Best female singer

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• datinman

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  2 years ago

  Linda Ronstadt in her prime. Carla Bonoff Sandy Denny
• rattdog

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  2 years ago

  maybe not the best but i'll throw it out there: mariah carey donna summer matha walsh floor jansen
• TheEckster

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  2 years ago

  Off the top of my head... Madonna Janet Jackson Whitney Houston
• goldmongerATL

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  2 years ago

  Marilyn Manson Alice Cooper
• docsavage

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  2 years ago

  My top four would be Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Stevie Nicks, and Sandy Denny. When Michael Nesmith passed away recently, I went out to YouTube and listened to Ronstadt singing his song "Different Drum".
• clubdude

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  2 years ago

  Grace Slick Anne Wilson
• Warrior15

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  2 years ago

  Katy Perry. She has big boobs and likes to kiss girls.
• motorhead

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  2 years ago

  Nina Simone Diana Ross Aretha Franklin
• twentyfive

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  2 years ago

  in no o[particular order Oleta Adams Mellissa Manchester Lorretta Lynn Lynda Ronstadt
• sweetjamesjones

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  2 years ago

  Whitney Houston in her prime was beast. She had a beautiful voice.
• skibum609

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  2 years ago

  Dolores O'Riordan; Donna Summer
• rockie

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  2 years ago

  Aretha Franklin
• Huntsman

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  2 years ago

  Houston, Ross, Franklin and the Wilson sisters of Heart. That’s off the top of my head.
• TheEckster

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  2 years ago

  Patty Smyth back in the day was really good. [view link]
• Flyer78

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  2 years ago

  How quickly we forget. Some good singers have been mentioned, but all of those mentioned so far would be bested by these: Karen Carpenter Mahalia Jackson Julie Andrews
• IfIGottaBeDamned

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  2 years ago

  I concur with many of those listed above. I would also add: Dolly Parton Eva Cassidy Lady Gaga
• Hank Moody

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  2 years ago

  Rihanna Aretha Franklin Skylar Grey
• shadowcat

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  2 years ago

  I'll add Carly Simon.
• Longball300

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  2 years ago

  And from the Hard Rock corner of the room not living in the past.... Amy Lee Lzzy Hale Taylor Momsen
• BaggerRider

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  2 years ago

  Going way back in time: Lena Horne Judy Garland Dusty Springfield
• Call.Me.Ishmael

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  2 years ago

  Billie Holiday.
• shailynn

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  2 years ago

  Katy Perry lol! I do think she has a great voice just crappy songs. Alison Krauss Basia (yeah nobody is going to even know what that is) Tracey Thorn (from Everything But the Girl) Nobody has said Taylor Swift or Billie Elish - which I think should NOT be in the conversation.
• Call.Me.Ishmael

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  2 years ago

  Alison Krauss has a great voice.
• Cashman1234

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  2 years ago

  This is just a short list of ones I remember. Anita Baker - I’ve seen her live a few times, and her voice is amazing. Billie Holliday - a woman with a life story, and a voice that has the depth of her struggle. Sarah Vaughn - another voice worth a long listen. Natalie Merchant - she grew on me. Amy Lee - it took me time to appreciate her voice, but it was worth it. Lady Gaga - if you strip away the fashion, and other external stuff, her voice can be very smooth. Whitney Houston - in her prime, her voice was very powerful. Roberta Flack - she has the power and the texture. Oleta Adams - I still remember the first time someone played Circle of One for me on a cassette tape - what a voice.
• rockie

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  2 years ago

  Tina Turner Mavis Staples Laura Nyro Valerie Carter - A lesser known Karla Bonoff type from the Linda Ronstadt era and the women referenced in both a Steve Winwood song and a Jackson Browne song
• Studme53

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  2 years ago

  Laura Flanagan singing “Gloria”
• Studme53

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  2 years ago

  Sorry Laura Branigan Also Concrete Blonds singer doing “Joey”.
• Studme53

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  2 years ago

  Joni Mitchell “River” is pretty spectacular
• skibum609

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  2 years ago

  Janice Joplin, Bonnie Tyly, Linda Perry (4 non-blondes)
• eyeofodin

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  2 years ago

  no order: Rhiannon Giddens Ronnie Specter many from above
• Muddy

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  2 years ago

  I’ll add Crystal Waters too
• eyeofodin

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  2 years ago

  Kirsty MacColl
• michael.stivic

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  2 years ago

  Have to add Annie Lennox to the list. Lots of great artists already named, but she is in my Top 5.
• NinaBambina

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  2 years ago

  I always thought Whitney Houston was the greatest of all time. Fun fact about Anita Baker, I actually met her once and saw her twice at two different basketball games. I met her at a high school basketball game, me and my friends just went up and talked to her. I had seen her previously at a Pistons game a couple years ago. (She had good seats, but our seats were so good she was actually sitting behind us).
• Cashman1234

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  2 years ago

  Nina, that’s a great story about Anita Baker. I’ve only seen her from the cheap seats, very far away. She seemed to be a woman who appeared small, but who became a giant when she sang.
• ilbbaicnl

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  2 years ago

  Janis Joplin Christina Aguilera Roberta Flack Vanity Missy Elliot Julieta Venegas
• Tetradon

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  2 years ago

  Tarja Turunen. And a smoke show too.
• Icee Loco (asshole)

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  2 years ago

  Threads like this are too hard to respond to. Way too vague. Do we limit it to the US. To specific genres or periods. Da Brat. Nicki Minaj. Edith Piaf. Helena Vondrackova. Kosheen...
• crosscheck

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  2 years ago

  Ann Wilson Stevie Nicks Natalie Merchant Annie Lennox
• nicespice

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  2 years ago

  Emilie Autumn —one of my favorites and LOVE her voice so much, hard to recommend her to males though because of how misandrist her songs are. And of course if there’s a male in my vehicle then my music playlist will immediately shuffle over to her since it likes to troll me, but yeah amazing singer Amy Lee- especially in “hello” [view link] Anette Olzen —seems a lot of hardcore Nighwish fans hate her and consider her the worst and most “pop” of all the female singers, but Storytime is amazing so fuck what anyone thinks there. [view link] Rosario Dawson very sweet voice [view link]
• Tetradon

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  2 years ago

  ^ I like Annette, she's just third after Tarja Turunen and Floor Jansen.
• rattdog

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  2 years ago

  lots of nightwish fans shit on annette. if ask them which nightwish albums are their favorites most of them will say the ones with annette singing on them. go figure.
• Tetradon

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  2 years ago

  ^ Tarja at her best. [view link]
• Tetradon

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  2 years ago

  ^ Go away, Cacaplop.
• datinman

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  2 years ago

  " I play Celine , he plays Tarja" Nightwish is great in all it's line-ups, but I like the original the best. You know, a lot of guys that love Celine also love Bette Midler and Liza Minnelli. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
• Tetradon

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  2 years ago

  ^ Don't believe one iota of Cacaplop's stories. Just like on SCL, he says outlandish shit here to get a reaction. Just think, if you ever feel like a loser for participating in a P4P message board, there's someone whose hobby it is to troll that board.
• Tetradon

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  2 years ago

  ^ I saw her on tour with Kamelot. She's legit.
• rattdog

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  2 years ago

  thank god for the female metal singers!!! you can have beyonce, adele, rhianna, taylor, etc. i'll stick with floor jansen, noora louhima, britney slays, just to name a few.
• dustyshoes

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  2 years ago

  Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin