Who is Your Favorite Female Singer of All Time?

Leontyne Price

Kate Bush.

There's a lot of cunt bones in here about to be kicked for choosing incorrectly.

I love Mick & Roger Daltrey. Terry Hall was great. Is this what you mean OP? Did I follow your rules?

Sheena Easton

Cynthia Clawson

Crystal Lewis

Sheila Walsh

Whitney Houston

Olivia Newton-John

For voice: Ann Wilson and Sinead

For just because : Janis Joplin

For lyrics and rage: Courtney Love

Linda Ronstadt

At one point I would have said Neko Case. But then I made the mistake of following her on. Twitter. Shrieking wokester who never saw a person she couldn’t shame and lecture.

A few years ago on Thanksgiving, she was posting or reposting all the most shrill scolding about how Thanksgiving is literally reveling in the annihilation of the Native Americans, we have nothing to be thankful for because of George Floyd, the whole woke catechism. I replied as a paleo-liberal, suggesting that always scolding everyone about everything isn’t the best way to win people over to your argument, and that most Americans see Thanksgiving as a rare American feast day to get together with family and appreciate the good things in your life.

Immediate block. Haven’t listened to her since!

Rickie Lee Jones

Cilla Black

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Kelly Hogan.

Ella.

She has it all: A number of phases, from teenage voice to very mature, aged voice, and a vast discography of the most satisfying music with the best collaborators.

And her voice makes me so happy.

Courtney Love (I'm actually not joking). There is a wounded soulfulness in a lot of her/Hole's songs that for some reason speaks to me—the rage, too. I find it very powerful.

Shirley Horn.

Donna Summer and Karen Carpenter

R13 R17 she sucks

My father’s favorite was Kate Smith. Streisand is more my taste.

R8. Wow. What do you like about Sheila Walsh? Been years…

Based on what I have saved in Spotify, it’s Madonna, Dolly, or Emmylou Harris.

And if we are talking about desert island music, it would definitely be Emmylou Harris.

Linda Ronstadt. Not only an amazing voice but unafraid to use it for innumerable genres - pop, rock, country, big band, etc.

I can’t cut it down below ten.

So it’s in no particular order Nico, PJ Harvey, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, Joni Mitchell, Bjork, Courtney Love, Joanna Newsom, Karen Dalton and Ella Fitzgerald.

I like unique voices. You would never mistake any of these women for anybody else.

Just one.

The Spotify wrapped informed me I listen to Nico the most but I’m wondering if that factors in The Velvet Underground songs she’s on. Plus Joni isn’t on the app the anymore, so it might as well be her too…

Chaka Khan

Olivia Newton John

I said Kelly Hogan because I actually got to witness this lady. I could have said Dinah Washington, Ella, Billie, Loretta, Judy. Hogan also toured with Mavis Staples. Anyways…

I think only Ella Fitzgerald would stand up to being the ONLY female recording artist who would not get cloying if stuck with only the one, on a desert island. This is because she is a "cool" toned artist. You can read into her what you want and take what you want from her. She's very transparent and democratic.

Sade

Maria McKee

Belinda Carlisle

R25 she can sing everything

Marni Nixon

Ella.

R38 Including the National Christian Anthem "Death To All The LGBTS".

Billie Holiday

Diana Ross

Gladys Knight

Definitely Ella Fitzgerald. Her voice and her body of work are remarkable.

Just one OP, then it has to be Ella Fitzgerald. Like R19, she has a backlog of great music and collaborators(she sang with everyone). I gave up Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Judy, Maria Callas, Aretha and Gladys.

Ashley Simpson

Dusty Springfield

Tammy Wynette

I know I’ll be roasted for this, but I think Taylor Swift’s discography would sustain me the most on a desert island at this point. Runners up: Madonna, Whitney (not prolific enough), Barbra, Stevie/Fleetwood Mac, Diana/Supremes.

R28 will you marry me?

And R49's post signals the end of this thread for anyone with taste.

Chrissie Hynde

Every so often someone implies that there are no young people on this site.

Apparently there are quite a lot of under-25s, and they're all on this thread.

Actually, kd lang. A criminally underrated genius whose relative lack of popularity just comes to show you how shallow the music industry really is. I'm only sorry that I'll probably never hear her sing live (too far).

