Deborah Ann Harry is an American singer, songwriter, model and actress, known as the lead singer of the new wave band Blondie. Her recordings with the band reached the number-one charts place in the United States and the United Kingdom on many occasions through 1979 to 1981. She is considered the first rapper to chart at number one in the US for her vocals on "Rapture". Harry also achieved success as a solo artist before reforming Blondie in the late 1990s.