Top 5 Females on your Ipod

[silenus]

Simple. Look at your Top 25 Most Played. What are the top 5 songs by a female artist, or featuring a female vocalist?

Mine:

"Baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow" - Vonda Shepard
"Pancho and Lefty" - Emmylou Harris
"The Vultures Fly High" - Renaissance
"Channel Z" - B-52s
"He Thinks He'll Keep Her" - Mary Chapin Carpenter

[Jennyrosity]

1) "Don't get me wrong" - The Pretenders
2) "Don't come the cowboy with me" - Kirsty Maccoll,
3) "They don't know" - Kirsty Maccoll
4) "Jolene" - Dolly Parton (who I'm going to see on Sunday - woohoo!)
5) "Cornflake Girl" - Tori Amos

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

Cassandra Wilson
Joni Mitchell
Sarah Harmer
Sarah McLaughlin
Feist

Because I tend to listen to the whole album rather than a specific song, none of the play counts show any one song played more than the rest.

[FriarTed]

I don't use an iPod, BUT if I did, it would be very obvious-

Tori Amos
Sarah MacLachlan
Enya
Kate Bush
Heart

[Eutychus]

The Burns Sisters - "Listen to the Beat of a Heart"
Tracey Ullman - "They Don't Know"
Eileen Ivers - "Paddy in Zululand"
Laurie Anderson - "O Superman"
Tish Hinojosa - "God's Own Open Road"
Kirtsy MacColl - "He Never Mentioned Love"

Okay, so that's six ... shoot me.

[Ichbin Dubist]

"The Big Guns," Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins
"Kingsport Town," Eleni Mandell
"Long Time Gone," The Dixie Chicks
"Churches Off the Interstate," Laura Cantrell
"You're No Rock and Roll Fun," Sleater-Kinney

The next 5 are all Jenny Lewis or Pretenders songs.

[SaharaTea]

Don't Think Twice - Susan Tedeschi
Time After Time - Cassandra Wilson
One Belief Away - Bonnie Raitt
Can't Let Go - Lucinda Williams
Push It - Garbage

[Blazric Jones]

Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
Space They Cannot Touch - Kate Miller-Heidke
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
This Love - The Veronicas
Peachy - Missy Higgins

[Kamino Neko]

No iPod, but as per last.fm, you have to get to my 12th most played song, before you get one that ISN'T with a female vocalist - 10, if you don't count TV length and full length versions of the same anime op/ed as different songs (I'll be using that count):

Mayonako no Door - yifei
Inori no Uta - Savage Genius
Utsukushi Kereba Sore de Ii - Ishikawa Chiaki
Running So High - the brilliant green
Nekonyan Dance - Harenchi☆Punch

FTR, the first song on my most played list by a male vocalist is Welcome Back by John Sebastian. (Also the first not by an Asian artist.)

[psycat90]

Another from last.fm:

Top Five tracks with female vocalists:

Everything But the Girl - We Walk the Same Line
Azure Ray - November
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Barbara Lynn - You'll Lose a Good Thing
Dance Hall Crashers - Cricket

Top Five female artists or bands with female vocalists:

Madonna
Everything But the Girl
HorrorPops
Amy Winehouse
Björk

[Equipoise]

Nice to see Eleni Mandell mentioned up there!

I don't even have to look, this is easy.

Kate Bush
Happy Rhodes
Jane Siberry
Noe Venable
Kirsty MacColl
Suspended In Gaffa (not a group, but a podcast featuring female vocals)

Yeah, that's 6, but SIG features so many different artists (including Eleni) I can't not include it. If I were to keep going, I know it would include Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan (love their early work especially, back when they were physically accessible).

(Top males would be Jeff Buckley, Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel's Genesis, and Rufus Wainwright)

[Kamino Neko]

Originally Posted by psycat90

Top Five female artists or bands with female vocalists:

Looking there, my list is...

the brilliant green
MiniMoni
Under17
Puffy
yifei

#s 1, and 3-6 on my overall chart, with Oingo Boingo invading at #2.

