TOP5 Female Singers.

lisa gerrard is good also

 

bikini kill

 

There are too many incredible female singers (vocalwise and projectwise), I wish there was a "Top 100 Female Singers" list.

1. Janis Joplin
2. Patti Smith
3. Polly Styrene (X Ray Spex)
4. Polly Jean Harvey (PJ Harvey)
5. Chan Marshall (Cat Power)

 

1. Bjork

 

Janis Joplin
Grace Slick
Karen Carpenter
Heart
Stevie Nicks

 

Ive never really been a fan of female singers...I like listening to guys voices better. The only girl I listen to is M.I.A.

 

1. Ann Wilson
2. Courtney Love at any stage in her life
3. Janis Joplin
4. Grace Slick
5. Joan Baez

 

mmm Patti Smith.

 

1.Ani difranco
2.Emilie Simon
3.Janis Joplin
4.Regina Spektor
5.Tracy Chapman

 

oh i forgot to mention Erykah Badu.

 

Beth Gibbons?

 

Don't feel bad man, I'm 50 and don't recognize 90% of the singers that have come out in the last say 25-30 years....

 

I just added a question mark because no-one mentioned her. I think Beth is one of the most distinctive female vocalists of the past 20 years.

 

1) Janis
2) Joni Mitchell
3) Neko Case
4) Koko Taylor
5) Etta James

 

It's way hard to narrow it down to just five.

Here's an attempt:

5)Emmylou Harris

4)k.d. lang

3)Neko Case

2)PJ Harvey

1)Tori Amos

 

Totally.

 

I couldnt give top five...because there are way to many....

but a current singer that has caught my eardrum is Jen Durkin from Deep Banana Blackout~