What are your top 3 favorite female singers?

Pure voice:

Linda Ronstadt

Stevie Nicks

Sade

Kate Bush

Eivor

Amy Winehouse

If I do a second three, maybe no one will notice.

1. Barbra Streisand

2. Patsy Cline

3. Annie Lennox

1. Linda Ronstadt
2. Trishia Yearwood
3. Dusty Springfield

ozzy

1. Sonja Kristina

2. Grace Slick

3. Janita "Jenny" Haan

Cecile McLorin Salvant

Robbie Gentry

Ella

Ella

Eilen Jewell

Jennifer Warnes

Iris Dement

Astrud Gilberto

Vana Liya

Lyn Stanley

Tracy Chapman

Natalie Merchant

Sarah Brightman

There’s many but I’ve been listening to 

Rosie Flores  quite a bit lately.

2 others I’m listening to at the moment 

Eilen Jewell

Susan Tedeschi 

Anyone mention 

Anita Baker

Phoebe snow

Petula Clark

Lots of great artists mentioned

Per the stats on my streaming subscriptions

Here are the top 3 female singers that I played in 2022

Linda Ronstadt

Sheryl Crow

Janis Joplin

Dolly/Bonnie/Joni

Ann Wilson  (circa 1980)

Tatiana Shmayluk  (progressive metal with a mixture of clean and growl vocals) the ultimate metal female growl with amazing clean vocals and belting. Best examples - Pisces;  Judgement & Punishment one-take vocal performance; I Speak Astronomy

Cammie Gilbert  (progressive rock/metal) best example -  The Banished Heart and A Return To The Earth Below

Barbra Streisand

Celtic Woman ( ok ,,, it’s a group but with rotating individual lead performances)

Karen Carpenter

Worthy mention as contenders 

Diana Krall

Holly Cole

K D Lang

Hope Sandoval

Brittany Howard

Edie Brickell

Ann Wilson ... well I see her weekly, my son dates. This gal of his happens to be a spitting image of a in her 20’s Ann, kid you not.

@tony1954, I noticed :-)

Lots of great names provided - I would add Karen Matheson (Capercaillie) to the list.  Captivating voice in both English and Gaelic.

Difficult but:

Nora Jones

Linda Ronstadt

Sara Brightman

joan baez

loreena mckennit

emmylou harris

1. Annie Lennox

2. Emmy Lou Harris

3. Joni Mitchell

Only one person noticed last time, so........

1. Sade

2. LP

3. Ann Wilson

- Billie Holiday

- Ella Fitzgerald

- Sandy Denny

and let me add: nina simone, annie haslam, sarah vaugham, joni mitchell, eliane elias, carmen mcrae, elis regina, gal costa.

This week my top three are:

Sophie Zelmaani

Natalia Lafourcade
Jade Bird

Last week they were:friend like Eva or Linda or Bonnie 
Filippa Giordana

Maria Mena

Nellie McKay

Next week will probably be three new ones, including someone I’ve never heard or heard of prior. Or maybe I’ll be back to an old an old friend like Eva or Bonnie or Linda. Too soon to tell. 
All time favorites is a different question. Also, sneaky way to circumvent the limit of three. All time? No such thing for me

How about my 3 favorite Scandinavian singers? 

Sidsel Endresen Norwegian

Viktoria Tolstoy Swedish

Sinne Eeg Danish

Ane Brun Norwegian

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I tried anyway

Cecilia Bartoli

Stacey Kent

And I may catch some flack here(!):

Charlotte Wessels

I’m thinking my next week’s favorites will come from your favorites 

Allison Krauss

Sade

Long list for 3rd but will go with Joss Stone as I didn't see her mentioned

@whipsaw, @voodoolounge good call on Cécile McLorin Salvant

For those who do not know her, try YouTube: Jacky Terrasson and Cecile performing ’Oh my love’ Here we have a girl with soul, unlike someone like Norah Jones with her nauseating one octave drivel.

And greatly entertaining is this awesome little Amy Winehouse-like 9 year old. With eyes closed it’s impossible to guess her age!

Elizabeth Fraser

Lisa Gerrard

Sinead O’Connor

- Dawn Upshaw

- Lady Gaga

- Joan Baez (could also have gone with Christa Ludwig)

Rhiannon Giddens 

Bonnie Raitt

Sarah Jarosz

Eva Cassidy

Grace Slick

Joni Mitchell

Cassandra Wilson

Beth Hart

Dusty, Sade, Stevie Nicks.

Janet Jackson 

Whitney Houston 

Boy George 

My favorites are in a smaller niche, but the question asks, "MY" favorites, so here they are"

1. CeCe Winans

2. India.Arie

3. Vanessa Bell-Armstrong

"Favorite" to me means who most touches my soul, so:

Joni 

Eva 

Patty Griffin

kathleen battle [classical] - sheer aural beauty and agility over gravity.

tie between karen carpenter and patsy cline [pops - both had rich alto singing voices of complexity and emotional power] 

julie london [jazz/pops], a contralto powerhouse and a naturally bluesy talent. when she sang "get out of town" or "why don't you do right," she meant it with guts.  

Alison Krauss

Ella Fitzgerald

Andrea Haines (voces8 soprano)

Many over the years, but right now…

Adele

Sara Brightman

Diana Kroll

Eva Cassidy

Stevie. Nicks

Susan Tedeschi

Certainly obscure from the "all time" greats, yet very engaging sonically...

Diane Reeves

Jacinta

Cheryl Barnes

Christine McVie, RIP, Carla Bonoff, k d lang

Tough to do… well, I’ll pick 3 I didn’t see:

Dianne Reeves

Nnenna Freelon

Shirley Horn

Way too many choices based on mood.

KD Lang (non country songs)

Julie London

Chantal Chamberlin

There are many that are just a hair under these three and some are so close it is hard to distinguish.

Aretha Franklin

Whitney Houston

Joni Mitchell 

I can keep going,…

aimee mann, elizabeth fraser, hope sandoval

might feel different tomorrow

From days gone by: Tammy Wynette, Dusty Springfield, and Darlene Love.

In the now: Iris DeMent (very nice to see her included by two others), Emmylou Harris, and Lucinda Williams.

bdp24 -- I saw Emmylou once. Was it at the Troubadour? The Greek? Anyway, one of my favorite recording artists but her live performance was listless and underwhelming. Yeah, I was heartbroken.

Ella Fitzgerald

Joni Mitchell

Dominique Fils-Aimé

Agreed! All A list female vocalist. I would like to add Beth Hart to the list if I may.

"I leave the light on" from her 37 Days albumn. It's harrowing.