Female singers with a powerful voice
by davidaward22296 | created - 04 Feb 2018 | updated - 04 Feb 2018 | Public
1. Whitney Houston
Soundtrack | The Bodyguard
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston (née Emily Lee Drinkard) and John Russell Houston, Jr., and cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick.
She began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope ...
2. Mariah Carey
Soundtrack | Glitter
Mariah Carey was born in Long Island, New York on March 27, 1969. Her parents are Patricia Hickey (Irish-American) and Alfred Roy Carey (African-American/Venezuelan). Mariah attended Greenlawn's Harborfields High School. In June 1990, Mariah made her debut with her self-titled album, Mariah Carey ...
3. Céline Dion
Soundtrack | Titanic
Hailing from the small town of Charlemagne, Québec, Céline Dion has become one of the all-time greatest singers. Céline was born in 1968, the youngest of 14 children. Early in childhood, she sang with her siblings in a small club owned by her parents. From these early experiences, Céline gained the...
4. Lara Fabian
Soundtrack | A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lara Fabian was born on January 9, 1970 in Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium. She is a composer and actress, known for A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) and De-Lovely (2004). She has been married to Gabriel di Giorgio since June 27, 2013.
5. Beyoncé
Soundtrack | Dreamgirls
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas. Her mom, Tina Knowles designs their glittering costumes & her dad, Mathew Knowles manages Destiny's Child. Solange, her sister (they're 4 years apart) has released her debut album. She dances with her big sister during DC-3 ...
6. Alicia Keys
Soundtrack | The Secret Life of Bees
Alicia Keys was born in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, to Terria Joseph (née Teresa M. Augello), a paralegal who was also an occasional actress, and Craig Cook, a flight attendant. Her father is African-American and her mother, who is Caucasian, is of Italian and English/Irish/Scottish ancestry. Alicia...
7. Christina Aguilera
Soundtrack | The Voice
Christina Maria Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980 in Staten Island, New York City, New York to musician Shelly Loraine Fidler Kearns and U.S. Army sergeant Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera Monge. Her father is Ecuadorian and her mother, who is American-born, has Welsh, Dutch and German ancestry. ...
8. Adele
Soundtrack | Skyfall
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born May 5, 1988) is a British singer-songwriter who has sold millions of albums worldwide and won a total of 15 Grammys as well as an Oscar. Adele's first two albums, 19 and 21, earned her critical praise and a level of commercial success unsurpassed among her peers. ...
9. Demi Lovato
Soundtrack | Camp Rock
Demi Lovato is a GRAMMY-nominated and award-winning musician, actor, advocate and New York Times best-selling author. She was first known for her onscreen talents, and soon after became a musical phenomenon for her remarkable vocal ability. With an audience of over 266 million on social media, Demi...
10. Ariana Grande
Soundtrack | Don't Look Up
Ariana Grande was born Ariana Grande-Butera on June 26, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida to Joan Grande, a chief executive officer for Hose-McCann Communications & Edward Butera, a graphic designer, photographer, artist and Ibi Designs Inc. owner/founder. She starred in the 2008 musical, 13 before ...
11. Perrie Edwards
Soundtrack | Pitch Perfect 2
Perrie Edwards was born on July 10, 1993 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), Little Mix Feat. Sharaya J: Strip (2018) and The Best Man Holiday (2013).
12. Dinah Jane
Actress | The After Party
Dinah Jane was born on June 22, 1997 in Santa Ana, California, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The After Party (2018), Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla Sign: Work from Home (2016) and Fifth Harmony Feat. Kid Ink: Worth It (2015).
13. Rita Ora
Actress | Fifty Shades of Grey
Rita Ora is a British singer-songwriter. She was born Rita Sahatçiu Ora in 1990 in Pristina, Kosovo, to Vera (Bajraktari) and Besnik Sahatçiu. She is a granddaughter of director Besim Sahatçiu. At age one, her family decided to move to the United Kingdom. She grew up in West London and attended St ...
