Consider your favourite artist one of the best vocalists of all time?
If so, you’ll be interested to learn of Yahoo’s brand new list, naming their Top 250 female singers of the 20th century- compiled with the aid of Rate Your Music, Wikipedia, Past perfect, Amazon, Cynamans, UGO, Listverse, Rocklist, Essence, Timout, Acclaimed Music, and Youtube.
Sure to surprise some while pleasing others, the list comes courtesy of vocal teacher/songwriter Jessica Eisenberg, responsible for the message placed above the Top 250 below!
Check it out…
“As a singer, I have been obsessing about vocalists since before I started grade school. The obsession started with Whitney Houston, Julie Andrews, Andrea McArdle, and Crystal Gayle. All of them had such different voices and I studied them meticulously.
Now, as an adult I am a songwriter, performer and vocal teacher and want to learn even more. I know there are voices that I haven’t heard that deserve to be remembered.
Researching each decade of the 20th century helped me discover some of these lost blues singers, musical theatre performers, and pop stars from yesteryear.
This list was helped in part by the following web sites: Rate Your Music, Wikipedia, Past perfect, Amazon, Cynamans, UGO, Listverse, Rocklist, Essence, Timout, Acclaimed Music, and Youtube. I hope that you enjoy discovering new singers and fighting about who should really be in the top 50.”
The list is as follows…
250. Jennifer Lopez
249. Janet Jackson
248. Tiffany
247. Shirley Temple
246. Ginger Rogers
245. Gwen Verdon
244. Myoshi Umeki
243. K.D. Lang
242. Wilson Phillips
241. Jenny Berggren (Ace of Base)
240. Betty Carter
239. Cass Eliot
238. Sinead O’Connor
237. Deniece Williams
236. Debbie Gibson
235. Joan Baez
234. PJ Harvey
233. Susan Johnson
232. Kylie Minogue
231. LeeAnn Rimes
230. Bjork
229. Marie Osmond
228. Lorna Luft
227. Pat Suzuki
226. Vanessa Williams
225. Lilli Lehman
224. Irene Cara
223. Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)
222. Mamie Smith
221. Helen Reddy
220. Taylor Dayne
219. Aimee Mann
218. Carmen Miranda
217. Lisa Loeb
216. Vaughn De Leath
215. Regine Velasquez
214. Spice Girls
213. Ani DiFranco
212. Elizabeth Frase
211. Sheena Easton
210. Madonna
209. Nikka Costa
208. Amy Grant
207. Clara Smith
206. Laura Branigan
205. Helen Kane
204. Lillian Nordica
203. Marianne Faithfull
202. Alannah Myles
201. Kirsten Flagstad
200. Brandy
199. Dinah Shore
198. Kim Carnes
197. Monica
196. Elaine Paige
195. Shirley Manson
194. Courtney Love
193. The Pointer Sisters
192. Linda Ronstadt
191. Jessica Simpson
190. Blanche Calloway
189. The Chordettes
188. Joan Osborne
187. Lesley Anne Warren
186. Sarah McLachlan
185. Joni Mitchell
184. Sade
183. Emmylou Harris
182. Sara Evans
181. Olivia Newton-John
180. Chrissie Hynde
179. Crystal Gayle
178. Trisha Yearwood
177. Alison Krauss
176. Toni Braxton
175. Diamanda Galas
174. Chita Rivera
173. Dusty Springfield
172. Jewel
171. Natalie Merchant
170. The Clark Sisters
169. Lesley Gore
168. Des’ree
167. Gwen Stefani
166. Melba Moore
165. Thelma Houston
164. Ronnie Spektor
