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Originally Posted by rainforests1

Does anyone else feel vocally she is the best singer in popular music today?

The weirdest thing happened. I could say 'no' without even clicking on any of the links or knowing that much about her.

 

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Originally Posted by rainforests1

Who do you consider better then? Some would argue Carrie Underwood and you could possibly argue Joss Stone. Alicia Keys, Adele, and Mary J. Blige all have good voices as well. I don't see too many others as competition.

That seems like a reeeeeeeaaaaaalllly narrowly delienated list of female singers you're picking from.

 

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Fiona is a decent vocalist but nothing special to me.

Well if your standards for good vocalists are based on Alicia Keys and Carrie Underwood then yeah, certainly.

 

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You have singers like Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Rhianna, Britney. Not very good vocally. I consider Christina Aguilera and Beyonce as vastly overrated. I'm not a big fan of the male voice so I don't listen to too many male singers. A lot of mediocrity among singers so there's only a few standouts IMO.

Don't you ever listen to any female singers from any other genres than chart-topping dance pop or chart-topping R&B?

 

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I listen to a lot more oldies music than today's music. I don't voluntarily listen to today's music. Other people turn it on so I hear it a lot. I'd like to hear more indies music but I haven't been able to find a station that plays it.

Well I recommend using YouTube or various label or review sites or record store sites for that purpose. YouTube has many songs posted, both from albums and from live performances, and sites for record labels or record stores, or for music reviews, have some clips you can listen to.

 

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Originally Posted by rainforests1

I used youtube links in the first post so obviously I'm familiar with it.

But in the previous message you seemed to treat radio as your only means to hear new music, so that's why I made the recommendation.

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Do you have any recommendations?

Not really, since I don't know what type of music you're interested in. Within the category of independently produced music sung by women, there are still quite a lot of different styles.