AMF's Top 250 Women in Music

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AMF's Top 250 Women in Music

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We received lists from 28 people:
Hymie
Henry
bonnielaurel
Neil
luney6
Father2TheMan
jamieW
panam
Red Ant
Nassim
sonofsamiam
StevieFan13
pauldrach
Michel
luvulongTIM
Live in Phoenix
BleuPanda
Dexter
DocBrown
Jirin
Petri
Henrik
Bruno
Honorio
Rob
andyd1010
Dan
Jackson

Biggest fan section this time will be all people who rank the artist in their top 25 and the highest vote otherwise. Ranked albums and songs are from our other polls on music by women.

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250. Sia
Score: 108.77 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Chandelier (#131), Cheap Thrills (#437), Breathe Me (#464)

Biggest Fan(s):
andyd1010 (#18)

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249. Ann Peebles
Score: 108.88 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: I Can't Stand the Rain (#201), I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (#323)

Biggest Fan(s):
Henrik (#32)

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248. Ruth Radelet
Score: 109.2 (Votes: 2)
Known for: Chromatics
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Kill for Love (#928)

Biggest Fan(s):
jamieW (#16)

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247. Clémence Quélennec
Score: 109.42 (Votes: 2)
Known for: La Femme
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
Nassim (#10)

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246. Natalia Lafourcade
Score: 110.66 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Hasta la raiz (#558), La fugitiva (#615)

Biggest Fan(s):
panam (#65)
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245. Rita Lee
Score: 110.76 (Votes: 3)
Known for: Os Mutantes, solo
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Ovalha Negra (#684)

Biggest Fan(s):
sonofsamiam (#43)

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244. Marina and the Diamonds
Score: 112.35 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Primadonna (#679)

Biggest Fan(s):
Neil (#32)

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243. Judy Collins
Score: 113.56 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
luney6 (#18)

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242. Bianca and Sierra Casady
Score: 113.71 (Votes: 2)
Known for: CocoRosie
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
Michel (#19)

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241. Kirsty MacColl
Score: 114.56 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: A New England (#168), Fairytale of New York (#265)

Biggest Fan(s):
Red Ant (#60)
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240. Alice Glass
Score: 114.88 (Votes: 2)
Known for: Crystal Castles
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Alice Practice (#667)

Biggest Fan(s):
Nassim (#25)

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239. Isobel Campbell 
Score: 116.02 (Votes: 2)
Known for: Belle & Sebastian, solo
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
luvulongTIM (#20)

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238. Shirley Goodman
Score: 117.12 (Votes: 2)
Known for: Shirley & Lee, Shirley and Company
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Let the Good Times Roll (#497), Shame, Shame, Shame (#759)

Biggest Fan(s):
Hymie (#5)

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237. Mary Margaret O'Hara
Score: 118.74 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: Miss America (#138)
Ranked Songs: To Cry About (#965)

Biggest Fan(s):
luney6 (#23)

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236. Jewel
Score: 118.82 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
luney6 (#2)
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235. Violeta Parra
Score: 118.83 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: Las Últimas Composiciones de Violeta Parra (#235)
Ranked Songs: Gracias a la vida (#237)

Biggest Fan(s):
panam (#3)

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234. Spice Girls
Score: 119.4 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Wannabe (#256), Say You'll Be There (#606)

Biggest Fan(s):
Henry (#87)

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233. Elena Tonra
Score: 119.42 (Votes: 3)
Known for: Daughter
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Doing the Right Thing (#491), Youth (#772)

Biggest Fan(s):
BleuPanda (#60)

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232. Shirley Bassey
Score: 119.45 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Goldfinger (#974)

Biggest Fan(s):
Rob (#36)

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231. Alaska
Score: 119.93 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
Honorio (#18)
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230. Nicki Minaj
Score: 119.94 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Monster (#835), Super Bass (#852)

Biggest Fan(s):
BleuPanda (#51)

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229. Alexis Krauss
Score: 120.37 (Votes: 2)
Known for: Sleigh Bells
Ranked Albums: Treats (#186)
Ranked Songs: Rill Rill (#605), Tell 'Em (#739), Crown on the Ground (#881)

