rock star

American  

Or rockstar

noun

1. a rock-'n'-roll star or celebrity.

2. a star or celebrity in any field or profession, or anyone who is highly admired.

   TV chefs are the new rock stars.

   My mom is a rock star!

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Etymology

Origin of rock star

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

He also revealed that his hotel had hung a picture of the late rock star "above the fireplace" of his room, "as a little good luck charm."

From BBC

“It was like a rock star rising from the ashes. You could literally feel the theater vibrating.”

From Los Angeles Times

Had he provided more points of access like his quote from the 1970s rock star Patti Smith—“Jesus died for somebody’s sins . . . but not mine”—his book might be more approachable than it is.

From The Wall Street Journal

Further evidence of a paradigm shift: Enthusiastic theatergoers thronging to “Malinche the Musical,” the brainchild of Nacho Cano, a Spanish rock star turned impresario.

From Los Angeles Times

But we also know him as Ziggy Stardust, the alien rock star, or the elegant, worldly Thin White Duke.

From Salon