Who is the best female artist ever?

[Daniel.]

Objectively, who do you think it is?

For me it's between Kate Bush and Bjork

[Crimson Dynamo]

what do you mean by best?

sales?

longevity?

chart impact?

global impact?

[The Slim Reaper]

Aretha.

[Daniel.]

what do you mean by best?

sales?

longevity?

chart impact?

global impact?

Just the best at music. Quality.

[DouglasS]

Not a fan of many.

Either Taylor Swift or Florence and The Machine.

I’m not really a fan of ‘divas’

[Alf]

Janis Joplin

[Daniel.]

Not a fan of many.

Either Taylor Swift or Florence and The Machine.

I’m not really a fan of ‘divas’

Erm the two I posted aren't divas

[Crimson Dynamo]

Its Carol KIng

American singer-songwriter who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the Brill Building and later as a solo artist. She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1962 and 2005.

[Kate!]

Kylie Minogue

[Kizzy]

For impact, Madonna.

[Crimson Dynamo]

For impact, Madonna.

She has had more impact than say Diana Ross?

i dont think that is so

[Elliot]

Well, it’s a bit of a tough question

Many artists have made irrefutable impact on multiple genres and aspects of pop culture, some dominate in songwriting, some in artistry, some in singing ability...

Rihanna has an insanely good and unmatched discrography of worldwide hits (in a relatively short time period too), Mariah and Whitney are some of the most iconic female voices in music. Madonna paced the way for a lot of aspects of pop culture, even if she stole most of hers from ballroom culture. Nicki is the queen of rap and has paved the way for female rap becoming way more mainstream and artists like doja, megan and Cardi being able to thrive as much as they have, similar situation for Lana del Rey and her impact on alternative music. When Lana is being cited as an inspiration from many of today’s main pop girls and most successful alt girls..

[Denver]

Tulisa

[UserSince2005]

Nelly Fuertado is the correct answer to that questions

[Gstar]

Madonna, Whitney, Mariah, Mary J Blige, Lil’ Kim, Beyonce, P!nk. It’s impossible to pick one.

I also think it’s down to your personal taste in music, I don’t listen to Barbra Streisand but can understand and respect that she’s a legend

[Daniel.]

I can't believe I'm the only person to say Kate Bush so far. I feel she's obvious.

[Shaun]

I'd probably say it was a three-way battle between Madonna, Diana Ross and Kate Bush as the figureheads of reinvention, performance, and expressive artistry respectively... but then Dolly Parton and Joni Mitchell deserve mentions too for the country/folk genres.

I think Bjork is sadly too inaccessible to most to be considered, but to music fans would always be in with a shout.

[Alf]

Number 2 behind Joplin is Tina.


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[Niamh.]

I think Karen Carpenter deserves a mention too, one of the greatest female voices of all time

[Moniqua]

definitely leigh anne pinnock

[reece(:]

I also think it’s down to your personal taste in music, I don’t listen to Barbra Streisand but can understand and respect that she’s a legend

I agree with this, Barbra is a total legend but not one of my personal faves.

My personal favourites would have to have a diverse collection of music, such as Rihanna, Madonna , Janet Jackson and Aaliyah to name a few..

[Kizzy]

I'd probably say it was a three-way battle between Madonna, Diana Ross and Kate Bush as the figureheads of reinvention, performance, and expressive artistry respectively... but then Dolly Parton and Joni Mitchell deserve mentions too for the country/folk genres.

I think Bjork is sadly too inaccessible to most to be considered, but to music fans would always be in with a shout.
Aw how could I forget dolly I love her!

[Calderyon]

I do not know.

Matter of opinion/preferance (in terms of what you like in terms of music, talent, likability etc.), I guess.

[Ammi]

...I couldn’t really choose one because they’re not really comparable in that way but some mentions are...Kate Bush, as you say, Daniel...Joni Mitchell, obviously...Nina Simone, Aretha, Tina Turner, Mariah Carey, Stevie Nicks, Barbra Streisand, Annie Lennox, Dusty Springfield...Dolly, obviously...Karen Carpenter, Madonna, Whitney...Cher, Etta James...I’m sure lots more as well...

