List of female rock singers

This is a list of female rock singers. For female heavy metal singers, see List of female heavy metal singers.

A

 * Lee Aaron
 * Pearl Aday
 * Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
 * Sade Adu
 * Agent M (Tsunami Bomb)
 * Nanase Aikawa
 * Dot Allison
 * Zayra Alvarez
 * Amber
 * Vanessa Amorosi
 * Tori Amos
 * Christina Amphlett (Divinyls)
 * Diana Anaid
 * Emma Anderson (Lush)
 * Brett Anderson (The Donnas)
 * Laurie Anderson
 * Signe Toly Anderson (Jefferson Airplane)
 * Anouk
 * Sarah Anthony (The Letter Black)
 * Fiona Apple
 * Tasmin Archer
 * Joan Armatrading
 * Stephanie Ashworth (Something for Kate)
 * Aylin Aslim
 * Nicole Atkins
 * Melissa Auf der Maur (Auf der Maur, Hole)
 * Caroline Azar (Fifth Column)

B

 * Joan Baez
 * Alice Bag (Bags, Castration Squad)
 * Jessica Bailiff
 * Honey Bane
 * Sara Bareilles
 * Courtney Barnett
 * Niki Barr
 * Edyta Bartosiewicz
 * Becca (Stars in Stereo)
 * Robin Beck
 * Pat Benatar
 * Miki Berenyi (Lush)
 * Cia Berg (Whale)
 * Elizabeth "Z" Berg (The Like)
 * Marilina Bertoldi (Connor Questa)
 * Sarah Bettens (K's Choice)
 * Bif Naked
 * Christina Billotte (Autoclave, Slant 6)
 * Kat Bjelland (Babes in Toyland, Crunt, Katastrophy Wife)
 * Björk (The Sugarcubes)
 * Pauline Black (The Selecter)
 * Porcelain Black (Porcelain and the Tramps)
 * Jody Bleyle (Team Dresch)
 * Beki Bondage (Vice Squad)
 * Tracy Bonham
 * Christina Booth (Magenta)
 * Marie-Mai Bouchard
 * Patti Boulaye
 * Crystal Bowersox
 * Carla Bozulich (Ethyl Meatplow, Geraldine Fibbers)
 * Dale Bozzio (Missing Persons)
 * Bonnie Bramlett
 * Michelle Branch
 * Laura Branigan
 * Edie Brickell (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians)
 * Phoebe Bridgers (boygenius)
 * Eva Briegel (Juli)
 * Bette Bright (Deaf School)
 * Maria Brink (In This Moment)
 * Charmaine Brooks
 * Elkie Brooks
 * Meredith Brooks
 * Terri Brosius (Tribe)
 * Pip Brown (Ladyhawke)
 * Ruth Brown
 * V V Brown
 * Carrie Brownstein (Excuse 17, Sleater-Kinney)
 * Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (Of Monsters and Men)
 * Tahita Bulmer (New Young Pony Club)
 * Anna Burley (The Killjoys)
 * Megan Burns (Betty Curse)
 * Shauna Burns
 * Kate Bush
 * Bilinda Butcher (My Bloody Valentine)

C

 * Kathryn Calder (Immaculate Machine, The New Pornographers)
 * Alexx Calise
 * Lydia Canaan
 * Dinah Cancer (45 Grave, Dinah Cancer and the Grave Robbers)
 * Belinda Carlisle (The Go-Go's)
 * Vanessa Carlton
 * Kim Carnes
 * Rachel Carns (The Need, King Cobra)
 * Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters)
 * Lisa Crystal Carver (Suckdog)
 * Neko Case (The New Pornographers, Maow)
 * Cassidy (Antigone Rising)
 * Exene Cervenka (X, Original Sinners)
 * Tracy Chapman
 * Cher
 * Toni Childs
 * Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields)
 * Carah Faye Charnow (Shiny Toy Guns)
 * Régine Chassagne (Arcade Fire)
 * Alisa Childers (ZOEgirl)
 * Melanie Chisholm (Melanie C)
 * Agnieszka Chylińska (O.N.A.)
 * Madonna Louise Ciccone (Madonna)
 * Chantal Claret (Morningwood)
 * Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
 * Kelly Clarkson
 * Daisy Coburn (Daisy Dares You)
 * Lisa Coleman (Wendy & Lisa)
 * Chi Coltrane
 * Andrea Corr (The Corrs)
 * Sharon Corr (The Corrs)
 * Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast)
 * Nikka Costa
 * Chrissy Costanza (Against the Current)
 * Josie Cotton
 * Jayne County
 * Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne)
 * Beverley Craven
 * Melora Creager (Rasputina)
 * Sheryl Crow
 * Allison Crowe
 * Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean)
 * Alannah Currie (Thompson Twins, Babble)
 * Cherie Currie (The Runaways, Cherie & Marie Currie)
 * Marie Currie (Cherie & Marie Currie)
 * Miley Cyrus

