which female artist has the best voice?

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edited February 2012 in Music & Movies
which female artist-s has the best voice? in there respective genres of music of course. rock. pop. country/ bluegrass. jazz etc. albums as reference if possible please. try to keep it to 3 choices per style of music REGARDS SNOW
Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2007
    I have really been enjoying Alison Krauss. Gives me goose bumps to hear her sing "go down to the river and pray".
    My 3 year old daughter loves singing that song with her.



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  • Lsi9
    Lsi9 Posts: 616
    edited February 2007
    The best Jazz voice is Ella Fitzgerald...$7.99 on Amazon for "Ella For Lovers"
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    But...My favorite all time female vocalist is Astrud Gilberto, (not really a trained voice)
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2007
    How can you pick just one :confused: Even one per music category is tough! There are so many good ones! One of the new ones that I like a lot of her stuff is Mindy Smith.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited February 2007
    I really like Annie Lennox for voice.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited February 2007
    dkg999 wrote:
    How can you pick just one :confused: Even one per music category is tough! There are so many good ones! One of the new ones that I like a lot of her stuff is Mindy Smith.
    yes its almost impossible to do, there are so many talented singers. perhaps your top 2-3 favorites in any particular genre then. BTW thanks for the mindy smith reference i listened to a couple of her songs a minute ago. very nice voice. i had never heard of her though until now. REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • pblanc
    pblanc Posts: 261
    edited February 2007
    Patsy Cline.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2007
    Marilyn Manson
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    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited February 2007
    Kylie Minogue. I can listen to her voice all day long, and then some.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited February 2007
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    edited February 2007
    Martina McBride,Amy Lee
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited February 2007
    Alison Krauss is, IMHO, a no brainer. Unique, haunting, clear voice.

    Susan Ashton is amazing. Has a wonderfully expressive voice. Can sing anything - soft, emotive ballads, rock and can crank out the blues! Terrific!
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited February 2007
    BottomFeeder wrote:
    Alison Krauss is, IMHO, a no brainer. Unique, haunting, clear voice.

    Susan Ashton is amazing. Has a wonderfully expressive voice. Can sing anything - soft, emotive ballads, rock and can crank out the blues! Terrific!
    i would have to agree with you and ben on alison krauss. i have a buddy here that is strictly rock and roll. nothing else. he was over a while back and was listening to what was playing at the time which happened to be her. so i loaned him the dvd for the weekend. hopefully it will make a convert. or at least broaden his horizons a little. there is so many great talents in all types of music that i cant listen to only 1 type. I enjoy them all depending on my mood, i may put on some jazz or the blues or classic rock or bluegrass. and my polks let me enjoy it all.:D REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited February 2007
    Eva Cassidy.

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited February 2007
    Jewel...............anybody not see that coming!!!
    (mostly based on live recordings)

    But it is almost impossible to choose just 1. I seem to prefer female vocalists over male vocalists so I have so many female artists. But, Jewel seems to be the one I've fixated on for awhile now. She's just as easy on the eyes as she is on the ears.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited February 2007
    heiney9 wrote:
    Jewel...............anybody not see that coming!!!
    (mostly based on live recordings)

    But it is almost impossible to choose just 1. I seem to prefer female vocalists over male vocalists so I have so many female artists. But, Jewel seems to be the one I've fixated on for awhile now. She's just as easy on the eyes as she is on the ears.
    (Jewel seems to be the one I've fixated on for awhile now.) hard not to fixate on her :D oh and btw she has a nice voice too:p REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited February 2007
    There are so many good out there; I love female vocals; here are a couple that have great voices and probably no one would mention here:

    Cristina Aguilera
    Julie Andrews
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited February 2007
    Lots of great female singers on this list.