14. JoJo
Actress | Aquamarine
JoJo was born Joanna Noëlle Levesque on December 20, 1990 in Brattleboro, Vermont and raised in Foxborough, Massachusetts to Diana Lynn Levesque (née Blagden) & Joel Maurice Levesque. She has Polish, English, Irish & Scottish ancestry on Diana's side and French-Canadian ancestry on Joel's side. Her...
15. Tori Kelly
Soundtrack | Sing
Tori Kelly was born on December 14, 1992 in Wildomar, California, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Sing (2016), Sing 2 (2021) and Jerry and Marge Go Large (2022). She has been married to André Murillo since May 19, 2018.
16. Louisa Johnson
Actress | Clean Bandit Feat. Louisa Johnson: Tears
Louisa Johnson was born on January 11, 1998 in Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Clean Bandit Feat. Louisa Johnson: Tears (2016), Jonas Blue & Louisa Johnson: Always Be There (2022) and Jonas Blue & Louisa Johnson: Always Be There (Acoustic Version) (2022).
17. Leona Lewis
Soundtrack | Avatar
Leona Lewis was born on April 3, 1985 in Islington, London, England, UK. She is a music artist and actress, known for Avatar (2009), No Strings Attached (2011) and Sex and the City 2 (2010). She has been married to Dennis Jauch since July 27, 2019. They have one child.
18. Miley Cyrus
Soundtrack | Hannah Montana
Miley Ray Cyrus was born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992 in Franklin, Tennessee and raised in Thompson's Station, Tennessee to Tish Cyrus & Billy Ray Cyrus. She has five siblings - two half-brothers, a half-sister, and a younger brother and sister. Her parents named her because they hoped ...
19. Pixie Lott
Soundtrack | Beastly
Pixie Lott was born on January 12, 1991 in Bromley, London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Beastly (2011), The Inbetweeners (2011) and Fred: The Movie (2010). She has been married to Oliver Cheshire since June 6, 2022. They have one child.
20. Tamar Braxton
Actress | Being Mary Jane
Tamar Braxton was born on March 17, 1977 in Severn, Maryland, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Being Mary Jane (2013), Gangland: The Musical (2018) and Kingdom Business (2022). She was previously married to Vince Herbert and Delite Allamby.
21. Dua Lipa
Soundtrack | Barbie
Dua Lipa is an English singer, songwriter, and model. Her musical career began at age 14, when she began covering songs by other artists on YouTube. In 2015, she was signed with Warner Music Group and released her first single soon after. In December 2016, a documentary about Lipa was commissioned ...
22. Bebe Rexha
Soundtrack | Abominable
Bleta "Bebe" Rexha was born on August 30, 1989 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York and raised in Staten Island, New York City, New York to Bukurije Rexha (née Isai) & Flamur Rexha. Her dad immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 21. In the Albanian language, bletë means "bee"; and she explained "My ...
23. Aretha Franklin
Actress | The Blues Brothers
Grammy-winning Queen of Soul and the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Barbara Vernice (Siggers) and C. L. Franklin, a Baptist minister, who preached at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit for over thirty ...
24. Cher
Actress | Moonstruck
The beat goes on ... and on ... and as strong as ever for this superstar entertainer who has well surpassed the half-century mark while improbably transforming herself from an artificial, glossy "flashionplate" singer into a serious, Oscar-worthy, dramatic actress ... and back again! With more ups ...
25. Katy Perry
Actress | The Smurfs
Katy Perry was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California to Mary Christine Hudson (née Perry) & Maurice Keith Hudson. She has a big sister named Angela & a little brother named David, and has English, Portuguese, German, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Her ...
26. Lady Gaga
Soundtrack | A Star Is Born
Lady Gaga, born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, is an American songwriter, singer, actress, philanthropist, dancer and fashion designer.
Gaga was born on March 28, 1986 in Manhattan, New York City, to Cynthia Louise (Bissett), a philanthropist and business executive, and Joseph Anthony ...
27. Zara Larsson
Soundtrack | Klaus
Zara Maria Larsson was born on 16 December, 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden at the 'Stockholm University Hospital' to Agnetha and Anders Larsson. Her delivery was a difficult one as she was entangled in the umbilical cord and couldn't breathe due to lack of oxygen.
