Top 100 Rainbow Vocalists I Like

1. Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain was born on February 20 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt and his family lived in Hoquiam for the first few months of his life then later moved back to Aberdeen, where he had a happy childhood until his parents divorced. The divorce left Kurt's outlook on the world forever scarred. He...

2. Damon Albarn

Music_department | Ravenous

Damon Albarn was born in Whitechapel Hospital, London. He was the son of Keith (a former luminary of England's late-1960s psychedelic rock scene that yielded Soft Machine and others) and Hazel (a stage designer for Joan Littlewood's theatre company). Arriving in Colchester, Essex in the late '70s, ...

3. Freddie Mercury

Soundtrack | Flash Gordon

Freddie Mercury was born on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, sent him off to a private school in India, from 1955 til 1963. In 1964, he and his family flew to England. In 1966 he started his education at the Ealing College of Art, where he graduated in 1969. He ...

4. David Bowie

Soundtrack | Labyrinth

David Bowie was one of the most influential and prolific writers and performers of popular music, but he was much more than that; he was also an accomplished actor, a mime and an intellectual, as well as an art lover whose appreciation and knowledge of it had led to him amassing one of the biggest ...

5. Kesha

Soundtrack | On the Basis of Sex

Ke$ha was born on March 1, 1987, in Los Angeles, California. Her big break came from cameo on rapper Flo Rida's 2009 No. 1 hit "Flo Rida Feat. Ke$ha: Right Round (2009)." Soon after, she landed a record contact with RCA and released her first single, Ke$ha: TiK ToK (2009). The party anthem ...

6. Lady Gaga

Soundtrack | A Star Is Born

Lady Gaga, born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, is an American songwriter, singer, actress, philanthropist, dancer and fashion designer.

Gaga was born on March 28, 1986 in Manhattan, New York City, to Cynthia Louise (Bissett), a philanthropist and business executive, and Joseph Anthony ...

7. Renato Russo

Soundtrack | Eduardo e Mônica

Renato Russo (born Renato Manfredini, Jr., was a Brazilian singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the alternative rock band Legião Urbana. A Brazilian film depicting his life and career was released in 2013, called Somos Tão Jovens (We Are So Young). He started his studies at an early age...

8. Janelle Monáe

Soundtrack | Hidden Figures

Janelle Monáe is an American musical recording artist, actress and model signed to their own imprint, Wondaland Arts Society, and Atlantic Records.

They were born in Kansas City, Kansas, to Janet, a janitor, and Michael Robinson Summers, a truck driver. In 2010, Monáe released her first full-length ...

9. Lily Allen

Actress | Elizabeth

Lily Rose Beatrice Allen is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Her music career began in 2005 when she made some of her vocal recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a ...

10. Declan McKenna

Music_department | The Drowning of Arthur Braxton

Declan McKenna was born on December 24, 1998 in Enfield, North London, England, UK. He is an actor and editor, known for The Drowning of Arthur Braxton (2021), The Beautiful Gamers (2016) and Declan McKenna: Why Do You Feel So Down? (2017).

11. Aurora

Soundtrack | Frozen II

Aurora Aksnes (born 15 June 1996), known mononymously as Aurora (stylised as Aurora), is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer. Her debut EP Running with the Wolves was released through Decca Records in May 2015, receiving widespread approval from online music blogs and national press. Later ...

12. Sufjan Stevens

Soundtrack | Call Me by Your Name

Sufjan Stevens was born on July 1, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a music artist and composer, known for Call Me by Your Name (2017), Jessabelle (2014) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).

13. Michael Stipe

Producer | Being John Malkovich

John Michael Stipe was born in Decatur, Georgia, on January 4th, 1960. Since his father was in the military, they moved around a lot. In 1980, while he was attending the University of Georgia (studying painting and photography), he met Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry. They dropped out of ...

R.E.M.

14. Perfume Genius

Soundtrack | Booksmart

Perfume Genius is known for Booksmart (2019), Doom Patrol (2019) and Perfume Genius: Queen (2014).

