Three Favorite Female Singers

[BlackSwampPiper]

Stevie Nicks, Whitney Houston, Reba Mcentire

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Whitney Houston
Karen Carpenter
Carrie Underwood

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Janis Joplin
Kate Bush
Cyndi Lauper

 

[ChippewaAce]

Billie Holiday
Haley Williams
The Wailin' Jennys (three ladies that sing so perfectly together I'm counting as 1, they even have a song called "Once Voice")

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Grace Slick
Nanci Griffith
Patsy Cline

 

[renfield]

Limiting to pop/jazz

Pat Benatar
Norah Jones
Donna Summer

 

[edger]

Linda Thompson, Sandy Denny, Nina Simone

I bet you like Steel Eye Span, Fairport Convention, and on another post, Richard Thompson.

 

[Skatutakee]

I bet you like Steel Eye Span, Fairport Convention, and on another post, Richard Thompson.

Shoot Unhalfbricking directly into my veins

 

[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

Ugh, I feel like such a schmuck for forgetting Patsy Cline. Swapping the pipe for a dunce cap, folks!

 

[haparnold]

Brandi Carlile
Dolly Parton
Blossom Dearie

 

[brian64]

Since you specified singers, I'll say Ann Wilson, Linda Ronstadt and Stevie Nicks.

For female songwriters it would be Patty Griffin, Ann & Nancy Wilson, and a third place tie between Mary Karlzen and Shawn Colvin.

 

[bullet08]

Too many that I enjoy listening to already listed

 

[Aomalley27]

DONNA SUMMER.... (and hearing her rendition of Con Te Partiro just Floored me).
Dolly Parton
Either Kim Carnes (sexy/throaty voice) or Sheena Easton

 

[ssjones]

Ronnie Spector
Chrissie Hynde
Lucinda Williams

 

[olkofri]

Veronika Fischer
Annett Louisan
?

(I understand we're to list singers who sing solo, and not vocalists in bands; were it the latter case, I'da filled out the last spot.)

 

[beefeater33]

Mary Travers
Joni Mitchell
Gillian Welch

 

[sablebrush52]

Bidu Sayao, Janis Joplin, Sophie Tucker, and so many, many more…

 

[Ahi Ka]

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.

Yeah bro! Dame Kiri represent

 

[dino]

Billie Holiday, Eva Cassidy and Conchita Supervia

 

[jewman22]

1. Debbie Harry
2. Joan Jett
3. Pat Benatar
Now if you're talking about looking at rather than listening to, then that is a totally different list.