Lady Day

Sarah Jarosz

Whitney Houston

Taylor Swift

Etta James. If I had to choose someone whose singing voice I'd like to have, it would be her. She also just had charisma on stage.

Christa Ludwig

I agree about kd lang. She's one of the greatest vocalists of all time, imho. Her voice is so powerful, I wish she had more commercial success, and now it looks like she's pretty much retired.

Aretha

Connie Stevens

Miss Stacey Q

Judy Garland. Thread closed.

The amazing, legendary Miss Sondra Prill

Jacqui McShee

Patsy Cline

Edith Piaf

Britney Spears

Donna Summer.

(YouTube comments are typically a cesspool, but the ones at the link seem to be from people who really appreciate her talent.)

I can't think of any.

Could you name a few?

Favorite singer I guess makes the difference. Really, who thinks Olivia Newton John could do much kite than carry a tune? Lovely woman, but… huh? Does anyone really think Diana’s Ross was a great singer- really. Pop production who stayed in her lane perhaps.

R67, Jacqui McShee, Maddy Prior or Annie Haslam: I couldn't choose one over the others.

[quote] Does anyone really think Diana’s Ross was a great singer- really. Pop production who stayed in her lane perhaps.

I love listening to her voice. That voice was the lead on 18 #1 songs. She’s done R&B soul, pop, blues, disco/dance and other venues over several decades. Some of her ballads are awesome. I really like this Gospel song performance—voice sounds so pure.

Hilary Duff

Not Paula Abdul and not Jennifer Lopez.

Petula "Downtown!" Clark :)

Dionne Warwick

R73 Diana’s Ross? Ross who? Olivia Newton's kite?

Put down the bottle.

The Divine One. Sarah Vaughn, but it’s mean to only chose one. It’s niggardly.

Aretha

Miss Peggy Lee

PJ Harvey. I embarrassed to be associated with the rest of you who didn’t pick PJ Harvey.

Barbra Streisand.

[quote]PJ Harvey. I embarrassed to be associated with the rest of you who didn’t pick PJ Harvey.

So, because your favorite isn't our favorite you think we are somehow unworthy? That is a common, yet very disheartening, worldview.

[quote]So, because your favorite isn't our favorite you think we are somehow unworthy?

Did I not make that clear? Why are you just rephrasing what I already told you?

Reba McEntire … but I prefer the album cuts and ballads. Her singles are good but sometimes are too over the top. She really shines when she exercises restraint. She has an interesting catalog, probably the most comprehensive of any of the divas because she’s released an album nearly every year since the 70s so you can hear her voice evolve. Late 80s was probably her best

Surprised no mention of Dolly yet

I agree with you, R54.

I was lucky enough to see her in concert three times.

Good friends of mine who are major Democratic supporters were invited to the Clinton White House for a dinner and were seated next to k.d. lang. They really liked her.

kd lang is highly underrated

Karen Carpenter

Nina Hagen

Another vote for Whitney Houston.

I’m taking all the live versions of her songs with me too to make up for how relatively few albums she released over her career.

Hot Sundae

I feel bad for the Buffy Sainte-Marie lovers.

Teena Marie

Mariah Carey, Madonna and Whitney.

I'm gonna say Tina Turner, even though she has a very small catalog compared to others, like Madonna, Gaga, etc.

R78, I agree.

I considered discographies. I considered whom I've seen in concert. I've considered genres.

But then I realized that one song above others by female singers makes me happy and takes me back to teen-age me.

Above "To Sir With Love." Above "Wishin' and Hopin'." Above the songs of Diana, Janis (Ian and Joplin), Cher, even Ronnie Spector:

Petula Clark and "Downtown." The lights are much brighter there. You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares.

I'd like that.

Kim Carnes.

End thread.

Miss Dionne

Am I on Datalounge? Did I take a wrong turn?

No one has mentioned the great Liza Minnelli!!

Ella Fitzgerald

For pure , sugary pop with all the melancholy and poignancy to match, for me, it’s a tie:

Marilyn McCoo & Karen Carpenter.

Sorry, OP, my auditory canals are greedy bitches and I can’t ignore them:

Ella, Barbra, Patsy and Gladys are in their own distinct class, above mere mortals.

Unbelievable that no one has mentioned Barbara Cook.

Cindy Brady, for Frosty The Snowman alone.

Björk, Robyn, Susanne Sundfør

Linda Thompson

Lindsay Logan!!