Biggest Fan(s):
Nassim (#14)

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228. Eva Cassidy
Score: 120.84 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Fields of Gold (#769)

Biggest Fan(s):
pauldrach (#28)

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227. Nina Hagen
Score: 121.06 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
Michel (#30)

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226. Sharon den Adel
Score: 122.11 (Votes: 2)
Known for: Within Temptation
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
jamieW (#15)
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225. Peggy Lee
Score: 122.63 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Fever (#157), Is That All There Is? (#623)

Biggest Fan(s):
panam (#58)

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224. Tracey Thorn
Score: 123.24 (Votes: 2)
Known for: Everything But the Girl
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Missing (#119), Protection (#236)

Biggest Fan(s):
Honorio (#15)

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223. Barbara
Score: 124.69 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: Barbara N° 2 (#222)
Ranked Songs: Nantes (#456), La solitude (#870)

Biggest Fan(s):
Rob (#18)

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222. Natalie Merchant
Score: 125.75 (Votes: 2)
Known for: 10,000 Maniacs
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
DocBrown (#19)

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221. Lisa Gerrard
Score: 126.8 (Votes: 2)
Known for: Dead Can Dance
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
Henrik (#11)
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Tracey Thorn should also have "Protection" in her ranked songs.
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220. Lotte Lenya
Score: 127.37 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (#324)

Biggest Fan(s):
Honorio (#11)

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219. Jane Birkin
Score: 128.91 (Votes: 3)
Known for: work with Serge Gainsbourg
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Je t'aime moi non plus (#224)

Biggest Fan(s):
Michel (#18)

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218. Kacey Musgraves
Score: 129.04 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: Same Trailer, Different Park (#188)
Ranked Songs: Follow Your Arrow (#207)

Biggest Fan(s):
andyd1010 (#14)

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217. Kazu Makino
Score: 129.3 (Votes: 3)
Known for: Blonde Redhead
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: 23 (#254), Elephant Woman (#609)

Biggest Fan(s):
Jackson (#21)

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216. Stina Nordenstam
Score: 129.78 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
Henrik (#20), Petri (#25)
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Sharon den Adel! Didn't think or would dare to have guessed that someone else voted for her. Within Temptation doesn't always work for me, but her vocals never disappoint.

I thought that there was more love for French singers here and that therefore Barbara would do better. Especially after that one album of hers did rather well in last year's Moderately Acclaimed Albums game.
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215. Jessie Ware
Score: 130.07 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: Devotion (#136)
Ranked Songs: Wildest Moments (#277), Running (#807)

Biggest Fan(s):
BleuPanda (#52)

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214. Doris Day
Score: 130.69 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
bonnielaurel (#37)

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213. Marilyn McCoo
Score: 131.12 (Votes: 2)
Known for: The 5th Dimension
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
Hymie (#16)

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212. Edie Brickell
Score: 132 (Votes: 2)
Known for: Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: What I Am (#379)

Biggest Fan(s):
Father2TheMan (#13)

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211. Marianne Faithfull
Score: 132.06 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: Broken English (#106)
Ranked Songs: Broken English (#318), The Ballad of Lucy Jordan (#653), As Tears Go By (#989)

Biggest Fan(s):
pauldrach (#42)
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210. Kristin Hersh
Score: 132.34 (Votes: 2)
Known for: solo, Throwing Muses
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Your Ghost (#310)

Biggest Fan(s):
Michel (#14)

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209. Rosanne Cash
Score: 137.58 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Seven Year Ache (#733)

Biggest Fan(s):
DocBrown (#20)

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208. Anita Baker
Score: 138.93 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: Rapture (#126)
Ranked Songs: Sweet Love (#700)

Biggest Fan(s):
Henry (#11)

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207. Buffy Sainte-Marie
Score: 138.99 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: It's My Way (#164)
Ranked Songs: The Universal Soldier (#442)

Biggest Fan(s):
pauldrach (#38)

