutch country and pop singer, better known as Ilse DeLange.

    32 - Sarah Slean - Sarah Hope Slean (born on 21 June 1977) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, painter, and photographer from Pickering, Ontario.

    32 - Lisa Knapp - Lisa Knapp (born July 21, 1977) hailed as one of Brit folk's brightest new young stars when she appeared with Wild and Undaunted in 2007.

    32 - Fiona Apple - Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart, born September 13, 1977, USA).

    32 - Rachael Yamagata - Rachael Yamagata (born on September 23, 1977 in Arlington, Virginia)

    32 - Tina Dico, (born Tina Dickow on October 14, 1977 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a singer and songwriter, inspired by artists such as Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.

    32 - Imogen Heap - Imogen Heap (born 9 December 1977 in the London Borough of Havering) is a Grammy nominated English singer and songwriter from Romford, Havering.

    32 - Elisa Toffoli (born in Trieste, Italy, December 19, 1977) is an Italian singer, performing under the mononym Elisa. She is one of few Italian musicians to write and record mainly in English. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica and trip hop.

    31 - Kathleen Edwards (born July 11, 1978 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter.

    31 - Vienna Teng - Vienna Teng (born Cynthia Yih Shih on October 3, 1978) is a Taiwanese American pianist and singer-songwriter based in New York City.

    31 - Karen Lee Orzolek, better known as Karen O, is the lead vocalist for the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. She was born on November 22, 1978 in South Korea.

    31 - Nelly Furtado - Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978, Canada).

    30 - Erin McCarley (born January 15, 1979 in Garland, Texas) is an alternative music singer-songwriter.

    30 - Norah Jones - Norah Jones, born on March 30th 1979 in New York City.

    30 - Butterfly Boucher is an Australian singer/songwriter, born June 2, 1979. The name "Butterfly" was a suggestion from a friend of the family. Boucher currently resides in the United States in Nashville, Tennessee.

    30 - Kaki King - Kaki King (born August 24, 1979 as Katherine Elizabeth King) is an American guitar player and singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia.

    30 - Geike Arnaert is the former lead singer of the Belgian pop group Hooverphonic. Born on 13 September 1979, Westouter, Belgium.

    30 - Bat for Lashes - Bat for Lashes is the pseudonym of British musician Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), a Brighton-based songwriter.

    30 - Sara Bareilles - Sara Beth Bareilles (born December 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Bareilles was born and raised in Eureka, California.

    30 - Ingrid Michaelson (born Ingrid Ellen Michaelson, 8 December 1979, NY) is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter best known for her single "The Way I Am."


    (born between 1980 - 1990)

    29 - Regina Spektor - Regina Spektor (Moskou, 18 februari 1980)

    29 - Vanessa Carlton - Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American soft rock / pop singer, songwriter, and pianist.

    29 - Lene Marlin - Lene Marlin Peterson (August 17, 1980 in Tromso, Norway).

    28 - Lisa Hannigan (born Lisa Margaret Hannigan, 12 February 1981, Kilcloon, County Meath, Ireland) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Her music has led to much success, critical praise, airplay and award nominations in her native Ireland and, more recently, in the United States.

    28 - Brandi Carlile (b. June 1, 1981, in Ravensdale, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter. Carlile’s music has been categorized in several genres, including pop, rock, alternative country, and folk.

    27 - Amy Lynn Hartzler (b. December 13, 1981, Riverside, California, U.S.), better known as Amy Lee, is an American singer-songwriter and classically trained pianist. She is co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence.

    27 - Meiko (pronounced MEE-ko), born on February 25, 1982 is an American singer/songwriter, born and raised in Roberta, Georgia and currently residing in Los Angeles, California.

    27 - Kelly Clarkson (born Kelly Brianne Clarkson, April 24, 1982, Fort Worth, Texas, United States) is an American pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the first season of the television series American Idol in 2002.

