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Nancy Sinatra

Nancy Sinatra (born June 8, 1940), American singer and actress, elder daughter of Frank Sinatra; known for "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", the Bond theme "You Only Live Twice", and duets with Lee Hazlewood.

Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)

Nancy Wilson (1937–2018) was an American singer who recorded more than 70 albums across jazz, pop, and R&B, won three Grammy Awards, and was named a 2004 NEA Jazz Master.

Nancy Wilson (rock musician)

Nancy Wilson, born in 1954 in San Francisco, is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter who with her sister Ann leads the rock band Heart, which she joined in 1974.

Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir

Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, known as Nanna, is an Icelandic singer-songwriter and lead vocalist and guitarist of indie folk band Of Monsters and Men (Músíktilraunir 2010 winners; "Little Talks"). In 2023 she released her debut solo album How to Start a Garden via Republic Records.

Nao (singer)

Nao (Neo Jessica Joshua, born 1987) is a British R&B singer from Nottingham and East London, creator of "wonky funk," BBC Sound of 2016 third place, with albums For All We Know, Saturn, and Jupiter.

Naomi Jon

Naomi Jon (Naomi Jonzeck, born 1996, Göttingen) is a German pop singer-songwriter and YouTuber/TikTok creator. Independent via Jon Records; debut album Villain of Your Dreams (2024) hit no. 7 in Germany.

Naomi Judd

Naomi Judd (Diana Ellen Judd, 1946–2022), American country singer who with daughter Wynonna formed The Judds, winners of five Grammys with 14 number-one country hits; died by suicide in 2022, one day before their Country Music Hall of Fame induction.

Naomi Shemer (נעמי שמר)

Naomi Shemer (נעמי שמר, 1930–2004), born Naomi Sapir in Kvutzat Kinneret, was an Israeli songwriter and composer, Israel Prize 1983 laureate, best known for "Jerusalem of Gold" and "Lu Yehi."

Napoleon XIV

Napoleon XIV was the stage name of Jerry Samuels (1938–2023), American singer and producer behind the 1966 novelty hit "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!", No. 3 Billboard, No. 4 UK, with a reversed B-side.

Nappy Roots

Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap group formed in 1995 at Western Kentucky University, best known for the hit "Awnaw" and the album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz.

Narada Michael Walden

Narada Michael Walden (born 1952) is an American drummer, singer, songwriter, and Grammy- and Emmy-winning producer, ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra drummer, producer of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Mariah Carey hits, and owner of Tarpan Studios and Tarpan Records.

Nash Ensemble

The Nash Ensemble is a London chamber ensemble founded in 1964 by Amelia Freedman, named after John Nash's terraces; Wigmore Hall resident ensemble with 300+ premieres, 215 commissions, and 100+ recordings.

Nasri (musician)

Nasri, also known as Nasri Atweh, is a Canadian singer and songwriter, lead vocalist of the band Magic!, whose hit "Rude" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2014.

Nasty Crew

Nasty Crew (N.A.S.T.Y., Natural Artistic Sounds Touching You) was an East London grime collective founded in 1999 by Marcus Nasty, Sharky Major and Stormin, known for its Deja Vu FM pirate radio show and members including Kano, Jammer, D Double E and Ghetts.

Nat Adderley

Nat Adderley (Nathaniel Adderley) was an American jazz cornetist and composer, known for his work with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. His composition "Work Song" is a jazz standard.

Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles, 1919-1965) was an American jazz pianist and singer whose drummerless King Cole Trio and hits like "Unforgettable" made him a top vocalist; first African American host of a national TV variety show (NBC, 1956).

Natacha Atlas (نتاشا أطلس)

Natacha Atlas (نتاشا أطلس), born 1964 in Brussels, is a Belgian singer of Egyptian-British parentage, former Transglobal Underground vocalist, and solo artist fusing Arabic music with electronica, pop, and jazz.

Natalie Appleton

Natalie Appleton (born 1973, Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian singer, member of All Saints from 1996 and, with sister Nicole, of the duo Appleton, whose 'Fantasy' reached UK No. 2.

Natalie Cole

Natalie Maria Cole (1950-2015), American singer, daughter of Nat King Cole; R&B hits like "This Will Be" in the 1970s, then the 1991 standards album Unforgettable... with Love; nine Grammy winner, died December 31, 2015.

Natalie Grant

Natalie Grant (born 1971, Seattle) is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, nine-time GRAMMY nominee, five-time GMA Dove Female Vocalist of the Year, author, and co-founder of the anti-trafficking non-profit Hope for Justice.

Natalie Hemby

Natalie Hemby (Natalie Nicole Hemby) is a Nashville country songwriter, two-time Grammy winner, and member of The Highwomen with Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, and Amanda Shires; she wrote "White Liar," "Pontoon," "Automatic," and "Crowded Table."

Natalie Horler

Natalie Horler (born 1981, Bonn) is the British-German singer and frontwoman of Cascada, the Eurodance act with DJ Manian and Yanou behind "Everytime We Touch" and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"; Eurovision 2013, 30 million records, solo Cascada since 2024.

Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Imbruglia (Natalie Jane Imbruglia), Australian singer-songwriter and actress born 1975 in Sydney; Beth Brennan on Neighbours, 1997 hit cover Torn; seven studio albums, latest Algorithm (2026).

Natalie La Rose

Natalie La Rose is a Dutch singer, songwriter, and dancer of Surinamese descent from Amsterdam, best known for her platinum 2015 debut single "Somebody" featuring Jeremih.

Natalie Maines

Natalie Maines, born 1974 in Lubbock, Texas, is the lead vocalist of the Chicks, winner of multiple Grammy Awards, and released the solo album Mother in 2013.

Natalie Merchant

Natalie Merchant (born 1963, Jamestown, New York) is an American singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of 10,000 Maniacs 1981-1993, then solo with Tigerlily (5 million copies), Leave Your Sleep, Keep Your Courage, and Cabinet of Wonder.

Nataly Dawn

Nataly Dawn (Natalie Knutsen, born 1986) is an American singer-songwriter, half of the YouTube duo Pomplamoose with Jack Conte, and a Nonesuch solo artist whose albums include How I Knew Her and Gardenview.

Natasha Bedingfield

Natasha Bedingfield, British pop singer-songwriter, debut album Unwritten (2004) with UK No.1 These Words; Grammy-nominated Unwritten, The Hills theme, 2024 Anyone But You revival.

Natasha Hamilton

Natasha Hamilton, English singer-songwriter from Liverpool (born 1982), Atomic Kitten member on "Whole Again", left the band in 2024 for an independent solo career on her label Morpho Records.

Natasha Shneider (Наталья Михайловна Шнейдерман)

Natasha Shneider (Наталья Михайловна Шнейдерман), also Natasha Kapustin (1956–2008), was a Latvian-born Soviet-American singer, keyboardist, and actress: Motown group Black Russian, band Eleven with Alain Johannes, work with Chris Cornell and Queens of the Stone Age, and Irina Yakunina in the film 2010.