D

 * E. G. Daily
 * Lisa Dalbello
 * Brody Dalle (The Distillers)
 * Danielle Dax
 * Taylor Dayne
 * Kim Deal (Pixies, The Breeders)
 * Joanna Dean
 * Lezlie Deane
 * Carol Decker (T'Pau)
 * Maria Del Mar (National Velvet)
 * Suze DeMarchi (Baby Animals)
 * Tatiana DeMaria (TAT)
 * Marina Diamandis (Marina and the Diamonds)
 * Dido
 * Ani DiFranco
 * Dilana
 * Beth Ditto (The Gossip)
 * Melanie Doane
 * Julie Doiron
 * Lou Doillon
 * Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister)
 * Julie Driscoll
 * Annette Ducharme
 * Heather Duby
 * Sherri DuPree (Eisley)

E

 * Bobbie Eakes (Big Trouble)
 * Tammy Ealom (Dressy Bessy, The Minders)
 * Sheena Easton
 * Andrea Echeverri (Aterciopelados)
 * Aimee Echo (TheStart, Human Waste Project)
 * Danielle Egnew
 * Ella
 * Mama Cass Elliot (The Mamas & the Papas)
 * Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Theaudience)
 * Elizabeth Elmore (The Reputation, Sarge)
 * Liz Enthusiasm (Freezepop)
 * Melissa Etheridge

F

 * Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama, Shakespears Sister)
 * Marianne Faithfull
 * Etty Lau Farrell (Satellite Party)
 * Leslie Feist (Broken Social Scene)
 * Şebnem Ferah
 * Sky Ferreira
 * Melissa Ferrick
 * Jennifer Finch (The Pandoras, L7, The Shocker)
 * Orenda Fink (Azure Ray, Now It's Overhead, Art in Manila)
 * Samantha Fish
 * Colleen Fitzpatrick (Eve's Plum)
 * Fiona Flanagan
 * Flor
 * Ellen Foley
 * Cassandra Ford (The Vincent Black Shadow)
 * Frazey Ford
 * Lita Ford (The Runaways)


 * Dia Frampton (Meg & Dia)
 * Meg Frampton (Meg & Dia)
 * Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins)
 * Marie Fredriksson (Roxette)
 * Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces)
 * Justine Frischmann (Elastica)
 * Dana Fuchs
 * Miki Furukawa

G

 * Diamanda Galas
 * Janet Gardner (Vixen; mid-1980s)
 * Suzi Gardner (L7)
 * KatieJane Garside (Daisy Chainsaw, Queenadreena)
 * Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes)
 * Anna Gerasimova
 * Lisa Germano (Eels)
 * Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
 * Debbie Gibson
 * Donna Godchaux
 * Goldy Locks
 * Holly Golightly (Thee Headcoatees)
 * Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth, Free Kitten, Harry Crews)
 * Lesley Gore
 * Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)
 * Rachel Goswell (Slowdive, Mojave 3)
 * Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!)
 * Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + the Plastics)
 * Jemma Griffiths (Jem)
 * Clare Grogan (Altered Images)
 * Lyndsey Gunnulfsen (PVRIS)

