Who is your favorite female music artist?

I ask this question because it seems that OT's music choices are by and large male-centric, so I'm just curious what female artists you guys like.

Anybody that knows anything about me knows that Madonna is my favorite female artist, so I won't focus on her, but my second favorite female artist is Kate Bush. Wuthering Heights is easily in my Top 3 favorite songs and Running Up That Hill and Cloudbusting are also some of my all time favorites.

Shouldn't it be, "Who is your favorite female artist?"

MIA and Bjork.

Shouldn't it be, "Who is your favorite female artist?"

entropyecho

Shouldn't it be, "Who is your favorite female artist?"

entropyecho

lol, epic fail on my part. I usually ask about songs, so that's why I made such a dumb error.

Thanks.

Carrie Underwood.

voice is amazing.

i heard her cover of Hearts "Alone" and it was amazing. not many people can sing Ann Wilson and actually do a good job of it.

the only country singer i actually like. and shes damn pretty.

Stevie Nicks

I really like the female singer of the band Heartless Bastards. Aside from the obvious female singlers that others will undoubtedly mention, I am going to say her - Erika Wennerstrom. Here's a nice tune I like from the band - she has this Janis Joplin thing going on (unintended I presume), but I love it.

female? idk really, i just notice that dont listen to any females for my music. Females (today) just sing about the same stuff with the same beat, and try to have gimmicks to get attention.Nengo_Flow

Karen O

St. Vincent

Regina Spektor

Lykke Li

Joanna Newsom

Sia

Emily Haines

Ladyhawke

Natasha Khan

Feist

Carrie Underwood.

voice is amazing.

i heard her cover of Hearts "Alone" and it was amazing. not many people can sing Ann Wilson and actually do a good job of it.

the only country singer i actually like. and shes damn pretty.

konvikt_17

Sia

SaintLeonidas

I love Sia's voice.

Imogen Heap by farswivet-

Hide and Seek is one of my favorite songs ever.

[QUOTE="swivet-"]Imogen Heap by farGreySeal9

Hide and Seek is one of my favorite songs ever.

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[QUOTE="swivet-"]Imogen Heap by farswivet-

Hide and Seek is one of my favorite songs ever.

No I haven't. Can you link me?

-Fiona Apple

-Karen O

-Bjork

-Lady Gaga

-Beth Gibbons

just a few

[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

Carrie Underwood.

voice is amazing.

i heard her cover of Hearts "Alone" and it was amazing. not many people can sing Ann Wilson and actually do a good job of it.

the only country singer i actually like. and shes damn pretty.

Pirate700

girl can sing.

good to see another fan.:D

i expected negative comments. guess those people havent come to this thread yet:P

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Hide and Seek is one of my favorite songs ever.

GreySeal9

No I haven't. Can you link me?

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[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

Carrie Underwood.

voice is amazing.

i heard her cover of Hearts "Alone" and it was amazing. not many people can sing Ann Wilson and actually do a good job of it.

the only country singer i actually like. and shes damn pretty.

konvikt_17

girl can sing.

good to see another fan.:D

i expected negative comments. guess those people havent come to this thread yet:P

I have a few like Madonna,Kylie,Lady Gaga,Celine Dion and Cher.

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Sia

GreySeal9

I love Sia's voice.

I almost hate to say it, but I really like the song she did for Twilight (she sounds kind of similar to Bjork there) but I'm disappointed to find therest of her work doesn't sound anything like it. I'm especially not a fan of her recent upbeat, pop-ish stuff.

Otherwise I'm really liking The Jezabels.

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]I'm an underwood fan also. She may be my favorite recent one.

Pirate700

girl can sing.

good to see another fan.:D

i expected negative comments. guess those people havent come to this thread yet:P

indeed.

never would have heard of her if it werent for my mom, who is a big contry music fan.

she was playing one of her songs, and i was like" the fvck is this? its damn catchy, and dat voice!". instant fan:P

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[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

Sia

Sharpie125

I love Sia's voice.

I almost hate to say it, but I really like the song she did for Twilight (she sounds kind of similar to Bjork there) but I'm disappointed to find therest of her work doesn't sound anything like it. I'm especially not a fan of her recent upbeat, pop-ish stuff.

Otherwise I'm really liking The Jezabels.

I didn't know she made a song for Twilight (since I won't go near that movie with a ten foot pole). I'll have to check it out. What's it called?

