Who are your three favorite female singers?

Well many of my older favorites have already been mentioned (Annie Haslam - but no Jane Relf?? - Jennifer Warnes, Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLaughlin, Mary Black, Loreena McKennit, Sandy Denney etc.) but some big ones are missing:

• Bonnie Raitt - I mean "Angel from Montgomery", seriously
• Maddy Prior from Steeleye Span
• Karla Bonoff
• Grace Slick
• Joan Baez

But, with the exceptions of Anneke Van Giersbergen, and Amy Lee, all the great symphonic metal singers were ignored like, in no particular order:

• Simone Simons
• Tarja Turunen
• Dianne Van Giersbergen
• Sharon den Adel
• Floor Jansen
  

Really, how can anyone pick just three?

Elliot, thanks for the Sophie Milman link. 
Just love her voice.

In no particular order, these are just some of my faves

• Anita Baker
• Basia
• Gloria Estefan
• Pauline Wilson
• Annie Lennox
• Mariah Carey
• Whitney Houston
• Donna Summer
• Sade
• Pebbles

Fiona Apple
St. Vincent
Billie Eilish 

So many more, but those are the ones I'm actually playing the most often. 

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