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An all-female band is a band which has consisted entirely of female musicians for at least three-quarters of its active career. This article only lists all-female bands who perform original material that is either authored by themselves or authored by another musician for that band's use. Therefore vocal groups (girl groups) are not included.
Nina Hagen (The Nina Hagen Band) Danielle Haim ; Emily Haines (Broken Social Scene, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton and Metric) Lzzy Hale ; Toni Halliday ; Bianca Halstead (Betty Blowtorch, Butt Trumpet) Ayumi Hamasaki; Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo) Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, The Julie Ruin) Lisa Hannigan; Annie Hardy
Bands composed solely of women began to emerge with the advent of rock and roll.Among the earliest all-female rock bands to be signed to a record label were Goldie and the Gingerbreads, to Atlantic Records in 1964, the Pleasure Seekers with Suzi Quatro to Hideout Records in 1964 and Mercury Records in 1968, the Feminine Complex to Athena Records in 1968, and Fanny (who pioneered the all-female ...
Sales figures records in most countries are not available before the 1990s, so it is difficult to accurately determine best-selling records, either by country or worldwide. Certification levels have been used for most countries, but certification was not common until the 1970s in the US and UK, and later in other countries.
Debbie Harry is one of the most commercially successful musicians of punk rock/new wave. Her band, Blondie, often performed at CBGB in New York City, and their 1978 album, Parallel Lines, is considered a punk-pop classic. Harry's band, Blondie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. [71]
The following is a list of classic female blues singers ... Stewart-Baxter, Derrick (1970). Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers. London: Studio Vista.
The band became famous after playing the Woodstock festival in 1969 and began the '70s with two #1 albums: 1970's "Abraxas" and 1971's "Santana III." In 1998, Santana was inducted into the Rock ...
The 1980s, for the first time, saw long-sought chart success from all-female bands and female-fronted rock bands. On the Billboard Hot 100-year-end chart for 1982 [ 96 ] Joan Jett 's " I Love Rock 'n' Roll " at No. 3 and the Go-Go's " We Got the Beat " at No. 25 sent a message out to many industry heads that women who could play could bring in ...