Helen Lawson

Lara Trump

Shirley Horn

Betty Buckley.

R84 In full agreement. I saw her in person earlier this month when she came to Brooklyn at a tiny event, just a glorious woman.

Ella, of course, is the answer.

But so given many names on this thread it's just wrong that no one has mentioned Bonnie Rait nor Sandy Denny.

Donna Summer, Stevie Nicks, Kate Bush, and 80's/90's Madonna. Those are probably the ones I listened to the most over the course of my life. Honorable mention to Tori Amos, Astrud Gilberto, Elizabeth Fraser, Tracey Thorn, Siouxsie Sioux, Diana Ross, and Grace Jones.

So many favorites across every era, genre and mood but the only one it would kill me to lose would be Barbara Cook. The pure vocal power and beauty of the voice combined with the direct communication of emotion. Can make you laugh, cry, fall in love, and get over it, with humor, sensitivity, and melancholy.

Madonna, Dalida, Diana Ross, Agnetha/Frida, Françoise Hardy, Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks, Mylène Farmer, Donna Summer, and too many others to mention.

R103, Even worse, no Kylie Minogue, the supposed darling of DL!

Claudine Longet

You and your friends are so lucky, Greg R90!

r113 you have excellent taste

A toss up between Whitney and Stephanie.

R113, thank you! Shirley is incredibly underrated. You don't hear her talked about to the same extent as other great jazz vocalists. I think she's one of the few voices that sounded BETTER as she aged. The Here's to Life album is a classic. The sense of air and space on "Come a Little Closer/Wild is the Wind" is just breathtaking.

It's so very hard to choose, but I think this is my favorite Horn track r125:

R126, that's a great one, I think you posted that in another thread not that long ago, right?

Shirley Manson

Kristin Hersh

80% of the women posted here can't sing

Indeed r127

I agree that her voice got better with age. I am not particularly partial to her recordings from the 1960s, although this one isn't bad.

Although onlynone of you mentioned an opera singer (the sublime Christa Ludwig!), I will offer my favourites:

Sopranos: Dame Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé

Mezzo: Vesselina Kasarova, Christa Ludwig (although I don't always agree with her interpretations, especially of Bach, but her Wagners and Puccinis are immaculate, also what a TIMBRE!)

Alto: Natalie Stutzmann.

Boundaries have been stated at r129.

I don't think Joni Mitchell and her brilliant catalog have been adequately acknowledged in this discussion.

I guess I would have to say Beverly Sills, just so I could listen to her live Fille du regiment, perhaps the greatest vocal performance captured on disc.

Caballé would be a runner-up though.

Well, if we're talking opera, I am partial to Cecilia Bartoli.

That’s So Raven girl!

Cher!

The only correct answer is:

Lisa Miller Hughes Shea Coleman McColl Grimaldi Dixon, after a huge salad at The Mona Lisa.

Judy Garland

Karen Carpenter

Corinne Drewery (lead singer for Swing Out Sister)

"The Divine One" SARAH VAUGHAN. Just below Sarah, CARMEN MCRAE.

Others on my list way below the two above, Phoebe Snow, Nina Simone, Rosemary Clooney, Della Reese, Tina Turner.

[quote]Ella, of course, is the answer.

Ella was one of the greats and everyone should know her. But I just don't find the depth in her singing that I find in her peers like Sarah. On records, Ella can sound like background music. Though I must say this performance is pretty spectacular coming from her -

Phyllis Hyman

Ella of course, special mention to Shirley Horn, Joni Mitchell.

Linda Ronstadt.

Jessica Simpson. She opened for Ricky Martin(!) and came out and warned us she had a bad sore throat, and apologized ahead of the performance. Yep, she was awful. She even brought out then bf Nick Lachey to help with the singing, eventually she let him sing by himself because she started crying and apologizing, but stayed on the stage hoping for sympathy.

I can't hear about Jessica Simpson without immediately thinking of this:

[quote]80% of the women posted here can't sing

R129, did you not read the OP? The thread starter shows throughout: "Favorite" need not include "great" or even "good."

About 3 years ago somebody started a thread about Ella Fitzgerald.

Many DLers (D-Ella’s?) linked their favorite Ella recordings.

I’ll admit that, throughout my long life, I never paid that much attention to Ella. I always told myself that one day, I’ll really listen and see what all the fuss is about.

That thread was that one day.

