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Top ten greatest female voices of history
#1 - Aretha Franklin
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#1 - Aretha Franklin: More photos
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is adept at jazz, blues, R&B, and gospel music.
#2 - Roberta Flack
#2 - Roberta Flack: More photos
Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B, and folk music. Flack is best known for her #1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", and "Feel Like Makin' Love".
#3 - Celine Dion
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#3 - Celine Dion: More photos
Céline Dion (March 30, 1968) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec. Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record.
#4 - Diana Ross
#4 - Diana Ross: More photos
Diana Ross (March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Ross served as lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway. She received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her 1972 role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues, for which she won a Golden Globe award. With a career total 18 #1 records, Diana Ross is considered the most successful female recording artist of the 20th century.
#5 - Sade
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#5 - Sade: More photos
Helen Folasade Adu, (born 16 January 1959), better known as Sade, is a British singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the popular Brit and Grammy Award winning English group Sade. There’s something so magnetic about Sade’s voice.
#6 - Tina Turner
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#6 - Tina Turner: More photos
Tina Turner (November 26, 1939) is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have earned her the title The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll.
#7 - Mariah Carey
#7 - Mariah Carey: More photos
Mariah Carey (March 27, 1970) is an American R&B/pop singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut, in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
#8 - Annie Lennox
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#8 - Annie Lennox: More photos
Annie Lennox, (born 25 December 1954), is a Scottish recording artist. After achieving minor success in the band The Tourists in the late 1970s, Lennox went on to major international success in the 1980s as part of the duo Eurythmics, which she formed with former Tourists' member David A. Stewart.
#9 - Karen Carpenter
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#9 - Karen Carpenter: More photos
Karen Carpenter (1950-1983) was an American singer and drummer. She and her brother, Richard, formed the 1970s duo The Carpenters. She was a drummer of exceptional skill, but she is best remembered for her vocal performances. She suffered from anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder little-known at the time, and died at the age of 32 from heart failure, later attributed to complications related to her illness.
#10 - Whitney Houston
#10 - Whitney Houston: More photos
Whitney Houston (August 9, 1963) is an American R&B/pop singer, actress, and former fashion model. Houston is the most awarded female artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston is also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide.
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# 11
Gloria Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan (born September 1, 1957) is a Cuban American singer, songwriter and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, is the most successful crossover performer in Latin music to date.
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Sat, 08/27/2011 - 19:48
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Karen Carpenter has been
Karen Carpenter has been added to the list of Top ten greatest female voices of history
Anonymous (not verified)
Thu, 09/01/2011 - 00:52
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ridiculous to have no rock
ridiculous to have no rock and roll representation..
Ann Wilson of Heart, Pat Benatar, Stevie Nicks..
so many that I think are at least better than
Gloria Estefan.. who wouldn't make my top ten
And this is almost exclusively R&B .. not by any means
"history' which includes great opera singers, country,
artists like Bjork, Madonna (can't argue her popularity)
Anonymous (not verified)
Thu, 09/08/2011 - 04:49
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This listing is hysterical!
This listing is hysterical! I am not a fan of Barbara Streisand's communist politics but her voice is one of the greatest of all time. Diana Ross was a wonderful singer / entertainer but does not belong here.
Anonymous (not verified)
Tue, 11/13/2012 - 22:47
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Hows she no9, surely top 3.
Hows she no9, surely top 3. does people realise how many songs shes sung and every song continued to hit a perfect note every time.
Anonymous (not verified)
Tue, 02/05/2013 - 04:02
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I agree, I think the fact she
I agree, I think the fact she died 30 years ago today alot of younger people don't know her name but they would know the music when they heard it at Christmas,weddings and the like. If she had lived longer she would be at least in the top 3. My vote is number 1.
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