PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

Timmy84 said:

Start with the Stevie-produced albums (Syreeta from '72 and Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta from '74), then One to One, her Leon Ware-produced follow-up.

i liked her work on the secret life of plants record

Come Back as a Flower.

hmm... based on plays:

Janet Jackson

Teena Marie

Sade

Erykah Badu

Sia

Mariah Carey

Brandy

Madonna

Corinne Bailey Rae

Jill Scott

Phyllis Hyman

Amel Larrieux

TLC

Meshell Ndegeocello

Amy Winehouse

In no order: BUT at the CURRENT moment I am IN LOVE with Erykah Badu

1. Erykah Badu

2. Teena Marie

3. Whitney Houston

4. Dinah Washington

5. Doris Day

6.Janet Jackson

7. Tina Turner

8. The Supremes

9. Minni Ripperton

10. Aretha Franklin

11. Lauryn Hill

12. Chaka Khan

13. Patti Labelle

14. Gladys Knight

15. Etta James

16. Tammi Terrell

17. En Vogue

18. Billi Holiday

19. Mary Wells

20. Barbara Staisand

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No particular order...

Ann Wilson

Nancy Wilson

Janet Jackson

Alanis Morissette

Regina Spektor

Sade

Gwen Stefani

Cyndi Lauper

Pat Benatar

Stevie Nicks

Shirley Manson

Jody Watley

Karen Carpenter

Carly Simon

Chaka Khan

Diana Ross

Debbie Harry

Joan Jett

Teri Nunn

Tina Turner

1.Janet Jackson

2.Joni Mitchell

3.Karyn White

4.Kate Bush

5.Madonna

6.Sheryl Crow

7.Bjork

8.Erykah Badu

9.Sade

10. En Vogue

My Top 5:

1. Tina Turner

2.Janet

3.Madonna

4. Aaliyah

5.beyonce

P.J. Harvey
Joni Mitchell

Meshell Ndegeocello
Kate Bush
Madonna
Björk

Erykah Badu

Chaka Khan

Róisín Murphy (solo & Moloko)
Georgia Anne Muldrow

Ten is good.

tori amos

annie lennox / eurythmics

kate bush

yoko ono

madonna

lucinda williams

sinead o'connor

tina turner

stevie nicks

siouxsie & the banshees

patti smith

cyndi lauper

grace jones

tracy chapman

alanis morrisette

laurie anderson

so much love for badu and madonna...how do they even exist on the same planet let alone the same top 10 lists

Timmy84 said:

PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

i liked her work on the secret life of plants record

Come Back as a Flower.

yeah, thats the one!

like honey....

just realized that YahZarah has a nice version of that too

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PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

Timmy84 said:

Come Back as a Flower.

yeah, thats the one!

like honey....

just realized that YahZarah has a nice version of that too

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Yah's version had a little Minnie whistle register near the end of it.

Timmy84 said:

PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

yeah, thats the one!

like honey....

just realized that YahZarah has a nice version of that too

[Edited 5/17/11 15:19pm]

Yah's version had a little Minnie whistle register near the end of it.

yeah i dig it

Here is my top 13 in no order besides the first.

Madonna (Queen of Music)

Janis Joplin

Patti Smith

Joni Mitchell

Kylie Minogue

Amy Winehouse

Lil' Kim

Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)

Blondie

TLC

Lauryn Hill

Erykah Badu

Janet Jackson

01. Janet Jackson

02. Madonna

03. Cher

04. Diana Ross

05. Donna Summer

06. Tina Turner

07. Mariah Carey

08. Celine Dion

09. Britney Spears

10. Lady Gaga

11. Whitney Houston

12. Kylie Minogue

13. Bette Midler

14. Pink

15. Dusty Springfield

16. Olivia Newton-John

17. Linda Rondstadt

18. Cyndi Lauper

19. Gloria Estefan

20. Natalie Cole

This is all I can come up with - can't really decide on the order, but Aretha Tina and Diana are definitely in the top 3.

1. Aretha Franklin
2. Tina Turner
3. Patti LaBelle
4. Diana Ross
5. Madonna
6. Cher
7. Whitney Houston
8. Beyonce’
9. Janet Jackson
10. Gladys Knight
11. Mariah Carey
12. Celine Dion

NewJillSwing94 said:

1. Janet Jackson

2. Whitney Houston

3. Anita Baker

4. Diana Ross

5. Terry and Dawn from En Vogue

6. Mary J. Blige

7. Coko from SWV

8. Toni Braxton

9. Aaliyah

10. Karyn White

11. Sade

12. Cherrelle

13. Aretha Franklin

14. Vanessa Williams

15. Erykah Badu

16. Shanice

17. Regina Belle

18. Brandy

19. Stephanie Mills

20. Michel'le

No love for Max? Or even Cindy?