Zara has a younger sister, Hanna Larsson...
28. Patti LaBelle
Soundtrack | Miami Vice
Patti LaBelle was born Patricia Louise Holte on May 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Patti began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer of the band Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. A decade later the group changed their name to Labelle and recorded the hit song "Lady Marmalade". Patti...
29. Nicole Scherzinger
Soundtrack | Moana
Nicole Scherzinger was born on June 29, 1978 in Honolulu & raised in Louisville, Kentucky. While attending a performing arts high school, she won the Coca-Cola Classic Talent Contest & performed in many plays at The Actors Theatre of Louisville. She then furthered her studies, majoring in theater ...
30. Ally Brooke
Actress | High Expectations
Ally Brooke was born on July 7, 1993 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for High Expectations (2022), Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla Sign: Work from Home (2016) and Fifth Harmony Feat. Kid Ink: Worth It (2015).
31. Tiffany Evans
Actress | Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Tiffany Evans was born on August 4, 1992 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Brother's Grim. She was previously married to Lorenzo Henderson.
32. Karina Pasian
Actress | Unrealistic
Karina Pasian is known for Unrealistic (2015), Vacaciones (2023) and Mummies (2023).
33. Jessica Sanchez
Soundtrack | American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
Jessica Sanchez was born on August 4, 1995 in Chula Vista, California, USA. She is an actress, known for American Idol (2002), Glee (2009) and The Clash (2018).
34. Meghan Trainor
Soundtrack | Meghan Trainor: All About That Bass
Meghan Trainor is a Grammy-winning American pop singer known for such smash hits as "Lips Are Moving" and "All About That Bass." Born on December 22, 1993, Meghan Trainor was raised on Nantucket Island and spent her childhood surrounding herself with music, learning to play various instruments and ...
35. Alannah Myles
Actress | Alannah Myles: Black Velvet
Alannah Myles was born on December 25, 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and composer, known for Alannah Myles: Black Velvet (1990), Alannah Myles: Our World, Our Times and The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020).
36. Etta James
Soundtrack | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Etta James is an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz, gospel. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as "The Wallflower", "At Last", "Tell Mama", "Something's Got a Hold on Me", and "I'd Rather Go Blind". She faced a ...
37. Sia
Soundtrack | Sia: Chandelier
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer, songwriter, record producer and music video director. She started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s in Adelaide. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she released her debut studio album titled ...
38. Morissette
Soundtrack | Everything About Her
Johanne Morissette Daug Amon (born June 2, 1996), better known by her stage name, Morissette, and frequently also referred to as Morissette Amon, is a Filipino singer, songwriter, producer, and actress. Born and raised in Cebu, Morissette first rose to prominence when she finished runner-up on TV5'...
39. Jessie J
Soundtrack | Ice Age: Collision Course
Jessie J (Jessica Ellen Cornish) was born in Redbridge, London on March 27, 1988. She went to Colins Performing Arts School as a child and when she was 11 she was cast in Andrew Lloyd Weber's musica "Whistle Down the Wind". When she was 17 she joined a girl group and soon after was signed as a solo...
40. Monica
Soundtrack | Big Momma's House
Monica Arnold was born October 24, 1980, in Oak Park, Georgia, to Marilyn Best, a church singer and airline customer service representative, and M.C. "Billy" Arnold, Jr., a mechanic. At the age of four, she began singing in her local church choir. After entering many talent shows, Monica was ...
41. Brandy Norwood
Actress | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Brandy Norwood is an African-American singer-songwriter and actress from McComb, Mississippi. She is known for her roles in Moesha, Osmosis Jones and Cinderella. She has released many R&B albums and singles since the 1990s. She is known as "The Vocal Bible". She gave birth to a daughter named ...
42. Keyshia Cole
Soundtrack | Mission: Impossible III
Keyshia Cole was born on October 15, 1981 in Oakland, California, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Mission: Impossible III (2006), Step Up (2006) and Coach Carter (2005). She was previously married to Daniel Gibson.