    Here's one you may not have listened to, she wrote The Rose and sings it better then Bette

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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited February 2007
    Karen Carpenter (pop) & Ann Wilson (rock 'n' roll)
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2007
    Alison Krauss and Karen Carpenter have the best voices IMO. Sarah McLachlan, Kate Bush, LeAnn Rimes, Joan Osborne, Pat Benatar, Ann Wilson, Shirley Manson, Linda Ronstadt, Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner (among many others) are noteworthy.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited February 2007
    madmax wrote:
    Marilyn Manson

    &....i mean Prince!:p
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited February 2007
    Sarah Brightman
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    madmax wrote:
    Marilyn Manson

    classic:D
    Let the sweet song of that particular siren guide you to the rocky shores of an audio rock.

    And as for Jewel, its hard for me to figure out if it's her or her snaggletooth singing the song.

    My vote goes to Billie Holiday.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited February 2007
    Alison Kraus. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Diana Krall.

    A lot of other noteworthy females as have been mentioned.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2007
    I actually like a lot of stuff Jewel does also. It seems like when she is "on" with a song, it's very good. I have to keep the CDP remote handy to skip a few songs on her CD's.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited February 2007
    schwarcw wrote:
    Alison Kraus. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Diana Krall.

    A lot of other noteworthy females as have been mentioned.

    Even though I like Diana Krall (have 5 of her CD's), I wouldn't say she has a very good voice....it's more her tone and style what makes her enjoyable, at least for me.

    Here are others I like:

    Jane Monheit
    Erin Boheme
    Diane Schuur
    April Barrows
    Madeleine Peyroux
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited February 2007
    HTrookie wrote:
    Here are others I like: . . . Madeleine Peyroux

    Ditto that Ricardo. I was thinking her, but for the reasons you listed for Diana I was thinking about for Madeleine LOL! She sounds a lot like Billie Holiday. She isn't the crooner that Krall is, at least for me. Diana makes me feel like she wants to tell me all of her wanton and lustful desires!!:eek:
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited February 2007
    dkg999 wrote:
    I actually like a lot of stuff Jewel does also. It seems like when she is "on" with a song, it's very good. I have to keep the CDP remote handy to skip a few songs on her CD's.

    I agree somewhat with the studio releases. But I have about 25-30 live shows of hers and you can tell she perfected her craft by touring relentlessly when she was younger. I get chills sometimes when she sings on stage, that's where she is most comfortable. I will say one slight thing against her and that is her lyrical ability. At times it's playful and fun other times it can be just plain silly.

    I am a Tori Amos fan as well and she takes it to the other extreme with her non-sense lyrics. Tori is an aquired taste as she is all over the place with her quirkyness. But a few of her albums are really accessable to the masses.

    Others mentioned here like Holly Cole, Allison Krauss, Eva Cassidy, Sarah McLachlan, Etta James and many others certainly deserve mention. Long live female vocalists. I remember when the only female on the radio was Pat Benetar and she had to fight like hell to get that air time.

    Norah Jones and Joss Stone have very unique voices and time will tell if they are considered "classic" later on in their career's.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    Oh god... I'm about to have to don my flame suit... but what the hell.

    I love Bjork. I absolutely adore everything she does. Her vocal work on Vespertine is from a whole diffrerent universe -- which I think can be a good thing. The human voice as an "instrument" is a concept which needs to be turned on its head from time to time. I believe she does this to a startingly degree and as such, I always get drawn into whatever she is doing.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2007
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    Her vocal work on Vespertine is from a whole diffrerent universe -- which I think can be a good thing.

    She is from a whole different universe...which can be a good thing if you like Extra-Terrestrials....
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited February 2007
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    Oh god... I'm about to have to don my flame suit... but what the hell.

    I love Bjork. I absolutely adore everything she does. Her vocal work on Vespertine is from a whole diffrerent universe -- which I think can be a good thing. The human voice as an "instrument" is a concept which needs to be turned on its head from time to time. I believe she does this to a startingly degree and as such, I always get drawn into whatever she is doing.

    I was into her for a little while when she was with the Sugarcubes. I actually saw them live in the late 80's early 90's at Summerfest in Wisconsin. I kind of grew away from her and her musical style. Still, when I hear her solo stuff as well as the Sugarcubes stuff, I still enjoy it.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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