Man, what a blissful encounter. I’d always read here that to some, while Ella’s delivery is always technically superb, her voice to their ear, sounded devoid of emotion.

I’m not here to argue, just to say that my reaction was totally the opposite.

When she was singing the classic torch songs, that’s when she most got to me. I heard an ache and sorrow behind that technical brilliance.

Now, I I stop and listen to her blissful sound whenever I can.

r149 I haven't listened to this in YEARS. Thanks for reminding me of one of my favorite recordings!

"As Miss Sophie Tucker might say ... "

R146, I saw one of those RM concerts with her!

R121 she really had a KILLER voice.

R149 I agree...so many "emotional" singers seem manipulative, selfish, too broad brush.... Ella was at times VERY emotional... but it was clear, sweet, guileless, authentic, classy emotion.

Those that think Ella is "just technical" should go back and listen.

And Stevie Nicks

Aretha.

153, the people who say Ella "wasn't emotional" are probably just used to far less subtlety in their singers. She didn't downplay joy, but she soft-pedaled sadness, which makes it all the more affecting when you really listen.

There's a tendency, I think, to prefer depressed/overtly tragic singers, and think their work is more emotional. I used to think that too, till I realized that most people hide their sadness. No matter how dark things get, they try to soldier on.

Ella had plenty of hard times and tragedy in her life. So did Louis Armstrong. They both take some flak for not wearing that on their sleeve.

But they were old-school entertainers. They knew people who came to see them had hard struggles of their own, and wanted to just let go and feel some joy, and maybe a bit of sadness just for release, and get away from the heaviness of life for a while.

^^ And taking refuge in the music, just the music. Pure. Pure music.

"Where is the shepherd for this little lost lamb....??"

Barbra for me.

Hi Barbra ^

Barbra. Linda.

Kate Bush

Nina Simone.

Carol Sloane

I was torn between Tori/Kate/Joni.

I am choosing Tori. Stupendous live bootlegs from 94-2014- So many amazing performances.

Nothing from post 2017 though. Tori's voice is utterly gone- and its so sad, actually.

R99 is ignorant as fuck.

Sheena Easton

Brandi Carlile

Anne Murray licking lesbian

KD Lang, Joan Armatrading and Tracy Chapman.

R120, I forgot Kylie!

[quote]Carol Sloane

It was in the early 1960's. I had by that time lived in New York's Greenwich Village for a couple of years, and went to hear Carmen McRae when she made an appearance at one of the holy shrines of jazz located in my neighborhood...

(After Carmen's set) Awkwardly, I sidled up to the bar where she stood alone near the service area. With trembling voice and weak knees, I stammered a "Pardon me, Miss McRae", and as quickly as I could, expressed my admiration and loyalty. I took a flame-thrower hit of The Ray, she mumbled "Thanks" through lips pressed tight, and turned her back to me. I managed a reasonably quick recovery, and beat a hasty retreat.

Years later, by which time we had become very close friends, I asked her if she remembered the incident. She denied memory of it, adding quietly she wished she'd been nicer so that we could have begun our friendship sooner.

Lara Fabian

Karen Carpenter. One of the purest vocalists of all time.

Mariah Carey. Can listen to her for hours without getting exhausted. I like the vocal acrobats and her post breakdown R&B

Gaga.

Maria Dolores Pradera. She's wonderful. I think she’s from Argentina .

Juice Newton

Tori Amos

Laura Nyro.

Shirley Bassey

Karen carpenter

Linda Ronstadt has been my favorite singer since this album came out in 1976.

Jeanne Mas

Kate Bush is my forever #1, but this thread is missing Alison Moyet.

Liz Phair

I got ya Stevie, er, R3

Stevie Nicks!

Carnie Wilson

Come on DL, OP said one. ONE. And only her records. And for those of us who chose Stevie, it’s the Fleetwood Macs too.

Annie Lennox

Was just listening to Linda’s Hasten Down the Wind album in the car tonight. Damn can she sing.

Connie Francis- Before the rape

Nina Simone

Demi!!!

No one said Janet 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

I always go with the old adage that you are what your record says you are.

So I , going to look into the future, and I am going to vote for the one who will retire as the all time undefeated champion female singer and songwriter for all time.

Taylor Swift

[quote] So I , going to look into the future, and I am going to vote for the one who will retire as the all time undefeated champion female singer and songwriter for all time.

