The list of top 10 most popular female performers is getting bigger with each passing year.
According to a new study, there are now more than 150,000 female singers on the world stage.
Here are 10 of the most popular, with a little bit of context for each.
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The Canadian singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey (2013-2016) 2.
The US singer-guitarist Alicia Keys (2015-2017) 3.
The British singer-singer Adele (2017-2018) 4.
The German singer-bassist Ariana Grande (2017) 5.
The Swedish singer-vocalist Sara Bareilles (2018) 6.
The Danish singer-musician Lena Ullmann (2018-2019) 7.
The Australian singer-actress/songwriter Kaley Cuoco (2018-) 8.
The Finnish singer-composer Liana von Zabriskie (2019-) 9.
The Brazilian singer-performer Madeon (2019-2020) 10.
The American singer-fiddler/singer Cher (2020-) 11.
The Mexican singer-mimicress Cara Delevigne (2020-2100) 12.
The Czech singer-rocker Dina Lahlund (2100-) 13.
The Norwegian singer-prodigy Kristina Marjolein-Bjergensen (2101-) 14.
The Russian singer-actor Andrey Arlovskiy (2102-) 15.
The singer-artist/musician Kaya Scodelario (2110-) 16.
The Belgian singer-rapper and guitarist/song-writer Mika Mäkelä (2112-) 17.
The Polish singer-producer Andrzej Zalewski (2113-) 18.
The Romanian singer-director Mieczyslaw Gomorowski (2114-) 19.
The Spanish singer-dancer Yara Sofia (2115-) 20.
The Austrian singer-folk singer Kornelia Lipscomb (2117-) 21.
The French singer-poet Elisabeth Moss (2119-) 22.
The Irish singer-keyboardist and singer/songmaster Marni Ríordáin (2120-) 23.
The Estonian singer-music composer Janusz Chmielarz (2121-) 24.
The Japanese singer-singers Shota Ogino and Tomoaki Konishi (2122-) 25.
The Bulgarian singer-ruthless vocalist Ekaterina Makarova (2123-) 26.
The Italian singer-drums and guitarists Fabrizio Molinari and Gianni Diamanti (2124-) 27.
The Icelandic singer-pop star Björk (2125-) 28.
The Hungarian singer-lover Eleni O’Callaghan (2126-) 29.
The Slovakian singer María Sabaté (2127-) 30.
The Dutch singer-writer Marianne Van Haren (2128-) 31.
The Ukrainian singer-model Natasha Zhukova (2113-) 32.
The Portuguese singer-artists Marcelo and Maria Cristina Cruz (2114-) 33.
The Filipino singer-activist Lina Mariano (2115-) 34.
The Chinese singer-sculptor Zhang Hui (2116-) 35.
The Cuban singer-woman-musicians Ceballos and Lina Mas (2117-) 36.
The Colombian singer-bandleader Joana Ortiz (2118-) 37.
The Scottish singer-jazz guitarist Ian Mackenzie (2130-) 38.
The English singer-trombonist Nicky Wire (2120-) 39.
The former Canadian soccer player Michael Bradley (2121-) 40.
The actress and model Anastasia Starr (2122-) 41.
The female singer-piano player Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2123-) 42.
The Malaysian singer-filmmaker Anuara Mohamed (2124-) 43.
The Lebanese singer-conductor Muna Ali (2150-) 44.
The Indian singer-battalor Dara D’alwish (2152-) 45.
The African singer-rhythm singer-lyricist Hania Akwacarola (2154-) 46.
The Argentine singer-comedian Yara Samson (2155-) 47.
The Pakistani singer-reggae artist Shakira (2157-) 48.
The Venezuelan singer-djentist María Elena Lopes (2158-) 49.
The Turkish singer-hip-hop artist Sabah Aziz (2159-) 50.
The Thai singer-electronic musician Astrid Söderberg (2160-) 51.
The Slovenian singer and dancer Darya Gavrilova (2171-) 52.
The Croatian singer-DJ Zdenek Šefčović (2172-) 53
