chanteuse
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Billy Idol, chanteuse Sade, metal legends Iron Maiden and Manchester outfits Joy Division and New Order were also honored, along with hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan and velvet-voiced crooner Luther Vandross.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Tilly Norwood, the AI-created aspiring actress, is pursuing a second career as a chanteuse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Barabak: The criticism of this collective field is that it’s terminally boring, as if we’re looking to elect a stand-up comic, a chanteuse or a juggler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026
A series of gorgeous surreal hallucinations include projected video flashbacks, descending carousel horses and black flamenco dancers emerging from shadows and furniture as Quichotte recalled Dulcinea, a nightclub chanteuse with a retro microphone.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
"I saw The Phantom of the Opera last summer. There was a wonderful chanteuse in that show."
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
She’s part of a neo-cabaret scene that spikes nostalgia for bygone chanteuses with the danger and urgency of performance art.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 6, 2019
Nearly a century before, Edgar Degas had painted inhabitants of his own demimonde: prostitutes, ballet dancers, jockeys, chanteuses.
From Economist ● Jul. 21, 2016
Tonight, on the red-carpet of the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, the rappers, cowboys, and chanteuses let their freak-flags fly.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2016
De Laurenti persuaded local chanteuses Dawn Clement, Josephine Howell, Greta Matassa and Kelley Johnson to record the tune and has woven their voices together in an installation intended to be an avant-garde "sonic valentine."
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2011
Her melodies drew from a range of sources, including Mexican folk songs and the music of French chanteuses like Édith Piaf, to whom her highly emotional delivery often drew comparisons.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2010