    27 - LeAnn Rimes, (born Margaret LeAnn Rimes, August 28, 1982, Pearl, Mississippi, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for her rich vocals similar to legendary country music singer Patsy Cline, and her rise to fame at the age of 13, becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.

    26 - Carrie Underwood (Carrie Marie Underwood, born March 10, 1983) is an American country singer and songwriter from Checotah, Oklahoma. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol. She has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a multiple Grammy Award winner, was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, and is the reigning Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of The Year.

    26 - Alela Diane - Alela Diane Menig (b. April 20, 1983, Nevada City, California, USA) is an American singer and songwriter, who is associated with the psych folk.

    26 - Michelle Branch (born July 2, 1983, Sedona, Arizona, USA ) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

    26 - Missy Higgins (born Melissa Morrison Higgins on August 19, 1983, in Melbourne, Australia) is one of Australia’s most popular female singer-songwriters.

    26 - Amy Winehouse - Amy Jade Winehouse (born 14 September 1983 in London) is an English singer-songwriter, known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including soul, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll and rhythm and blues.

    26 - Miranda Lambert - Miranda Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star.

    25 - Priscilla Ahn (born Priscilla Natalie Hartranft, March 9, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

    25 - Katharine McPhee (Katharine Hope McPhee, born March 25, 1984) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, actress, model, and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the Fox reality show American Idol in 2006, eventually finishing as the runner-up.

    25 - Anna Nalick - Anna Christine Nalick (born March 30, 1984, in Glendora, California), is an U.S. singer-songwriter.

    25 - Jessie Baylin is a Nashville based singer/songwriter born April 4, 1984, in Gillette, New Jersey.

    25 - Mandy Moore - Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer–songwriter, actress and fashion designer.

    25 - Duffy - Aimée Ann Duffy (born 23 June 1984), better known by her stage name Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter.

    25 - Katie Melua - Ketevan "Katie" Melua (Georgia, born 16 September 1984).

    25 - Avril Lavigne - Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley (Belleville, Ontario, 27 september 1984).

    24 - A Fine Frenzy - Alison Sudol (born December 23, 1984), known professionally as A Fine Frenzy is an American alternative singer-songwriter and pianist.

    24 - Melody Gardot (born February 2, 1985 in New Jersey) is an American jazz singer, writer and musician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was disabled at 19 after being struck by a car while riding her bicycle and began writing music after using music to aid her recovery.

    24 - Lily Allen - Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English pop music singer and songwriter.

    23 - Maria Mena (Maria Viktoria Mena, Oslo, Norway, February 19, 1986) is a Norwegian pop-rock singer-songwriter, born into an artistic family, her mother, a playwright and her father, a drummer. Both Maria and her brother Tony are named after characters from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Her mother is Norwegian and her father is Nicaraguan.

    23 - Susanne Sundfør (born 19 March 1986, Haugesund, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She is the granddaughter of language researcher Kjell Aartun. She currently resides in Oslo.

    22 - Kate Nash - Kate Marie Nash (born 6 July 1987) is an English singer-songwriter based in London.

    22 - Amy Macdonald - Amy Macdonald (Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, 25 augustus 1987).

    22 - Florence + The Machine - Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28th August 1987), London, England, UK.

    21 - Adele - Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, born 5 May 1988, is an English soul/jazz singer.

    20 - Sonya Kitchell (Sonya D. Kitchell, born March 1, 1989 in Northampton, Massachusetts) is an American jazz singer-songwriter.

    20 - Taylor Swift - Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country pop singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress.


    (born after 01/01/1990)

    19 - Laura Marling - Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990), is a folk-pop, singer-songwriter from Hampshire, England

    19 - Anja Plaschg (born 5 April 1990), is an Austrian artist better known with her experimental musical project name Soap&Skin. She grew up in a small village called Gnas in south east Styria, where her parents have a farm. She has played piano since she was six. At the age of 14 she began violin studies and developed an interest in electronic music. In 2008 she played German singer Nico in the play "Nico - Sphinx auf Eis" by Werner Fritsch in Berlin and Vienna.


