13. Donna Summer (1948 – 2012)
Donna Summer
Donna Summer had Top 40 hit every year from 1975-1984 and 42 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100. She has sold over a whopping 100 million records globally.
12. Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959)
Billie Holiday
Known to start a new style of singing, Billie would manipulate her pace and words in a way that no other artists could have done in history. She is a famous icon in the world of jazz and pop singing. Sadly, She died due to cirrhosis when she was 44 year old because of her habit of alcohol addiction.
Still the “Lady Day,” is remembered for her work. Frank Sinatra once told Ebony magazine: “With some exceptions, every pop singer in the USA during her time has been touched in some way by her genius. It is Billie Holiday who was, and remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. Lady Day is the most important influence on American popular singing in the last twenty years.”
