Linda Ronstadt

Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who has performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, and Latin music. She has earned 11 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.

Ronstadt has released 24 studio albums and 15 compilation or greatest hits albums. She charted 38 US Billboard Hot 100 singles, with 21 reaching the top 40, 10 into the top 10, paving the way to number one. Additionally, she has charted 36 albums, 10 top-10 albums, and three number one albums on the US Billboard albums chart. Ronstadt has collaborated with artists in diverse genres including Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Bette Midler, Billy Eckstine, Frank Zappa, Carla Bley, Rosemary Clooney, and Nelson Riddle.

After 2000, Ronstadt reduced her activity due to her singing voice deteriorating. She released her final solo album in 2004 and her final collaborative album in 2006, and performed her final live concert in 2009. She revealed shortly afterward that due to a degenerative condition, initially diagnosed as Parkinson's disease but later determined to be progressive supranuclear palsy, she could no longer sing. Despite this, Ronstadt has continued to make public appearances, going on public speaking tours in the 2010s and releasing a documentary based on her memoirs Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice in 2019.