She will have to live for a long, long time and start writing songs better than what ChatGPT could spit out to be that champion.

R196, you're so wrong. I looked into the further, further future, and the Ultimate Superior Female Songstress of All Time is Marissa Goldsturm.

Of course you haven't heard of her. She hasn't been born yet. (April 2046, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, for the record.) But from my peeks into the future, from the 22nd Century onward, she will be regarded as the undisputed best singer and songwriter in history.

Sarah Cracknell of Saint Etienne.

Not Mariah Carey!!! I I can’t listen to her for more than 4 min without getting exhausted. I hate her constant vocal acrobats!

Adele makes me suicidal

R201 Tell me...

R188 is a troll starting racist threads but it is NOT Travis the Big Gay Bear. It’s just a pitiful troll. Probably collects Gap Play lists or some other fun hobby.

Maybe someone will send an email to the Gap and direct them to all his other troll posts where he’s been harassing. Travis the Bear and others.. He can keep his playlists saved on a hard drive but maybe not be surprised if he gets a cease and desist letter from them. 🤔

The one and only:

Helen Reddy.

Tie between Beyonce and Erykah Badu

Amy Winehouse as 3rd

Amel Larriuex and Whitney Houston round out top 5

Mary Fahl from October Project

Connie Francis

Nana Mouskouri

Just listening to Teena Marie and holy shit that bitch could sing.

R198

She will be so overrated. Besides with billions many billions more people on earth her sales numbers will be greatly inflated.

Uninflated real numbers she will be a distant 2nd to DL fav Taylor Swift.

Louise Rutkowski (This Mortal Coil, The Kindness of Strangers, The Hope Blister). Elizabeth Frasier Kate Bush Annie Lennox Alison Moyet Siouxsie Sioux

La Toya Jackson

Whitney Houston

Nancy LaMott

Sheena Easton

Lolly

R216 hope you’re kidding

Florence Foster Jenkins

The first name that popped into my head was Ella Fitzgerald, so I'll go with that.

Amanda Marshall

Susan Tedeschi is one of my faves. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is probably my favorite Bob Dylan song. Here she is, singing that song.

Someone mentioned Björk, who is underrated, IMO. Anyway, I love this performance at the Royal Opera House, Human Behavior.

Over 200 posts and no one has mentioned Mrs. Miller?

Linda is on now:

R216 makes "Let's Go to the Mall" seem like a masterpiece of melody and lyricism - and that's a fake song that is intentionally terrible.

The late and very underrated Teena Marie. She should've been a huge star in the 80s.

LAINIE KAZAN!!!

Has anyone mentioned DL fave Laura Branigan yet?

Lea S. =

R.I.P. great singer...

Nona Gaye's Supernatural

Should've been a bigger star =

Maria did this one better than Celine ( & recorded it before her)

Actually I have too many favorites to make a choice for just one of them.

Yoko Ono

But is she a singer?

R238 I think she is. This is from the early 70s & she's considered a pioneer in punk music =

Such awful taste R205

R240. Who the fuck do you think you trolling you low vibrational bitch. I finally discovered the point of life through shrooms and tranquility. I will never use again.

Natalie Cole

Rosanne Barr

R242, 'This Will Be' is one of the few songs that I will refuse to listen to. The first part is OK, but since I know what's coming, I change the station immediately. If I can't change the source, I will plug my ears and go 'lalalala' for 2:52. BTW, the other songs I find COMPLETELY unlistenable are 'Benny and the Jets' by Elton John and 'Eminence Front' by The Who.

For those that didn't know all of the female artists from R229 to R235 are gay friendly & were on the Out Magazine CD sampler (that came with a subscription from the early 90s).

Enjoy them all. :)

Eva Cassidy

Madonna will always hold a special place in my heart. I was born in '76 so I grew up with her music. The soundtrack of my childhood and teen/young adult years.

diane schur

The great Annie Lennox

My fave!

Sia. Love her sound and lyrics.

beth gibbons!

Laura Branigan

R238 even Marlee Matlin says that Yoko can’t sing.

Whispercoo

Az Ali

I've a bunch of favorites and it's hard enough to whittle my list down to five, much less one fave.