163. Lee Ann Womack
162. Gertrude Lawrence
161. Diana Ross
160. Gloria Gaynor
159. Mary J Blige
158. Ida Cox
157. Tanya Tucker
156. Gackt Camui
155. Shania Twain
154. Anita Baker
153. Alanis Morisette
152. En Vogue
151. Tori Amos
150. Cyndi Lauper
149. The Crystals
148. TLC
147. Mae West
146. Teresa Brewer
145. Carly Simon
144. Fanny Brice
143. Dixie Chicks
142. Sheryl Crow
141. Patti Page
140. Petula Clark
139. Shakira
138. Ann Margaret
137. Mary Martin
136. Yolanda Adams
135. Loretta Lynn
134. Anne Brown (Porgy and Bess)
133. Yma Sumac
132. Minnie Riperton
131. Lulu
130. Jo Stafford
129. Barbara Mandrell
128. Judy Craig (The Chiffons)
127. Joanna Gleason
126. Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)
125. Annie Lennox
124. Sarah Brightman
123. Faith Evans
122. Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes)
121. Bette Midler
120. Joan Jett
119. Faith Hill
118. Judy Holliday
117. Dionne Warwick
116. The Andrews Sisters
115. CeCe Winans
114. Shirley Jones
113. Deborah Harry
112. Pearl Bailey
111. Andrea McArdle
110. Melissa Etheridge
109. Paige O’Hara
108. Reba McEntire
107. Shirley Ceasar
106. Betty Grable
105. Annette Hanshaw
104. Lauryn Hill
103. Pat Benatar
102. Doris Day
101. Mary Weiss (Shangri-las)
100. Dinah Washington
99. Betty Hutton
98. Susanna Hoffs (Bangles)
97. Jodi Benson
96. Tammy Wynette
95. Marie Fredricksson
94. Kelly Rowland
93. Judy Kuhn
92. Lucinda Williams
91. Diahann Carroll
90. Patti Smith
89. Angela Lansbury
88. Liza Minnelli
87. Vera Lynn
86. Kaye Ballard
85. Bonnie Raitt
84. Belinda Carlisle
83. Donna Summer
82. Kitty Wells
81. Little Eva
80. Karen Carpenter
79. June Carter Cash
78. Kay Starr
77. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
76. Kitty Carlisle
75. Nanette Fabray
74. Stockard Channing
73. Bonnie Tyler
72. Idina Menzel
71. Ruth Etting
70. Dolly Parton
69. Anika Noni Rose
68. Kim Burrell
67. Sarah Vaughan
66. Lena Horne
65. Barbara Cook
64. Carol Channing
63. Rita Moreno
62. Betty Buckley
61. Shirley Owens (Shirelles)
60. Teena Marie
59. Eartha Kitt
58. Edith Piaf
57. Fiona Apple
56. Kristen Chenoweth
55. Stephanie Mills
54. Madeline Kahn
53. Sophie Tucker
52. Sandy Duncan
51. Deborah Cox
50. Carole King
49. Tracy Chapman
48. Debbie Reynolds
47. Marni Nixon
46. Nina Simone
45. Martha Reeves
44. Martina McBride
43. Josephine Baker
42. Mary Wells
41. Brenda Lee
40. Erykah Badu
39. Mahalia Jackson
38. Patsy Cline
37. Cher
36. Peggy Lee
35. Bernadette Peters
34. Julie Andrews
33. Stevie Nicks
32. Lea Salonga
31. Selena
30. Etta James
29. Ethel Merman
28. Patti Labelle
27. Ma Rainey
26. LaChanze
25. Gloria Estefan
24. Connie Francis
23. Chaka Khan
22. Billie Holiday
21. Roberta Flack
20. Bessie Smith
19. Heart (Ann & Nancy Wilson)
18. Ethel Waters
17. Jennifer Holliday
16. Rosemary Clooney
15. Tina Turner
14. Patti Lupone
13. Gladys Knight
12. Janis Joplin
11. Maria Callas
10. Beyonce Knowles
9. Barbra Streisand
8. Celine Dion
7. Audra McDonald
6. Judy Garland
5. Mariah Carey
4. Christina Aguilera
3. Whitney Houston
2. Aretha Franklin
1. Ella Fitzgerald