1sotrue said:

TotalAlisa said:

No Michael Jackson????

i see him in your avatar

This thread is about your top female artists of all time

That's the point...

In no specific order:

Aretha Franklin (music Goddess)

Billie Holiday (in a class of her own)

Fiona Apple (sweet sexy angry angel)

Janis Joplin (as blue as the blues gets)

Brenda Lee (little miss dynamite)

Tori Amos (makes anger so alluring)

Ani Defranco (Prince in a tough sexy girl package)

Mavis Staples (the soul of gospel)

Bjork (crazy with a beat)

Ella (no words to express the greatness)

Norah Jones (almost too sweet, but enough sass to pull it off)

Natalie Cole (smooth style straight from her daddy)

Kate Bush (sexy music to think to)

Joni Mitchell (a poet laureate of rock)

Ann Wilson (rock hard in a “man’s” place

Lena Horne (woman was funky from the day she was born)

Carla Thomas (Rufus’ little girl with the big voice)

Laverne Butler (Not enough people know her name)

Debra Harry (Punk, dance, hip hop NY sex doll)

Donna Summer (=> than disco)

In no particular order

Aretha Franklin

Dorothy Moore

Mahalia Jackson

Keyshia Cole

Monica

Patti LaBelle

Whitney Houston

Mary J. Blige

Fantasia

Etta James

Lauryn Hill

Bette Midler

Annie Lennox

Pat Benatar

Stevie Nicks

Chaka Khan

Mavis Staples

Candi Stanton

En Vogue (collectively for their harmonizing)

Teena Marie

dreaminaboutu said:

My list but not in any order Aretha Franklin Chaka Khan Patti Labelle Lauryn Hill Erykah Badu Sade Phyllis Hyman Teena Marie Angela Winbush (incredibly overlooked) Gladys Knight Whitney Houston Mariah Carey Karen Carpenter Stevie Nicks Ann Wilson Minnie Riperton Roberta Flack Valerie Simpson Rachelle Ferrell Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley

Those are my honorable mentions along with Christina Aquilera and Stephanie Mills.

We need to increase the number from 20 to 25

Chaka Khan

Teena Marie

Sade

Alicia Keys

Jill Scott

Janet Jackson

Madonna

Sheila E

Rihanna

Nancy Wilson

Lady GaGA !!!!

!!!

