Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey DBE (lahir 8 Januari 1937) adalah seorang penyanyi asal Britania Raya yang telah terkenal sejak era 1950-an, dan kemudian menjadi fenomena dunia musik pop pada era 1960-an dan 1970-an. Ia merupakan penyanyi lagu tema James Bond resmi sebanyak tiga kali, yaitu dalam Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), dan Moonraker (1979). Sampai saat ini ia telah berhasil menjual album sebanyak 135 juta kopi, dengan 35 hits dalam tangga lagu Inggris. Ia sampai saat ini juga terkenal sebagai salah satu penyanyi legendary Inggris, dan juga merupakan salah satu wanita Inggris Raya paling dikenal sampai saat ini.
Penghargaan
1972 – Best Female Singer – TV Times, UK
1973 – Best Female Singer – TV Times, UK
1974 – Best Female Entertainer – American Guild of Variety Artists
1976 – Best Female Singer – Music Week, UK
1976 – 22-day British tour to mark twenty years as a recording artist
1976 – EMI Award for twenty years as a recording artist – UK
1977 – Best British Female Singer in the Last 50 years of Recorded Sound – (BRIT Awards winner)
1977 – BBC TV show nomination for the Golden Rose of Montreux
1985 – Star of Sopot Festival (International Song Festival), Poland
1991 – Walk of Fame, Star Boulevard – plaque unveiled in Rotterdam
1993 – CBE – Commander of the British Empire
1995 – Showbusiness Personality of the Year – Variety Club of Great Britain
1996 – Europe's Lifetime Achievement Award – Ceremony held in Germany
1997 – Grammy nomination – The Birthday Concert (recorded live at Althorp Park)
1998 – Longest run by a solo artist (ten shows) – Royal Festival Hall, London
1999 – Légion d'Honneur – France
1999 – DBE – Dame of the British Empire
1999 – Madam Tussaud's waxwork unveiled in London (second model in Las Vegas)
1999 – 100 most famous people of the 20th century – Hello magazine
2000 – Most Successful British Female Singer – Guinness Book of Records
2003 – Outstanding Contribution to Music – National Music Awards, UK
2003 – Woman of the Year – Western Mail Welsh Woman of the Year Awards
2004 – Greatest Black Briton, Bassey voted into the top ten – BBC
2004 – Artist for Peace Award – UNESCO
2005 – Avenue of Stars – plaque unveiled in London
2008 – "Goldfinger" – United Artists single (1964) inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
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