Best female artist is ?????Music
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Shahin Badar (British Bangladeshi 👍), she smacked it:
King Deco, great voice and can write lyrics in hieroglyphics. 👍
King Deco, great voice and can write lyrics in hieroglyphics. 👍
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Lila Downs has a towering voice. Saw her a couple years ago and it blew me away.
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some great choices spread throughout.
Neko Case always woks for me.
Neko Case always woks for me.
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Honestly it's not a close comparison. Taylor wipes the floor with Mariah in every respect except pure vocal range. I'll take a 2nd rate Taylor song over Mariah's best every time.
Gaga has vocal chops, and she makes a better run at Taylor than Mariah, but Gaga isn't half the songwriter Taylor is. Pink's songs always lack a second gear. Pink's tracks always lay out great promise and just every time they come up slightly short of what they set out to do. Always leaves me with the impression that she under achieves.
Aguilera is a voice and that's about it. You have to be aware when comparing Aguilera to Taylor that she's not even doing the things that make Taylor great. Taylor has a great voice, it's not Aguilera's voice, but it is great. But Taylor actually writes... a lot... and across genres that musicians have rarely crossed.
Taylor isn't just a great vocalist (which is where the Mariah/Aguilera discussions come in), but she's a writer who actually writes chart-topping songs, and an innovator on top of that. Honestly Aguilera is a bit of an insult.
Number 1 songs:
| Fortnight | 5/04/2024 | 1 |
| Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) | 11/22/2023 | 1 |
| Cruel Summer | 10/28/2023 | 4 |
| Anti-Hero | 11/05/2022 | 8 |
| All Too Well (Taylor's Version) | 11/27/2021 | 1 |
| Willow | 12/26/2020 | 1 |
| Cardigan | 08/08/2020 | 1 |
| Look What You Made Me Do | 09/16/2017 | 3 |
| Bad Blood | 06/06/2015 | 1 |
| Blank Space | 11/29/2014 | 7 |
| Shake It Off | 09/06/2014 | 4 |
| We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together | 09/01/2012 | 3 |
Since her first number 1 in 2012, amazingly the only years without a swift number 1 song are 2013, 2016, and 2018-19. 12 in 12 years.
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I was a little miffed at myself for not listing Hayley Williams from Paramore in my original post. "Brand New Eyes" is one of the best albums ever made, and Williams has friggin pipes and creativity. Then I realized that my post was actually just before that album came out! 
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1. Lisa Gerrard - Her work with Dead Can Dance but also The Bulgarian Voices is astounding.
2. If we’re not just talking vocalists but straight up musicians too, then Park Jiha is one of my main go to’s.
3. I’m a huge fan of Nina Simone
4. I also love Madeleine Peyroux
5. Last but certainly not least is Tracy Chapman
2. If we’re not just talking vocalists but straight up musicians too, then Park Jiha is one of my main go to’s.
3. I’m a huge fan of Nina Simone
4. I also love Madeleine Peyroux
5. Last but certainly not least is Tracy Chapman
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Gosh, so many great female artists. I found myself nodding and doing the "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" Leonardo DiCaprio meme to many of the women listed. I don't know who's 'best', so I'm just going to rattle off my Top 5 that I've listened to with any regularity throughout the years:
Tori Amos
Kate Bush
Kim Deal
Hope Sandoval
Siouxsie Sioux
Tori Amos
Kate Bush
Kim Deal
Hope Sandoval
Siouxsie Sioux
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