Adele
Even though this powerhouse singer is known by one name like Madonna, she is far from being a diva. She prefers the quiet life away from the spotlight and tries her best to create a normal childhood for her son. No diva mannerisms here!
Although it may not seem like it once she opens her mouth, releasing that amazing voice of hers, Adele admits that she still gets stage fright when performing, which actually gets worse the more successful she becomes. It’s never a surprise when Adele wins Grammy awards — after all, her music racks up awards every time she releases an album and so far has won 15 out of the 18 she was nominated for.
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklyn had a career spanning over 60 years and over a hundred charting singles. She was well known both as a songwriter and an interpreter of other people’s songs. Among her best-known singles are "Respect", "Chain of Fools", "Think", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)", a duet with George Michael.
The Queen of Soul won the first eight Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Those eight are not even half of the grand total of 18 Grammys under her belt. With 75 million records sold worldwide, she is one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Celine Dion
In the 1980s, Celine Dion was a teen star releasing multiple french-language albums. She knew there had to be more — it was then that she learned to speak English. After learning English, she was signed by Epic Records in the United States. She released her debut album in English, "Unison", which was able to establish her as a pop artist in the U.S. and other English-speaking countries.
Her music has been influenced by rock, R&B, and everything in between. Her recordings, though mainly in French and English, also include Spanish, Italian, German, and a multitude of other languages. Her releases often receive mixed reviews but she is still known as one of pop music's most influential voices. She has also won five Grammy Awards.
Mariah Carey
The Guinness Book of World Records named Mariah Carey the "Songbird Supreme". This is due in part to her unbelievable five-octave vocal range, power, style, and use of whistle tones. She got her start to fame in 1990, when she was signed to Columbia Records. She then released her debut album, which topped the US Billboard 200 for 11 weeks. Carey became the only artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the chart.
Carey became Sony’s highest-selling act, with the follow-up albums "Music Box" (1993), "Merry Christmas" (1994), and "Daydream" (1995). Billboard called her the most successful artist of the 1990s — at the same time the World Music Awards honored her as the world's best-selling recording artist of the 1990s.
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald is the woman who brought "Dream a Little Dream of Me" into this world, and that's more than enough in our book. But she has done a lot more than that over the course of her career.
Her career lasted for almost six decades and earned her several nicknames (Queen of Jazz, Lady Ella, and the First Lady of Song) and many accolades. Among these accolades you will find fourteen Grammys and presidential Medal of Freedom.