[Hazle Weatherfield]

Elastica "Connection"
Liz Phair "Fuck and Run"
The Sugarcubes "Birthday"
Tori Amos "Cornflake Girl"
Luscious Jackson "Naked Eye"

[St. Urho]

Interesting, not what I expected:

Pat Benatar- Shadows of the Night
Amy Winehouse- You Know I'm No Good
The Story- Brandi Carlisle
Fading Like A Flower- Roxette
My City Was Gone- The Pretenders

[HongKongFooey]

"Die on a Rope" - The Distillers
"Fairytale of New York" - Kirsty MacColl and The Pogues
"Valency" - The Spinanes
"Blood Pigs" - OTEP
"Broken Homes" - PJ Harvey & Tricky

[Boyo Jim]

Annie Lennox
Joni Mitchell
Heart
Ella Fitzgerald
Alison Krouse

[St. Urho]

Originally Posted by HongKongFooey

"Fairytale of New York" - Kirsty MacColl and The Pogues

Counting it this way, that would be 2nd on my list.

[Cat Fight]

Belly
Mazzy Starr
Cat Power
The Gossip
Smoosh

[woodstockbirdybird]

Elastica, "Stutter"
Sleater-Kinney, "Stay Where You Are"
The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - "Fairytale of New York"
Lush, "Lovelife"
Saint Etienne, "Hobart Paving"

[Madd Maxx]

Heart, Flyleaf, Lacuna Coil, Sarah McLaughlin, Aretha Franklin

[Finagle]

Ah, I'll play, although it says more about the quirkiness of the shuffle function of the iPod than it does about my favorite female artists.

Merrie Amsterburg "Patchwork" (not my favorite song on the album)
Steeleye Span "Lovely on the Water"
Aimee Mann "Fifty Years After the Fair"
The Roches "Beautiful Love of God"
Allison Krauss "The Road is a Lover"

Somewhere in the top five is the debatable "Sons of the Never Wrong" (2 out of three members are female, but the particular song has the male on lead.

Merrie Amsterberg is the only surprising one there -- based on number of songs in the library, I would have guessed Kirsty MacColl or the Nields would have shown up.

[Eutychus]

Originally Posted by Finagle

Merrie Amsterberg is the only surprising one there -- based on number of songs in the library, I would have guessed Kirsty MacColl or the Nields would have shown up.

Don't feel bad. I have pretty much of all of Steeleye Span's and a lot of Maddy Prior's music and neither showed up on my top 5.

[velvetjones]

In no particular order

Carmen McRae
Karrin Allyson
Madeline Eastman
Susanna McCorckle
K. D. Lang

[Ceejaytee]

I don't have an IPod and Sansa doesn't track things that way, but my top 5 female artists currently are:

Aretha Franklin
Gladys Knight
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Sara Bereilles
Whitney Houston

Top songs are probably:
Drown in My Own Tears, Aretha Franklin
If I Were Your Woman, Gladys Knight
Good Times, Aretha Franklin
I Feel Lucky, Mary Chapin Carpenter
A Change is Gonna Come, Aretha Franklin
Bonus: Many the Miles, Sara Bereilles

I have been seriously into early Aretha Franklin these days.

[Little Plastic Ninja]

Huh.

Well, I have one woman in my top 25 -- k.d. lang is number 24. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and full albums, so most of Joshua Tree and Queen's Greatest Hits are in there.

I guess after that there would be Enya, Steeleye Span, Tori Amos, and then maybe The Mamas and the Papas? Apparently I don't listen to much women's stuff, but Pandora has introduced me to Aine Minogue, so that may change.

[Miller]

Aimee Mann (with Dan Zanes) - "Night Owl" - 44

Morcheeba - "Let Me See" - 39

Suzanne Vega - "Tom's Diner" - 38

Bulgarian Women's Choir - "Svatba (The Wedding) - 33

The Breeders - "Happiness is a Warm Gun" - 27

[susan_foster]

1. Move Ya Body - Nina Sky
2. Ramalama (Bang Bang) - Roisin Murphy
3. Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child
4. Pon de Replay - Rihanna
5. The Way I Are - Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & D.O.E.

