Hey SoulTrackers! For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been receiving your nominations for our newest poll: The Greatest Female Soul Singers of All Time! Our reader polls have become some of the most popular features on SoulTracks, and this one promises to be a winner — and to spur some conversation.
Soul music has always had great female vocalists, from power of Aretha Franklin to the sweet sound of Diana Ross and those who funked out, like Chaka. Either way, these women helped make some of the most memorable music ever.
So here’s your chance to vote for your favorites! Only one vote per computer, please, but feel free to vote for as many singers as you like.
Voting done! Click here to see results
Here are the nominees:
| Adele | Gabrielle Goodman | Mica Paris |
| Algebra | Gladys Knight | Miki Howard |
| Alicia Keys | Gloria Gaynor | Milira |
| Alicia Myers | Gloria Lynn | Millie Jackson |
| Amel Larrieux | Gloria Scott | Minnie Riperton |
| Amy Winehouse | Gwen Dickey | Monica |
| Angela Bofill | Gwen McCrae | Nancy Wilson |
| Angela Clemmons | Heather Headley | Natalie Cole |
| Angela Johnson | India Arie | Nina Simone |
| Angela Winbush | Irene Cara | Nnenne Frelon |
| Angie Stone | Irma Thomas | Nona Hendryx |
| Anita Baker | Janet Jackson | Norah Jones |
| Ann Nesby | Jean Baylor | Oleta Adams |
| Ann Peebles | Jean Carne | Patrice Rushen |
| Aretha Franklin | Jennifer Holliday | Patti Austin |
| Avery Sunshine | Jennifer Hudson | Patti Labelle |
| Barbara Mason | Jill Scott | Pebbles |
| Betty Everett | Jody Watley | Phoebe Snow |
| Betty Wright | Joss Stone | Phyllis Hyman |
| Bettye Lavette | Karen Clark Sheard | Rachelle Ferrell |
| Beverley Knight | Karyn White | Randy Crawford |
| Beyonce | KeKe Wyatt | Regina Belle |
| Billie Holiday | Kim Burrell | Rena Scott |
| Brandy | Kim Weston | Rhonda Thomas |
| Brenda Holloway | Lalah Hathaway | Roberta Flack |
| Brenda Russell | Latoya london | Ronnie Spector |
| Candi Staton | Lauryn Hill | Rosie Gaines |
| Carla Thomas | Ledisi | Ruby Turner |
| Carleen Anderson | Leela James | Sade |
| Cassandra Wilson | Leona Lewis | Sandra St. Victor |
| CeCe Winans | Lianne La Havas | Sarah Vaughan |
| Chaka Khan | Linda Clifford | Shanice |
| Chante Moore | Linda Jones | Sherrie Payne |
| Cheryl Lynn | Lisa Fisher | Shirley Brown |
| Chrisette Michele | Lisa Stansfield | Shirley Jones |
| Christina Aguilera | Liv Warfield | Shirley Murdock |
| Conya Doss | Lizz Wright | Stephanie Mills |
| Darlene Love | Loleatta Holloway | Susaye Greene |
| Deborah Cox | Lori Perry | Syleena Johnson |
| Della Reese | Lorraine Ellison | Syreeta |
| Deniece Williams | Lynn White | Tamia |
| Denise LaSalle | Macy Gray | Tammi Terrell |
| Diana Ross | Margie Joseph | Tata Vega |
| Dianne Reeves | Mariah Carey | Teena Marie |
| Dinah Washington | Marilyn McCoo | Thelma Houston |
| Dionne Warwick | Marlena Shaw | Thornetta Davis |
| Donna Summer | Marsha Ambrosius | Tina Campbell |
| Dorinda Clark-Cole | Martha Reeves | Tina Turner |
| Dorothy Moore | Martha Wash | Toni Braxton |
| Dusty Springfield | Mary J Blige | Tracy Chapman |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Mary Wells | Tramaine Hawkins |
| Emeli Sande | Mavis Staples | Trina Broussard |
| Erica Campbell | Maxine Brown | Twinkie Clark |
| Erykah Badu | Maya Azucena | Valerie Simpson |
| Esther Phillips | Maysa | Vanessa Bell Armstrong |
| Etta James | Melanie Fiona | Vanessa Williams |
| Evelyn Champagne King | Melba Moore | Vesta Williams |
| Faith Evans | Meli’sa Morgan | Wendy Moten |
| Fantasia | Merry Clayton | Whitney Houston |
| Freda Payne | Me’shell NdegeOcello | Yolanda Adams |
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