‎100 Greatest “Female” R&B/Soul Vocalists.

100 Greatest

Female

R&B/Soul Vocalists

 

1. Aretha Franklin

 2. Dinah Washington

3. Etta James   

4. Ruth Brown

5. Mavis Staples   

6. Minnie Riperton   

7. Big Maybelle   

8. Patti LaBelle   

9. Darlene Love

10. LaVern Baker

11. Whitney Houston

12. Doris Duke

13. Roberta Flack

14. Mary Wells

15. Tina Turner

16. Gladys Knight

17. Chaka Khan

18. Dionne Warwick

19. Irma Thomas

20. Florence Ballard (Supremes)

21. Nancy Wilson

22. Patti Austin

23. “Little” Esther Phillips

24. Anita Baker

25. Carla Thomas

26. Denise Lasalle

27. Melba Moore

28. Cissy Houston

29. Ronnie Spector (Ronettes)

30. Freda Payne

31. Linda Clifford

32. Dee Dee Sharp

33. Faye Adams

34. Martha Reeves

35. Jean Terrell (Supremes)

36. Nora Hendryx

37. Judy Craig (Chiffons)

38. Vesta Williams

39. Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters)

40. Shirley Ellis

41. Barbara Lynn

42. Millie Jackson

43. Thelma Houston

44. Nellie Lutcher

45. Big Mama Thornton

46. Ann Peebles

47. Donna Summer

48. Phyllis Hyman

49. Julia Lee

50. Toni Braxton

51. Arlene Smith (Chantels)

52. La La Brooks (Crystals)

53. Randy Crawford

54. Diana Ross

55. Natalie Cole

56. Mary Weiss (Shangri-Las)

57. Deniece Williams

58. June Pointer (Pointer Sisters)

59. Merry Clayton

60. Fontella Bass

61. Mabel John

62. Valerie Simpson (Ashford & Simpson)

63. Betty Everett

64. Kathy Sledge (Sister Sledge)

65. Shirley Brown

66. Ethel “Earl-Jean” McCrea (Cookies)

67. Gladys Horton (Marvelettes)

68. Mariah Carey

69. Shirley Alston (Shirelles)

70. Mary Wilson (Supremes)

71. Doris Troy

72. Stephanie Mills

73. Maxine Brown

74. Ester Satterfield

75. Yolanda Adams

76. Terry Ellis (En Vogue)

77. Gloria Jones

78. Varetta Dillard

79. Brenda Holloway

80. Kim Weston

81. Carolyn Gill (The Velvelettes)

82. Wanda Young (Marvelettes)

83. Mary J. Blige

84. Miki Howard

85. Brenda Payton (Brenda & Tabulations)

86. Alicia Keys

87. Margie Joseph

88. Wanda Young

89. Lauryn Hill

90. Regina Belle

91. Candi Staton

92. Sugar Pie DeSanto

93. Judy Clay

94. Martha Wash

95. Ernestine Anderson

96. Deloris Hall

97. Bettye Swann

98. Ann Cole

99. Zola Taylor (Platters)

100. Inez Foxx

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