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[QUOTE="swivet-"] Have you heard her redone version with a drone instead of layers of her voice? Sounds greatswivet-

No I haven't. Can you link me?

It's interesting to hear the song with her natural voice. I liked it, but the original is definitely superior, and I didn't care for what she did with the "Whatcha say" part of the song in that drone version.

Grimes and Suzanne Vega.

Imogen Heap by farswivet-

This.

And Bjork.

Warning: I dont listen to a large variety of artists.

I like Kate Bush as well (her voice is mostly interesting imo in the Never for Ever and The Dreaming albums). I also like Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins (also already mentioned). And finally Amy Winehouse.

These are the ones I remember and stand out for me.

Sia

Florence Welch

Regina Spektor

Birdy

Ingrid Michaelson

Alison Sudol

I didn't know she made a song for Twilight (since I won't go near that movie with a ten foot pole). I'll have to check it out. What's it called?

GreySeal9

Sia - My love

Pat Benatar

I didn't know she made a song for Twilight (since I won't go near that movie with a ten foot pole). I'll have to check it out. What's it called?

GreySeal9

My Love (you can find it on her Best Of album). Some interpretations fall back to it simply being about Twilight, but others relate it to Sia and her boyfriend/fiance who was killed in a car accident... and with that in mind, it makes the song heartbreaking.

Any Thom Yorke responses yet?

Sia

Florence Welch

Regina Spektor

Birdy

Ingrid Michaelson

Alison Sudol

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I didn't know she made a song for Twilight (since I won't go near that movie with a ten foot pole). I'll have to check it out. What's it called?

Oodama_Rasengan

Sia - My love

Pretty song.

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I didn't know she made a song for Twilight (since I won't go near that movie with a ten foot pole). I'll have to check it out. What's it called?

Sharpie125

My Love (you can find it on her Best Of album). Some interpretations fall back to it simply being about Twilight, but others relate it to Sia and her boyfriend/fiance who was killed in a car accident... and with that in mind, it makes the song heartbreaking.

Just heard it. It's a pretty song. I prefer to relate it to the latter since Twilight is vapid.

Have any of you Sia fans heard her cover of Madonna's Oh Father? It's gorgeous. The original for reference.

That cover is how I discovered Sia. She did such a splendid job with the song.

Warning: I dont listen to a large variety of artists.

I like Kate Bush as well (her voice is mostly interesting imo in the Never for Ever and The Dreaming albums). I also like Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins (also already mentioned). And finally Amy Winehouse.

These are the ones I remember and stand out for me.

Teenaged

Nice to see another Kate Bush fan.

Bjork wins, by a wide margin.

Bonus points for Beth Gibbons. Quite like Beth Ditto.

And for a transient shining moment in the nineties, Courtney Love.

Off the top of me noggin...

• Katya Babooshka
• Jane Siberry
• Marta Sebestyen
• KatieJane Garside
• Ani Difranco
• France Gall
• Diamanda Galas
• Shannon Wright
• Natalie Dessay
• Wanda Jackson
• Jeri Southern
• Kim Gordon
• Kristin Hersh
• Hope Sandoval

Still falling
Breathless and on again
Inside today
Inside me today
Around broken in two
Til your eyes share into dust
Like two strangers turning into dust
Til my hand shook with the weight of fear
I could possibly be fading
Or have something more to gain
I could feel myself growing colder
I could feel myself under your fate
Under your fate
It was you, breathless and torn
I could feel my eyes turning into dust
Into strangers, turning into dust
Turning into dust
Turning into dust

Karin Dreijer Andersson and St Vincent are pretty much tied for my favorite. Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon and Lykke Li are way up there too.

Edit: I forgot Ritzy Bryan of The Joy Formidable and Alisa Xayalith of The Naked and Famous

Karin Dreijer Andersson and St Vincent are pretty much tied for my favorite. Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon and Lykke Li are way up there too.

Edit: I forgot Ritzy Bryan of The Joy Formidable and Alisa Xayalith of The Naked and Famous

JML897

Bjork wins, by a wide margin.

Bonus points for Beth Gibbons.

Audacitron

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Karin Dreijer Andersson and St Vincent are pretty much tied for my favorite. Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon and Lykke Li are way up there too.

Edit: I forgot Ritzy Bryan of The Joy Formidable and Alisa Xayalith of The Naked and Famous

MarioRPGer

ffffff

Forgot her too.

I like:

Britney Spears

Katy Perry

Lady Gaga

Madonna

Shania Twain