12 Best Female Rock Singers Of All Time

12. Debbie Harry - Blondie

As the 70's unfolded, the punk movement was slowly turning over a new leaf to become new-wave. In sharp contrast to the raw unfiltered aggression of bands like the Ramones, these bands were mining sounds that were a lot more nervy than the typical pop music blaring across the airwaves. Right in the thick of it all was Blondie, with a frontwoman who exuded as much glitz as she did attitude.

Throughout the band's prime, Debbie Harry remained the driving force behind Blondie, which her sultry voice providing the backdrop to their tales of the eccentric lifestyle of 20 somethings in the thick of New York. While Harry's range was not as dynamic as someone like Aretha Franklin, the way she could switch up her styles gave her an advantage against her more raucous peers in the punk scene.

While songs like "Heart of Glass" would have the graceful prettiness you'd expect out of your pop princesses, other songs like "Call Me" and "One Way Or Another" showed Harry bringing the sass back into her delivery to keep the listener on the edge of their seat. Some singers may have done it better, but no one epitomized both elegance and raw aggression as well as Debbie Harry.