GangstaFam said:

Yep, other than What's Love Got To Do With It, I can't think of another Tina song that hit the R&B charts.

Meshell, I don't know if she ever hit the R&B charts. Maybe with Dreadlocks, but I never once heard that song played on Chicago radio.

Mikki Howard was a one hit wonder and shouldn't be included. strong voice, but forgettable. She'd be on a list with Melissa Morgan somewhere. Joss Stone is a premature add too. i take it the list means soloists. i thought groups when i first saw it. i'd add En Vogue and TLC to the mix.

Mikki Howard was a one hit wonder and shouldn't be included. strong voice, but forgettable. She'd be on a list with Melissa Morgan somewhere. Joss Stone is a premature add too. i take it the list means soloists. i thought groups when i first saw it. i'd add En Vogue and TLC to the mix.

datdude said:

Mikki Howard had several hit songs ("Ain't Nobody in the World," "Baby Be Mine," "That's What Love Is," "Love Under New Management") during the late 1980s/early 1990s run, but I agree I wouldn't put her on a list.

For that matter, Howard is much more deserving than Joss Stone, who hasn't really had any success with soul music fans (call it me, but shouldn't that be a criteria?).

somehow you missed the first 15 years of her career when she was the lead singer half of "Ike & Tina Turner"?




she doesn't get played on any radio. so therefore, the genre of music she performs is none?

criteria for personal lists of favorites are whatever the person in question wants them to be

Annie Lennox

What the hell is Annie Lennox doing on this list of R&B females. She's not and never was a R&B singer. You have one hit on the black charts and everybody wants to put you in the category of R&B. Give me a break. Are you drunk or high or something. I declare, since I created the list, Annie Lennox invalid due to false presentation. Think of someone else. All the famous black female artist out there and you pick a white wannabe. I'll give you Christina. I love her. She can blow. I'll give you Lisa Stansfield. Damn! You must've forgot about the one and only Teena Marie who I have on my list. She's true R&B, Jazz, and Pop. But not Annie Lennox. No Annie Lennox! Try again!
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Tessa said:

So in other words, you can name acts that have no relevance in soul music (like Christina Aguilera and Joss Stone) as the greatest soul female singers of all time? That makes no sense.

if they sing music in the soul style, then they are soul singers. what's so difficult to comprehend about that? just because you don't like that that's what they are doesn't mean they aren't.

Okay people, one more time with this list:
1. Whitney Houston
2. Mariah Carey
3. Aretha Franklin
4. Toni Braxton
5. Janet Jackson
6. Diana Ross
7. Teena Marie
8. Mary J. Blige
9. Chaka Khan
10. Anita Baker
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i can't believe i was the first person to say Tina Turner

Tessa said:

1.) What you call "singing music in the soul style" is arbitrary, to say the least.

2.) That is further compromised by the mere fact that some of the people in question (namely, Christina Aguilera and Joss Stone) don't even have an audience in the genre in question. Namely, acts who never get their songs played in such formats and had a string of hit records or notable songs recognized by that audience (much less purchased).

I guess you can name who you want, even if it shows that not only you do not follow the genre and it comes off as being unknowledgeable about the genre and the audience in general. With that logic I guess I could list Jesse Johnson as one of the greatest rock artists (based on my arbitrary opinion), but it would come off that I'm being so condescending and insulting to the audience because of the mere fact that Johnson never made any inroads nor is recognizable by that audience.

actually, i think it comes down more to the primary audience of that music, and you in particular, being racist against white people singing that type of music, if you want me to put that fine a point on it.

TonyVanDam said:

It's fair to say Tina Turner is a rock/pop artist, and outside of an occasional song like her remake of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" she really has not had relevance in soul music in decades.

Najee said:

Didn't some of the songs from the Ike & Tina catelog crossover to R&B charts?

Didn't some of the songs from the Ike & Tina catelog crossover to R&B charts?

Tessa said:

[color=darkred]It's not being racist (like you can even define the word) -- Christina Aguilera and Joss Stone don't have a soul music following.

TonyVanDam said:

Actually, a lot of the early Ike and Tina Turner Revue were soul-oriented songs. But the fact that you have to refer to her 1960s to early 1970s songs should speak volumes to the fact that her music and her audience is hardly associated with soul music.
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I'm sorry, but I'm not even going to read past this part of your post, because it's irrelevant to the argument which is, you do not define the style of music someone sings by who buys it.

the thread does say "top ten r&b female acts of all time" does it not? not just "top ten r&b female acts of the last 25 years" correct?

I see ReeRee is popular here Everyone`s mentioned her...

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1. Aretha Franklin
2. Diana Ross
3. Gladys Knight
4. Donna Summer
5. Teena Marie
6. Thelma Houston
7. Stephanie Mills
8. Randy Crawford
9. Melba Moore
10. Chaka Khan

I agree with, Icicle


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Icicle said: