Name as many as you would like to...

hollywood0024 said:

Name as many as you would like to...

Amy Winehouse - Frank

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

M.I.A. - Kala

M.I.A. - Matangi

M.I.A. - Aim

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott - Miss E... So Addictive

Missy Elliott - This Is Not a Test

Missy Elliott - Cookbook

Alicia Keys - Songs in A-Minor

Alicia Keys - Diary of Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys - Here

Janet Jackson - Control

Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation

Janet Jackson - Janet

Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope

Janet Jackson - Damita Jo

Janet Jackson - Unbreakable

Solange - A Seat at the Table

Shakira - El dorado

Eve - Scorpion

Mary Jane Blige - What's the 411?

Mary Jane Blige - My Life

Mary Jane Blige - Share My World

Mary Jane Blige - Mary

Mary Jane Blige - No More Drama

Mary Jane Blige - Love and Life

Mary Jane Blige - The Breakthrough

Mary Jane Blige - A Strength of the Woman

TLC - Ooh... On the TLC Tip

TLC - Crazy Sexy Cool

TLC - 3D

TLC - TLC

Erykah Badu - Baduism

Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu - The Worldwide Underground

Erykah Badu - New America Part 1

Erykah Badu - New America Part 2

Erykah Badu - But You Can't Use My Phone

Monie Love - Down to Earth

Monie Love - In a Word or Two

Aaliyah - One in a Million

Čokovoko - The Best of Čokovoko

Christina Aguilera - Stripped

Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera - Liberation

Jean Grae - Attack of Attacking Things

Jean Grae - This Week

Jean Grae - The Orchestral Files

Jean Grae - Hurricane Jean

SZA - Ctrl

Beyoncé - Lemonade

Bebe - Pafuera Telarañas

Ofra Haza - Shaday

Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer

Shelby J - 10

Fakné - Chyba

Mýa - Fear of Flying

Mýa - Mood

Mýa - Liberation

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Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain

Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind

Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel

Sade - Diamond Life

Billie Holliday -- Billie Holliday Sings

Ella Fitzgerald -- Lullabies of Birdland

Etta James -- At Last!

Aretha Franklin -- i Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You

Carole King -- Tapestry

Joni Mitchell -- Blue

Janet Jackson -- Control, Rhythm Nation 1814

Queen Latifah -- All Hail The Queen

Erykah Badu -- Mama's Gun, New Amerykah Parts I and II

Lauryn Hill -- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Mary J. Blige -- My Life

Me'Shell Ndegeocello -- Bitter, Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape

Amel Larreiux -- infinite possibilities

Bebel Gilberto -- Tanto Tempo

Janelle Monae -- ArchAndroid

Jill Scott -- Who Is Jill Scott?

Res -- How I Do

Adele -- 21

Syd -- Fin

[Edited 9/3/18 9:56am]

Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel
Minnie Riperton - Adventures In Paradise
Minnie Riperton - Minnie
Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill (1955)
Gloria Estefan ‎- Mi Tierra

Astrud Gilberto ‎– Gilberto With Turrentine
Cathy Dennis - Into The Skyline
Shelby Lynne ‎- I Am Shelby Lynne
Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles: The Collection
Syreeta - Syreeta
Deniece Williams - This Is Niecy
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - That's What Friends Are For
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ‎- The Complete Duets
Swing Out Sister - Get In Touch With Yourself
Swing Out Sister - The Living Return
Swing Out Sister - Shapes And Patterns
Sade - Promise
Sade - Stronger Than Pride
Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister
Rufus - Ask Rufus

Meta Roos & Nippe Sylwéns Band ‎– Meta Roos & Nippe Sylwéns Band (1980)

Cold Blood - Sisyphus
Patrice Rushen ‎- Prelusion

Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza

Quarteto Em Cy ‎– Quarteto Em Cy (1972)
Basia - Time And Tide
Basia - London Warsaw New York
Basia - The Sweetest Illusion
Madonna - Madonna
Madonna - True Blue
Madonna - Erotica
Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam - Spanish Fly
Abbey Lincoln - Abbey Is Blue

Abbey Lincoln - Abbey Lincoln's Affair... A Story Of A Girl In Love

Abbey Lincoln - A Turtle's Dream
Lisa Stansfield - Real Love
Lisa Stansfield - Affection
Lisa Stansfield ‎- So Natural
The Emotions - Rejoice
Salt 'N' Pepa - Very Necessary
Bo$$ - Born Gangstaz
En Vogue - Born To Sing
En Vogue - Funky Divas
En Vogue - Masterpiece Theatre
Cover Girls - Cover Girls
Cover Girls - Here It Is

Betty Boo - Boomania

Mediæval Bæbes - The Rose
Eroica Trio ‎- Pasión
Brownstone - From The Bottom Up
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic
Wynonna Judd - Tell Me Why
Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson - More Control
Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
Chante Mooré - Precious
Joss Stone - Mind Body & Soul
Whitney Houston - Whitney
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child

This one is a pretty good list:

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https://www.npr.org/2017/07/24/538387823/turning-the-tables-150-greatest-albums-made-by-women

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A few of my favorites:

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Joni Mitchell ~ Blue (1971)

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Madonna ~ Ray Of Light (1998)

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Janet Jackson ~ The Velvet Rope (1997)

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Gal Costa ~ Gal (1969)

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Janis Joplin ~ Pearl (1971)

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Kylie Minogue ~ Aphrodite (2010)

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Kate Bush ~ 50 Words For Snow (2011)

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PJ Harvey ~ Let England Shake (2011)

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Madonna ~ Like A Prayer (1989)

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Tori Amos ~ Unrepentant Geraldines (2014)

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Elis Regina ~ Falso Brilhante (1976)

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Donna Summer ~ The Wanderer (1980)

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The Supremes ~ Gold (compilation, 2005)

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Björk ~ Vespertine (2001)

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Kate Bush ~ Aerial (2005)

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Tina Turner ~ Private Dancer (1984)

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The B-52's ~ The B-52's (1979)

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Eurythmics ~ Touch (1983)

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Donna Summer ~ Bad Girls (1979)

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Kate Bush ~ The Sensual World (1989)

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Björk ~ Volta (2007)

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Elza Soares ~ Deus É Mulher ("God Is A Woman", 2018)

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Etta James ~ Etta James Rocks The House (1963)

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Aretha Franklin ~ Lady Soul (1968)

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Gal Costa ~ Recanto (2011)

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Björk ~ Homogenic (1997)

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Grace Jones ~ Warm Leatherette (1980)

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Grimes ~ Art Angels (2015)

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Joan Baez ~ Joan Baez (1960)

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Joni Mitchell ~ Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)

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Kate Bush ~ The Dreaming (1982)

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Laura Nyro ~ Eli And The Thirteenth Confession (1968)

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Laura Nyro & Labelle ~ Gonna Take A Miracle (1971)

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Madonna ~ Erotica (1992)

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Maria Bethânia ~ Oásis De Bethânia (2012)

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Meshell Ndegeocello ~ Devil's Halo (2009)

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Angélique Kidjo ~ Logozo (1991)

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Anohni ~ Hopelessness (2016)

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Bette Midler ~ The Rose (OST, 1979)

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Beyoncé ~ Beyoncé (2013)

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Björk ~ Medúlla (2004)

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Blondie ~ Plastic Letters (1978)

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Britney Spears ~ Blackout (2007)

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Christine and the Queens ~ Chaleur Humaine ("Human Warmth", 2014)

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Cyndi Lauper ~ Detour (2016)

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Dee D. Jackson ~ Cosmic Curves (1978)

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Diamanda Galás ~ The Singer (1992)

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Diana Ross ~ Blue (2006)

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Yoko Ono ~ Approximately Infinite Universe (1973)

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Tori Amos ~ Night Of Hunters (2011)

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PJ Harvey ~ White Chalk (2007)

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Billie Holliday ~ Lady In Satin (1958)

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Solange ~ A Seat At The Table (2016)

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Robyn ~ Body Talk (2010)

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Peaches ~ Fatherfucker (2003)

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Patti Smith ~ Banga (2012)

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Nico ~ The End... (1974)

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The Mamas & The Papas ~ If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears (1966)

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Gal Costa ~ Fa-Tal: Gal A Todo Vapor (1971)

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Gossip ~ Music For Men (2009)

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Françoise Hardy ~ Françoise Hardy (1960)

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The Best of the Girl Groups - vol. 1 & 2 (compilation, 1990)

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Dolly Parton ~ The Essential (compilation, 2005)

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Blondie ~ Parallel Lines (1978)

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Blondie ~ Blondie (1976)

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Amy Winehouse ~ Back To Black (2006)

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Alice Coltrane ~ Journey In Satchidananda (1971)

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MickyDolenz said:

Bo$$ - Born Gangstaz

I knew I forgot about something!!