[Daniel.]

I might be bias but I'm surprised Bjork hasn't been mentioned much, she has to be the most innovative

[Alf]

I might be bias but I'm surprised Bjork hasn't been mentioned much, she has to be the most innovativeOr you could say.

It's Oh so quiet on the Bjork front.

[Ammi]

...she is a great artist for sure and definitely up there, Daniel ...but there are so many and so different, I’m not sure that I could order them...other than Joni...:lovedup:..

[Ammi]

...and Amy Winehouse...:love:..

[Niamh.]

One of my personal favourites back in the 90s was Alanis Morrisette

[LukeB]

...I couldn’t really choose one because they’re not really comparable in that way but some mentions are...Kate Bush, as you say, Daniel...Joni Mitchell, obviously...Nina Simone, Aretha, Tina Turner, Mariah Carey, Stevie Nicks, Barbra Streisand, Annie Lennox, Dusty Springfield...Dolly, obviously...Karen Carpenter, Madonna, Whitney...Cher, Etta James...I’m sure lots more as well...

I would also say Kylie Minogue

[Alf]

Whitney Houston, in her prime, that woman could sing, unreal voice. Probably didn't sing the sort of songs I'd choose to listen too, but you can't take that voice away from her.

[caprimint]

Miranda Lambert

[Janet Jackson]

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[Daniel-X]

Got to be Nicki for me, she made female rap mainstream and is the best lyricist of our time.

[joeysteele]

Easy choice for me this, although I'm in my late 20s

Of all time, for me on just about all fronts.
PETULA CLARK.

A career began during the early as a child singing for soldiers.
Recording and films in the 40s too.

First International number one in Australia in the 50s.
Becoming a massive star in France and Europe in the 60s.
Then the first British Female singer to top the billboard 100 charts in the USA with her world-beater Downtown.
( Vera Lynn had topped the US charts previously but not as it became the billboard 100 chart).
She was the first British female artiste to win not one but 2 Grammy's.
In the days they weren't given out willy Billy to all and sundry.

Topping the billboard 100 again the year later with a run of hits through the 60s.

Radio star, TV star, endless concert successes.
West end and Broadway star, in Sound of Music, sunset Boulevard and Blood Brothers.

Still recording, still performing at 88 years of age.
2013 saw her back in the UK album charts.
With newly recorded material not reissues of her old recordings.
A new song out now newly recorded along with John Williams Syndicate, New Flag.

Up to this pandemic, she is one of the cast of the revival of Mary Poppins musical in London.
She's never stopped working.
Her covers of others songs usually a tribute to them, particularly Lennon/McCartney songs.

A songwriter herself too.
Her voice just captivates me and on all she sings, her styling and appropriate performance to the song she's singing is pure magic.
Her voice the prompting to myself to listen.

One of the most accessible of really true legends, always willing to meet fans and sign things for them.
Plus a career spanning from 1943 still to the present time.

I personally feel privileged to have become an admirer and fan of this true legend.
Whose songs are so uplifting, always done to perfection, whether they be humerous , simple, ballad or up tempo,or her incredible takes on dramatic songs like I Don't Know How To Love Him and other strong showstoppers.

Cut Copy Me in 2013 one of the best songs to appear that year for me, affording her yet another minor hit in Belgium as she turned 80.

So for me, of all time, plus the fact she still records now and still with an emotion and magic to her voice.
Easy for me, this lady is pure class and one of the real legends, as a word that gets misused as to legends, in her case no way.

Plus she's recorded in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish too over her career.
Her song 'Downtown' is my own personal anthem.
Superb.

[Oliver_W]

Tricky question! There are so many different ways you could categorise a "good artist" one could name any criteria and have a different winner.

I love Debbie Harry, she paved the way for women in mainstream rock, and Rapture was the first rap song to even hit the charts, let alone get #1!

[Captain.Remy]

RuPaul.
The true essence of a female singer.
:joker:

[Oliver_W]

RuPaul.
The true essence of a female singer.
:joker:

Does he even sing? I thought he just did those drag pageant things.