How to Use vocalist in a Sentence

vocalist

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  • The singer is best known as the lead vocalist of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The 28-year-old is the band’s lead vocalist and main dancer.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 July 2024
  • Mary Weiss, singer and lead vocalist of the band Shangri-Las, has died.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The band still tours, with Zach Goode as its lead vocalist.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Mills, Buck and Berry would write the music, then hand it over to vocalist Michael Stipe to write the lyrics.
    — Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
  • Sidoti has been a vocalist and guitarist with the singer since 2007.
    — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Gladys Knight To me, at this point, Gladys Knight is the benchmark for all vocalists.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Oates rose to fame as the guitarist and background vocalist in pop-rock duo Hall & Oates in the 1970s.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Abu Hamdan, the lead vocalist, was, and still is, a bit of a joker.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • The fifth studio record by the rock vocalist is set to release May 13.
    — Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Cameron is a vocalist and plays bass and drums for the country band Midland.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
  • From the range hood of a stove to the bustle of a busy street, the vocalist struggles to deal with noise — except when that noise is due to him.
    — Niko Stratis, SPIN, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Smash Mouth continues to tour with vocalist Zach Goode, who joined the band in 2022.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2023
  • But then it was revealed the two stars were not the vocalists on any of Milli Vanilli’s songs.
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • But so could anyone wanting to make a song with a vocalist who never agreed to be on the track.
    — WIRED, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Since then, the vocalist continued to share glimpses of the couple's love story in the lead-up to their wedding.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In the nearly two-hour film, the '80s band's lead vocalist details his rise to fame, his exit from the band and the tragedies he's faced in between.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 25 June 2022
  • The release is their first since the death in July of Joe Bonsall, 76, the group's longtime tenor vocalist.
    — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Chris took home the award for male vocalist of the year at the CMAs and spoke about his family in his acceptance speech.
    — Effie Orfanides, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Aguilera, 41, and her backing dancers showed up in red, with the vocalist donning a tight corset and leather chaps.
    — Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2022
  • Like a song with a male and female vocalist … even an ABBA song would make more sense!
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Despite the score’s deficiencies, the vocalists were on top of their parts and spot-on in their roles.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024
  • And that perfect fit came in the form of lead vocalist Stevie Woodward.
    — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The vocalist will resume the trek in March with a monthlong run of European dates.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Levine, 43, is the lead vocalist and guitarist for Maroon 5.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
  • The fact that the band is fronted by Karen O — a female vocalist — speaks as if the song is coming from the perspective of Noa.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Oldham asked her to join him on tour as a backing vocalist.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
  • In the visual, Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams finds a large package on her doorstep.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Boy Harsher vocalist Jae Matthews weren’t sure how to adapt themselves to the livestream format.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Finn is also making his mark on the music scene, as a vocalist and guitarist in the indie rock band The Aubreys.
    — Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 27 May 2022

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