Who are your favorite female singers?

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Cool ! ! I'm happy someone knows who she is ! !!

Me too!! I almost never encounter anyone who does!! I remember Fox from my childhood. Can't understand how other people my age don't remember them! My husband complains when i play their songs

I like Billie Holiday, Julie London, Heart,Patsy Cline, and Celine Dion.

Annie Lennox, Pat Benatar, Madonna, Stevie Nicks, and Dolores O'Riordan.

Joan Osborn
The Oringinal Cher [ When she was with Sunny.]
Everescence
The Crannberries

I agree on those, smashing taste.
Other than those, Poly Styrene of the X Ray Spex.

Oh yes Chrissie Hynde of course!! I've recently been rediscovering the Pretenders actually!

Alizee

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HidJBEnSnMs[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8qWJiZS1Vc[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsa3bJn2lcQ[/youtube]

Just a few I could find Youtube videos of:

Alizee
French pop singer, just released a third album which sounds very different from her previous work.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDwKPGUIVME[/youtube]

Beth Gibbons of Portishead, also solo
Distinctively emotive vocal delivery, does trip hop in Portishead and more folk-oriented solo. Band was very influential in the 90s.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1jyL3cr60[/youtube]

Beth Orton
Folktronica sound

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qhjKiCZaos[/youtube]

Carla Bruni
French model turned singer-songwriter, has a deep voice, has limited vocal range but makes up for it by using what she has to great effect.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoeF4uO8TF4[/youtube]

Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set
Lead singer of Australian band, won best female performer ARIA and has released her third album which I think will win another ARIA

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBlUaeQJ5Y[/youtube]

Francoise Hardy
Well- known French singer who has put out a lot of music in her decades long career.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG-o7qDNcKg[/youtube]

Katie Noonan of George/Elixir, also solo
Has an absolutely stellar vocal range, killer voice, did some very nice work with her band george and elixir, not so fond of her solo work

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svy59KFu4gw[/youtube]

Emiliana Torrini
Icelandic singer, first and second album were trip hop and folk, sounds similar to Bjork but is far more accessible; has a 'warmer' sound

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyuL1z2tejs[/youtube]

Holly Throsby
Australian singer-songwriter who primarily uses the acoustic guitar, recently has used other instruments in her music. With a distinctively Australian voice, her music has an intimate sound to it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJhz6L-Kq8o[/youtube]

Lou Rhodes of Lamb, also solo
Band that started out with a unique drum & bass/trip hop/electronica blend, then went out into more laid-back (boring ie. Moby) music on later albums. Has a voice that could be described as 'girlish' and 'cool'.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8u4caYWCQ8[/youtube]

Regina Spektor
Russian born classically trained pianist who does dramatic sounding, occasionally weird and quirky pop music. Also makes use of her voice during songs in strange ways, using it sometimes as a sort of musical instrument.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKZ5XSKRBJ0[/youtube]

Sarah Blasko
Australian pop singer who draws from pop, electronica and folk music. Won the ARIA for best pop release this year, and was nominated a previous year but lost to Missy Higgins. Has a lovely breathy quality to her voice, sounds very warm.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=033kssJw2q8[/youtube]

Karen Carpenter of The Carpenters
American pop singer who released music from the late 60s to the early 80s. Has an impressive voice, the music is sentimental in a way that is unfashionable today. Charming, in other words, to some.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKh86kOoiWQ[/youtube]

Tina Dico
Pop singer-songwriter from Denmark who won best female vocalist at the Danish music awards and has also done collaborations with electronica/lounge group Zero 7.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us3NEKlNBgU[/youtube]

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I know that this will officially qualifies me as a geek, but....

Diana Damrau
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuKxL4LOqc&feature=related[/youtube]

Lisa Gasteen - (ignore the weird production and the heldentenor's lack of acting)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SelxdaFstdE[/youtube]

Kiri te Kanawa and Illeana Contrubas
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaVIwwNhocg[/youtube]

Gweneth Jones
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc0GhnLsbV4[/youtube]

Avril is pretty good
Janis all the way
Joan Jett is really cool

Lisa Gerrard (from Dead Can Dance) :
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=jbZc4Dh6ED4[/youtube]

Diamanda Galas:
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=yP9gDrTwKyc[/youtube]

Loreena McKennitt:
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=N6V4kzM5Yos&feature=related[/youtube]

Emilie Autumn:
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=gGeAadFyHKY[/youtube]

And of course Janis Joplin.

Tarja Turunen, full stop.

Enya, Zooey Daschannel, Tori Amos, Lisa Gerrard, etc.

Loreena McKennitt
Tori Amos
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Blasko
Emiliana Torinni
Eisley
Bic Runga
And Carla Bruni - her songs are brilliant.

Agree on Tina Dico - she's stunning.

Will add to that, Pernille Rosendahl of Swan Lee and now The Storm (with her partner Johan Wohlert, former bassist of Mew)

Maja Ivarsson, from Swedish band The Sounds - she's so rock n roll it hurts. Stunning.
Painted By Numbers
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN41MDONgOA[/youtube]


Clare Szembek from Captain - one of the most underrated bands in the UK today.
Frontline
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Pq1Qlq0Pk[/youtube]


The beautiful, quirky, brilliant Lovefoxxx of Cansei De Ser Sexy (and the other ladies of the band). Saw them the other night and I've never had so much fun at a gig, they are so brilliant - just like one great, big, happy, fun-loving Christmas party. Lovefoxxx is stunning, they're all so crazy, I love them so much!!
Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N3OrZzPud8[/youtube]


Sia - Australian singer/songwriter; she's so emotive, it's lovely.
Any fans of Six Feet Under will probably recognise this song from the stunning conclusion to the series.
Breathe Me
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6PGrub3jUc[/youtube]


Anika Moa - New Zealand singer/songwriter; really beautiful, spiritual songs... deals a lot with the usual love/loss etc, but also with what it is to be Maori in New Zealand (not quite tino rangatiratanga but still somewhat political, for those of you who know what that means!). And she's so pretty!!
Good In My Head
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4YzOo2gmuQ[/youtube]

I like Hayley Williams from Paramore. Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, a couple others I forgot, just your typical female vocalists in the vein of Whitney Houston