She has won the Grammy award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance twice in her career, for the song "Ain't It Heavy" in 1992 and "Come to My Window", in 1994.
From Wikipedia:Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. She has received fifteen Grammy Award nominations winning two , one Academy Award and has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide and almost fourteen million in the United States alone.[citation needed]
Known for her mixture of confessional lyrics, pop-based folk-rock, and raspy vocals, Etheridge is an iconic gay and lesbian activist since her public coming out in January 1993.