Top Female Singers Of 20th Century

Here is the list of top female singing artist of 20th Century. These artists are based on what they did, how much albums they sold, how much awards they won, etc. If you feel that other singers should have a better ranking or not, you can be the judge. Just vote to increase or decrease the rank. Tell us and others on what you base your choice.

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Whitney Houston

She reached the sky and also knows how failure looks like. Houston is the most awarded female artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records, having obtained 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 411 career awards as of 2006. Houston is also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide. Her hit “I Will Always Love You,” from her movie The Bodyguard, became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history.


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Madonna

She defined the eighties with her music, looks and personality and also managed to reinvent herself throughout her career that spanned for over thirty years. Madonna has sold 350 million albums worldwide, becoming the best seller artist of all times. According to RIAA she has 12 multi-platinum albums (second only to Barbra Streisand). She also holds the record for the most top ten hits (37) in US chart history.


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Madonna is one of my favorite singer. She's the queen of music!

6/20/2011 12:16:10 PM by Ana Maria

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Queen of Pop!

5/17/2013 4:11:23 AM by Cristina F

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Queen of Pop!

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Barbra Streisand

She is one of the few entertainers who has obtained an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy and a Tony award. The complete list of awards she received are: two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award and a Peabody Award. She has sold 71.5 million records in USA and 140 million worldwide. According to the RIAA, Streisand has released 51 Gold albums, 30 Platinum albums, and 13 Multi-Platinum albums in the United States.


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Loved The Way We Were :)))

6/14/2011 2:19:51 PM by Elsa

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Loved The Way We Were :))))

6/14/2011 2:18:18 PM by Elsa

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Great actress too!

4/2/2012 11:18:30 AM by Cristina F

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She's the best ever.

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Aretha Franklin

“The Queen of Soul,” as she is widely known, has made music history, and is considered one of the greatest voices in the world. Franklin is also one of the most honored artists by the Grammy Awards, earning 18 competitive Grammys to date, and two honorary Grammys. Throughout her active years, Aretha has scored a total of 20 No. 1 singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, including her first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100: "Respect" in 1967.


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Wow...the one and only!

6/14/2011 2:20:33 PM by Elsa

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Ella Fitzgerald

Known as “First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," Fitzgerald was an American jazz and song vocalist, whose vocal range spanned three octaves (Db3 to Db6). Over her 59-year career, she earned 13 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Art by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush


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Diana Ross

From The Supremes to the big screen, Diana Ross has proven to the world she is one of the greatest divas in the world. She has sold 150 million records worldwide. Ross also received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination in 1972 and a Golden Globe award for her work in Lady Sings the Blues. Diana won 8 American Music Awards, garnered twelve Grammy Award nominations, and won a Tony Award for her one-woman show, An Evening with Diana Ross, in 1977.


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Love Diana! She's always been such a great inspiration to me

6/14/2011 2:07:12 PM by Elsa

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Miss Diana Ross is the GREATEST female entertainer of them all!. She's a Pioneer, Trailblazer and a Global Phenomenon!. The "SUPREME" Supreme, one of a kind, unique, special human being, just an amazing artist and performer!.

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Miss Diana Ross is the GREATEST female entertainer of them all!. She's a Pioneer, Trailblazer and a Global Phenomenon!. The "SUPREME" Supreme, one of a kind, unique, special human being, just an amazing artist and performer!.

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Miss Diana Ross is the GREATEST female entertainer of them all!. She's a Pioneer, Trailblazer and a Global Phenomenon!. The "SUPREME" Supreme, one of a kind, unique, special human being, just an amazing artist and performer!.

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Miss Diana Ross is the GREATEST female entertainer of them all!. She's a Pioneer, Trailblazer and a Global Phenomenon!. The "SUPREME" Supreme, one of a kind, unique, special human being, just an amazing artist and performer!.

10/28/2012 9:30:29 AM by

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Miss Diana Ross is the GREATEST female entertainer of them all!. She's a Pioneer, Trailblazer and a Global Phenomenon!. The "SUPREME" Supreme, one of a kind, unique, special human being, just an amazing artist and performer!.

10/28/2012 9:30:27 AM by

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Miss Diana Ross is the GREATEST female entertainer of them all!. She's a Pioneer, Trailblazer and a Global Phenomenon!. The "SUPREME" Supreme, one of a kind, unique, special human being, just an amazing artist and performer!.

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Miss Diana Ross is the GREATEST female entertainer of them all!. She's a Pioneer, Trailblazer and a Global Phenomenon!. The "SUPREME" Supreme, one of a kind, unique, special human being, just an amazing artist and performer!.

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Mariah Carey

One of the youngest divas around. In a twenty-year career, she has sold over 200 million records worldwide and earned five Grammy awards. Thorughout the years, she has included to her repertoire a wide range of music styles, from soul or hip-hop to romantic and inspiring ballads. She married the head of Columbia records Tommy Mottola in 1993 to divorce him four years later. Now she is married to Nick Cannon.


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I love the song "My All" of Mariah Carey

6/20/2011 12:19:39 PM by Ana Maria

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i love mariah's music.

11/22/2012 6:41:32 PM by giovanna

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i love mariah's music.

11/22/2012 6:41:31 PM by giovanna

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i love mariah's music.

11/22/2012 6:41:26 PM by giovanna

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i love mariah's music.

11/22/2012 6:41:25 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:41:25 PM by giovanna

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i love mariah's music.

11/22/2012 6:41:24 PM by giovanna

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i love mariah's music.

11/22/2012 6:41:23 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:41:21 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:41:20 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:41:15 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:41:11 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:41:10 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:41:04 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:41:01 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:40:57 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:40:54 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:40:52 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:40:52 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:40:43 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:40:40 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:40:38 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:40:34 PM by giovanna

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11/22/2012 6:40:17 PM by giovanna

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Celine Dion

Probably the most famous Canadian artist of all times, Celine Dion made us fall in love with her when she sang My Heart Will Go On, included on the soundtrack of the movie Titanic. Celine sings in both English and French. Her album D'eux, is the best-selling French-language album of all time. According to Sony Music, Dion has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide


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Tina Turner

She has the best legs in rock and roll. Turner is credited to be the solo artist who has sold more concert tickets in history. Throughout her fifty-year career, she has sold nearly 180 million records worldwide. Her 1971 hit “Proud Mary,” is still considered one of the greatest songs of all time. She has won eight Grammy awards.


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Edith Piaf

She is more than a female singer. Edit Piaf is considered an icon in her native France. Her songs "La Vie en rose" (1946), "Non, je ne regrette rien" (1960) or "Hymne à l'amour" (1949), are a very important part of the French musical culture and they have been maintaining Piaf’s legend, talent and mystery alive throughout all these years


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