Top 5 female vocalist of all time.....

[CROUSE99]

Eva Cassidy. 
Ella Fitzgerald. 
Norah Jones. 
Joni Mitchell. 
Billie Holiday. 
Honorable mention to Christine McVie.

Crap!  I forgot about Dusty Springfield. Oh, this is impossible. 

Edited November 23, 2022 by CROUSE99

[yesac104]

No Miley??

 

[ThinkingPlus]

Patsy Cline

K. D. Lang

Jennifer Warnes

Karen Carpenter

Whitney Houston

 

[mshills]

Aretha Franklin….The Queen of Soul for a reason. 

Whitney Houston….astounding range, and could make technically difficult passages seem easy. 

 

Ella Fitzgerald….I can only imagine what seeing her live, in her prime, in an intimate club setting would have been like. 

 

Billie Holiday….no one has ever sounded like her.

 

Leontyne Price….I saw her perform Madam Butterfly circa 1989, long past her peak, and it took my breath away. The memory still gives me chills. Technically, stage presence, everything, a masterpiece. 

[TwistedSister]

Barbra Streisand

Celine Dion

Whitney Houston

Stevie Nicks

[TwistedSister]

54 minutes ago, yesac104 said:

No Miley??

 

Nope Nope Nope

[Malvern]

All time is longer than I've been around, I would listen on rotation:

 

Australian:

Chrissy Amphlett (The Divinyls)

Kate Miller-Heidke

Other:

Amy McDonald

Sarah McLachlan

Dolores O'Riordan

 

Enjoying a small move away from the LIV vs PGA Tour and blades vs cavity backs

Edited November 23, 2022 by Malvern

[rooski]

3 hours ago, ChristopherMcDonald said:

For you more hard rocker types, I'm going to throw Courtney LaPlante into the ring. Pretty much changed the game for female vocalists in the metalcore/hardcore genre. 

 

I am a huge fan of Courtney but overall I'd gotta give Tatiana Shmayluk the nod as GOAT female metal vocalist. Courtney a very close second though. I'd say those two are the Jack vs. Tiger conversation and then everybody else is a runner up

 

 

 

[ChristopherMcDonald]

2 minutes ago, rooski said:

 

I am a huge fan of Courtney but overall I'd gotta give Tatiana Shmayluk the nod as GOAT female metal vocalist. Courtney a very close second though. I'd say those two are the Jack vs. Tiger conversation and then everybody else is a runner up

 

 

 

Tatiana is a beast NO DOUBT. Monster performer. I align a little more musically to Spiritbox than Jinjer so I am admittedly a little biased haha

Sidenote, seeing Spiritbox, Intervals and After the Burial next year. Stoked. 

[Argonne69]

A bit surprised that Mariah Carey isn't on anyone's list. I was never a big fan, but her range was/is off the charts.

 

 

[ChristopherMcDonald]

Just now, Argonne69 said:

A bit surprised that Mariah Carey isn't on anyone's list. I was never a big fan, but her range was/is off the charts.

 

 

[mizuno player]

Only 5!!? Wow. 

 

Aretha

Pink 

Anne Wilson 

Natalie Maines. 

Chrissie Hynde - Stevie Nicks. Tie. 

 

 

 

 

[Railroading13]

Basia

Basia

Basia

Basia

Basia

 

you're welcome

[touch]

14 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

Another tough assignment. I have a number of favorites that I'd pick more for their songwriting than pure vocal performances, e.g. Chrissie Hynde. I'll go with:

 

Agnetha Faltskog/Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Agnetha handles most of the leads, but I don't think they can be separated)

Annie Lenox

Pat Benetar

Ann Wilson

Whitney Houston

 

Plenty of favorites that didn't quite make the cut, including Debbie Harry, Susanna Hoffs, Alanis Morissette, Karen Carpenter, Sheryl Crow, Donna Summers, Stevie Nicks, Kate Bush, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Linda Ronstadt, Gwen Stefani, Shania Twain, and Taylor Swift.

 

 

Good post Argonne69.  Enjoyed it.

 

I was looking forward to your selections. You are one of the more passionate music lover's here on the WRX.

I was happy to see Ann Wilson made your top 5. ⚡🎶

Edited November 24, 2022 by touch

[mizuno player]

12 hours ago, MtlJeff said:

I know most people here don't like rap but Cardi B 100% belongs on the list

Her interviews and IG posts are the BEST.... 😁

 

[touch]

So glad heading into page three this incredible Brit is still all mine. 🙂 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 25, 2022 by touch

[nitram]

Patsy Cline

Sammi Smith

Tammy Wynette

Adele

Whitney Houston

 

 

Edited November 24, 2022 by nitram

[Conrad1953]

Names I haven't seen yet. In no particular order

 

Alison Krauss

Lauren Daigle

Christina Aguilera

Esperanze Spalding

Amy Grant

 

so many more though

 

 

[kwcsports]

Aretha

Billie Holiday

Celine Dion

Whitney Houston

Amy Winehouse

[bcjim]

On 11/24/2022 at 8:11 PM, Conrad1953 said:

Names I haven't seen yet. In no particular order

 

Alison Krauss

Lauren Daigle

Christina Aguilera

Esperanze Spalding

Amy Grant

 

so many more though

 

 

^that,  for sure.  

 

Since this is a much a thread of "my favorite singer" as anything, I'll add Alison Moyet and Siouxsie Sioux. To be fair, they also are reasonably talented. 

[GHIN n Juice]

Grace Slick

Maria Brink

Stevie Nicks

Dolores O’Riordan

Tatiana Shmayluk -  check out her band Jinger’s song Pisces on YouTube and enjoy the range…😉

 

#6 for kicks…Shirley Manson

Edited November 27, 2022 by GHIN n Juice

[scotee]

Cass Elliot

 

Karen Carpenter

 

Linda Ronstadt

 

Cesaria Evora

 

Charlotte Church

[aenemated]

- Dolly f'n Parton

- Mary Ford

- Sinead O'Connor

- Dolores O'Riordan

- Aretha Franklin 

 

... Do I REALLY have to stop at 5? This is impossible. 

 

(Also, warms my heart to see so many mentions of Dolores)

Edited November 28, 2022 by aenemated

[Prntscrn]

Floor Jansen

Ann Wilson

Stevie Nicks

Amy Winehouse

Pat Benetar

[JahSteve]

Dolores O'Riordan

Hope Sandoval (most will know her by "fade into you" by Mazzy star)

Whitney Houston

Judy Garland

Amy Winehouse

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by JahSteve

[Instron4204]

I would throw Martina McBride out there as well.  

[bladehunter]

Maybe I missed it. But if not.  Shame. 😂
 

Janis   Joplin is it. Period.   She had a range that is so wide , deep and ever changing that I don’t think she knew what the limits were.  
 

this isn’t the top of her vocals. But one of my favorites to listen to. 
 

 

Edited December 9, 2022 by bladehunter

[jordan2240]

Obviously can change with the day, but:

 

Whitney

Sarah Brightman

Joplin

Adele

Aquilera

 

I can't believe so many people like Stevie Nicks.  I think she sounds like she sucked helium and is standing in one of those vibrating weight-reduction belts.

[cardia10]

Whitney 

Dolly 

and as bad as I hate it this time of year, Mariah Carey

[golfortennis]

I have to say, I feel like I'm watching High Fidelity all over again with the proliferation of top 5 lists in this forum.

 

Ronstadt

Houston

Parton

 

would be the first three I think of.