    (not listed)
    (because no favourites of mine).

    Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, ...
    Anastacia, Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, Paris Hilton, ...
    Britney Spears, Christina Aquilera, Shakira, ...
    Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna, ...
    and all other girls alike.
  • The 9513 Last.fm Chart Update (9-13-09)

    Set 15 2009, 21h17 por Carpetbagger513

    Welcome to all our new members, as our group has grown to 114 music fans. The more the merrier, especially when they result in some new faces populating our charts. Naturally, George Strait is the Top Artist of the week, as anything less than a Top 3 finish for King George might send the world spinning off its axis or something. He had 26 listeners for the week, one behind Miranda Lambert, whose second-place finish is her best position ever, if I’m not mistaken. I’d wager this #2 spot is just a taste of what’s to come in a few weeks when the new album is officially released, questionable sonic quality or no. I’ll also guess that she picks up more Top 10 songs that week than she’s ever gotten on the Billboard charts (not that it’s a huge accomplishment — she’s only scored one Top 10 hit in her career over there).

    Brad Paisley comes in third this week with 24 listeners, and then the quartet of Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Lee Ann Womack round out the Top Five with 21 listeners each. Dolly Parton, another famous blonde who gets much love from our group, makes it all the way up to #8 with 20, along with Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood and Brooks & Dunn. Down in the group with 13 listeners are Americana faves Charlie Robison and Steve Earle, along with definitely non-Americana faves Shania Twain and Diamond Rio. Finally, this struck me as rather odd, but only 8 people listened to The Beatles, so our group apparently cares not for fancy remastered albums.

    On the Top Albums chart, Underwood hits #1 with Some Hearts — you know, one of the ones with country music in it. It had 15 listeners. Brad Paisley’s American Saturday Night continues its strong showing with 12 listeners, putting it at #2 along with Taking The Long Way by the Dixie Chicks. Terri Clark’s new one, The Long Way Home, debuted at #4 with 11 listeners. We either have more Canadians in the group than I realized, of Clark left a strong impression on some of her American fans. Just outside of the Top 10 are Rascal Flatts’ Unstoppable, Kelly Clarkson’s Breakaway, Sugarland’s Love On The Inside and Ashton Shepherd’s Sounds So Good with 9 listeners. Your level of traditionalism is directly proportional to how many of those albums you’d consider country music.

    Someone finally knocks Reba and George from the Top Tracks chart, and it ended up being Terri Clark that did it. Eight songs in the Top 10 are hers, with “TocarWhat Happens In Vegas (Follows You Home)” leading the charge with 11. “TocarA Million Ways To Run,” “TocarMerry Go Round” and “TocarIf You Want Fire” are other favorites, all with 9 listeners. Gloriana’s “TocarWild At Heart” and Paisley’s “TocarWelcome To The Future” also managed to sneak in at #2 with 9. Reba manages just one Top Ten track, “Consider Me Gone,” with 8 listeners. Six people apparently made it out to a Best Buy this week to pick up Lambert’s exclusive EP, as her songs “Take It Out On Me,” “Nobody’s Used To Be” and “I Just Really Miss You” all made it to #16. I wasn’t one of those people, but I did buy the EP, and for $2, it’s a no-brainer, especially because you get a $2 coupon for Revolution when it comes out.

    Freebie of the Week: My apologies if this has been posted in the daily news already, but it’s probably worth a repeat if it was. Daytrotter.com, home to a wealth of obscure indie rock music performed live in the Daytrotter studio and available as free downloads, has a 4-song session from Dale Watson. Three of the songs, “TocarDrag N Fly,” “TocarTruck Stop in LaGrange” and “TocarI Got to Drive” are from his Truckin’ Sessions: Volume Two album, while “TocarYellow Mama” appeared on From The Cradle To The Grave. If some of the recent “country” releases aren’t doing it for you, here’s your antidote.