Best Female Singing Voice

[FatStringer52]

There is no best.

+1

However, some of the tops on my list would be . . .

Janis Joplin
Aretha Frankin
Ann Wilson
Pat Benatar
Cyndi Lauper

and on and on and on . . .

 

[Gorn]

Maria Callas.

 

[jdh3000]

My vote goes to Karen Carpenter, hands down. If there were a female angel, she would sing like Karen.

Your vote goes to .... ?

Yes, Karen Carpenter, my second choice is Linda Ronstadt.

 

[Ostie]

Sandy Denny
Linda Ronstadt
EmmyLou Harris

 

[Michedelic]

Your mother.

 

[truand85]

Sarah Vaughan
Nina Simone
Ella Fitzgerald
Aretha Franklin
Tammi Terrell
Etta James

And many I'm forgetting

 

[Bajo Clarkko]

Joan Osborne, just feel free to ignore her hit, “One of Us”.

She Appears in the Funk Brothers Documentary, (Standing in the Shadows of Motown) and kills it in “Heatwave”.

 

[Hounddog409]

Ever? Barbra Streisand.

Huh?

 

[Richard Lindsey]

There is no best, and any attempt to determine one is fundamentally futile.

That said, as long as we're basically just making a list of singers we like a lot, add the following:

Alison Krauss

Patsy Cline

Tatiana Parra

 

[DDXdesign]

Annette Strean (Venus Hum) - they do/did an electro-pop-indie kind of thing so you may have to try several songs to hear her whole range, but she goes from breathy to belting. I swear I didn't think she needed a microphone when they played the Warner Theatre back in the 00s.

 

[ACRock]

Lauren Daigle

 

[Pings Bass]

I've got whole playlists. No way could it be just one. Samples: Celia Cruz, Haydeé Milanés, Buika, Phyllis Dillon, Omara Portuondo, Yeni Valdés, Sharon Jones, Mavis Staples, Esther Phillips, etc., etc.

 

[Michedelic]

Huh?

I’m no Linda Richman, but I’ll take Babs over 75% of the female vocalists I’ve ever heard.

 

[zubrycky]

Eva Cassidy.

 

[zubrycky]

Teresa Salgueiro.

 

[slagbass]

Anne Murray's name should be in this mix.

 

[NikosP75]

Floor Jansen
From Rock


to Metal


to classical

 

[zubrycky]

Elis Regina.

 

[pbass2]

Wow, hard to pick, but I'll go with Linda Rondstadt.
EDIT: OK, thought about it now--toss up between Linda and Dusty Springfield.

 

[DuluthDank]

She has a weird voice, but I quite like Karin Dreijer from the Swedish band The Knife.