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    30 Great Female Singers

    These women were (or are) truly owning it in their day. Did we miss someone important? Please add your favorites.

    Kimberly Truth
    by Kimberly Truth

    Community Contributor

    • 1. Mahalia Jackson

    • 2. Aretha Franklin

    • 3. Sinead O'Connor

    • 4. Maria Callas

    • 5. Nina Simone

    • 6. Bjork

    • 7. Billie Holiday

    • 8. Etta James

    • 9. Ella Fitzgerald

    • 10. Polly Jean Harvey

    • 11. Stevie Nicks

    • 12. Chan Marshall

    • 13. Siouxsie Sioux

    • 14. Debbie Harry

    • 15. Janis Joplin

    • 16. Patsy Cline

    • 17. Carla Bozulich

    • 18. Joni Mitchell

    • 19. Kristin Hersh

    • 20. Maddy Prior

    • 21. Sara MacLachlan

    • 22. Bonnie Raitt

    • 23. Heather Nova

    • 24. Joan Jett

    • 25. Aimee Mann

    • 26. Patty Smith

    • 27. Heather Duby

    • 28. Neko Case

    • 29. Elizabeth Fraser

    • 30. Alicia Keys

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