43. Coco Jones
Actress | Vampires vs. the Bronx
Courtney Michaela Ann "Coco" Jones was born on January 4, 1998 in Columbia, South Carolina and raised in Lebanon, Tennessee to Javonda Antenessia Jones (née Floyd), a session vocalist & Mike Jones, a former NFL player. She rose to prominence starring in the Disney Channel film, Let It Shine (2012) ...
44. China Anne McClain
Actress | Hubie Halloween
China Anne McClain comes from an artistic family. Her father, Michael McClain, is a music producer, vocalist, writer and sound engineer. His first production was on Beyonce's younger sister, Solange Knowles (Solo Star CD - track no.16 entitled Sky Away). China Anne's mother, Shontell, is also a ...
45. Mary J. Blige
Soundtrack | Mudbound
Mary J. Blige was born on January 11, 1971 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Mudbound (2017), Rock of Ages (2012) and The Help (2011). She was previously married to Kendu Isaacs.
46. Jazmine Sullivan
Soundtrack | tick, tick...BOOM!
Jazmine Sullivan was born on April 9, 1987 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for tick, tick... BOOM! (2021), Just Wright (2010) and Step Up 3D (2010).
47. Jordin Sparks
Actress | Sparkle
Jordin Brianna Sparks was born on December 22, 1989 in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Glendale, Arizona & Ridgewood, New Jersey. She was born to Jodi Beth Wiedmann & Phillippi Sparks. She rose to fame in 2007 after winning the sixth season of American Idol at age 17, becoming the youngest winner in...
48. Ann Wilson
Soundtrack | The Golden Child
Singer, flute player, songwriter, and guitarist Ann Dustin Wilson was born on June 19, 1950 in San Diego, California. The daughter of Brig. Gen. John B. Wilson USMC, Wilson and her family moved around a lot, before eventually settling in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, WA. Ann attended Interlake ...
49. Janis Joplin
Soundtrack | Watchmen
Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta, ...
50. Pink
Actress | Thanks for Sharing
Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and was later raised in Philadelphia. Her parents, Judith Moore (née Kugel), a nurse, and Jim Moore, a Vietnam veteran, divorced when she was very young. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, while her father has Irish, German, ...
51. Rihanna
Actress | Battleship
Rihanna was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988 in Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados to Monica Braithwaite, an accountant & Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor. Her mother is Afro-Guyanese and her father is of Afro-Barbadian and British Isles ancestry. Rihanna lived the life of a normal ...
52. Janelle Monáe
Soundtrack | Hidden Figures
Janelle Monáe is an American musical recording artist, actress and model signed to their own imprint, Wondaland Arts Society, and Atlantic Records.
They were born in Kansas City, Kansas, to Janet, a janitor, and Michael Robinson Summers, a truck driver. In 2010, Monáe released her first full-length ...
53. Donna Summer
Soundtrack | Thank God It's Friday
Donna Summer rocketed to international super-stardom in the mid-1970s when her groundbreaking merger of R&B, soul, pop, funk, rock, disco and avant-garde electronica catapulted underground dance music out of the clubs of Europe to the pinnacles of sales and radio charts around the world.
Maintaining...
54. Gladys Knight
Actress | Hollywood Homicide
Gladys Knight was born on May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Hollywood Homicide (2003), The Butler (2013) and Licence to Kill (1989). She has been married to William McDowell since April 12, 2001. She was previously married to Les Brown, Barry Hankerson...
55. Jody Watley
Actress | Mystery Men
She's an innovative music maker, a style-forging pioneer: since the mid-90s, Grammy-winning multi-talented Jody Watley has led the way as an entrepreneur working in the independent music world as one of the few already-established female best-selling artists to produce, create and own her ...
56. Keke Wyatt
Soundtrack | Brown Sugar
Ke'Tara Shavon "Keke" Wyatt was born on March 10, 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Lorna Jean Wyatt (née Payne), a vocalist & Keever West Wyatt II, an organist and vocalist. Her mom's Caucasian, while her dad's African-American & Native American: specifically Cherokee. Keke comes from a musical ...
