Greatest ROCK female singers of all times
Mark the singers you like with (+) or (♥), mark the rest with (–) or (♣).
– Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)
– Nico (Nico)
– Diamanda Galas (Diamanda Galas)
– Hope Nicholls (Fetchin Bones)
♥ Enya (Enya)
– Janis Joplin (Janis Joplin)
– Patti Smith (Patti Smith)
– Mary Margaret O’Hara (Mary Margaret O’Hara)
♥ Bjork (Bjork)
– Kat Bjelland (Babes In Toyland)
– Elizabeth Frazer (Cocteau Twins)
– Laura Nyro (Laura Nyro)
– Mia Zapata (Gits)
♥ Sinead O’Connor
– Exene Cervenka (X)
– Phoebe Snow
– Joni Mitchell (Joni Mitchell)
– Loreena McKennitt
– Anna Homler
– Azita Youssefi (Scissor Girls)
– Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces)
– Muffin Spencere (Brassy)
– Neko Case
– Karen Lee Orzelek
– Anneli Marian Drecker (Bel Canto)
♥ Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance)
♥ Tori Amos
– Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs)
– Carrie Akre (Hammerbox, Goodness)
– Gilly Smyth (Gong)
– Mimi Goose (Hugo Largo)
– Leslie Rankine (Silverfish, Ruby)
– Thalia Zedek (Live Skull)
– Dagmar Krause (Art Bears)
– Tina Turner
– Nina Hagen
– Lynda Stipe (Hetch Hetchy)
♥ Delores O’Riordan (Cranberries)
– Rickie Lee Jones
– Sarah Shannon (Velocity Girl)
– Tara Key (Antietam)
– Madonna
– Polly Harvey
– Annette Peacock
– Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields)
– Fiona Apple
– Terry Garthwaite
– Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
♥ Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
– Mary Chapin Carpenter
– Agnetha Faltskog (Abba)
– Liz Phair
– Kim Carnes
– Joan Armatrading
– Bonnie Raitt
– Poly Styrene (X Ray Spex)
– Lydia Lunch
– Linda Ronstadt
– Melissa Etheridge
– Sheila Chandra
– Harriet Wheeler (Sundays)
– Joan Jett
– Neneh Cherry
– Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne)
– Nanci Griffith
– Emmylou Harris
– Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)
♥ Courtney Love (Hole)
– Gloria Gaynour
– Grace Jones
– Jarboe (Swans)
– Kate Pierson (B52’s)
– Tanya Donelly (Belly)
– Ani Di Franco
– Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)
– Thelma Houston
– Sandy Denny
– Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)
– Kate Bush
– Anneli Marian Drecker (Bel Canto)
♥ Sade
♥ Shirley Manson (Garbage)
– Lida Husik
– Carla Torgeson (Walkabouts)
– Mimi Goese (Hugo Largo)
– Natacha Atlas (Transglobal Underground)
– Amy Denio (Tone Dogs)
– Jane Siberry
– Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux)
– Laetitia “Seaya” Sadier (Stereolab)
– Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
♥ Nina Persson (Cardigans)
– Whitney Houston
– Diana Ross (Supremes)
– Skin (Skunk Anansie)
– Lauryn Hill
– Suzanne Vega
– Joan Baez
– Donna Summer
– Naomi Yang (Damon & Naomi)
– Kelly Hogan (Jody Grind)
– Georgia Hubley (Yo La Tengo)
– Wanda Jackson
– Darlene Love (Crystals)
– Kristen Hersh (Throwing Muses)
– Siouxsie Sioux
– Carole King
– Maria McKee
– Isabel Monteiro (Drugstore)
– Mariah Carey
♥ Annie Lennox
– Maria Azevedo (Battery)
– Martha Reeves
– Amelia Fletcher (Heavenly)
– Mary Weiss (Shangri-las)
– Agnetha Asa Faltskog (Abba)
– Louise Rhodes (Lamb)
– Dusty Springfield
♥ Sheryl Crow
– Bonnie Tyler
– Sheena Easton
– Celine Dion
The list taken from scaruffi.com.
Feel free to add singers that you do not see in the list.
Greatest ROCK male singers of all times
Mark the singers you like with (+) or (♥), mark the rest with (–) or (♣).
