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Joan Baez
American singer, songwriter, musician and activist
1
Fairuz
Lebanese musician
2
Dar Williams
American singer-songwriter
3
Valgeir Sigurðsson
record producer, mixer, composer, engineer and musician from Iceland
4
Najwa Karam
Lebanese singer
5
Hiba Tawaji
Lebanese-Palestinian singer
6
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
7
Majida El Roumi
Lebanese singer
8
Mavis Staples
American singer
9
St. Vincent
American singer-songwriter
10
Janis Joplin
American singer and songwriter
11
Santigold
American singer and songwriter
12
Alabina
French music band
13
Joanna Newsom
American musician
14
Googoosh
Iranian singer and actor
15
Björk
Icelandic singer-songwriter
16
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
17
Maher Zain
Muslim Swedish R&B singer, songwriter and music producer of Lebanese origin
18
She & Him
American musical duo
19
Mimi Fariña
American musician
20
Samira Said
Moroccan singer
21
Sherine Abdel-Wahab
Egyptian Singer and Actress
22
Feist
Canadian singer and musician
23
Elizabeth Fraser
Scottish singer
24
Tarja Turunen
Finnish opera/symphonic rock singer
25
Arcade Fire
indie rock band from Canada
26
Gaby Moreno
Guatemalan singer-songwriter and guitarist
27
Thekra
Tunisian singer
28
Julia Holter
singer-songwriter
29
Maggie Rogers
American singer-songwriter
30
Umm Kulthum
Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress
31
Jessie J
English singer
32
Sufjan Stevens
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
33
Renée Fleming
American opera soprano
34
Elissa
Lebanese singer
35
Lea Salonga
Filipina singer
36
Brandi Carlile
American alternative country and folk rock singer-songwriter
37
Natacha Atlas
Belgian Egyptian-British recording artist, singer
38
Dan Deacon
American musician
39
Anohni
British singer
40
Caroline Polachek
American songwriter and singer
41
Jannat Mahid
Moroccan singer
42
Mirah
American musician
43
Tessanne Chin
Reggae fusion recording artist
44
Linda Thompson
British singer
45
Sia
Australian artist
46
Doro
German singer and frontwoman of Warlock
47
Faudel
French singer
48
Lauryn Hill
American singer
49
Vampire Weekend
american band
50
Hurray for the Riff Raff
American band
51
The National
American indie rock band
52
Savages
English rock band
53
Nana Mouskouri
Greek singer
54
Judith Hill
American singer
55
Loreena McKennitt
Canadian musician and composer
56
Sharon Van Etten
American singer-songwriter
