Linda Ronstadt

Linda Maria Ronstadt is a famous American singer and songwriter who has achieved immense popularity and success in the world of music. Starting in the late 60s her music career spans across four decades and encompasses music from different genres including rock, rhythm blues, folk music and jazz among others. Her versatility in delivering a wide range of styles and her mesmerising voice appealed the masses. Through her music people came to enjoy the more conventional Mexican music and older pop versions as also work of the likes of Chuck Berry, Elvis Costello and Buddy Holly. During the 70s she remained the most successful and top-selling female singer who was tagged ‘Queen of Rock’ and ‘First Lady of Rock’. She emerged as the first female to achieve ‘arena class’ rock star fame with her chart-bursting albums like ‘Simple Dreams’ and ‘Heart Like a Wheel’. The latter fetched her first of her eleven ‘Grammy Awards’. In her music career, she has achieved great heights including earning many platinum and multiplatinum albums, induction in the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’, being enlisted several times in the ‘Billboard Hot 100’ and ‘Billboard album chart’ among others. She has earned several awards including ‘Emmy Award’, ‘ALMA Award’, ‘Academy of Country Music’ awards and ‘American Music Awards’ among numerous others.