Linda Ronstadt (b. July 15, 1946) is an American popular music singer. Her many vocal styles in a variety of genres have resonated with the general public over the course of her four-decade career. As a result, she has earned multiple Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold (Music recording sales certification), platinum (Music recording sales certification) and multiplatinum (Music recording sales certification) albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden Globe nominations.

A singer-songwriter and record producer, she is recognized as a definitive interpreter (cover version) of songs. Being one of musics most versatile and commercially successful female singers in U.S. history, she is recognized for her many public stages of self-reinvention and public incarnations.

With a one time standing as the Queen of Rock (List of honorific titles in popular music) where she was bestowed the title of "highest paid woman in rock", and known as the First Lady of Rock (List of honorific titles in popular music), she has more recently emerged as music matriarch, international arts advocate and Human Rights advocate.

Ronstadt has collaborated with more artists from a diverse spectrum of genres - including Billy Eckstine, Frank Zappa, Rosemary Clooney, Flaco Jim�nez, Philip Glass, The Chieftains, Gram Parsons - than perhaps any popular music vocalist in modern U.S. history, lending her voice to over 120 albums around the world.

In total, she has released over 30 solo albums, more than 15 compilations (Compilation album) or greatest hits albums. Ronstadt has charted thirty-eight Billboard Hot 100 singles, twenty-one of which have reached the top 40, ten of which have reached the top 10, three peaking at No. 2, the No. 1 hit, "Youre No Good." In the UK, her single "Blue Bayou" reached the UK Top 40 and the duet with Aaron Neville, "Dont Know Much", peaked at #2 in November 1989. In addition, she has charted thirty-six albums, ten Top 10 albums, and three No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 Pop Album Charts (Billboard 200).