lock

LOCK

delete

2 votes

Amy Winehouse

Ani Difranco

Candy Staton

Chante Moore

Cheryl Lynn

Corinne Bailey Rae

Dinah Washington

Georgia Anne Muldrow

Goldfrapp

J*Davey

Jody Watley

Julieta Venegas

Karen O

Kelis

Ledisi

Lil' Kim

Lisa Lisa

Lisa Stansfield

Lucinda Williams

Martha Wash

Mary Wells

Mavis Staples

Natalie Cole

Nikka Costa

The Pointer Sisters

Regina Spektor

Robyn

Shanice

Sheena Easton

Sheryl Crow

Shirley Bassey

Shirley Manson

Sinead O'Connor

Teri Nunn

Toni Braxton

Yolanda Adams

3 votes

Alicia Keys

Bette Midler

Betty Davis

Courtney Love

Deniece Williams

Grace Jones

Gwen Stefani

Jazmine Sullivan

Joan Jett

Joss Stone

Karyn White

Meshell Ndegeocello

Missy Elliott

Monica

Nancy Wilson

Pink

Rachelle Ferrell

Regina Belle

Shakira

4 votes

Aaliyah

Alanis Morisette

Anita Baker

Beyonce

Carly Simon

Christina Aguilera

Ella Fitzgerald

Janelle Monae

Karen Carpenter

Kylie Minogue

Nina Simone

Norah Jones

Patti Smith

Roisin Murphy

Sarah Vaughan

Shelia E

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Stephanie Mills

5 votes

Celine Dion

Etta James

Gloria Estefan

India.Arie

Janis Joplin

Mahalia Jackson

P.J. Harvey

6 votes

Adele

En Vogue

Fiona Apple

Minnie Ripperton

Olivia Newton-John

TLC

7 votes

Ann Wilson

Billie Holiday

Brandy

Cher

Jill Scott

Joni Mitchell

Lady Gaga

Lauryn Hill

Mary J. Blige

Patti Labelle

8 votes

Debbie Harry

Pat Benatar

Phyllis Hyman

Tori Amos

9 votes

Cyndi Lauper

Stevie Nicks

10 votes

Bjork

Donna Summer

Kate Bush

11 votes

Annie Lennox

Erykah Badu

Gladys Knight

Mariah Carey

12 votes

Barbra Streisand

15 votes

Diana Ross

17 votes

Whitney Houston

19 votes

Aretha Franklin

Chaka Kahn

Tina Turner

20 votes

Sade

26 votes

Janet Jackson

Madonna

JONI MITCHELL

BJORK

KATE BUSH

PJ HARVEY

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO

SINEAD OCONNER

WENDY AND LISA

FIONA APPLE

NINA SIMONE

ERYKAH BADU

MARIANNE FAITHFULL

MISSY ELLIOT

PAT BENATAR!

PHYLLIS HYMAN!!

Hudson said:

2 votes

Amy Winehouse

Ani Difranco

Candy Staton

Chante Moore

Cheryl Lynn

Corinne Bailey Rae

Dinah Washington

Georgia Anne Muldrow

Goldfrapp

J*Davey

Jody Watley

Julieta Venegas

Karen O

Kelis

Ledisi

Lil' Kim

Lisa Lisa

Lisa Stansfield

Lucinda Williams

Martha Wash

Mary Wells

Mavis Staples

Natalie Cole

Nikka Costa

The Pointer Sisters

Regina Spektor

Robyn

Shanice

Sheena Easton

Sheryl Crow

Shirley Bassey

Shirley Manson

Sinead O'Connor

Teri Nunn

Toni Braxton

Yolanda Adams

3 votes

Alicia Keys

Bette Midler

Betty Davis

Courtney Love

Deniece Williams

Grace Jones

Gwen Stefani

Jazmine Sullivan

Joan Jett

Joss Stone

Karyn White

Meshell Ndegeocello

Missy Elliott

Monica

Nancy Wilson

Pink

Rachelle Ferrell

Regina Belle

Shakira

4 votes

Aaliyah

Alanis Morisette

Anita Baker

Beyonce

Carly Simon

Christina Aguilera

Ella Fitzgerald

Janelle Monae

Karen Carpenter

Kylie Minogue

Nina Simone

Norah Jones

Patti Smith

Roisin Murphy

Sarah Vaughan

Shelia E

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Stephanie Mills

5 votes

Celine Dion

Etta James

Gloria Estefan

India.Arie

Janis Joplin

Mahalia Jackson

P.J. Harvey

6 votes

Adele

En Vogue

Fiona Apple

Minnie Ripperton

Olivia Newton-John

TLC

7 votes

Ann Wilson

Billie Holiday

Brandy

Cher

Jill Scott

Joni Mitchell

Lady Gaga

Lauryn Hill

Mary J. Blige

Patti Labelle

8 votes

Debbie Harry

Pat Benatar

Phyllis Hyman

Tori Amos

9 votes

Cyndi Lauper

Stevie Nicks

10 votes

Bjork

Donna Summer

Kate Bush

11 votes

Annie Lennox

Erykah Badu

Gladys Knight

Mariah Carey

12 votes

Barbra Streisand

15 votes

Diana Ross

17 votes

Whitney Houston

19 votes

Aretha Franklin

Chaka Kahn

Tina Turner

20 votes

Sade

26 votes

Janet Jackson

Madonna

fuck to the motherfucking yeah

i love the org

orger for life

holla

currently

janet jackson (always and forever my number 1 spot)

chaka khan (she is my mommy)

five star (even though there are two brothers in the group)

mariah carey

whitney houston

brandy

tlc

jody watley

paula abdul

diana ross

Teena Marie

Beyonce

Jill Scott

Sade

Erykah Badu

Minnie Riperton

Phyllis Hyman

Billie Holiday

Sarah Vaughn

Ella Fitzgerald

Dinah Washington

Barbara Streisand

Aretha Franklin

Stephanie Mills

Diana Ross

Aaliyah

Tina Turner

Whitney Houston

Christina Aguilera

Mary J. Blidge

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TotalAlisa said:

sextonseven said:

I don't know, i guess cause the person was an MJ fan, and also I had to divert the attention from that stupid comment I made about MJ being on their list....

Riding that logic train, they should have LaToya and Reebie on their list too...