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206. Catherine Ringer
Score: 140.6 (Votes: 3)
Known for: Les Rita Mitsouko
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Marcia baila (#220), C'est comme ca (#819)

Biggest Fan(s):
Nassim (#26)
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205. Elis Regina
Score: 140.63 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Aguas de marco (#446)

Biggest Fan(s):
sonofsamiam (#47)

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204. Roberta Flack
Score: 140.65 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Killing Me Softly With His Song (#156), The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (#315)

Biggest Fan(s):
Dexter (#23)

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203. Brenda Lee
Score: 141.6 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: I'm Sorry (#987)

Biggest Fan(s):
Hymie (#12)

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202. Nina Persson
Score: 142.13 (Votes: 3)
Known for: The Cardigans
Ranked Albums: Gran Turismo (#219)
Ranked Songs: Lovefool (#209), My Favorite Game (#779)

Biggest Fan(s):
Petri (#21)

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201. Vashti Bunyan
Score: 143.49 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: Just Another Diamond Day (#131)
Ranked Songs: Diamond Day (#589)

Biggest Fan(s):
Petri (#8), pauldrach (#23)
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And that's it for today; I wanted to make sure to catch up after falling behind yesterday.

My schedule for this is 25 artists a day until the top 100, where I'll switch to 10 artists a day. I want to add quotes (not lyrics) to the top 100, but I don't trust sites that list famous quotes, so I'll both have to find a good quote and then verify they actually said it.
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Re: AMF's Top 250 Women in Music

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Thanks for the Nordic collaboration, Petri!

Who else voted for Lisa Gerrard? :greetings-waveyellow:
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Henrik wrote:Thanks for the Nordic collaboration, Petri!

Who else voted for Lisa Gerrard? :greetings-waveyellow:

Michel had her at #43.
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Natalia Lafourcade should also have "La fugitiva" in her ranked songs.
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200. Lykke Li
Score: 146.08 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: Wounded Rhymes (#80)
Ranked Songs: I Follow Rivers (#186), Sadness is a Blessing (#884)

Biggest Fan(s):
Dan (#26)

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199. Merrill Garbus
Score: 149.07 (Votes: 4)
Known for: Tune-Yards
Ranked Albums: W H O K I L L (#244)
Ranked Songs: Bizness (#581)

Biggest Fan(s):
BleuPanda (#28)

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198. Trisha Yearwood
Score: 149.15 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Walkaway Joe (#463)

Biggest Fan(s):
Red Ant (#8)

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197. Ofra Haza
Score: 149.29 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Im Nin'alu (#291)

Biggest Fan(s):
StevieFan13 (#23)

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196. The Pointer Sisters
Score: 150.4 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
Henry (#49)
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195. Judy Garland
Score: 152.85 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Over the Rainbow (#56)

Biggest Fan(s):
Henry (#50)

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194. Johanna and Klara Söderberg
Score: 153.46 (Votes: 3)
Known for: First Aid Kit
Ranked Albums: Stay Gold (#171)
Ranked Songs: Emmylou (#112), The Lion's Roar (#746), Stay Gold (#785), My Silver Lining (#991)

Biggest Fan(s):
andyd1010 (#5)

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193. FKA twigs
Score: 153.56 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: LP1 (#232)
Ranked Songs: Two Weeks (#129), In Time (#666)

Biggest Fan(s):
BleuPanda (#33)

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192. Electrelane
Score: 153.68 (Votes: 2)
Ranked Albums: The Power Out (#211)
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
Michel (#7), Nassim (#13)

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191. Mimi Parker
Score: 153.73 (Votes: 3)
Known for: Low
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Especially Me (#535)

Biggest Fan(s):
Nassim (#5)
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190. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Score: 156.11 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
panam (#35)

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189. Celine Dion
Score: 156.46 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: My Heart Will Go On (#459)

Biggest Fan(s):
Red Ant (#39)

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188. Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
Score: 156.46 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Hound Dog (#97)

Biggest Fan(s):
Hymie (#19)

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187. Judee Sill
Score: 158.05 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: Heart Food (#140)
Ranked Songs: The Kiss (#241), Jesus Was a Crossmaker (#856)

