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

A

• Lee Aaron
• Pearl Aday
• Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
• Sade Adu
• Agent M (Tsunami Bomb)
• Nanase Aikawa
• Dot Allison
• Zayra Alvarez
• Amber
• Vanessa Amorosi
• Tori Amos
• Christina Amphlett (Divinyls)
• Diana Anaid
• Emma Anderson (Lush)
• Brett Anderson (The Donnas)
• Laurie Anderson
• Signe Toly Anderson (Jefferson Airplane)
• Anouk
• Sarah Anthony (The Letter Black)
• Fiona Apple
• Tasmin Archer
• Joan Armatrading
• Stephanie Ashworth (Something for Kate)
• Aylin Aslim
• Nicole Atkins
• Melissa Auf der Maur (Auf der Maur, Hole)
• Caroline Azar (Fifth Column)

B

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

C

• Kathryn Calder (Immaculate Machine, The New Pornographers)
• Alexx Calise
• Lydia Canaan
• Dinah Cancer (45 Grave, Dinah Cancer and the Grave Robbers)
• Belinda Carlisle (The Go-Go's)
• Vanessa Carlton
• Kim Carnes
• Rachel Carns (The Need, King Cobra)
• Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters)
• Lisa Crystal Carver (Suckdog)
• Neko Case (The New Pornographers, Maow)
• Cassidy (Antigone Rising)
• Exene Cervenka (X, Original Sinners)
• Tracy Chapman
• Cher
• Toni Childs
• Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields)
• Carah Faye Charnow (Shiny Toy Guns)
• Régine Chassagne (Arcade Fire)
• Alisa Childers (ZOEgirl)
• Melanie Chisholm (Melanie C)
• Agnieszka Chylińska (O.N.A.)
• Madonna Louise Ciccone (Madonna)
• Chantal Claret (Morningwood)
• Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
• Kelly Clarkson
• Daisy Coburn (Daisy Dares You)
• Lisa Coleman (Wendy & Lisa)
• Chi Coltrane
• Andrea Corr (The Corrs)
• Sharon Corr (The Corrs)
• Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast)
• Nikka Costa
• Chrissy Costanza (Against the Current)
• Josie Cotton
• Jayne County
• Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne)
• Beverley Craven
• Melora Creager (Rasputina)
• Sheryl Crow
• Allison Crowe
• Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean)
• Alannah Currie (Thompson Twins, Babble)
• Cherie Currie (The Runaways, Cherie & Marie Currie)
• Marie Currie (Cherie & Marie Currie)
• Miley Cyrus

D

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

E

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

F

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

G

• Diamanda Galas
• Janet Gardner (Vixen; mid-1980s)
• Suzi Gardner (L7)
• KatieJane Garside (Daisy Chainsaw, Queenadreena)
• Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes)
• Anna Gerasimova
• Lisa Germano (Eels)
• Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
• Debbie Gibson
• Donna Godchaux
• Goldy Locks
• Holly Golightly (Thee Headcoatees)
• Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth, Free Kitten, Harry Crews)
• Lesley Gore
• Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)
• Rachel Goswell (Slowdive, Mojave 3)
• Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!)
• Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + the Plastics)
• Jemma Griffiths (Jem)
• Clare Grogan (Altered Images)
• Lyndsey Gunnulfsen (PVRIS)

H

• Nina Hagen (The Nina Hagen Band)
• Danielle Haim (Haim)
• Emily Haines (Broken Social Scene, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton and Metric)
• Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
• Toni Halliday (Curve)
• Bianca Halstead (Betty Blowtorch, Butt Trumpet)
• Ayumi Hamasaki
• Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo)
• Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, The Julie Ruin)
• Lisa Hannigan
• Annie Hardy (Giant Drag)
• Sarah Harmer (The Saddletramps, Weeping Tile)
• Emmylou Harris
• Debbie Harry (Blondie)
• Beth Hart
• PJ Harvey
• Annie Haslam (Renaissance)
• Juliana Hatfield (Blake Babies, The Lemonheads)
• Charlotte Hatherley (Ash)
• Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto)
• Imogen Heap (Frou Frou)
• Christy Hemme
• Nona Hendryx
• Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux)
• Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave)
• Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)
• Ella Hooper (Killing Heidi)
• Horse
• Penelope Houston (The Avengers)
• Jenny Hoyston (Erase Errata)
• Laura Hubert (Leslie Spit Treeo)
• Anne-Marie Hurst (Skeletal Family, Ghost Dance)
• Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)

I

• Maja Ivarsson (The Sounds)
• Debora Iyall (Romeo Void)
• Laura Imbruglia
• Natalie Imbruglia
• Izïa

J

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

K

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

L

• Patti LaBelle
• Lachi
• Martha Ladly (Martha and the Muffins, The Associates)
• LaFee
• Shona Laing
• Nomy Lamm
• Anita Lane
• Lana Lane
• Robin Lane
• Storm Large
• Liz Larin
• Cyndi Lauper
• Lindsay Lohan
• Dyanna Lauren (Thousand Year Itch)
• Lauren Laverne (Kenickie)
• Avril Lavigne
• Noelle LeBlanc (Damone)
• Jen Ledger (Skillet (band))
• Brenda Lee
• Rita Lee (Os Mutantes)
• Sook-Yin Lee (Bob's Your Uncle)
• Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)
• Adrianne Leon
• Katrina Leskanich (Katrina and the Waves)
• Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins)
• Juliette Lewis (Juliette and the Licks)
• Susanne Lewis (Hail, Thinking Plague)
• Little Annie
• Little Eva
• Cristina Llanos (Dover)
• Lisa Lobsinger (Broken Social Scene, Reverie Sound Revue)
• Lisa Loeb
• Lora Logic (X-Ray Spex, Essential Logic, Red Krayola)
• Mary Lou Lord
• Ruth Lorenzo
• Inger Lorre (The Nymphs)
• Bonnie Lou
• Sara Lov (Devics)
• Courtney Love (Hole)
• Darlene Love
• Lovefoxxx (CSS)
• Lene Lovich
• Pearl Lowe (Powder)
• Lulu
• Lydia Lunch (Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Beirut Slump, 8-Eyed Spy, Harry Crews)
• Michelle Luttenberger (Luttenberger*Klug)
• Annabella Lwin (Bow Wow Wow)