H

 * Nina Hagen (The Nina Hagen Band)
 * Danielle Haim (Haim)
 * Emily Haines (Broken Social Scene, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton and Metric)
 * Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
 * Toni Halliday (Curve)
 * Bianca Halstead (Betty Blowtorch, Butt Trumpet)
 * Ayumi Hamasaki
 * Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo)
 * Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, The Julie Ruin)
 * Lisa Hannigan
 * Annie Hardy (Giant Drag)
 * Sarah Harmer (The Saddletramps, Weeping Tile)
 * Emmylou Harris
 * Debbie Harry (Blondie)
 * Beth Hart
 * PJ Harvey
 * Annie Haslam (Renaissance)
 * Juliana Hatfield (Blake Babies, The Lemonheads)
 * Charlotte Hatherley (Ash)
 * Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto)
 * Imogen Heap (Frou Frou)
 * Christy Hemme
 * Nona Hendryx
 * Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux)
 * Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave)
 * Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)
 * Ella Hooper (Killing Heidi)
 * Horse
 * Penelope Houston (The Avengers)
 * Jenny Hoyston (Erase Errata)
 * Laura Hubert (Leslie Spit Treeo)
 * Anne-Marie Hurst (Skeletal Family, Ghost Dance)
 * Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)

I

 * Maja Ivarsson (The Sounds)
 * Debora Iyall (Romeo Void)
 * Laura Imbruglia
 * Natalie Imbruglia
 * Izïa

J

 * Cindy Jackson (The Dollz)
 * Kate Jackson (The Long Blondes)
 * Wanda Jackson
 * Etta James
 * Wendy James (Transvision Vamp)
 * Floor Jansen (Nightwish, Northward, After Forever)
 * Taylor Jardine (We Are The In Crowd)
 * Jane Jensen
 * Jessicka (Jack Off Jill, Scarling.)
 * Joan Jett (The Runaways, The Blackhearts, Evil Stig)
 * Natalia Jiménez (La Quinta Estación)
 * Kelly Johnson (Girlschool)
 * Martha Johnson (Martha and the Muffins)
 * Marta Jandova (Die Happy)
 * Molly Johnson (Alta Moda, Infidels)
 * Taborah Johnson
 * Gloria Jones
 * Grace Jones
 * Norah Jones
 * Rickie Lee Jones
 * Janis Joplin (Big Brother and the Holding Company, Kozmic Blues Band)
 * Sass Jordan
 * Milla Jovovich
 * K. Juno

K

 * Kaliopi
 * Lena Katina
 * Tomoko Kawase (Tommy Heavenly6)
 * Lisa Kekaula (The Bellrays)
 * Rose Kemp
 * Joyce Kennedy (singer) (Mother's Finest)
 * Kerri Kenney-Silver (Cake Like)
 * Chaka Khan
 * Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes)
 * Carole King
 * Elle King
 * Kaori Kishitani (Princess Princess)
 * Stefanie Kloß (Silbermond)
 * Chrissi Klug (Luttenberger*Klug)
 * Jennifer Knapp
 * Gladys Knight
 * Theo Kogan (Theo & the Skyscrapers, Lunachicks)
 * Ash Koley
 * Alexis Krauss (Sleigh Bells)
 * Chantal Kreviazuk
 * Sonja Kristina (Curved Air)
 * Jan Kuehnemund (Vixen; early 1970s)
 * Sierra Kusterbeck (VersaEmerge)

L

 * Patti LaBelle
 * Lachi
 * Martha Ladly (Martha and the Muffins, The Associates)
 * LaFee
 * Shona Laing
 * Nomy Lamm
 * Anita Lane
 * Lana Lane
 * Robin Lane
 * Storm Large
 * Liz Larin
 * Cyndi Lauper
 * Dyanna Lauren (Thousand Year Itch)
 * Lauren Laverne (Kenickie)
 * Avril Lavigne
 * Noelle LeBlanc (Damone)
 * Jen Ledger (Skillet (band))
 * Brenda Lee