– Tim Buckley (Tim Buckley)
– David Thomas (Pere Ubu)
– Captain Beefheart (Captain Beefheart)
– Mark Stewart (Pop Group)
♥ Jim Morrison (Doors)
– Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine)
– Tom Waits (Tom Waits)
– Nick Cave (Nick Cave)
– Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones)
– John Brannon (Laughing Hyenas)
♥ Henry Rollins
– Dennes Boon (Minutemen)
♥ Michael Stipe (REM)
– Roger Chapman (Family)
– Guy Picciotto (Fugazi)
♥ Joey Ramone (Ramones)
– Eric Burdon (Animals)
– Axl Rose (Guns And Roses)
– Lux Interior (Cramps)
– Shannon Selberg (Cows)
– Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)
– Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
– Jeffrey Lee Pierce (Gun Club)
– Van Morrison
– Mike Patton (Faith No More)
– Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
– Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu)
– Bob Dylan
– Bob Mould (Husker Du)
– Paul Westerberg (Replacements)
– Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse)
– Alan Dubins (Khanate)
– Johnny Whitney (Blood Brothers)
– Serj Tankian (System Of A Down)
– Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
– Ade Blackburn (Clinic)
– Luke Jenner (Rapture)
– Ollie Browne (Art Of Fighting)
– Roger Daltrey (Who)
– Bon Scott (AC/DC)
– Johnny Lydon (Sex Pistols)
I– ggy Pop (Stooges)
– Alan Vega (Suicide)
– Damo Suzuki (Can)
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
– Joe Strummer (Clash)
– Prince
– Chris Connelly
– Jon Spencer
– Roy Orbison
Lou Reed
– Little Richard
– David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven)
♥ Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
– Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music)
– John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
– John Martyn
– Richard Manuel (Band)
– Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
– Ian Svenonius (Nation Of Ulysses)
– Paul Rodgers (Free)
– David Yow (Scratch Acid, Jesus Lizard)
– Chris Eckman (Walkabouts)
♥ Freddie Mercury (Queen)
– Perry Farrell (Jane’s Addiction)
– Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum)
– Tod Ashley (Cop Shoot Cop)
– Gibby Haines (Butthole Surfers)
– Peter Searcy (Squirrel Bait, Big Wheel)
– Peter Hammill (VDG)
– Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
– Craig Wedren (Shudder To Think)
– Chino Moreno (Deftones)
– Steve Winwood (Traffic)
– Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees)
– Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters)
– Yamatsuka Eye (Boredoms)
– Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo)
– Stan Ridgeway (Wall of Voodoo)
– Demetrio Stratos (Area)
– Mick Collins (Blacktop, Dirtbombs)
♥ Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
– Sooyoung Park (Bitch Magnet, Seam)
– Donald Fagen (Steely Dan)
– Mark Oliver Everett (Eels)
– Nick Sakes (Dazzling Killmen, Colossamite)
– Jonathan Davis (Korn)
– David Bowie
♥ Bono Vox (U2)
– Eddie Cochran
– Al Johnson (US Maple)
– Jeff Pezzati (Naked Raygun)
– Evan Dando (Lemonheads)
– Gram Parsons
♥ Joe Cocker
– Rod Stewart
– Jerry Lee Lewis
♥ Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
– Don Henley (Eagles)
– Chris Robinson (Black Crowes)
– Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers)
– Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips)
– Stuart Staples (Tindersticks)
– Dion DiMucci
♥ Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
– Steve Harwell (Smash Mouth)
– Steve Tyler (Aerosmith)
– Adam Duritz (Counting Crows)
♥ Zack De La Rocha (Rage Against The Machine)
– Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind)
– Fred Durst
– Alain Jourgensen (Ministry)
– Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
– Damon Locks (Trenchmouth)
– Morrissey (Smiths)
♥ Richard Ashcroft (Verve)
– Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
– John Garcia (Kyuss)
– Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
– Peter Murphy (Bauhaus)
– Elvis Presley
♥ Bob Marley
– Paul McCartney (Beatles)
♥ Michael Jackson
♥ John Lennon (Beatles)
The last three only because they are very famous: there are hundreds of less famous singers who should be listed if we list those three.
The list taken from scaruffi.com.
Feel free to add singers that you do not see in the list.
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