Three Favorite Female Singers

[workman]

Jumping in on the trend. I'll start:
Billie Holiday
Dolly Parton
Edith Piaf

 

[BROBS]

Brittany Howard
Stevie Nicks
Donna Jean Godchaux

 

[Skatutakee]

Linda Thompson, Sandy Denny, Nina Simone

 

[jpberg]

The generational/genre thing will be a real fucker with this.
I’ll stick with 1970 plus/pop
Emmylou Harris
Margo Timmins
Natalie Merchant

 

[workman]

Linda Thompson, Sandy Denny, Nina Simone

Nina Simone could easily be on my list.

 

[captpat]

Carly Simon
Stevie Nicks
Lady Gaga

 

[STP]

Hard to pick three, but I’d say off the top of my head… Stevie Nicks, Chrissie Hynde, and Amy Lee. Wait… Annie Lennox…. Ah… Chaka Khan… Debbie Harry… Ella Fitzgerald… Sarah McLachlan… Joni Mitchell… Ann Wilson… Pat Benatar. OK, I’ll stop. Impossible request!

 

[Skatutakee]

The generational/genre thing will be a real fucker with this.
I’ll stick with 1970 plus/pop
Emmylou Harris
Margo Timmins
Natalie Merchant

All great choices. Wish I had thought of Timmins.

 

[Waning Embers]

Stevie Nicks, Mary Fahl, Taylor Momsen.

 

[RookieGuy]

Only three? Ok. Tina Turner, Delores o'Reardon, and Ella Fitzgerald.

 

[Servant King]

What about female singers who identify as they/them/it/Borg? This could get the PC police in a tizzy, and with World No Tobacco Day just around the corner, no less.

Just kidding.

1) Sarah Vaughan
2) Ella Fitzgerald
3) Elizabeth Fraser

 

[philobeddoe]

Sade, Björk and Stevie Nicks.

 

[cigrmaster]

Barbra Streisand
Whitney Houston
Nina Simone

There is no one close to Barbra and Whitney. Nina is great but a distant third place.

 

[cigrmaster]

I love Sade and listen to her more than the top 2 but when it comes to just voice and singing ability, no one can compete with the top two.

 

[warren]

Eleanor Shanley, Lacey J. and Lolita or Rhonda, depending on the mood.

 

[kg.legat0]

Number three is too hard to decide, Whitney Houston and Björk can both hang out in the top spot for me though.

 

[agnosticpipe]

Maria Callas
Laurie Anderson
Amy Winehouse

 

[philobeddoe]

I was omitting Opera singers, as I listen to them less than my previous choices. However, for sheer badassery: Maria Callas, Kiri Te Kanawa and Audra McDonald are tremendous.

 

[shanez]

Sarah Brightman
Alison Krauss
Julie Fowlis

As an alternate I'll add Angela Aguilar. She's young but if she sticks to a more classic road instead of trying to go down some sort of pop road she'll be one of the best.

I used to really like Charlotte Church but I think she gave up a brilliant singing career to pursue a bad acting one.

 

[Waning Embers]

Sarah Brightman

Attended a private concert of hers in college where she performed excerpts from Weber's work. Amazing lady.