What are your top 3 favorite female singers?

Barbra Streisand

Celtic Woman ( ok ,,, it’s a group but with rotating individual lead performances)

Karen Carpenter

Worthy mention as contenders 

Diana Krall

Holly Cole

K D Lang

Hope Sandoval

Brittany Howard

Edie Brickell

Ann Wilson ... well I see her weekly, my son dates. This gal of his happens to be a spitting image of a in her 20’s Ann, kid you not.

@tony1954, I noticed :-)

Lots of great names provided - I would add Karen Matheson (Capercaillie) to the list.  Captivating voice in both English and Gaelic.

Difficult but:

Nora Jones

Linda Ronstadt

Sara Brightman

joan baez

loreena mckennit

emmylou harris