List of Female Singers With 10 Grammys

Dolly Parton, who has 10 Grammys, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. Primarily, she is known for her decades-long career in country music.

In fifty years, Parton has sold over 100 million records worldwide. The artist has earned 11 Grammy Awards including her 2011 Lifetime Achievement Grammy.

She has also achieved 50 Grammy Award nominations, the second most nominations of any female artist in the history of the prestigious awards.

Chaka Khan is among the women singers with 10 Grammys. She started her career in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus.

Known as the Queen of Funk, Khan's career has spanned more than five decades. Her first Grammy was in 1975 for her song Tell Me Something Good as a part of the band Rufus.

Her most recent Grammy award came in 2008 for the album Funk This and the song Disrespectful with Mary J. Blige.

As of 2023, Khan has won 10 Grammy Awards, including 2 as a member of Rufus. Also, she has received 22 Grammy Award nominations, including 3 as a member of Rufus.

Linda Ronstadt an American singer has performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country,& more. Recently, announced she had Parkinson's disease.

The disease now prevents her from singing, so she is now completely retired from music.

During her musical career, she has earned 11 Grammys including a Lifetime Achievement Award, 3 American Music Awards, 2 Academy of Country Music Awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award.

She achieved her first Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1975 for the song I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You).

Shirley Caesar is an American gospel singer who began a music career at the age of 12.  She is often known as the Queen of Gospel Music.

She won her first Grammy in 1971 for her recording of recording Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man. Also in 1975, the recording of her song, No Charge became an instant hit and her first gold record.

Throughout her seven-decade career, she has won 11 Grammys, 15 Dove Awards, and 14 Stellar Awards. She was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. In 2000 she was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Taylor Swift has a remarkable legacy in the music industry. She is one of the best-selling musicians and the most streamed female artist on Spotify.

Globally, she has sold over 200 million records. She received her first Grammy in 2010 including four more awards.

Swift's recent accolades came in 2016 where she has won Album of the Year for 1989 as well as awards for songs like Bad Blood. She became one of the youngest women to win Album of the Year twice.

Bonnie Raitt is an American blues singer and Guitarist. She released her self-titled debut album in 1971.

Raitt's major hit was her 10th studio album Nick of Time which reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart and won the Grammy Award for the Album of the Year.

To date, she has earned 13 competitive Grammy Awards from 30 nominations including a Lifetime Achievement award.

Lady Gaga is the perfect definition of a modern pop queen. She is one of the world's best-selling music artists who has sold 170 million records.

Gaga is only the female artist to achieve four singes each selling at least 10 million copies worldwide. She has won 13 Grammys.

In 2010, she achieved her first Grammy for Best Dance Recording for Poker Face. Her most recent wins were in 2019 with three awards two for Shallow and one for Joanne.

Emmylou Harris is a highly regarded figure in contemporary music. Along with songwriter and musician, she is known for having a consistent artistic direction.

She has sold over 15 million records globally. Throughout her career, she has earned 13 Grammys.

Her first Grammy was in 1977 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her album Elite Hotel. Her most recent award award came in 2014 for Best Americana Album and in 2018 she also received Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ella Fitzgerald is an American Jazz singer known as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. Her legacy in jazz is undeniable.

Throughout her career, she earned 14 Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts, the NAACP's inaugural President's Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Her first Grammy was for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. A recent Grammy was in 1996 for Best Historical Album for The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks.

Leontyne Prince is an American spinto soprano and the first African American to receive international acclaim.

She began with a long association with the Metropolitan Opera in 1961 and was the first African American to be a leading performer.

Among many honors and awards, her accolades include 13 Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Judith Sherman is an American audio engineer and record producer. She is the most awarded female producer in Grammy History.

Throughout her career, She has been nominated for 18 Grammy awards and won 14 including for Producer of the Year, Classical seven times in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2022, and 2023.

Also, in 2009 she was awarded the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award.

CeCe Winans is an American gospel singer. She is currently the best-selling gospel artist of all time with 17 million record sales certified by RIAA.

Winans is considered to be one of the greatest gospel artists recording 19 million sales as a solo artist.

She has earned 15 Grammy Awards, the most for a female gospel singer, and is considered to be the most awarded gospel artist of all time.

Her first Grammy was for Best Soul Gospel Performance in 1988. One of her recent Grammy was for Best Gospel Album for Let Them Fall in Love in 2018.

Alicia Keys is an American Singer and songwriter. Keys, a classically trained pianist, started to compose songs at the age of 12.

She won her first Grammy in 2002 for Best New Artist. She won for her album Songs in a Minor and Fallin in the same year.

One of her recent Grammys was in 2014 for Best R&B Album for Girl on Fire. Keys has sold over 65 million records and has written many songs.

Adele is an English singer-songwriter and is known for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals. She was named in the top 20 best-selling debut albums in the UK.

She is tied as the fourth most decorated woman in Grammy history with a total of 15 Grammys.

Her first Grammy was for Best New Artist in 2009 as well as Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Chasing Pavements. Her recent accolades included five awards for her album 25 and song Hello in 2017.

Aretha Franklin is regarded as the greatest female soul singer to grace the earth. People often referred to her as the Queen of Soul for her voice and songs.

She has been nominated at the Grammys 44 times and won 18 awards. Her first Grammy was for her song Respect which earned her two awards in 1968.

Franklin has also earned three special awards from the Grammys including the Legend Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, and MusiCares Person of the Year.

Her most recent Grammys was for Best Gospel Performance for Never Gonna Break My Faith with Mary J. Blige in 2008.

Alison Krauss is an American bluegrass-country Female singer with most Grammys. She is one of the most decorated singers ever.

Krauss was the second youngest winner when she won her first Grammy for Best Bluegrass Recording for her album I've Got That Old Feeling in 1991.

Her most recent Grammy was for Best Bluegrass Album for Paper Airplane in 2012.

Throughout her career she has won 27 Grammys as a solo artist, as a group with Union Station, as a duet with Robert Plant, and as a record producer.

Beyonce is one of the Singers with the most Grammys. Also, known as Queen Bey and the most-awarded female artist of all time.

In 2001, she received her first Grammy for Destiny's Child and the girl group won two Grammys for Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best R&B Song for Say My Name in the same year.

She received her first Grammy as a solo artist in 2004, where she won 5 awards for her album Dangerously in Love and Songs like Crazy in Love featuring her husband. She has more Grammys than her husband, Jay-Z.

At the 2021 Grammys tied the record with Alison Krauss after she won the Best Rap Song category for Savage with Megan Thee Stallion. She became the most awarded individual this past Grammys.