Many people would consider Joséphine Baker to be an answer to this question. She was American originally, but resided in France for most of her life, living in Paris, working with the French Resistance during World War II, and singing and recording in French. She also appeared in French films.
axelle red
Mya
Shingai Shoniwa is lead singer of the NOISEttes. Not only is she black, both her parents were from Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). How's that?
beau chanteur (male) or belle chanteuse (female)
Josephine Baker
Chanteur is a male singer. Chanteuse is a female singer.
Chanteur is a male singer. Chanteuse is a female singer.
chanteuse
no singer can be like Edith Piaf
who was the female singer who died in nov. 2017
Male: Chanteur Female: Chanteuse
"un chanteuse" (fem.) is a (female) singer in French.
Bessie Smith was a black female blues singer. She was popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
a male singer: un chanteura female singer: une chanteuse
There is a female jazz singer named Cindy Blackman but I did not fine someone named Black.
a chanteur in French is a male singer, a chanteuse is a female singer.
Fergie