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chanteuse

[shan-toos, shahn-tœz] / ʃænˈtus, ʃɑ̃ˈtœz /


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Billy Idol, chanteuse Sade, metal legends Iron Maiden and Manchester outfits Joy Division and New Order were also honored, along with hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan and velvet-voiced crooner Luther Vandross.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

Tilly Norwood, the AI-created aspiring actress, is pursuing a second career as a chanteuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

Barabak: The criticism of this collective field is that it’s terminally boring, as if we’re looking to elect a stand-up comic, a chanteuse or a juggler.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026

And she made a good point: It’s strange to be slurping noodles while a chanteuse sings her heart out.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

She’d chosen a strapless gold lame jumpsuit with a seaweed belt and had blown her long hair straight like a 1970s chanteuse.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Nearly a century before, Edgar Degas had painted inhabitants of his own demimonde: prostitutes, ballet dancers, jockeys, chanteuses.

From Economist ● Jul. 21, 2016

Tonight, on the red-carpet of the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, the rappers, cowboys, and chanteuses let their freak-flags fly.

From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2016

Musicians from hip-hop producers to folk chanteuses bow to her; a jazz big band in New York City exists to perform her repertoire.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 10, 2015

With her blond hair, black cocktail dress and red high-heeled shoes, Ms. Paige, 63, suggested a throwback to London music-hall chanteuses from the period just before London swung.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2012

De Laurenti persuaded local chanteuses Dawn Clement, Josephine Howell, Greta Matassa and Kelley Johnson to record the tune and has woven their voices together in an installation intended to be an avant-garde "sonic valentine."

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2011


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