57. Toni Braxton
Soundtrack | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Toni Braxton was born on October 7, 1966 in Severn, Maryland, USA. She is a music artist and producer, known for The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012), Boomerang (1992) and Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart (2016). She was previously married to Keri Lewis.
58. Elle Varner
Soundtrack | Marry Me
Elle Varner was born on February 12, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Marry Me (2022), A Kismet Holiday and Pariah (2011).
59. Jessica Simpson
Actress | The Dukes of Hazzard
A talented artist with universal appeal, Jessica Simpson is an international star and media darling who has taken the music, fashion and entertainment industries by storm. Jessica burst on to the scene with her unmistakable voice and has since released 8 hit-producing albums. She has starred on the...
60. Mandy Moore
Actress | A Walk to Remember
Amanda Leigh Moore was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, on April 10, 1984, to Stacy (Friedman), a former news reporter, and Don Moore, an airline pilot. During her childhood, her family moved to Orlando, Florida, where she was raised. She has Russian Jewish (from her maternal grandfather), English, ...
61. Jennifer Hudson
Soundtrack | Dreamgirls
Jennifer Kate Hudson was born on September 12, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois to Darnell Donerson (née Hudson) & Samuel Simpson. She is an Academy Award-winning actress, Grammy Award-winning recording artist and best-selling author. This bright, beautiful and booming-voiced talent is a perfect example ...
62. Selena
Soundtrack | Don Juan DeMarco
Selena was born in Lake Jackson, Texas, 50 miles southeast of Houston, to Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and Marcella Quintanilla. Abraham opened a Mexican restaurant, Papagayo, in Lake Jackson. Selena was 9 years old when her father discovered her talent for singing. He formed a band consisting of Selena...
63. Chrisette Michele
Actress | Crossing Over ISO Love
Chrisette Michele was born on December 8, 1982 in Central Islip, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Crossing Over ISO Love, Christmas Ringer (2023) and Chrisette Michele: Charades (2013).
64. Amber Riley
Actress | Glee
Amber Riley was born on February 15, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Glee (2009), The Wiz Live! (2015) and Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode (2009).
65. Lea Michele
Actress | Glee
Lea Michele Sarfati was born in the Bronx, New York to Edith Thomasina (Porcelli), a nurse, and Mark David Sarfati, a delicatessen owner-turned-real estate agent. Her mother is of Italian descent (from Rome and Naples), and her father is of Sephardi Jewish ancestry (from Turkey and Greece). Lea was...
66. Jasmine Villegas
Actress | Threat Matrix
Her youthful ambition and undeniable talent have taken Jasmine into other creative arenas. She has been featured in print advertisements for Target National, Mary Kate and Ashley, American Girl, Levi's, Hilary Duff, Robinsons May, Macys, Mervyns, Girl Scouts, Sparklets Drinking Water, Kohls as well...
67. Victoria Justice
Actress | Victorious
Victoria Justice is an American actress and singer. She was born on February 19, 1993 in Hollywood, Florida, USA. She is the daughter of Serene Reed and Zack Justice. Her mother has Puerto Rican ancestry, while her father is of English, German, and Irish descent. She has a younger half-sister, ...
68. Pia Mia
Actress | After
Pia Mia began her career in musical theatre at the age of eight and was classically trained in vocals by the university musical director who saw a rare gift in her. The multi-talented Pacific Islander was born and raised on the tropical island of Guam in the West Pacific (she is of mixed ethnicity)...
69. Tinashe
Actress | Masked and Anonymous
Tinashe was born on February 6, 1993 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Masked and Anonymous (2003), Out of Jimmy's Head (2007) and Two and a Half Men (2003).
70. Ella Fitzgerald
Soundtrack | Sphere
On Saturday, June 15th, 1996, an era in jazz singing came to an end, with the death of Ella Fitzgerald at her home in California. She was the last of four great female jazz singers (including Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae) who defined one of the most prolific eras in jazz vocal ...
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