15. Owen Pallett

Music_department | Her

Owen Pallett is known for Her (2013), The Box (2009) and Dream Scenario (2023).

16. John Grant

Soundtrack | Thelma

John Grant was born on July 25, 1968 in Buchanan, Michigan, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Thelma (2017), Weekend (2011) and The Skeleton Twins (2014).

17. Gerard Way

Soundtrack | The Umbrella Academy

Gerard Way was born on April 9, 1977 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Umbrella Academy (2019), Premium Rush (2012) and Never Back Down (2008). He has been married to Lindsey Ann Ballato since September 3, 2007. They have one child.

My Chemical Romance

18. Karin Dreijer

Soundtrack | Red Riding Hood

Karin Dreijer is known for Red Riding Hood (2011), Cashback (2006) and Horns (2013).

Fever Ray

19. Phoebe Bridgers

Soundtrack | Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Phoebe Bridgers was born on August 17, 1994 in Orange, California, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019), 13 Reasons Why (2017) and The Desperate Hour (2021).

Solo and Boygenius

20. Billie Eilish

Soundtrack | No Time to Die

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell is an American musician, singer and actress from Los Angeles. She performed hit songs such as "Bad Guy" and "No Time to Die," which was used in the James Bond film of the same name. She provided ADR for Ramona and Beezus, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and ...

21. Tove Lo

Soundtrack | Fifty Shades of Grey

Tove Lo was born on October 29, 1987 in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a music artist and actress, known for Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), Allegiant (2016) and Power Rangers (2017). She has been married to Charlie Twaddle since July 25, 2020.

Top 5 Music: 01 Habits (Stay High) 02 Cool Girl 03 Disco Tits 04 Moments 05 Talking Body

22. Rina Sawayama

Actress | Turn Up Charlie

With over 400 million plays across streaming services, and her critically acclaimed debut album 'Sawayama' ranking on over 50 album of the year lists in 2020, Japanese-British pop superstar Rina Sawayama is set to make her feature film acting debut in the highly anticipated next entry in the John ...

Top 5 Music: 01 Cyber Stockholm Syndrome 02 XS 03 STFU! 04 Ordinary Superstar 05 Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)

23. Ethel Cain

Actress | V Wanna Know

Ethel Cain is known for V Wanna Know (2021).

24. Angel Olsen

Soundtrack | The Fundamentals of Caring

Angel Olsen is known for The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), Angel Olsen: Shut Up Kiss Me (2016) and The Voyeurs (2021).

25. Michelle Zauner

Actress | Japanese Breakfast: Be Sweet

Michelle Zauner was born on March 29, 1989 in Seoul, South Korea. She is an actress and director, known for Japanese Breakfast: Be Sweet (2021), Japanese Breakfast: Road Head (2017) and Japanese Breakfast: Machinist (2017). She has been married to Peter Bradley since 2014.

Japanese Breakfast

Sir Elton John is one of pop music's great survivors. Born 25 March, 1947, as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he started to play the piano at the early age of four. At the age of 11, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. His first band was called Bluesology. He later auditioned (...

29. Billie Joe Armstrong

Soundtrack | The Simpsons Movie

Billie Joe Armstrong was born in Piedmont, California, a small town surrounded by the city of Oakland, and was raised in Rodeo, California, the youngest of six children of Ollie (Jackson) and Andrew "Andy" Marsicano Armstrong. His father worked as a jazz musician and truck driver for Safeway Inc. ...

Green Day

30. George Michael

Soundtrack | Beverly Hills Cop II

George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in Finchley, north London, in the United Kingdom, to Lesley Angold (Harrison), a dancer, and Kyriacos Panayiotou, a restaurateur. His father was a Greek Cypriot, and his mother was of English background. He first discovered fame as a musician ...

Wham! and Solo

31. Lou Reed

Soundtrack | V for Vendetta

He formed the group The Velvet Underground with Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, second guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Maureen Tucker in New York in 1965. The group soon became a part of Andy Warhol's Factory scene, which housed a great number of the most freaked and experimental ...