And special bonus, to show how deep my music tastes are:
6.With Love - Hilary Duff

Susan

[gallows fodder]

I too have only one female artist in my top 25, but looking at the whole, the top 5 most played female artists in my iPod are:

1. PJ Harvey
2. Santo Gold
3. Amy Winehouse
4. Neko Case
5. Lovage (featuring Jennifer Charles)

[lissener]

Kirsty MacColl
PJ Harvey
Diamanda Galas
The Geraldine Fibbers
Mary Margaret O'Hara

[Monkey Chews]

"Joey" - Concrete Blonde
"Star Witness" - Neko Case
"Make a Play For Her Now" - The Bangles
"Babooshka" - Kate Bush
"Ain't It A Shame" - The B-52's

[Idlewild]

Psychobabble - Frou Frou
Clear the Area - Imogen Heap (yeah, she's in slots one and two.)
Personal Thing - Lorraine A' Malena
Possession - Sarah MacLachlan
Police and the Private - Metric

So... I like creepy stalkerish songs with titles beginning with P, apparently. Ani DiFranco makes spot number six, and I'm surprised Tori Amos isn't in there, as I was listening to The Beekeeper (the whole album, not the one song) incessantly for a while.

[wevets]

1. Dar Williams (occupies several spots - I've been on a kick lately of listening to her stuff)
2. Dixie Chicks
3. Lucy Kaplansky
4. Sarah McLachlan
5. Sheryl Crow

[Ike Witt]

Belly

Sheryl Crow

Ann Peebles

Luscious Jackson

Madonna

Laurie Anderson

[mnemosyne]

Um....


Janis Joplin


At the moment, I have one album of hers on my iPod (I think... I only have the one album in my iTunes!). I don't think I've even listened to it.

My iPod is very NIN and Mars Volta heavy at the moment... I also don't apparently listen to many female vocalists at all. I can't think of a single one that I'd seek out to listen to, though we do have Nora Jones in the dining room as dinner music. I think it plays right before Audioslave! Apparently, the female voice doesn't appeal to me musically... I barely seek new stuff out anymore, though, so I doubt I'm going to change my habits

[Slacker]

Apparently I like female singin' - my top five (not just top five with females):

"03.45: No Sleep" - The Cardigans
"Communication" - The Cardigans
"Wise Up" - Aimee Mann
"Feathers and Down" - The Cardigans
"Rise Up With Fists!!" - Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins

Top five female bands/singers overall are The Cardigans, Aimee Mann, Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley, and Tori Amos.

BTW Miller did you get Aimee's new one? Do you think it's super great or just regular great?

[astorian]

"Carpet of the Sun" by Renaissance
"White Flag" by Dido
"Going Down to Liverpool" by the Bangles
"The Longboatss" by Enya
"The Bug" (Dire Straits cover) by Mary Chapin Carpenter

[Miller]

Originally Posted by Slacker

BTW Miller did you get Aimee's new one? Do you think it's super great or just regular great?

New album?! Why was I not informed!

Can't talk now. Downloading.

[Hippy Hollow]

"A New England" - Kirsty Maccoll
"Jealous Dogs" - The Pretenders
"Get Out of this House" - Shawn Colvin
"Am I Getting Through" - Sheryl Crow
"Spellbound" - Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Ladyfingers" - Luscious Jackson

Lots of Dopers with great taste I see!

[Yookeroo]

"Destiny" - Zero 7 (Sia)
"Teardrop" - Massive Attack (Liz Frazer)
"Sanvean" - Dead Can Dance (Lisa Gerard)
"Does He Love You" - Rilo Kiley (Jenny Lewis)
"Don't Forget Me" - Way Out West (Omi)

[Eliahna]

iTunes results surprised me:
1) P!nk - Trouble
2) Portishead - Glory Box
3) P!nk - Who Knew
4) The Superjesus - Down Again
5) Portishead - Mysterons
(tracks 30, 32, 66, 68 and 72 respectively, and there are no other tracks by a female lead vocalist in my top 100)

I wouldn't have predicted any of those artists or tracks.