 * Rita Lee (Os Mutantes)
 * Sook-Yin Lee (Bob's Your Uncle)
 * Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)
 * Adrianne Leon
 * Katrina Leskanich (Katrina and the Waves)
 * Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins)
 * Juliette Lewis (Juliette and the Licks)
 * Susanne Lewis (Hail, Thinking Plague)
 * Little Annie
 * Little Eva
 * Cristina Llanos (Dover)
 * Lisa Lobsinger (Broken Social Scene, Reverie Sound Revue)
 * Lisa Loeb
 * Lora Logic (X-Ray Spex, Essential Logic, Red Krayola)
 * Lindsay Lohan
 * Mary Lou Lord
 * Ruth Lorenzo
 * Inger Lorre (The Nymphs)
 * Bonnie Lou
 * Sara Lov (Devics)
 * Courtney Love (Hole)
 * Darlene Love
 * Lovefoxxx (CSS)
 * Lene Lovich
 * Pearl Lowe (Powder)
 * Lulu
 * Lydia Lunch (Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Beirut Slump, 8-Eyed Spy, Harry Crews)
 * Michelle Luttenberger (Luttenberger*Klug)
 * Annabella Lwin (Bow Wow Wow)

M

 * Mariqueen Maandig (How To Destroy Angels)
 * Kirsty MacColl
 * Amy Macdonald
 * Maggie MacDonald (Republic of Safety, Kids on TV, Barcelona Pavilion)
 * Lois Maffeo
 * Leslie Mah (Anti-Scrunti Faction)
 * Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead)
 * Michelle Malone
 * Aimee Mann ('Til Tuesday)
 * Barbara Manning
 * Shirley Manson (Garbage, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, Angelfish)
 * April March
 * Ida Maria
 * Marjo
 * Chan Marshall (Cat Power)
 * Dorothy Martin (Dorothy)
 * Janis Martin
 * Hayley Mary (The Jezabels)
 * Carolyne Mas
 * Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters)
 * Cerys Matthews (Catatonia)
 * Leigh Matty (Romeo's Daughter)
 * Imelda May
 * Kim McAuliffe (Girlschool)
 * Denise McCann (Headpins)
 * Jenna McDougall (Tonight Alive)
 * Elizabeth McGrath (Miss Derringer)
 * Frances McKee
 * Maria McKee
 * Sarah McLeod (The Superjesus)
 * Sarah McLachlan
 * Holly McNarland
 * Sylvia McNeill
 * Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
 * Fleming McWilliams (Fleming and John)
 * Wendy Melvoin (Wendy & Lisa)
 * Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs)
 * Olivia Merilahti (The Dø)
 * Tift Merritt
 * Krystal Meyers
 * Riki Michele
 * Bette Midler
 * Amy Millan (Stars, Broken Social Scene)
 * June Millington (Fanny)
 * Darby Mills (Headpins)
 * Kylie Minogue
 * Rachel Minton (Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer)
 * Holly Miranda (The Jealous Girlfriends)
 * Joni Mitchell
 * Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless)
 * Betty Moon
 * Alecia Beth Moore (P!nk)
 * Rebecca Moore
 * Lisa Moorish
 * Alanis Morissette
 * Patricia Morrison (Bags, Legal Weapon, The Gun Club, The Sisterhood, The Damned)
 * Lisa Moorish


 * Dorothy Moskowitz (The United States of America)
 * Alison Mosshart (Discount, The Kills, The Dead Weather)
 * Alison Moyet (Yazoo)
 * Lennon Murphy
 * Pauline Murray (Penetration)
 * Billie Myers
 * Alannah Myles

N



 * Mika Nakashima


 * Michie Nakatani (Shonen Knife)
 * Terra Naomi
 * Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
 * Leigh Bingham Nash (Sixpence None the Richer)
 * Sandra Nasic (Guano Apes)
 * Ednita Nazario
 * Nena
 * Anastacia Newkirk (Anastacia)
 * Juice Newton
 * Olivia Newton-John
 * Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
 * Nico
 * Ninja (The Go! Team)
 * Sarah Nixey (Black Box Recorder)
 * Stina Nordenstam
 * Tone Norum
 * Kasia Nosowska (Hey)
 * Heather Nova
 * Terri Nunn (Berlin)
 * Laura Nyro

