Favorote Female Singers...Who's Yours?

[elz]

toni braxton and lauren hill as great singers??

this list is a pretty obvious attempt to just make the point that you think black women are the best singers

That fact you pointed that out is a problem

Title in this thread is favorite
everyone has a right to their own preference
that's all Im sayin


me personally I like Alicia Keys

[Dnn111]

toni braxton and lauren hill as great singers??

this list is a pretty obvious attempt to just make the point that you think black women are the best singers

I do not judge people. Their skin color never crossed my mind. All types of females can sing. The greatest female country singer is Patsy Cline.

NOTE: I LOVE EVERYBODY...even if you hate me, I love you!!!

[Dasher]

Dasher's Six-Pack
1.Minnie Ripperton
2.Roberta Flack
3.Aretha
4.Etta James
5.Stevie Nicks
6.Sarah Vaughn

Honorable Mentions: Allison Krauss, Billie Holliday, Mariah Carey, Lauren Hill, and T-Boz

[shaoyut]

rihanna

[playtetris]

Charlyn "Chan" Marshall

cosign, i came in here to post that. chan has the smokiest, sexiest, contemporary blues voice.
she is gorgeous to boot, as well. i managed to get a hug out of her when she performed down here a few years ago. i was massively drunk, talking immense sh*t: she must've thought i was a lunatic

also cosign on minnie riperton, nina simone, alicia keys, beth gibbons.

[Qwyjibo]

Leslie Feist
Amy Millan
Miki Berenyi (from Lush)
Georgia Hubley (from Yo La Tengo)

[KNOW1EDGE]

rihanna

F@G

[ikoiko]

Dasher's Six-Pack
1.Minnie Ripperton
2.Roberta Flack
3.Aretha
4.Etta James
5.Stevie Nicks
6.Sarah Vaughn

Honorable Mentions: Allison Krauss, Billie Holliday, Mariah Carey, Lauren Hill, and T-Boz

solid list.

[Dasher]

Dasher's Lucky 7
1.Minnie Ripperton
2.Mavis Staples
3.Roberta Flack
4.Aretha
5.Etta James
6.Stevie Nicks
7.Sarah Vaughn

Honorable Mentions: Allison Krauss, Billie Holliday, Mariah Carey, Lauren Hill, and T-Boz

I watched WattStax the other day, and had my memory jogged about the greatness of Mavis.

[LJJ]

Carole King mentioned yet?

95% of these soul singers are overrated like hell. Aretha Franklin? Mavis Staples?
Eh, not impressed sorry. The new ones like Alicia Keys are even worse.

[Dasher]

Carole King mentioned yet?

95% of these soul singers are overrated like hell. Aretha Franklin? Mavis Staples?
Eh, not impressed sorry. The new ones like Alicia Keys are even worse.

Aretha and Mavis were/are powerhouses live. Carole King's voice was/is okay, but nothing special. It's thin and lacks personality.

[Lebron23]

1. Whitney Houston
2. Mariah Carey
3. Mandy Moore and Rihanna
4. Ashanti
5. Janet Jackson
6. Amy Lee
7. Alicia Keys
8. Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan
9. Tamia ( Wife of Grant Hill)
10. Vanessa Anne Hudgens

[LJJ]

The difference is that Carole King is an actual songwriter: she understands what she is doing with her voice on a musical level.

Aretha Franklin really doesn' t understand what she is doing, and I can hear the difference. Technically a great voice, musically? no.

[Dasher]

The difference is that Carole King is an actual songwriter: she understands what she is doing with her voice on a musical level.

Aretha Franklin really doesn' t understand what she is doing, and I can hear the difference. Technically a great voice, musically? no.

Mavis and Aretha were/are songwriters as well. I now doubt your ear. Aretha has been singing at a high level for 4 decades, and according to you she does not know what she is doing. GTFO

[LJJ]

No they weren't. Maybe they have some writing credits for a line they put in on some filler tracks, but they certainly weren't prolific songwriters, composers and instrumentalists. Not at all.