Last.FM says:
1) Portishead - Glory Box
2) Dido - Thank You
3) The Superjesus - Down Again
4) Norah Jones - I Think It's Going To Rain Today
5) Sarah McLachlan - Angel

Again, a surprise. Not the Norah Jones song I'd have predicted, and I'm mystified by the presence of The Superjesus on both lists. I'm not that into that song.

Norah Jones, Dido, Sarah McLachlan, Portishead and Little Birdy are my top five female artists according to Last.

[DfrntBreign]

From "Top 500" playlist (500 songs and only ten have played more than 4 times):

Nina Simone - Go To Hell (Mowo Remix) played 4X.

The rest tied with 3 plays each (two different songs for Joni, though).

Affinity - All Along The Watchtower
Sheryl Crow - Every Day Is A Winding Road
Delaney and Bonnie - Piece of My Heart
Joni Mitchell - In France They Kiss On Main Street (live)
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Joan Osborne - One Of Us

I would have expected a lot more Sandy Denny, Sarah McLachlan, even Melissa Ethridge or Sade. Chalk it up to the vagaries of iTunes shuffle mode, I guess.

[Zebra]

Feeling Good Nina Simone
Non Je Ne Regrette Rien Edith Piaf
I Know a Place Petula Clark
We're All in the Dance Fiest
Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin

[Monkey Chews]

Originally Posted by Cazzle

I'm mystified by the presence of The Superjesus on both lists. I'm not that into that song.

I love that song! But had kind of forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder, I'm gonna run and listen to some Superjesus now. (Loved their first and second albums, then they kind of went a bit wonky.)

[Eliahna]

Originally Posted by Monkey Chews

I love that song! But had kind of forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder, I'm gonna run and listen to some Superjesus now. (Loved their first and second albums, then they kind of went a bit wonky.)

Ha, you're welcome. It is a good song - I just didn't think I listened to it as often as I must. This should get you started.

[MrDibble]

That was a hella interesting exercise, actually (not an iPod, but my PC playlist):
1) Shelleyan Orphan - The Silent Day
2) 10000 Maniacs - Trouble Me
3) Shelleyan Orphan - Shatter
4) Tori Amos - Winter
5) Dido - Hunter

It's weird to me that 1 & 3 are on the same album, but 2 edged in there.

Also weird that Dead Can Dance & Cocteau Twins are lower down than those. I'd have thought both those would top the list...

[Manduck]

I mostly use shuffle, so I got kind of a weird selection. These aren't necessarily my favorites, but they are the most played:

"Over Your Shoulder" - Concrete Blonde
"My Baby" - Janis Joplin
"Johnny Sunshine" - Liz Phair
"Diet Pill" - L7
"One More Thing" - L7
"I Love Playin' With Fire" - The Runaways

[Alice The Goon]

I'm really into female R&B singers, and it shows.

Gladys Knight
Alicia Keys
Toni Braxton
Mary J. Blige

and Sheryl Crow.

[Greg Charles]

As of now:

Bree Sharp
Cibo Matto
Ella Fitzgerald
My Linh
The Creatures (ie., Siouxsie)

I'm pleased to see that the late Ms. Kirsty MacColl is still so popular among the TM. I'll have to work her back into the rotation!

[Anastasaeon]

Nude as the News - Cat Power
Ladyfingers - Luscious Jackson
Cannonball - the Breeders
Kiss You Off - Scissor Sisters
It's Alright, Baby - Komeda

Bonus, at #6: What Have I Done to Deserve This? - Pet Shop Boys w/ Dusty Springfield

[Dolukhanova]

Erbarme dich -- Stephanie Blythe
Son nata a lagrimar - Stephanie Blythe/David Daniels
Kak sladko s toboyu mne byt' - Araxia Davtian
Angels ever bright and fair -- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Io t'abraccio -- Joyce DiDonato/Patrizia Ciofi