ANSWERS: 5
  • Faith Hill seems pretty tall.
  • Cher is definitely tall, not sure about tallest.
  • I'd take a guess at Cher : P She's easily the tallest that I know of, but I don't really know many pop singers : D
  • RuPaul She(?) is 6'4" : ) http://www.rupaul.com/bio/index.shtml
  • It is difficult to find the answer, because of the difficulty to define a "pop singer". I found many tall female singer, but many of them were classified in more than one category. Talking just about the music category "pop", the answer could be: - Imogen Heap (Electronica, Alternative, Indie, Pop, Rock, Ambient) 6 ft 0 in Here some very famous pop female singer: - Whitney Houston (pop and R&B) 5 ft 8 in - Mariah Carey (pop) 5 ft 7 in - Cher (pop) 5 ft 6 in Here are some of the tallest female singer, including some other categories: 1) "Yolanda Adams's height is 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)" (gospel singer) Source: http://www.celebheights.com/s/Yolanda-Adams-4303.html "Yolanda Yvette Adams (born August 27, 1961 in Houston, Texas) is a Grammy Award-winnning American singer. She is one of the most popular gospel music artists of the contemporary period. Along with Kirk Franklin, Adams is among the artists who have achieved the greatest critical and commercial success in blending R&B styles and gospel music, an achievement which, while it initially caused criticism among the conservative Christian church, later helped gospel gain airplay in secular venues." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolanda_Adams 2) "Beth Orton's height is 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)" (folk / electronica singer) Source: http://www.celebheights.com/s/Beth-Orton-3537.html "Beth Orton, (born December 14, 1970), is a BRIT Award–winning English singer-songwriter. Known for her "folktronica" sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica, she was initially recognized for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s--but these were not Orton's first recordings." "Perhaps best described as a folk/electronica artist, the six-foot-tall Orton was born in East Dereham, Norfolk" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Orton "Beth Orton, in a very real sense the tallest singer-songwriter of her generation, has been rescued from what might have been an obscure fate rattling around the Anglian country and folk circuit by her unique associations with the dance world." (NME album review 13 Mar 1999) http://www.nme.com/reviews/beth-orton/741 3) "Imogen Heap's height is 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) " Source: http://www.celebheights.com/s/Imogen-Heap-4617.html "Imogen Heap (born December 9, 1977) is a Grammy-nominated English singer-songwriter from Essex, most famous for her work as part of Frou Frou and for her 2005 solo record Speak for Yourself." "Genre(s) Electronica, Alternative, Indie, Pop, Rock, Ambient" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_Heap 4) "Macy Gray's height is 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)" http://www.celebheights.com/s/Macy-Gray-329.html "Macy Gray (born Natalie Renee McIntyre on September 6, 1967[1]) is an American R&B, soul, and neo soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy_Gray 5) "Aimee Mann's height is 5 ft 11.5 in (182 cm)" http://www.celebheights.com/s/Aimee-Mann-3607.html "Aimee Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American rock guitarist, bassist, singer, and noted songwriter." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Mann 6) "Taylor Swift's height is 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)" http://www.celebheights.com/s/Taylor-Swift-46917.html "Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is a Platinum-selling, American country music singer-songwriter. In 2006, she had her first hit at the young age of 16, called "Tim McGraw", about a summer love. Since then, she has risen to fame as a successful teenage star. She won CMT's "Breakthrough Video of the Year" award in 2007 for her hit "Tim McGraw", and was also nominated by the Academy of Country Music for "Top New Female Vocalist". Soon after, her debut album was certified Platinum and expected to eventually go 3x Platinum, according to her label's CEO." >>>>> Smaller, but also tall, are these well known singer (just some examples, there are certainly others!): 7) "Patti Smith's height is 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)" (rock singer) Source and further information: http://www.celebheights.com/s/Patti-Smith-4764.html "Patricia Lee ("Patti") Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, songwriter, and poet. Smith came to prominence prior to the punk movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called "punk rock's poet laureate", she brought a feminist and intellectual take to punk music and became one of rock and roll's most influential musicians. Although Smith's success has been limited in commercial terms (she has never had an RIAA certified record and has had just one Top 20 single), she is often regarded as one of the most influential artists in rock history: Rolling Stone magazine placed her at #47 in its list of the . On March 12, 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Smith 8) Whitney Houston's height is 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) (pop and R&B) http://www.celebheights.com/s/Whitney-Houston-434.html "Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an American pop and R&B singer, actress, film producer, and model. She has sold approximately 170 million albums and singles [1], and is ranked as the best selling female R&B artist ever according to the Guiness Book of World Records. She is well known for her vocal power, control, range and soprano voice. Houston is one of a handful of black artists to receive heavy rotation on MTV in the mid-1980s. She became the first and, to date, only artist to have a record seven consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number one hit singles.[2] In addition to performing, Houston is an accredited actress, producer, and philanthropist." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston 9) Mariah Carey's height is 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) (pop singer) Source and further information: http://www.celebheights.com/s/Mariah-Carey-599.html "Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. Her debut was in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and she became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart." "Carey was named the best selling female pop artist of the millennium at the 2000 World Music Awards, and she has recorded the most U.S. number-one singles for a female solo artist (seventeen). In addition to her commercial accomplishments, she has earned five Grammy Awards, and is well-known for her vocal range, power, melismatic style, and use of the whistle register." 10) "Cher's height is (168 cm)" 5 ft 6 in Source and further information: http://www.celebheights.com/s/-Cher-1098.html However, sometimes Cher is feeling that she is 10 feet tall: "Sunny thank you for the sunshine you gave to me Sunny thank you for the love you brought my way You gave to me your all and all And now I feel that I'm 10 feet tall Sunny once so true, I love you" http://www.lyricsdepot.com/cher/sunny.html ############ >>>> not a female and not a pop singer, but quite tall: Martti Talvela was the tallest singer of the 20th century. (but a man and not a pop singer): "Martti Talvela (February 4, 1935 – July 22, 1989) was a Finnish operatic bass. Born in Hiitola, Finland, he studied in Lahti and Stockholm, and made his operatic debut in Helsinki in 1960 as Sparafucile. At 6 ft 7 in (201 cm), he was the tallest singer of his century." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martti_Talvela

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