Best Current Female Singer

bobjimmy

What do ya think?

Kold

That's a sh*t list and you should feel bad about yourself.

rcaz

I think that you shouldn't make a list of a very small portion of a particularly boring part of popular music and then ask what the 'best current female singer' is. Because it's not any of those.

For what it's worth, I'd vote Björk if Björk was on your list.

Kold

This is now a who would you prefer to have sex with thread.

I went with Taylor. I want to corrupt her aryan bloodline.

kippy

Define "best"?

karaokeman

You should of put Michelle Lally and Mindy Smith on your list, great, great female vocalists and I would vote for either if they were there.

Seen as how I had to go with one from that poll, I chose Kelly because she is IMO the best of the artists you mentioned.

Having said that I assume by "best" you mean the most talented vocally, and not hottest. If you did mean the latter I would go for Katy Perry in a flash;).

Mr. Presentable

Gaga

Meehanmeehan

I am. Also I'm a guy.

DublinWriter

...and Adele is missing off the list why-now?

Bodhidharma

Alicia Keys by some distance

seachto7

Feist

rcaz

DublinWriter wrote: »

...and Adele is missing off the list why-now?

Because it's a **** list. However, if it were a good list, Adele would still be absent.

inda_kenny

rcaz wrote: »

I think that you shouldn't make a list of a very small portion of a particularly boring part of popular music and then ask what the 'best current female singer' is. Because it's not any of those.

For what it's worth, I'd vote Björk if Björk was on your list.

she might be an interesting and unique artist but how anyone could say she is a good singer is beyond me


how come adele isnt on the list

inda_kenny

rcaz wrote: »

Because it's a **** list. However, if it were a good list, Adele would still be absent.

says the one who views the icelandic screecher at the top :rolleyes:

Silvics

I doubt that any of those on your list could sing in tune outside of a recording studio. What about Debbie Harry? Saw her last year and man can she sing live!

rcaz

inda_kenny wrote: »

says the one who views the icelandic screecher at the top :rolleyes:

Because she makes good music, writes fantastic arrangements, pushes her sound forward with every album, and writes some of the most touching, affecting songs I've ever heard. Adele whines about her boyfriend like a million other upset girls with acoustic guitars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Utdr2zAQ8

karaokeman

Am I seeing things or is Ke$ha also on that list:eek:.

How anyone could think she can sing without a switch is beyond me.

inda_kenny

rcaz wrote: »

Because she makes good music, writes fantastic arrangements, pushes her sound forward with every album, and writes some of the most touching, affecting songs I've ever heard. Adele whines about her boyfriend like a million other upset girls with acoustic guitars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Utdr2zAQ8

each to thier own

jonon9

Kerry Ellis should be added to the list me thinks

Da Shins Kelly

I'm gonna throw in a shout for Erykah Badu:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIgut8omQ9c

Fiona Apple:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye5F40hKdIo

And PJ Harvey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STxXS5lLunE

SilverScreen

First of all the poll is a joke

Secondly it takes more than a good voice to be a good female solo artist. While it's impossible to determine "who's best" I would like to nominate Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes. Not only does she have a great voice (and is quite good-looking) but she's also a very creative songwriter. But what's even more impressive is that she's a very talented multi-instrumentalist who plays piano, guitar, bass, xylophone, harpsichord and autoharp and basically plays most of the instruments on her albums.

You also have the likes of Kate Bush, PJ Harvey and Bjork who are still going strong and of course more recent artists like Sharon Van Etten, Feist and St. Vincent.

JerryHandbag

^^ +1 on Natasha Khan & St.Vincent.

Also really liking Victoria Legrand from Beach House

cgpg5

Needs more Emeli Sande tbh

SilverScreen

JerryHandbag wrote: »

^^ +1 on Natasha Khan & St.Vincent.

Also really liking Victoria Legrand from Beach House

Victoria Legrand definitely, she has an otherworldly quality to her voice that's impossible to resist. She really makes Beach House for me.

Also Anna Calvi deserves a mention. While her debut last year could have been better it did show a lot of promise. She has an amazing voice and is a pretty good guitar player to boot.

