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[l]ike most aspects of the... music business [in the 1960s], songwriting was a male-dominated field. Though there were plenty of female singers on the radio, women... were primarily seen as consumers:... Singing was sometimes an acceptable pastime for a girl, but playing an instrument, writing songs, or producing records simply wasn't done...
Lists of women in music cover different categories of women in music, including composers, conductors, groups, musicians and singers. They are organized by instrument, nationality, style and so on. They are organized by instrument, nationality, style and so on.
For classical and operatic singers, their voice type determines the roles they will sing and is a primary method of categorization. In classical music, a "pure" contralto is considered the rarest type of female voice. [3] In non-classical music, singers are primarily defined by their genre and their gender, not their vocal range. [4]
The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.
Women topped the Official Singles Chart for 34 weeks in 2024 and claimed half of the year’s top 20 albums for the first time, the music industry group the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said.
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List of Carnatic singers; List of Christian vocal artists; List of contraltos in non-classical music; List of crooners; List of female heavy metal singers; List of jazz singers; List of mezzo-sopranos in non-classical music; List of operatic contraltos; List of operatic pop artists; List of female rock singers; List of scat singers
Many tango musicians have been both musicians and singers, but this does not exclude from this list. While the vast majority of earlier tango singers were Argentines , this list illustrates the diversification of tango over time, with the growth in female stars such as Susana Rinaldi and the spread of tango around the world, as far as Russia ...