Top Female Reggae artists

Top Female Reggae artists - The Dancehall and Reggae music field is male-dominated, but there are a few female Reggae artists who have broken down the barriers and stamp their class.

Marcia Griffiths

When you think about Reggae the first thing comes to mind is Bob Marley right? As he has been credited with being the artist who introduced the world to reggae music.

Two of the first Reggae artists we music mention here are Dawn Penn and Lady Patra. 

In 1994 Dawn Penn rock the world with her chart-topping single "You Don't Love Me (No No No)". The single charted in the US, Europe, Jamaica and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.

Patra first made an impression on the US charts as a featured singer on the Shabba Ranks song, "Family Affair", which hit No. 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1994. In 1993, Patra released her debut album Queen of The Pack (#1 on the Reggae albums chart. 

Since then there have been numbers of artists climbing up the ranks making it to the top.

Here are some of the top female Reggae artists:

• Marcia Griffiths - (A member of the famous I-Threes)
• Rita Marley - (Bob Marley's Wife & member of I-Threes)
• Judy Mowatt - Member of the I-Threes

Marcia, Rita and Judy Mowatt were the backup singers for Bob Marley alongside Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer.

Other notable Female Reggae music artists are:

• Etana
• Lady Saw
• Tanya Stephens
• Queen Ifrica
• Jah9
• Alaine
• Spice
• Cecile
• Lady G
• Pam Hall
• Sister Nancy
• J.C. Lodge
• Phyllis Dillion
• Nadine Sutherland
• Dezarie
• Hortense Ellis
• Tessanne Chin
• Diana King
• Macka Diamond
• Grace Jones
• Lauryn Hill
• Janet Kay
• Lorna Bennett
• Queen Omeaga
• Tami Chynn
• Cherine Anderson
• Hempress Sativa
• Carlene Davis
• Sophia George
• Jennifer Lara
• Judy Boucher
• Pam Hall
• Tifa
• Raine Seville
• Shenseea
• D'Angel
• Barbara
• Vanessa Bling aka Gaza Slim

One of the biggest Reggae songs ever was done by the world-renown Millie Small titled "My Boy Lollipop"  The single which was released in 1964 reaching number two both in the UK Singles Chart and in the US Billboard Hot 100, and number three in Canada. It also topped the chart in Australia.

We must also mention the newer bunch of female Reggae artists:

• Kelissa
• Koffee
• Lila Ike
• Sevana
• Ishawna
• Dovey Magnum
• Hood Celebrity and
• Jada Kingdom

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