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[antz123]

 

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[uriz3n]

 

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[DrMorbius]

Karen Carpenter, I love her voice and still miss her! Also Radka Toneff, so different yet so sublime. Both died stupidly.

 

[Waterclocker]

Kate Wolf, just discovered her and it's hard to believe she isn't better known. This is a great song to start with, or "Across the Great Divide".

 

[Bartek]

Who doesn’t love Tori Amos?

Crucify is my favorite, but I love most all of her music.

 

[2leftears]

Interesting topic phrasing: "THE best female vocals? (your favorite female singers)"

What is "best"? Sometimes the attraction in a voice is not technical perfect execution, but simply the timbre or even the glaring "imperfections" that make the vocals so appealing.

E.g, one of my top favourite vocalists is Lisa Gerrard (of Dead Can Dance), who sounds like a classically trained vocalist, even though she isn't:



But also, one of my other top favourite vocalists is singer-songwriter Remi Matsuo (of GLIM SPANKY), whose voice is nothing like what would typically be considered a "good" voice:



Hence my list of top favourite female singers is long, in one way or another they are all very recognisably unique:

Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance (UK, Australia)
Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins (UK)
Remi Matsuo of GLIM SPANKY (Japan)
Aurora Aksnes as AURORA (Norway)
Moeka Shiotsuka of Hitsujibungaku (羊文学) (Japan)
Kate Bush (UK)
Narumi Kotani as Kotani of Bray me (Japan)
Miyuna as J-Pop artist Miyuna (みゆな) (Japan)
Saiki Atsumi of BAND-MAID (Japan)
Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses (USA)
Momiji Okubo (of Wang Dang Doodle & Momiji & The Bluestones) (Japan)
Miki Berenyi of Lush (UK)
Cécile Corbel (France)
Claire Pommet as Pomme (France)

and I am sure I forgot a few...