Final Results! Greatest Female Soul Singers of All Time

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    Our reader polls have become real events, and this one was no exception.  Thousands of votes came in from SoulTrackers who displayed love for the women who have provided so many memorable musical moments over the years.  

    Here are the results of our big reader poll of the Greatest Female Soul Singers of All-Time. If you want to see the results of our other polls, just click here.

    Our reader polls have become real events, and this one was no exception.  Thousands of votes came in from SoulTrackers who displayed love for the women who have provided so many memorable musical moments over the years.  

    Here are the results of our big reader poll of the Greatest Female Soul Singers of All-Time. If you want to see the results of our other polls, just click here.

     
    1  Whitney Houston   
    2  Aretha Franklin  
    3  Gladys Knight  
    4  Chaka Khan  
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    6  Patti LaBelle  
    7  Teena Marie  
    8  Anita Baker  
    9  Minnie Riperton  
    10  Stephanie Mills  

     

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    11 Roberta Flack
    12 Etta James
    13 Jill Scott
    14 Nancy Wilson
    15 Dionne Warwick
    16 Natalie Cole
    17 Diana Ross
    18 Tina Turner
    19 Sade
    20 Deniece Williams
    21 Regina Belle
    22 Toni Braxton
    23 Randy Crawford
    24 Lalah Hathaway
    25 Ella Fitzgerald
    26 Rachelle Ferrell
    27 Jennifer Holliday
    28 Mavis Staples
    29 Nina Simone
    30 Patti Austin
    31 Billie Holiday
    32 Mary J Blige
    33 Tammi Terrell
    34 Mariah Carey
    35 Yolanda Adams
    36 Ledisi
    37 Angela Bofill
    38 Donna Summer
    39 Vesta Williams
    40 Sarah Vaughan
    41 Candi Staton
    42 Valerie Simpson
    43 Miki Howard
    44 Angela Winbush
    45 Dinah Washington
    46 Betty Wright
    47 Millie Jackson
    48 Melba Moore
    49 Oleta Adams
    50 Erykah Badu
    51 Jennifer Hudson
    52 Maysa
    53 Chante Moore
    54 Cheryl Lynn
    55 Fantasia
    56 Lisa Fischer
    57 Jean Carne
    58 Mary Wells
    59 Evelyn Champagne King
    60 Angie Stone
    61 Dianne Reeves
    62 Shirley Murdock
    63 Vanessa Williams
    64 Lauryn Hill
    65 CeCe Winans
    66 Patrice Rushen
    67 India Arie
    68 Ann Nesby
    69 Faith Evans
    70 Martha Wash
    71 Tamia
    72 Thelma Houston
    73 Karyn White
    74 Lisa Stansfield
    75 Martha Reeves
    76 Meli'sa Morgan
    77 Janet Jackson
    78 Alicia Keys
    79 Karen Clark Sheard
    80 Gloria Gaynor
    81 Phoebe Snow
    82 Brenda Russell
    83 Dusty Springfield
    84 Heather Headley
    85 Syleena Johnson
    86 Esther Phillips
    87 Tramaine Hawkins
    88 Kim Burrell
    89 Vanessa Bell Armstrong
    90 Deborah Cox
    91 Chrisette Michele
    92 Jody Watley
    93 Monica
    94 Joss Stone
    95 Leela James
    96 Darlene Love
    97 Marilyn McCoo
    98 Shanice
    99 Marlena Shaw
    100-T Amy Winehouse
    100-T Freda Payne