Your Favorite Female Vocalists of All Time

I actually prefer the female voice, so I didn't include males. The truth is that women have vastly superior voices.

1. Whitney Houston
2. Martina McBride
3. LeAnn Rhimes
4. Heart
5. Madonna

These are my favorite female singers, in no particular order. I'll do a list of male vocalists eventually, but I prefer female voices, so I'm starting here.

I'm missing a lot of women, but these are the ones that come to mind immediately.

 

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Not a bad list.

I especially like stevie nicks.

Fleetwood is damn good.

My favorite Fleetwood song is probably "Dreams." Then again, half of their songs are classics.

 

In no particular order, and women with powerfully amazing singing voices, and range...

(And I can't believe no one has mentioned these two yet)
Pat Benatar
Ann Wilson

Others include, for various reasons...

Tina Turner
Grace Slick
Janis Joplin
Joan Jett
Linda Ronstadt
Cher
Bette Midler

To name a few.

 

Janis Joplin
Bette Midler
Linda Ronstadt

 

Karen Carpenter and yes I just got a chubby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inwzOooXRU

 

Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Billie Holiday, Diana Krall, Gillian Welch, Norah Jones, Roberta Flack.

[video=youtube;Z3EofN3Flag]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3EofN3Flag[/video]

[video=youtube;3IMntLIgIq8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IMntLIgIq8[/video]

[video=youtube;4P0hG3sD0-E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P0hG3sD0-E[/video]

 

All good let's keep it going.



Linda got a mention earlier. I give her credit for helping give birth to the Eagles.

[video=youtube;p66wQD0RGDE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p66wQD0RGDE[/video]

 

Patsy Cline
[video=youtube;K-wJNpWgss8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wJNpWgss8[/video]

Lauryn Hill
[video=youtube;T6QKqFPRZSA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6QKqFPRZSA[/video]

Gladys Knight
[video=youtube;ORrlUJTLxlw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORrlUJTLxlw[/video]

 

Melanie Safka

 

Annie Lennox has a fantastic voice and a strong stage presence. I don't know that I have any favorites though. I like a lot of female singers who are all different and even are in different genres of music. I appreciate talent even if it's not my kind of music.

 

1. Taylor Swift
2. Brittany Spears
3. Paris Hilton

 

[video=youtube;LkiS8AmiRm4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkiS8AmiRm4[/video]

At about 2 minutes 26 seconds, Annie comes in. She is quite amazing! Sorry, I couldn't post up the video below. Just click on the link. You won't be sorry.

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A lot of good ones named on this thread, but Sarah's my favorite.

[video=youtube;B3nTYZcTb5Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3nTYZcTb5Y[/video]

[video=youtube;0UgPeBjHIjE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UgPeBjHIjE[/video]

 

Yes. Sarah has a beautiful voice. This is one of my favorite songs from her. She sounds like an angel.

[video=youtube;FKd5UMYdRjU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKd5UMYdRjU[/video]

 

That was nice! So ya got me looking around on YouTube, and I was thinking of posting the studio version of "Elsewhere" for you, and I happened across this. She sings the song alone, playing a guitar - no other instruments or accompaniment. Not only is her voice beautiful, but there is something about her singing that communicates a lot of emotion. Still gets to this ol' fella ...

[video=youtube;a9N1eXcECtU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9N1eXcECtU[/video]

 

All of the above are great. My list would have (again, no particular order):

1. Jennifer Nettles (of Sugarland)
2. Faith Hill
3. Kelly Clarkson
4. Christina Aguilera
5. Adele

 

Lovely!

 

Paris Hilton??? Really or joking?

 

I'll have to check out that post when I get off work!

Yeah, I don't care much about genre when it comes to appreciating good vocals.

I love Tay Tay.

Brittany Spears was drool-worthy when she was 18. She still has a tremendous figure.

Paris Hilton has way better bedroom skills than I expected for a trust fund kid. You all know how I know lol.

Brittany Spears had one of the best bodies ever when she was young.

I had forgotten all about Faith Hill and Christina Aguilera.

Genie in a bottle is a pretty good song.

 

here's mine:

10 Martha Wainwright
9 Roberta Flack
8 Gladys Knight
7 Erykah Badu
6 Stevie Nicks
5 Sarah Vaughan
4 Amy Winehouse
3 Nina Simone
2 Alicia Keys
1 Patti Smith

 

Tay Tay?

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I don't know all of these singers, but I agree with Alicia Keys. She is an amazing vocalist.

I love Stevie Nicks too. I love her style and her stage presence, but I don't think I would rate her as one of the best female vocalists.

 

All time, I do not know. Two of the better, I would say maybe Celine Dion or perhaps that one from Evanescenses, whatever her name is.

 

Surely, she has a lot of talent, but best female vocalist ever? Meh. I also liked her better before she went "bad girl" and started making crappy, mainstream (*)(*)(*)(*) music. She used to have her own, unique style. Very sad she is wasting her talent...Demand and supply I guess.

I cannot stand her voice.

Even I sing better than her. Also not sure if she can even be considered a vocilist.

This Swedish artist has a very nice voice imo;
[video=youtube;Jj_YQIt_CuI]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj_YQIt_CuI[/video]

 

as far as best voice goes... Tina Arena

[video=youtube;dJgB2JYnm9c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJgB2JYnm9c[/video]