My favorite female singer of all time:

Rachelle Ferrell

Wendy and Lisa (album)

Tori Amos - Scarlets Walk

Esperanza Spalding - Emity's D+Evolution and Exposure

Alicia Keys - Diary of Alicia Keys

there are many other great females albums but does it matter how much work they put into the production ie writing song, producing, playing instruments, etc? or Just any album released by a female?

[Edited 9/2/18 14:08pm]

Here Is My Top 10 List Of The Best Albums By A Female Artist

1. Never For Ever (1980) by Kate Bush

2. Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) by Janet Jackson

3. I Feel For You (1984) by Chaka Khan

5. True Blue (1986) by Madonna

6. Come To My Garden (1970) by Minnie Riperton

7. Stronger Than Pride (1988) by Sade

8. The Broadway Album (1987) by Barbra Streisand

9. Back To Black (2006) by Amy Winehouse

10. Amazing Grace (1972) by Aretha Franklin

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Tapestry - Carole King

Prisoner in Disguise - Linda Ronstadt

In The Heat of the Night - Pat Benatar

She - Dalbello

Little Queen - Heart

Bad Girls - Donna Summer

Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrisette

Irma Thomas - Soul Queen of New Orleans

First Take - Roberta Flack

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

The Divine Ms M - Bette Midler

Crazy, Sexy Cool - TLC

She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

Sentimentally Yours - Patsy Cline

Pieces of the Sky - Emmylou Harris

Trio - Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris

There's More Where that Came From - Lee Ann Womack

Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

Private Dancer - Tina Turner

The Wanderer - Donna Summer

Unforgettable - Natalie Cole

[Edited 9/3/18 15:24pm]

A lot of great albums here.

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Madonna - Erotica, True Blue, Like a Prayer

Donna Summer - Bad Girls, On the Radio, 4 seasons of love

Cyndi Lauper - She's so unusual, 12 deadly cyns and more

Janet Jackson - RN1814, janet, The Velvet Rope

Jill Jones - Jill Jones

Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey, Musicbox, Fantasy, Rainbow

Diana Ross and the Supremes - The essential greatest hits (46 songs 1961 - 1976)

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing, Living my life, Portfolio

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M, The Rose, Greatest Hits Experience the Divine

Whitney Houston - Her first 4 albums period! and Just Whitney comes close

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1st album)

Macy Gray - On life and how it is

Aretha Franklin - The essential Aretha (Sorry but many of her studio albums are patchy)

Kylie Minogue - Enjoy Yourself, Fever, The Essential Kylie Minogue (The "essential" series of greatest hits sets are really good!)

Tina Turner - Private Dancer, Break Every Rule, Simply the Best

Rupaul (She counts!!!) - Rupaul's Greatest, Superstar (Don't be jealous of my boogie, whatever album that was on).

[Edited 9/2/18 23:50pm]

NorthC said:

Can someone please tell me what "albums by females" means? I see Blondie here. That was three men and a woman.

Going by this logic, then pretty much everything here has men playing on it or producing it. The only difference is that the guys playing instruments in Blondie, Rufus, or Sade are officially band members behind a female lead singer, rather than session musicians playing behind a solo singer. Janet usually has Jam & Lewis and Madonna has Stephen Bray, Nile Rodgers & Patrick Leonard. Unless you're talking about The Go-Go's or Runaways where all women are playing instruments, and even they have male producers. The only record I can think of that only women are involved, is an album by Terri Lyne Carrington ‎called The Mosaic Project. 3 of the songs (remakes) on it are written by men though. Beyoncé tours with an all female band. There used to be a label in the 1970s called Olivia Records that only had lesbian singers, but I don't know if all the musicians playing on the records are women.

MickyDolenz said:

NorthC said:

Can someone please tell me what "albums by females" means? I see Blondie here. That was three men and a woman.