Da Shins Kelly

Zero1986 wrote: »

First of all the poll is a joke

Secondly it takes more than a good voice to be a good female solo artist. While it's impossible to determine "who's best" I would like to nominate Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes. Not only does she have a great voice (and is quite good-looking) but she's also a very creative songwriter. But what's even more impressive is that she's a very talented multi-instrumentalist who plays piano, guitar, bass, xylophone, harpsichord and autoharp and basically plays most of the instruments on her albums.

You also have the likes of Kate Bush, PJ Harvey and Bjork who are still going strong and of course more recent artists like Sharon Van Etten, Feist and St. Vincent.

And furthermore, if you do want to talk about simply who is the best female vocalist , there is still more to that than being technically able. Christina Aguilera is technically a good singer, but she is still one of the most horrible female singers I've ever heard. In my opinion, being a great singer is about having a unique voice, doing interesting things with it that don't have to involve melodramatic over-singing, using the voice to tell the story of the song, using it as a way of conveying real emotion. The likes of Aguilera don't believe a word of what they sing and they make up for it in over-dramatic, fake emotional singing. This is what made Billie Holiday quite possibly the greatest vocalist to walk the earth - sure she wasn't a match for the Aguileras or Careys of the world technically, but she was 100 times more believable and interesting than the both of those combined as a vocalist.

It's the same thing that I admire about the likes of PJ, Bjork, Erykah Badu, Fiona Apple, etc. These are women who use their voices in ways to enhance the meaning of the music and not just as tools to show off or convey fake emotion.

Blisterman

Janelle Monae

Temaz

For a modern pop artist I have to say I love Rihanna! She has some brilliant and catchy tunes.

FortuneChip

Zero1986 wrote: »

Victoria Legrand definitely, she has an otherworldly quality to her voice that's impossible to resist. She really makes Beach House for me.

Yeah, good shout.

Also, like Hayley Mary from The Jezabels. Another girl with a slightly unique voice, and a good variety of songs behind her.

Surprised Florence Welch hasn't been mentioned. She's not my favourite singer or anything, but I was always convinced she'd a strong following.

One thing is for sure, the poll options are fiercely limited

mosstin

Has to be Mary Black. Failing that, her daughter from The Coronas. Danni.

Jason Fly

kippy wrote: »

Define "best"?

should also define "singer"...

ItAintMeBabe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY6ziVcfRvM

This blows most people on that list out of the water IMO. I knwo it's never a patch on George's original, but she does a fine job.

Da Shins Kelly

Blisterman wrote: »

Janelle Monae

Her performance at Glastonbury last year was one of the best live performances I've seen. It just looked like so much fun, and she's got some voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlRnQ2nj2gk

Captain Graphite

Da Shins Kelly wrote: »

In my opinion, being a great singer is about having a unique voice, doing interesting things with it that don't have to involve melodramatic over-singing, using the voice to tell the story of the song, using it as a way of conveying real emotion. The likes of Aguilera don't believe a word of what they sing and they make up for it in over-dramatic, fake emotional singing. This is what made Billie Holiday quite possibly the greatest vocalist to walk the earth - sure she wasn't a match for the Aguileras or Careys of the world technically, but she was 100 times more believable and interesting than the both of those combined as a vocalist.

+1, very well said.
And with the above in mind, I'm gonna go with Cat Power. Surprised no-one else has mentioned her yet. I know a few people who don't like her voice and she can be pretty hit and miss live (not that I've actually seen her live yet...but hopefully someday!) but she has written some really powerful, touching and haunting music. And personally I think her voice is gorgeous.

Dubhthamlacht

I'd have to go for either Anna Calvi or Beth Gibbons. Both have incredible singing voices that are distinct and can move you.

Mimi Parker from Low also has a remarkable voice.

Herb Powell

Dunno if she's the best, but I really love Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent's music at the moment

poundhound

Ive gotta second Natasha Kahn, beautiful haunting voice.

LordSutch

bobjimmy wrote: »

Best Current Female Singer,
What do ya think?

Can't believe you left out the singer of the new Bond Theme :eek:

Adele

NIMAN

This is another one of those music threads that has no definitive answer.

I'm going to say Stevie Nicks even though her name isn't on the list, as she will always be my favourite female voice.

Cosmicfox

Florence Welch, but seeing as she is not on the list I'll go with Beyonce. Not keen on any of them up there tbh.