Nancy Lamoureux Wilson, born March 16, 1954, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer and film composer. She became famous alongside her older sister Ann as a guitarist and backing vocalist in the rock band Heart.
Wilson grew up in Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle, Washington and began making music as a teenager. While in college, she joined her sister who had just become lead singer of Heart. As the first hard rock band to feature a woman fronting the band, Heart released numerous albums in the late 1970s and 1980s; the albums Dreamboat Annie (1975), and Little Queen (1977) delivered chart-topping singles such as "Magic Man," "Crazy on You," and "Barracuda." The band also enjoyed commercial success with their eighth, ninth, and tenth studio albums, Heart, Bad Animals, and Brigade, released in 1985, 1987, and 1990, respectively. Heart has sold more than 35 million records.
Wilson has been praised for her guitar playing, noted for her blending of elements of flamenco and classical guitar styles with hard rock. In 2016, Gibson placed Wilson eighth among the greatest female guitarists of all time. She is also an accomplished singer in her own right, as the lead vocalist in the song "These Dreams," which became Heart's first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2013, Wilson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Heart.