Of course, any list of leading female country music artists, of any decade, needs to include Dolly Parton. In the 1970s, Parton’s career was on a steady climb after she famously left Porter Wagoner’s ...

Rock and roll has seen some fabulous female singers through the years. One can go back to the 1950s and '60s to find voices and songs that resonate today. Names like Ronnie Spector, Martha Reeves, ...

Of all of the female country artists who have had success at pop radio, it’s Dolly Parton who has probably influenced them the most. Parton, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has spent her ...

The world of rock has historically been dominated by male machismo, but plenty of women have also left their mark on the genre. Though somewhat rare, all-female bands have certainly been an impactful ...

Hip-hop is one of the most popular music genres in the world. Everywhere you’ll probably hear a rap song being played over the radio, someone’s phone or speaker. Now, more than ever, female rappers ...

In the week after the Grammy Awards, the condemnations came swiftly for Neil Portnow, president of the Recording Academy, for saying that women in music needed to “step up” to advance their careers.

Triller, the music-video creation app, has named a dozen top female music industry executives to a new advisory board. The execs are: Rebeca Leon (Lionfish Entertainment), Rosa Asciola (Spotify), ...

Country music is known for its icons, from Merle Haggard to Willie Nelson to Loretta Lynn and many more. As soon as you hear their names, you can “hear” their one-of-a-kind voices, individual styles ...

In a Verdi revival at the Royal Opera, two top female singers are discovering, and rediscovering, characters from a real-life royal love triangle. By David Belcher Reporting from London Across the ...

Petula Clark doesn’t consider “Downtown” to be “jolly” music. In addition, she said the track is partly about loneliness. Notably, the track helped her become one of the most successful female singers ...