Janis Joplin
An infamous member of the 27 Club and an overall rock icon, Janis Joplin has a voice you can’t easily forget. One of the most successful female rock stars of her time, Joplin struggled with substance abuse which ultimately took her life in 1970.
her short-yet-meaningful career includes four albums, a performance at Woodstock festival, and several awards she was given after her death. That’s right, she was soo good she didn’t even manage to get all the recognition she deserved.
Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews is an English actress and singer, who started her career as a child, appearing in the West End in 1948. She made her film debut in "Mary Poppins" for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the title role. She also starred in "The Sound of Music" in 1965, playing Maria von Trapp, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Julie Andrews became one of the biggest names in the industry in the ’60s, and she still is.
To this day, she is prominent in TV and film. She voiced the character of the Queen in all the “Shrek” films and Gru’s mom in “Despicable Me.” In 2017, she starred in Netflix’s “Julie’s Greenroom,” an educational series for preschoolers. Besides her musical career, she has authored children's books and published her autobiography titled "Home: A Memoir of My Early Years."
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson is known for her huge pipes, which turned her into the very first winner of "American Idol." Her winning the show was just the beginning of her musical career and it wasn't long until she performed for millions of screaming fans.
Almost twenty years after that win, Clarkson is now the proud winner of three Grammys. Her songs and albums have been selling worldwide like Kylie Jenner's latest lip kit.
Shania Twain
Canadian country pop singer-songwriter and 5-time Grammy Award winner, Shania Twain, has an estimated net worth of $400 million. She has achieved major success as a singer-songwriter, winning 27 Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Songwriter awards. Twain credits the time she ѕреnt wоrkіng wіth hеr fаthеr’ѕ rеfоrеѕtаtіоn buѕіnеѕѕ for giving her the solitude she needed to spark her creativity.
In the mid-'90s with her hit album, "The Woman in Me", Twain became the most popular country music artist since Garth Brooks. That record became a multi-platinum phenomenon, selling over 9 million copies in America alone. Selling a total of 100 million records globally, Twain is the best-selling female artist in country music history and also one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton got her initial success by writing songs for other people. In 1967 she made her debut album, "Hello, I'm Dolly". She gained a pretty steady stream of success throughout the 1960s. She continued on as a solo artist and released a couple of duet albums as well. Her sales peaked in the 70s and continued well into the 80s. She released more albums in the 90s, but they did not do as well.
This didn't stop her, though. She made a comeback in the 2000s and released multiple albums on Independent labels, including albums on her own label, Dolly Records. Over the span of her career, she has 41 top-10 country albums, and she had 110 charted singles over the past 40 years.