# Top 5 Females on your Ipod **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168 "2008-07-03T08:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/21 "2008-07-03T19:51:39Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/22 "2008-07-03T19:53:58Z")
[QUOTE=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. [/QUOTE] 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. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/23 "2008-07-03T20:19:11Z")
In no particular order Carmen McRae Karrin Allyson Madeline Eastman Susanna McCorckle K. D. Lang ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/24 "2008-07-03T20:23:35Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/25 "2008-07-03T22:59:06Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/26 "2008-07-03T23:05:56Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/27 "2008-07-03T23:10:54Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/28 "2008-07-04T00:04:46Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/29 "2008-07-04T01:08:00Z")
Kirsty MacColl PJ Harvey Diamanda Galas The Geraldine Fibbers Mary Margaret O’Hara ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/30 "2008-07-04T01:59:44Z")
“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 ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/31 "2008-07-04T02:15:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/32 "2008-07-04T02:15:37Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/33 "2008-07-04T02:16:26Z")
Belly Sheryl Crow Ann Peebles Luscious Jackson Madonna Laurie Anderson ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/34 "2008-07-04T02:32:49Z")
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 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/35 "2008-07-04T02:41:10Z")
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? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/36 "2008-07-04T03:16:53Z")
“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 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/37 "2008-07-04T03:21:51Z")
[QUOTE=Slacker] BTW **Miller** did you get Aimee’s new one? Do you think it’s super great or just regular great? 😃 [/QUOTE] New album?! Why was I not informed! Can’t talk now. Downloading. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/38 "2008-07-04T03:51:16Z")
“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! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/39 "2008-07-04T03:56:20Z")
“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) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168/40 "2008-07-04T05:20:23Z")
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. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-females-on-your-ipod/455168.md?page=3)