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List of singer-songwriters

The following list of singer-songwriters attempts to enumerate those singers who write their own material, usually perform solo, accompany themselves on guitar or keyboards, and are known as much or more for their songwriting skills as for their performance abilities.

Table of contents

1 Austria 2 Belgium 3 Canada 4 Estonia 5 France 6 Iceland 7 Ireland 8 Jamaica 9 New Zealand 10 United Kingdom 11 United States of America

Austria

• Udo Jürgens

Belgium

• Jacques Brel

Canada

• Bryan Adams
• Bruce Cockburn
• Leonard Cohen
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Joni Mitchell
• Alanis Morissette

Estonia

• Tõnis Mägi
• Jaan Tätte
• Tarmo Urb

France

• Charles Aznavour
• Claude Francois

Iceland

• Björk

Ireland

• Bob Geldof
• Phil Lynott
• Sinead O'Connor
• Dawn Kenny
• Andy White

Jamaica

• Pato Banton
• Barrington Levy
• Bob Marley
• Rita Marley
• Ziggy Marley
• Peter Tosh

New Zealand

• Neil Finn
• Tim Finn

United Kingdom

• Damon Albarn
• Joan Armatrading
• Gary Barlow
• Jeff Beck
• David Bowie
• Billy Bragg
• Kate Bush
• Phil Collins
• Elvis Costello
• Beverley Craven
• Gareth Davies
• Ray Davies
• Ian Dury
• Marianne Faithfull
• Bryan Ferry
• Peter Gabriel
• Liam Gallagher
• Noel Gallagher
• David Gilmour
• Pete Ham
• George Harrison
• Justin Hayward
• Elton John
• Donovan Leitch
• John Lennon
• Adam Leonard
• Paul McCartney
• Ewan MacColl
• Kirsty MacColl
• Ralph McTell
• Freddie Mercury
• George Michael
• Morrissey
• Graham Nash
• Anthony Newley
• Stevie Nicks
• Heather Nova
• Ivor Novello
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Mal Pope
• Gerry Rafferty
• Labi Siffre
• Cat Stevens
• Al Stewart
• Rod Stewart
• Sting
• Tanita Tikaram
• Pete Townshend
• Judie Tzuke
• Midge Ure
• Clifford T. Ward
• Paul Weller

United States of America

• Ryan Adams
• Tori Amos
• Paul Anka
• Joan Baez
• Beck
• Meredith Brooks
• Jackson Browne
• James Brown
• Jeff Buckley
• David Byrne
• Johnny Cash
• Mama Cass
• Harry Chapin
• Tracy Chapman
• Paula Cole
• Catie Curtis
• Chuck D
• Jim Croce
• David Crosby
• John Denver
• Lynsey De Paul
• Ani Difranco
• Bruce Dickinson
• Dr. Dre
• Bob Dylan
• Eminem
• Eric B
• John Fogerty
• Gordon Gano
• Jerry Garcia
• David Gates
• Marvin Gaye
• Gloria Gaynor
• Grandmaster Flash
• David Gray
• Al Green
• Arlo Guthrie
• Woody Guthrie
• P.J. Harvey
• Don Henley
• Lauryn Hill
• Buddy Holly
• Robert Hunter (best known for the Grateful Dead's adaptations of his songs)
• Ice Cube
• Ice-T
• Tim Jones
• Jay-Z
• Lucy Kaplansky
• Carole King
• Kris Kristofferson
• Talib Kweli
• k.d. lang
• Tom Lehrer
• Adam Leonard
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Lisa Loeb
• Michael Jackson
• Bob Lind
• LL Cool J
• Reba McEntire
• Sarah McLachlan
• Barry Manilow
• Marilyn Manson
• Curtis Mayfield
• John Mellencamp
• Joni Mitchell
• Willie Nelson
• Michael Nesmith
• Randy Newman
• Harry Nilsson
• Notorious B.I.G
• Laura Nyro
• Joan Osborne
• Buck Owens
• Maceo Parker
• Tom Petty
• Liz Phair
• Gene Pitney
• Doc Pomus
• Jimmy Pop
• Prince
• Q-Tip
• Sun Ra
• Rakim
• Bonnie Raitt
• Lou Reed
• Smokey Robinson
• Zach de la Rocha
• Axl Rose
• Melanie Safka
• Michelle Shocked
• Carly Simon
• Paul Simon
• Elliott Smith
• Patti Smith
• Snoop Doggy Dogg
• Bruce Springsteen
• Gwen Stefani
• Wynn Stewart
• Stephen Stills
• Sly Stone
• Donna Summer
• Matthew Sweet
• James Taylor
• Eddie Vedder
• Suzanne Vega
• Karl Wallinger
• Dar Williams
• Hank Williams
• Keller Williams
• Brian Wilson
• Stevie Wonder
• Bernie Worrell
• Dwight Yoakam
• Neil Young
• Frank Zappa
• Rob Zombie

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