Going by this logic, then pretty much everything here has men playing on it or producing it. The only difference is that the guys playing instruments in Blondie, Rufus, or Sade are officially band members behind a female lead singer, rather than session musicians playing behind a solo singer. Janet usually has Jam & Lewis and Madonna has Stephen Bray, Nile Rodgers & Patrick Leonard. Unless you're talking about The Go-Go's or Runaways where all women are playing instruments, and even they have male producers. The only record I can think of that only women are involved, is an album by Terri Lyne Carrington ‎called The Mosaic Project. 3 of the songs (remakes) on it are written by men though. Beyoncé tours with an all female band. There used to be a label in the 1970s called Olivia Records that only had lesbian singers, but I don't know if all the musicians playing on the records are women.

That's taking it too far, and NorthC raises a good point. I think there's a difference in how the ACT is comprised, and given the answers that have been provided, I think we are dealing with female solo acts

For example, I think of Sade as a female act, but it was actually a band, so I don't think I was right in adding Sade to this list, since we're dealing with female solo acts here.

namepeace said:

I think we are dealing with female solo acts

The OP doesn't say solo. That would exclude The Go-Go's, The Bangles, The Supremes, Kittie, Clark Sisters, Pointer Sisters, Honey Cone, Salt n' Pepa and other girl groups/bands. Blondie has a female singer and that is the voice of the group. Would someone exclude Talking Heads in a list of male groups, just because they have a female bassist? The voice of the group is male. Do people not count Gladys Knight as a female singer because she was in a group with her brother & cousins? Now I don't see how RuPaul counts though, and someone had him in their list.

Anyway, knowing what kinds of threads the OP usually makes, he probably really wants posters to list the female singers who are the prettiest or has the best body or dresses the best

MickyDolenz said:

Anyway, knowing what kinds of threads the OP usually makes, he probably really wants posters to list the female singers who are the prettiest or has the best body or dresses the best

Oh no. Just because someone looks presentable doesn't mean they are talented.

Shouldn't BLONDIE, EURYTHMICS, MADONNA, Aguilera, Much of the Motown stuff Britney, B-52's be REMOVED from this list? They were creative GROUPS where the female was just the voice (much like SADE who should also be removed from this) as well as Amy Winehouse who had more writers than a "rap album".

What's the criteria of this list? Even the great SYREETA album was at least HALF written by Stevie.

OP you should repost with criteria,

Cause if criteria is this wide then a couple of PINK FLOYD albums belong up here

NorthC said:

Can someone please tell me what "albums by females" means? I see Blondie here. That was three men and a woman.

I was under the impression that it meant solo female artists. That is why I didn't list any female group albums.

2045RadicalMattZ said:

Shouldn't BLONDIE, EURYTHMICS, MADONNA, Aguilera, Much of the Motown stuff Britney, B-52's be REMOVED from this list? They were creative GROUPS where the female was just the voice (much like SADE who should also be removed from this) as well as Amy Winehouse who had more writers than a "rap album".

What's the criteria of this list? Even the great SYREETA album was at least HALF written by Stevie.

OP you should repost with criteria,

Cause if criteria is this wide then a couple of PINK FLOYD albums belong up here

Do you think Aretha, Etta James and Billie Holliday get disqualified as "female musicians" because they didn't write all or the majority of their songs?

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Singing is a musical instrument as well, you know.

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I'll just have to stick with my Top 10 because this could take pages and pages.

1. Woman I Am - Chaka Khan

2. What Cha Gonna Do For Me - Chaka Khan

3. Ask Rufus - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan

4. Prime of My Life - Phyllis Hyman

5. Living All Alone - Phyllis Hyman

6. Emotions - Mariah Carey

7. Vesta - Vesta Williams

8. Private Dancer - Tina Turner

9. A Lady With A Song - Nancy Wilson

10. All By Myself - Regina Belle

MickyDolenz said:

namepeace said:

I think we are dealing with female solo acts

The OP doesn't say solo. That would exclude The Go-Go's, The Bangles, The Supremes, Kittie, Clark Sisters, Pointer Sisters, Honey Cone, Salt n' Pepa and other girl groups/bands. Blondie has a female singer and that is the voice of the group. Would someone exclude Talking Heads in a list of male groups, just because they have a female bassist? The voice of the group is male. Do people not count Gladys Knight as a female singer because she was in a group with her brother & cousins? Now I don't see how RuPaul counts though, and someone had him in their list.

All female groups should be included.

But in the history small-r rock, male dominated groups are the default. In that context, "male groups" is redundant.

As I said earlier, I don't think Blondie or GK+Ps count, because each act is comprised mainly of males, as is Sade (which I removed).

I don't count RuPaul either.