Category: Female
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Monsieur Periné
Colombian Ensemble
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Ella Jenkins
American singer and songwriter
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Yumi Arai
Japanese Singer & Songwriter
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Lia de Itamaracá
Brazilian Singer and Cirandeira (folk dance leader)
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Dolly Parton
American Singer-Songwriter, Actress, Icon
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Shakira
Colombian Singer, Songwriter, and Activist
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Germaine Tailleferre
French Composer
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Tanya Tagaq
Canadian Inuk throat singer
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Pentatonix
American A Cappella Ensemble
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Carole King
American Singer and Songwriter
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Ezinma
American Violinist, Film Composer, and Educator
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Melissa Aldana
Chilean Tenor Saxophonist
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AURORA
Norwegian Singer, Songwriter, and Producer
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Mentissa
Belgian Singer and Songwriter
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Jessie Montgomery
American Violinist, Composer and Educator
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Nina Simone
American Singer, Songwriter, Pianist and Civil Rights Activist
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Flame the Band
American Band
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The Silkroad Ensemble
Eurasian Global Music Ensemble
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Stevie Nicks
American Singer/Songwriter
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Yuja Wang
Chinese Pianist
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Susheela Raman
British Singer and Songwriter
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Brandi Carlile
American Singer-Songwriter
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The Chicks
American Country Band
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Joan Baez
American Singer-Songwriter & Activist
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Yoko Shimomura
Japanese Video Game Composer
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Lauryn Hill
American Singer, Rapper, and Actor
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Flor de Toloache
Mariachi Band
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Rodrigo y Gabriela
Mexican Guitar Duo
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Sweet Honey in the Rock
African-American Vocal Ensemble
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The Wailin’ Jennys
Canadian Folk/Bluegrass Trio
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Susana Baca
Afro-Peruvian Singer
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Georgia Sea Island Singers
Gullah Vocal Ensemble
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Christine Sun Kim
Korean-American Sound Artist & Composer
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Joni Mitchell
Canadian Singer-Songwriter
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Odetta
American Singer, Guitarist, Actress and Activist
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Aretha Franklin
American Soul, R&B, and Gospel Singer
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Pamyua
Inuit Soul Music and Dance Group
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American Godmother of Rock n’ Roll
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Raye Zaragoza
Japanese-American, Mexican, Indigenous Singer/Songwriter
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Anat Cohen
Israeli Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Composer, and Bandleader
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Buena Vista Social Club
Cuban Band
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Norah Jones
American jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Cynthia Erivo
English Musical Theater Singer, Actor, Dancer, Songwriter
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Ranky Tanky
Gullah Band
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Jessye Norman
American Opera Singer
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Indigenous Canadian-American Singer/Songwriter, Instrumentalist, & Activist
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Marian Anderson
American Singer of Western Classical Music and African-American Spirituals
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Shreya Ghoshal
Indian Classical and Bollywood Playback Singer
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Lizzo
American Singer, Rapper, Songwriter, and Flutist
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Wu Man
Chinese-American Pipa Player & Composer
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Susan Tedeschi
American Blues Singer, Guitarist, & Songwriter
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Edna Vázquez
Mexican Singer-Songwriter & Musician
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Sheila E
American Percussionist/Singer
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Donna Summer
American Singer-Songwriter “The Queen of Disco”
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Violeta Parra
Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist
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Cesária Évora
Cape Verdean popular singer of morna songs
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Evelyn Glennie
Scottish Classical Percussionist
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Audra McDonald
African-American Broadway Actor and Singer
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Celia Cruz
Cuban singer of salsa, guaracha, rumba, afro, son and bolero music
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Ella Fitzgerald
African-American Jazz Singer
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Fisk Jubilee Singers
African-American A Cappella Ensemble
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Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American Singer, Songwriter, Actress, and Businesswoman
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Rhiannon Giddens
Singer, Violinist, Banjo Player, and Folk Song Researcher
Musician of the Month Project 