Scottish Female Singers

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Susan Boyle
(Scottish Singer Best Known for Her Album ‘I Dreamed a Dream’)
Susan Boyle
28
Birthdate: April 1, 1961
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Susan Boyle shot to fame with her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables in an audition for Britain's Got Talent. Her first album, I Dreamed a Dream, was the best-selling debut album in U.K. history. She has also performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant.
 2 
Annie Lennox
(Singer-songwriter of)
Annie Lennox
8
Birthdate: January 25, 1954
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland
Known for her androgynous look, four-time Grammy-winning artist Annie Lennox became an international sensation with Eurythmics, a duo she formed with Dave Stewart, delivering hits such as Sweet Dreams. Her song Into the West from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King received an Academy Award.
 3 
Emeli Sandé
(R&B Singer Best Remebered for her Album 'Our Vision of Events')
Emeli Sandé
8
Birthdate: March 10, 1987
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 4 
Amy Macdonald
(Scottish Folk Rock Singer and Songwriter)
Amy Macdonald
9
Birthdate: August 25, 1987
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bishopbriggs, Scotland

With songs that are a blend of contemporary folk-rock and traditional storytelling, Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald sold 3 million copies of her debut album worldwide. Known for hits such as This Is the Life, she is a self-taught musician and began her career singing at pubs and cafes in her teens.

 5 
Lauren Mayberry
(Vocalist and Percussionist of the Scottish Pop Band 'Chvrches')
Lauren Mayberry
8
Birthdate: October 7, 1987
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland

Lauren Mayberry is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and musician. Mayberry, who possesses a soprano singing voice, is the lead vocalist of the popular Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches, where she also plays keyboards and drums. One-third of the band, Mayberry co-produces and co-writes the songs along with Martin Doherty and Iain Cook. A vocal feminist, Mayberry runs the feminist collective, TYCI.

 6 
Lena Zavaroni
5
Birthdate: November 4, 1963
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Died: October 1, 1999

Scottish singer Lena Zavaroni is an example of how harmful unregulated childhood stardom can be. At 10, she became the youngest singer with a Top 10 album on the UK Albums Chart. However, after a lifelong battle with anorexia nervosa and depression, she died at 34, following a psychosurgical operation.

 7 
Elizabeth Fraser
(Scottish Singer-Songwriter Best Known as the Vocalist for the Pioneering Dream Pop Band Cocteau Twins)
Elizabeth Fraser
5
Birthdate: August 29, 1963
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Grangemouth, Scotland

Once described as “the voice of God,” Scottish singer Elizabeth Fraser gained fame as part of the dream pop band Cocteau Twins, known for its obscure lyrics and foreign words which were inserted in the songs because they sounded good. Sexually abused by her family members, she left home at 16

 8 
Eddi Reader
(musician, singer, songwriter)
Eddi Reader
4
Birthdate: August 28, 1959
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Glasgow
 9 
Isobel Campbell
(Singer-Songwriter)
Isobel Campbell
3
Birthdate: April 27, 1976
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
 10 
Julie Fowlis
(Folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic)
Julie Fowlis
4
Birthdate: June 20, 1978
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 11 
Sandi Thom
(Singer, Songwriter)
Sandi Thom
4
Birthdate: August 11, 1981
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Banff
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 12 
Jean Redpath
(Singer)
Jean Redpath
3
Birthdate: April 28, 1937
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: August 21, 2014
 13 
Mary Ann Kennedy
(Musician)
Mary Ann Kennedy
0
Birthdate: 1968 AD
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
 14 
Sophia Dussek
(Singer)
Sophia Dussek
0
Birthdate: May 1, 1775
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: 1831 AD
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 15 
Rachel Newton
(Harpist,)
Rachel Newton
13
Birthdate: October 28, 1985
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland