Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July , ) is a retired American singer who
performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country,
light opera, and Latin. She has earned Grammy Awards, three American
Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and
an ALMA Award. Many of her albums have been certified gold, platinum
or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally. She has
also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award. She
was awarded the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin
Recording Academy in and also awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement
Award by the Recording Academy in . She was inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame in April . On July , , she was awarded the National
Medal of Arts and Humanities. In , she received a star jointly with
Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for
their work as the group Trio. Ronstadt was among the five honorees who
received the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements
at the annual event on December , , in Washington, D.C., at the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.Ronstadt has released
studio albums and compilation or greatest hits albums. She charted
US Billboard Hot singles. Twenty-one of those singles reached the top
, ten reached the top , and one reached number one ("You're No Good").
Her success did not translate to the UK, with only the single "Blue
Bayou" reaching the UK Top . Ronstadt's duet with Aaron Neville,
"Don't Know Much", peaked at number in December . She has charted
albums, ten top- albums, and three number albums on the US Billboard
Pop Album Chart.Ronstadt has collaborated with artists in diverse
genres, including Bette Midler, Billy Eckstine, Frank Zappa, Carla
Bley (Escalator Over the Hill), Rosemary Clooney, Flaco Jiménez,
Philip Glass, Warren Zevon, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Dolly
Parton, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Earl Scruggs, Johnny Cash, and Nelson
Riddle. She has lent her voice to over albums and has sold more than
million records, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of
all time. Christopher Loudon, of Jazz Times, wrote in that Ronstadt
is "blessed with arguably the most sterling set of pipes of her
generation."
performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country,
light opera, and Latin. She has earned Grammy Awards, three American
Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and
an ALMA Award. Many of her albums have been certified gold, platinum
or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally. She has
also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award. She
was awarded the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin
Recording Academy in and also awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement
Award by the Recording Academy in . She was inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame in April . On July , , she was awarded the National
Medal of Arts and Humanities. In , she received a star jointly with
Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for
their work as the group Trio. Ronstadt was among the five honorees who
received the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements
at the annual event on December , , in Washington, D.C., at the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.Ronstadt has released
studio albums and compilation or greatest hits albums. She charted
US Billboard Hot singles. Twenty-one of those singles reached the top
, ten reached the top , and one reached number one ("You're No Good").
Her success did not translate to the UK, with only the single "Blue
Bayou" reaching the UK Top . Ronstadt's duet with Aaron Neville,
"Don't Know Much", peaked at number in December . She has charted
albums, ten top- albums, and three number albums on the US Billboard
Pop Album Chart.Ronstadt has collaborated with artists in diverse
genres, including Bette Midler, Billy Eckstine, Frank Zappa, Carla
Bley (Escalator Over the Hill), Rosemary Clooney, Flaco Jiménez,
Philip Glass, Warren Zevon, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Dolly
Parton, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Earl Scruggs, Johnny Cash, and Nelson
Riddle. She has lent her voice to over albums and has sold more than
million records, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of
all time. Christopher Loudon, of Jazz Times, wrote in that Ronstadt
is "blessed with arguably the most sterling set of pipes of her
generation."
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