The influence of American female vocalists on popular music during the last several decades is undeniable. These gifted ladies, ranging from Barbra Streisand to Beyoncé, have delighted and motivated listeners all around the globe.
So many different perspectives make it hard to determine how much fruit to eat daily.
Dolly Parton, the most renowned Locust Ridge, Tennessee native, was born in the mountains in 1946 as the fourth of 12 children.
At the age of twenty, Madonna Louise Ciccone left her home state of Michigan and moved to New York City.
Next is Taylor Swift, a lovely country singer who became famous. She was good at it. At 16, the Pennsylvania native released a debut album, which went Platinum at 18.
Aretha Franklin worked on her singing at her minister father's church as a child. Her career did not take off when she signed with Columbia Records at 18.
Stefani Germanotta, born in 1986 in New York City, became Lady Gaga 20 years later.
Houston earned a record deal at 19 and sold roughly 50 million copies of her first two albums. Houston became the first woman to top Rolling Stone's 1986 album list with her debut.
She became famous singing alongside Ike Turner. The 1960s and early 1970s were successful for the couple, but their marriage was turbulent. Turner fled her abusive husband.
An abusive musician father left Virginia Hensley before she was 15 and she had a terrible life.
Mariah Carey's voice was inherited from her opera singer mother. Her singing kept her from high school for several days.