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Marlene Dietrich
German and American actress and singer (1901–1992)
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. Regarded as a British cultural icon, she is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. Her accolades include 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards (including three for British Album of the Year), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
Susan Boyle
British singer
Annie Lennox
Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1954)
Sade Adu
British singer
Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959) is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of the rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with anti-establishment stances and recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecation, and dark humour.
Shirley Bassey
Welsh singer
Patricia Kaas
French singer
Diana Krall
Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist
Violetta Villas
Polish cabaret star, singer, actress, composer, songwriter (1938-2011)
k.d. lang
Canadian singer-songwriter
Ute Lemper
German singer and actress (born 1963)
Milva
Maria Ilva Biolcati (; 17 July 1939 – 23 April 2021), known as Milva (), was an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality. She was also known as La Rossa (Italian for "The Redhead"), due to the characteristic colour of her hair, and additionally as La Pantera di Goro ("The Panther of Goro"), which stemmed from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female singers of the 1960s, combining the names of animals and the singers' birthplaces. The colour also characterised her leftist political beliefs, claimed in numerous statements. Popular in Ita
Giusy Ferreri
Italian singer-songwriter
ANOHNI and the Johnsons
band
Alessandra Amoroso
Italian singer (1986-)
Dora Gerson
German actress (1899-1943)
Mietta
Daniela Miglietta (born 12 November 1969), known by her stage name Mietta, is an Italian singer, actress and novelist. She has released 11 albums in total.
Denise Darcel
actress (1924–2011)
Laura Fygi
Dutch jazz singer
Régine Zylberberg
Belgian singer
Holly Cole
Canadian jazz and pop singer
torch song
sentimental song
Jimmy Roselli
American singer
Christina Goh
French singer-songwriter and poet