M

• Mariqueen Maandig (How To Destroy Angels)
• Kirsty MacColl
• Amy Macdonald
• Maggie MacDonald (Republic of Safety, Kids on TV, Barcelona Pavilion)
• Lois Maffeo
• Leslie Mah (Anti-Scrunti Faction)
• Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead)
• Michelle Malone
• Aimee Mann ('Til Tuesday)
• Barbara Manning
• Shirley Manson (Garbage, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, Angelfish)
• April March
• Ida Maria
• Marjo
• Chan Marshall (Cat Power)
• Dorothy Martin (Dorothy)
• Janis Martin
• Hayley Mary (The Jezabels)
• Carolyne Mas
• Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters)
• Cerys Matthews (Catatonia)
• Leigh Matty (Romeo's Daughter)
• Imelda May
• Kim McAuliffe (Girlschool)
• Denise McCann (Headpins)
• Jenna McDougall (Tonight Alive)
• Elizabeth McGrath (Miss Derringer)
• Frances McKee
• Maria McKee
• Sarah McLeod (The Superjesus)
• Sarah McLachlan
• Holly McNarland
• Sylvia McNeill
• Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
• Fleming McWilliams (Fleming and John)
• Wendy Melvoin (Wendy & Lisa)
• Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs)
• Olivia Merilahti (The Dø)
• Tift Merritt
• Krystal Meyers
• Riki Michele
• Bette Midler
• Amy Millan (Stars, Broken Social Scene)
• June Millington (Fanny)
• Darby Mills (Headpins)
• Kylie Minogue
• Rachel Minton (Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer)
• Holly Miranda (The Jealous Girlfriends)
• Joni Mitchell
• Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless)
• Betty Moon
• Alecia Beth Moore (P!nk)
• Rebecca Moore
• Lisa Moorish
• Alanis Morissette
• Patricia Morrison (Bags, Legal Weapon, The Gun Club, The Sisterhood, The Damned)
• Lisa Moorish
• Dorothy Moskowitz (The United States of America)
• Alison Mosshart (Discount, The Kills, The Dead Weather)
• Alison Moyet (Yazoo)
• Lennon Murphy
• Pauline Murray (Penetration)
• Billie Myers
• Alannah Myles

N

• Mika Nakashima
• Michie Nakatani (Shonen Knife)
• Terra Naomi
• Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
• Leigh Bingham Nash (Sixpence None the Richer)
• Sandra Nasic (Guano Apes)
• Ednita Nazario
• Nena
• Anastacia Newkirk (Anastacia)
• Juice Newton
• Olivia Newton-John
• Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
• Nico
• Ninja (The Go! Team)
• Sarah Nixey (Black Box Recorder)
• Stina Nordenstam
• Tone Norum
• Kasia Nosowska (Hey)
• Heather Nova
• Terri Nunn (Berlin)
• Laura Nyro

O

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

P

• Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls)
• Vanessa Paradis
• Dolly Parton
• Annette Peacock
• Jemina Pearl (Be Your Own Pet)
• Laura Pergolizzi (LP)
• Katy Perry
• Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes)
• Nina Persson (The Cardigans, Sparklehorse, A Camp)
• Vicki Peterson (The Bangles)
• Vanessa Petruo
• Kembra Pfahler (The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black)
• Liz Phair
• Britta Phillips (Luna)
• Michelle Phillips (The Mamas & the Papas)
• Phranc (Nervous Gender, Catholic Discipline)
• Kate Pierson (The B-52's)
• Pitty
• Poe
• Tamala Poljak (Longstocking)
• Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
• Cassadee Pope (Hey Monday)
• Louise Post (Veruca Salt)
• Grace Potter (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)
• Cat Power
• Preslava
• Lisa Marie Presley
• Anne Preven
• Lindsay Price

Q

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

R

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

S

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

T

• Koko Taylor
• Maria Taylor (Azure Ray, Now It's Overhead)
• Susan Tedeschi
• Özlem Tekin
• Keiko Terada (Show-Ya)
• Texas Terri
• Tanita Tikaram
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Kristy Thirsk (Delerium, Rose Chronicles)
• Sandi Thom
• Irma Thomas
• Linda Thompson
• Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl)
• Tiffany
• Mary Timony (Helium, Autoclave, Wild Flag)
• Martina Topley-Bird
• Emilíana Torrini
• Rachel Trachtenburg (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
• Sisely Treasure (Shiny Toy Guns)
• Lindsey Troy (Deap Vally)
• Jen Trynin
• Anna Tsuchiya
• Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney)
• KT Tunstall
• Tina Turner
• Tarja Turunen
• Bonnie Tyler
• Judie Tzuke

U

• Ari Up (The Slits, New Age Steppers)
• Carrie Underwood

V

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

W

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

Y

• Naoko Yamano (Shonen Knife)
• Rachael Yamagata
• Kim Yoon-ah (Jaurim)
• Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde)^[1]
• Astrid Young

Z

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