O

 * Orianthi
 * Eva O (Christian Death)
 * Karen Orzolek (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
 * Hazel O'Connor
 * Sinéad O'Connor
 * Olivia
 * Anette Olzon (Nightwish, Alyson Avenue, The Dark Element)
 * Yoko Ono (The Plastic Ono Band)
 * Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
 * Beth Orton
 * Joan Osborne

P

 * Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls)
 * Vanessa Paradis
 * Dolly Parton
 * Annette Peacock
 * Jemina Pearl (Be Your Own Pet)
 * Laura Pergolizzi (LP)
 * Katy Perry
 * Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes)
 * Nina Persson (The Cardigans, Sparklehorse, A Camp)
 * Vicki Peterson (The Bangles)
 * Vanessa Petruo
 * Kembra Pfahler (The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black)
 * Liz Phair
 * Britta Phillips (Luna)
 * Michelle Phillips (The Mamas & the Papas)
 * Phranc (Nervous Gender, Catholic Discipline)
 * Kate Pierson (The B-52's)
 * Pitty
 * Poe
 * Tamala Poljak (Longstocking)
 * Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
 * Cassadee Pope (Hey Monday)
 * Louise Post (Veruca Salt)
 * Grace Potter (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)
 * Cat Power
 * Preslava
 * Lisa Marie Presley
 * Anne Preven
 * Lindsay Price

Q

 * Suzi Quatro
 * Sara Quin (Tegan and Sara)
 * Tegan Quin (Tegan and Sara)
 * Diana Quinn (Tru Fax and the Insaniacs, Honky Tonk Confidential, The Fabulettes)
 * Stacey Q

R

 * Stefy Rae (Stefy)
 * Rainey
 * Bonnie Raitt
 * Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary)
 * Genya Ravan (The Escorts, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive)
 * Marion Raven
 * Amy Ray (Indigo Girls)
 * Julianne Regan (All About Eve)
 * Jane Relf (Renaissance)
 * Manda Rin (Bis)
 * Catherine Ringer (Les Rita Mitsouko)
 * Janet Robin
 * The Roches
 * Katy Rose
 * Patti Rothberg
 * Linda Ronstadt
 * Tina Root (Switchblade Symphony, Tre Lux)
 * Amanda Rootes (Fluffy)
 * Holly Ross (Angelica)
 * Orinda "Rindy" Ross (Quarterflash)
 * Ellie Rowsell (Wolf Alice)
 * Emma Ruth Rundle (Marriages and Red Sparowes)
 * Serena Ryder

S



 * Lætitia Sadier (Stereolab)
 * Santi White (Stage name Santigold)
 * Ashlee Simpson
 * Jenna Sanz-Agero (Vixen)
 * Saffron (Republica)
 * Svetlana Surganova
 * Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls)
 * Greta Salpeter (The Hush Sound)
 * Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions)
 * Sandi Saraya (Saraya)
 * Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)
 * Helen Schneider
 * Simi Sernaker (Suffrajett)
 * Moon Shadow (as Goldy Locks
 * Shakira Isabel Mebark Ripoll (Shakira)
 * Nancy Shanks (Vixen; early 1970s)
 * Sarah Shannon (Velocity Girl)
 * Kim Shattuck (The Muffs, The Pandoras)
 * Ringo Sheena (Tokyo Jihen)
 * Davetta Sherwood
 * Shery
 * Madigan Shive (Tattle Tale, Bonfire Madigan)
 * Ana da Silva (The Raincoats)
 * Jane Siberry (AKA Issa)
 * Jenny Simmons (Addison Road)
 * Simone Simons
 * Juliet Simms (Automatic Loveletter)
 * Carly Simon
 * Nina Simone
 * Nancy Sinatra
 * Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Creatures)
 * Skin (Skunk Anansie)
 * Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship)
 * Tara Slone (Joydrop)
 * Jen Smith (Dub Narcotic Sound System)
 * Patti Smith
 * Shawnee Smith
 * Carly Smithson (We Are the Fallen)
 * Patty Smyth (Scandal)
 * Azalia Snail
 * Jill Sobule
 * Soko
 * Marla Sokoloff (Smitten)
 * Pepper Somerset (My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult)
 * Louisa Rachel Solomon (The Shondes)
 * Donita Sparks (L7)
 * Ronnie Spector (The Ronettes)
 * Regina Spektor
 * Pamela Spence
 * Sharleen Spiteri (Texas)
 * Dusty Springfield
 * Adalita Srsen (Magic Dirt)
 * Becky Stark (Lavender Diamond)
 * Alison Statton (Young Marble Giants, Weekend)
 * Michael "Micki" Steele (The Runaways, The Bangles}
 * Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
 * Juanita Stein (Howling Bells)
 * Marnie Stern
 * Laura Stoica
 * Linda Strawberry
 * Re Styles (The Tubes)
 * Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex)
 * Alison Sudol (A Fine Frenzy)
 * Lacey Sturm (Flyleaf)
 * Rachel Sweet
 * Skye Sweetnam

