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Beverley Knight
Beverley Knight
soul singer, songwriter and record producer
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Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield
English singer, songwriter and actress (b.1966)
2
Kiki Dee
Kiki Dee
English pop singer
3
Lulu
Lulu
Scottish singer, actress, and television personality
4
Michael Ball
Michael Ball
English singer and actor
5
Nicki French
Nicki French
British singer
6
ABBA
ABBA
Swedish pop group
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Mary Hopkin
Mary Hopkin
Welsh singer
8
Victoria Wilson-James
Victoria Wilson-James
singer, songwriter, record producer and actress
9
Kelly Llorenna
Kelly Llorenna
English female Euro-trance singer
10
Sonia
Sonia
English pop singer
11
Nerina Pallot
Nerina Pallot
British singer, songwriter and producer
12
Deana Carter
Deana Carter
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13
David Essex
David Essex
actor, Singer, Song Writer
14
Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Welsh singer
15
Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis
British singer-songwriter
16
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton
Scottish recording artist
17
Jaki Graham
Jaki Graham
British singer
18
Siobhan Fahey
Siobhan Fahey
Irish singer, musician, songwriter; known from Banarama and Shakespears Sister
19
Petula Clark
Petula Clark
British actress and singer
20
Jessie J
Jessie J
English singer
21
Estelle
Estelle
British singer-songwriter
22
Ruby Turner
Ruby Turner
British R&B and soul singer, songwriter and actress
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Anastacia
Anastacia
American singer-songwriter
24
Rita Ora
Rita Ora
British singer, songwriter and actress
25
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler
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26
Nina Nesbitt
Nina Nesbitt
Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and musician
27
Sandi Thom
Sandi Thom
Scottish singer
28
Connie Smith
Connie Smith
American country music artist
29
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Imbruglia
British-Australian singer and actor
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Dollar
Dollar
British musical duo
31
Deacon Blue
Deacon Blue
Scottish pop-rock band
32
Melanie C
Melanie C
British singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman
33
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Dickson
Scottish singer and actress, recording artist
34
Maureen McGovern
Maureen McGovern
American recording artist; actress and singer
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Sheila Ferguson
Sheila Ferguson
American soul singer
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Kate Bush
Kate Bush
English musician
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Margo Smith
Margo Smith
US country singer
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Billie Ray Martin
Billie Ray Martin
German singer
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Alison Moyet
Alison Moyet
English and French singer/songwriter
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Judie Tzuke
Judie Tzuke
British singer-songwriter
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t.A.T.u.
t.A.T.u.
Russian music duo
42
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Burke
singer
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Madness
Madness
English ska band
44
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Australian singer
45
Mike Stock
Mike Stock
British record producer, songwriter
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Gary Barlow
Gary Barlow
English musician
47
Pixie Lott
Pixie Lott
English singer and songwriter, actress
48
Marcella Detroit
Marcella Detroit
American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter
49
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
English singer
50
Kirsty MacColl
Kirsty MacColl
English singer and songwriter
51
Kimberley Walsh
Kimberley Walsh
singer-songwriter
52
Kelis
Kelis
American singer–songwriter
53
Donna Summer
Donna Summer
American singer and songwriter
54
Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton
English singer, songwriter, media personality and actress
55
Jocelyn Brown
Jocelyn Brown
American musician
56
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips
American R&B/soul band
57
Graham Lyle
Graham Lyle
Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
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Heidi Range
Heidi Range
British musician
59
Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton
American R&B singer-songwriter
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Yazoo
Yazoo
British synthpop duo
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Martha Wash
Martha Wash
American singer
62
Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman
British soprano, musical theatre actress, and dancer
63
Mai Kuraki
Mai Kuraki
Japanese J-pop singer (1982-)
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Kissing the Pink
Kissing the Pink
British band
65
Cristy Lane
Cristy Lane
American musician
66
Vera Lynn
Vera Lynn
British singer (1917-2020)
67
Westlife
Westlife
Irish boy band
68
Johnny Pearson
Johnny Pearson
British composer, orchestra leader and pianist (1925-2011)
69
Hazell Dean
Hazell Dean
British dance-pop singer
70
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
American singer and songwriter
71
Eurythmics
Eurythmics
British music duo
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Basia
Basia
Polish singer
73
Dina Carroll
Dina Carroll
English singer of Scottish and African American heritage
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Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
American musician
75
Tony Christie
Tony Christie
English musician, singer and actor
76
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
English pop singer
77
Raye
Raye
British recording artist; singer-songwriter
78
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
British singer
79
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Scottish singer and songwriter
80
Juliet Roberts
Juliet Roberts
British musician
Lena Martell
Scottish singer

Lena Martell

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Scottish singer
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Lena Martell (born Helen Thomson; 15 May 1940, Possilpark, Glasgow) is a British singer, with a long career in theatre, television and musicals. She has recorded thirty albums which include the number one UK single with "One Day at a Time" in 1979.

She began singing at the age of 11 with her eldest brother's band. She became a singer for the Jimmie McGregor Band at the Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow. After his untimely death, she decided to pursue a career in music as a tribute. She released a number of standards in the 1970s on the Pye record label, drew crowds at cabarets and concert halls and became a major recording star with silver, gold and platinum awards. Her cover of the song "One Day at a Time", written by Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson, reached the top of the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in November 1979. She placed six albums in the UK Albums Chart between 1974 and 1980, including four that reached the Top 20.

In the 1970 and 1980s her Saturday Night TV shows for BBC Television ran over a period of ten years, with evening audiences of over 12 million. Moving to the US she sang in New York and Las Vegas with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and others and toured the world performing in concert halls. She has starred in musicals in Broadway, first when deputising for Barbra Streisand, and headlining in London`s West End theatres. Her successes at London Palladium equalled the box office of Shirley MacLaine and Bette Midler.

Although out of the limelight for a period while nursing her sick mother, Martell returned to the music industry. She has released a few albums on the ScotDisc label. Her double album One Day at a Time: An Anthology of Song was released on Castle Records in 2003.