Dinah Washington

Nancy Wilson (jazz goddess, Fancy Miss Nancy)

Dusty Springfield

Whitney Houston

Barbra Streisand

Agnetha Faltskog

I can't say I've heard Janet Jackson sing -- despite seeing her in concert @15 times -- but her voice sounds really beautiful on her recordings: sensual, sweet, warm, yearning, inviting. It is really a triumph of sound engineering but Janet is the essential element. It is why I love so many of her ballads.

R258, I'd be curious who rounds out your Top 10.

R249 Annie sure looks like old shit now.

Here you go, R261; pretty eclectic lineup. Thanks for asking.

Celia Cruz

Donna Summer

Shirley Bassey

Edith Piaf

Phoebe Snow/Carly Simon/Gladys Knight

Carly Simon. I was updating my Carly playlist today

R263, we are kindred -- except I don't know much Celia Cruz or Edith Piaf. I'd replace them with Nina Simone and Linda Ronstadt.

Phoebe Snow was so underrated, she had such a great voice.

R265: I'm glad we have these ladies in common. I enjoy Mses. Ronstandt and Simone as well.

Ronstadt!

Sam Smith

Nina Simone was batshit crazy but god was that bitch a genius talent.

Genevieve Whittaker

Ms still u it op dun as the bit a cre op

R260: ha same on seeing Janet live a lot but unsure I’ve ever really heard her sing. Agree about a lot of her ballads. Do you know this B-side from the janet album?

Sarah Vaughan - My Funny Valentine - My favorite ever.

Oh, and Sarah Vaughan - Send In the Clowns

Pat Benatar

Tough call but not that tough.

Aretha.

Yes, r273, I like "One More Chance." Janet has many, many lovely ballads in her catalog. It is a feat for a voice to sound so "pretty" -- somebody in that recording studio was earning their money.

I heard Carly's big hits growing up but I was never a fan of her voice compared to other female artists but I became a fan when I first heard this song recently (when I did a search of the song & artists who have covered it) =

R275, Sarah's performances of "Send In The Clowns" are epic. Although I heard that Sondheim didn't think so.

Faith Hill has such a great voice and one of the few country singers that I'm a huge fan of. A lot of her songs are surprisingly very Pop sounding. I've been listening to this song on repeat. Love this song.

r280 Sondheim was a genius, but he did have some odd opinions.

Sarah Vaughan is my all-time favorite female jazz singer. That woman was an incredible talent.

R282 After trying to get thru that droning attempt at R280, it's not so odd an opinion after all.

Doris Day

r284 is musically illiterate

R286, Indeed.

That M/G feud shit is so tired and lame.

R288 Agreed.

Stephanie Mills

Whitney Houston

Mariah Carey

Phyllis Hyman

Patti Austin

Angela Bofill

Patti Labelle

Celine Dion

R288 God knows it’s the only thing keeping G relevant.

R279: I love Carly Simon's gentle ballad "Mind On My Man."

R290, Phyllis Hyman ranks near the top of my list.

Sade

Jane Olivor.

Pointer Sisters

Solo would be Olivia. Lead singer in a group would be Margo Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies.

Helen Traubel. What a beautiful voice, and she was FUN!

Nicki Minaj

Dame Cleo Laine

Clit

Karen Carpenter.

Ella Fitzgerald. Always.

Kim Carnes

I voted for Ella upthread as well, but today was reminded that k.d. lang has a spectacular voice too. Her version of 'Hallelujah' is unmatched.

R290 and R293 agree on Phyllis Hyman. Such a tragedy what happened to her. I’d love to have seen her sing live.

Did someone bust her?

While she might not be a household name in the US, Marisa Monte is a. Brazilian superstar in her home country.

This blurb is from her latest tour, "Releasing one wildly successful album after another, Marisa Monte is recognized as the greatest Brazilian singer of her generation. Her music blends samba, pop, jazz, and soul, all featuring her exquisite voice."

Here's an article showcasing a delightful assortment of her musical prowess on YouTube. My favs on this list: #1. Ainda Bem and #3. Bem Que Se Quis. Trust me, it's a musical journey worth experiencing!

R306, my mother said that Phyllis sang with tears in her voice.

She also said that about Gloria Estefan too…why I don’t know. Gloria sounds…drugged when she sings ballads.

[quote] She also said that about Gloria Estefan too…why I don’t know. Gloria sounds…drugged when she sings ballads.

I hear it. Despite her upbeat, uptempo hits when Gloria goes for a ballad she sounds genuinely forlorn. Very common for Latin singers.

JLo

LULU!