T

 * Koko Taylor
 * Maria Taylor (Azure Ray, Now It's Overhead)
 * Susan Tedeschi
 * Özlem Tekin
 * Keiko Terada (Show-Ya)
 * Texas Terri
 * Tanita Tikaram
 * Sister Rosetta Tharpe
 * Kristy Thirsk (Delerium, Rose Chronicles)
 * Sandi Thom
 * Irma Thomas
 * Linda Thompson
 * Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl)
 * Tiffany
 * Mary Timony (Helium, Autoclave, Wild Flag)
 * Martina Topley-Bird
 * Emilíana Torrini
 * Rachel Trachtenburg (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
 * Sisely Treasure (Shiny Toy Guns)
 * Lindsey Troy (Deap Vally)
 * Jen Trynin
 * Anna Tsuchiya
 * Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney)
 * KT Tunstall
 * Tina Turner
 * Tarja Turunen
 * Bonnie Tyler
 * Judie Tzuke

U

 * Ari Up (The Slits, New Age Steppers)
 * Carrie Underwood

V

 * Tobi Vail (Bikini Kill)
 * Tomiko Van (Do As Infinity)
 * Marijne van der Vlugt (Salad, Cowboy Racer)
 * Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering)
 * Tara VanFlower (Lycia)
 * Cherry Vanilla
 * Suzanne Vega
 * Mariska Veres (Shocking Blue)
 * Holly Beth Vincent (Holly and the Italians)
 * Julia Volkova

W

 * Wendy Waldman
 * Mary Weiss (The Shangri-Las)
 * Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine)
 * Louise Wener (Sleeper)
 * Silje Wergeland (The Gathering, Octavia Sperati)
 * Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
 * Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays)
 * Emily Jane White
 * Katie White (The Ting Tings)
 * Meg White (The White Stripes)
 * Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's)
 * Toyah Willcox
 * Kim Wilde
 * Tess Wiley (Sixpence None the Richer)
 * Enid Williams (Girlschool)
 * Hayley Williams (Paramore)
 * Lucinda Williams
 * Wendy O. Williams (Plasmatics)
 * Ann Wilson (Heart)
 * Cindy Wilson (The B-52's)
 * Kaia Wilson (Adickdid, Team Dresch, The Butchies)
 * Nancy Wilson (Heart)
 * Karin Wistrand (Lolita Pop)
 * Whitney Wolanin
 * Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Partyline)
 * Jen Wood (The Postal Service, Tattle Tale)
 * Holly Woods (Toronto)
 * D'arcy Wretzky (The Smashing Pumpkins)
 * Shannon Wright

Y

 * Naoko Yamano (Shonen Knife)
 * Rachael Yamagata
 * Kim Yoon-ah (Jaurim)
 * Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde)
 * Astrid Young

Z

 * Pia Zadora
 * Mary Lu Zahalan
 * Mia Zapata (The Gits)
 * Thalia Zedek (Live Skull)
 * Zemfira
 * Annette Zilinskas (The Bangles)
 * Zola Jesus