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Missy Raines
American musician
1
Ivie Anderson
American jazz singer
2
Rose Maddox
American musician
3
Alison Krauss
American bluegrass-country singer-songwriter and musician
4
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
5
Janie Fricke
American country singer
6
Marlene VerPlanck
American singer
7
Dianne Reeves
American jazz singer
8
Gail Davies
American singer-songwriter
9
Preston Love
American saxophonist
10
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
11
The Isaacs
Bluegrass Southern Gospel Group
12
Miki Howard
American singer, actress
13
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
14
Beth Nielsen Chapman
American singer-songwriter
15
Nancy Wilson
American singer (1937-2018)
16
Karrin Allyson
American jazz vocalist
17
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
18
Laura Lee
American singer
19
Kay Starr
American singer
20
Drink Small
African American soul blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
21
Maxine Sullivan
American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)
22
Donna Hightower
American soul singer (1926-2013)
23
Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
24
Lynn Davis
American musician
25
Kat Bjelland
American musician
26
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
27
June Millington
American musician
28
Jeri Southern
American singer
29
Cissy Houston
American singer
30
Laurie Lewis
American musician
31
Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
32
Diana Ross
American vocalist, music artist and actress
33
LaToya London
American actress and singer
34
Sonya Isaacs
American country singer
35
Sloan Wainwright
American musician
36
Abbey Lincoln
American singer (1930-2010)
37
Laura Nyro
American musician and songwriter
38
Martha Reeves
American singer and politician
39
Barbara Lynn
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
40
Rhonda Vincent
American musician
41
Laura Mvula
British recording artist, songwriter and composer
42
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
43
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
44
Natalie Cole
American singer and songwriter
45
Lina
American musician
46
Tammi Terrell
American singer–songwriter
47
Alison Brown
American musician
48
Melissa Manchester
American singer and actress
49
Laura Fygi
Dutch jazz singer
50
Syreeta Wright
American singer-songwriter
51
Amy Helm
American singer-songwriter
52
Rita Hosking
American musician
53
Diana Krall
Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist
54
Minnie Driver
English-American actress and singer-songwriter
55
Lynn Anderson
American country music singer (1947-2015)
56
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
57
Eden Atwood
American actor and singer
58
Rita Coolidge
American singer
59
Bebel Gilberto
Brazilian-American singer
60
Marlena Shaw
American singer
61
Norah Jones
American singer, songwriter and pianist
