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Maddy Prior
Folk singer and musician
1
Anne Briggs
British singer
2
Martin Simpson
British folk guitarist and singer
3
Lisa Loeb
American singer-songwriter and actress
4
Archie Fisher
Scottish folk singer and song writer
5
Frankie Armstrong
British singer
6
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
7
Sissel Kyrkjebø
Norwegian soprano
8
Lal Waterson
English folksinger and songwriter
9
Shirley Collins
British folk singer
10
Eliza Carthy
English folk musician
11
Bella Hardy
English folk musician
12
Kate Pierson
American singer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist
13
Tarja Turunen
Finnish opera/symphonic rock singer
14
Linda Thompson
British singer
15
Tracy Nelson
American singer
16
Norah Jones
American singer, songwriter and pianist
17
Darlene Love
American musician
18
Eva Cassidy
American singer (1963-1996)
19
Silly Wizard
band
20
Dagmar Krause
German singer
21
Susan Boyle
Scottish singer (b. 1961)
22
Brenda Wootton
Cornish poet and singer
23
Kyla
Filipino R&B singer-songwriter, recording artist and producer, occasional actress, and presenter
24
Oysterband
British band
25
Elizabeth Fraser
Scottish singer
26
Siedah Garrett
American singer-songwriter
27
Mary Hopkin
Welsh singer
28
Joan Baez
American singer, songwriter, musician and activist
29
Patty Griffin
American singer-songwriter
30
Paula Cole
American musician
31
Rose Kemp
British musician
32
Eivør Pálsdóttir
Faroese singer and songwriter
33
Allison Crowe
Canadian singer, songwriter and musician
34
Bonnie Tyler
Welsh recording artist and singer
35
Anneke van Giersbergen
Dutch musician
36
Anette Olzon
Swedish singer
37
Jean Ritchie
American folk singer
38
Catherine Jauniaux
musician
39
Cara Dillon
Irish singer
40
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
41
Nancy Kerr
British singer
42
Ronnie Gilbert
actress, musician (1926-2015)
43
Camilla Kerslake
British singer
44
Pink
American singer and songwriter
45
Leigh Nash
American singer-songwriter
46
Mavis Staples
American singer
47
Mary Black
Irish singer
48
Iris DeMent
American singer and songwriter
49
Glen Hansard
Irish musician, songwriter
50
Linda Ronstadt
American singer
51
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
52
Karan Casey
Irish singer
53
Karen Dalton
American musician
54
Asha Bhosle
Indian singer
55
Nana Mouskouri
Greek singer
56
Heather Small
British vocalist
57
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
58
Ashford & Simpson
songwriting-production team