32. Cássia Eller

Soundtrack | Houve uma Vez Dois Verões

Cássia Eller was born on December 10, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was a music artist and actress, known for Houve uma Vez Dois Verões (2002), Cássia Eller: O Segundo Sol (1999) and Student's Hearts (2002). She died on December 29, 2001 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de...

33. Ana Carolina

Soundtrack | Amores Possíveis

Ana Carolina was born on September 9, 1974 in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. She is a music artist and actress, known for Amores Possíveis (2001), From Beginning to End (2009) and In Therapy (2009).

34. Whitney Houston

Soundtrack | The Bodyguard

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston (née Emily Lee Drinkard) and John Russell Houston, Jr., and cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick.

She began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope ...

35. Morrissey

Soundtrack | Shaun of the Dead

Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Davyhulme, Manchester, England, UK. At a very early age, he took an interest in writing. His top priority was poetry, though he would have his biography on James Dean, "James Dean Is Not Dead", published by his early 20s. His literary influences ranged from ...

36. Sinéad O'Connor

Soundtrack | In the Name of the Father

Sinéad O'Connor was born on December 8, 1966 in Glenageary, Ireland. She was a music artist and actress, known for In the Name of the Father (1993), Vanilla Sky (2001) and Sinéad O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U (1990). She was married to Barry Herridge, Steve Cooney, Nicholas Sommerlad and ...

37. Ney Matogrosso

Music_department | Caminhos Magnétykos

Ney Matogrosso was born on August 1, 1941 in Bela Vista, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Magnetick Pathways (2018), Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit (2010) and Vereda Tropical (1984).

38. Gal Costa

Soundtrack | Bacurau

Gal Costa was born on September 26, 1945 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. She was a music artist and actress, known for Bacurau (2019), The Mandarin (1995) and Terra Estrangeira (1995). She died on November 9, 2022 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

39. Remi Wolf

Actress | Makeup Remover

Remi Wolf is known for Makeup Remover (2014).

40. Janis Joplin

Soundtrack | Watchmen

Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta, ...

41. Mike Jagger

Producer | Rotten to Thee Core

Mike Jagger is known for Rotten to Thee Core (2017).

42. St. Vincent

Soundtrack | The Nowhere Inn

St. Vincent was born on September 28, 1982 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Nowhere Inn (2020), XX (2017) and Greta (2018).

43. Cazuza

Soundtrack | Closer

Cazuza was born on April 4, 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor and composer, known for Closer (2004), The Emerald Forest (1985) and Ashes of Paradise (1997). He died on July 9, 1990 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

44. Jon Thor Birgisson

Soundtrack | We Bought a Zoo

Jon Thor Birgisson was born on April 23, 1975 in Iceland. He is a composer and actor, known for We Bought a Zoo (2011), How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) and How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014).

Sigur Rós

45. Boygenius

Soundtrack | The Walking Dead

Boygenius is known for The Walking Dead (2010), The Rookie (2018) and Walker (2021).

46. Adrianne Lenker

Soundtrack | Long Shot

Adrianne Lenker is known for Long Shot (2019), White Rabbit (2018) and Beast Beast (2020).

47. Will Toledo

Soundtrack | Heaven Burns

Will Toledo is known for Heaven Burns (2010), Conan (2010) and Loudini (2016).

48. Christine and the Queens

Soundtrack | The Voyeurs

Christine and the Queens was born on June 1, 1988 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France. He is an actor and composer, known for The Voyeurs (2021), Christine and the Queens - la chanson du chevalier (2022) and Christine and the Queens - Narcissus is Back (Clip Officiel) (2011).

49. Catherine Slater

Soundtrack | I Want You Back

Catherine Slater is known for I Want You Back (2022), Slayyyter: Clouds (2021) and Slayyyter: Candy (2019).

Slayyyter

50. Rosalía

Soundtrack | Hellboy

Rosalía was born on September 25, 1993 in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain. She is a music artist and actress, known for Hellboy (2019), Pain and Glory (2019) and Rosalía: Despechá (2022).

51. Joe Talbot

Self | CBeebies Bedtime Story

Vocalist for British rock band Idles.