Biggest Fan(s):
pauldrach (#24)

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186. Wanda Jackson
Score: 161.1 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Let's Have a Party (#983)

Biggest Fan(s):
Hymie (#7)
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185. Brigitte Fontaine
Score: 162.7 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: Comme a la radio (#236)
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
Michel (#15), Jirin (#24)

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184. Lisa Germano
Score: 163.47 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
luney6 (#6)

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183. Annie
Score: 164.52 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: Anniemal (#190)
Ranked Songs: Heartbeat (#91)

Biggest Fan(s):
Jackson (#33)

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182. Alison Statton
Score: 164.76 (Votes: 3)
Known for: Young Marble Giants
Ranked Albums: Colossal Youth (#181)
Ranked Songs: Credit in the Straight World (#601)

Biggest Fan(s):
Honorio (#31)

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181. Lauren Mayberry
Score: 164.93 (Votes: 3)
Known for: CHVRCHES
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Leave a Trace (#279), The Mother We Share (#346), Recover (#394), Lies (#720), We Sink (#802), Gun (#811)

Biggest Fan(s):
Nassim (#31)
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180. Betty Davis
Score: 169.09 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: Betty Davis (#176)
Ranked Songs: If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up (#776)

Biggest Fan(s):
panam (#6)

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179. Meg White
Score: 169.64 (Votes: 4)
Known for: The White Stripes
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: In the Cold Cold Night (#768)

Biggest Fan(s):
Nassim (#19)

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178. Emma Anderson, Miki Berenyi
Score: 170.64 (Votes: 2)
Known for: Lush
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
luvulongTIM (#3), jamieW (#5)

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177. Olivia Newton-John
Score: 170.75 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Hopelessly Devoted to You (#292), Physical (#744)

Biggest Fan(s):
jamieW (#14)

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176. Darlene Love
Score: 171.26 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (#301), He's a Rebel (#312)

Biggest Fan(s):
Hymie (#43)
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*Céline Dion. Keep calm. Don't let other people know how terrible you really think she is. Yes, it's hard. Yes, she is the worst. Yes, she is one place above the woman who might be called one of the inventors of rock & roll. No, she has no talent outside of belting. But this is neither the time nor the place to get upset. Just keep calm and think about all the great women who still have to show up. No, don't think about the similar Whitney Houston either. Someone with actual talent. Yes, there you go. You can take a breath now.*

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Zzz ... :|

I think it's time we respected each other's personal taste.

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Thanks for doing this, BleuPanda!
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BleuPanda, I don't think anyone has ever taken on a bigger project at AMF than three major polls back-to-back-to-back and they all look amazing. Keep your head up, you're in the home stretch now!
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I want to note, there are probably going to be artists where I ask why they're here; I'm not going to be asking it as a way of putting that artist down but out of genuine curiosity. The number of votes at this level mean nothing is that significant, but when we get to the point where someone has ten votes but nothing in either of the other polls (obviously excluding women who are part of mixed gender bands), I will be curious to know why. I simply might not know something else important about them.
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So the (I think) only woman credited on 3 AM top 100 songs is not even in the top 250...
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Bruno wrote:Zzz ... :|

I think it's time we respected each other's personal taste.
To be honest, I have gone back and forth between posting a reaction on Céline Dion's placement or not. Mostly because I know skittish this forum can be at times about negative commentary on artists or their works. I hoped that the exaggeration in words and style were enough to make clear that it is a personal reaction by me and is not directed at any member here. "Personal taste" also means not liking some things. I'm also very open to any writing on why Céline Dion is great.

Like BluePanda I'm interested in why people like something, whether it's acclaimed artists I love myself or critical outcasts. I'm equally curious as to why people don't like them.

And in the case of Céline Dion and me there is a big backstory. It's not based on just knowing her hits of the nineties. It's based on being familiar with her whole catalogue up to roughly 2010, including bootlegs, live recordings and whatnot. You see, my sister was/ is an obsessive fan of miss Dion and used to literally hijack every radio player in the house to play Céline Dion and when she moved out you couldn't visit her or be in the car with her without this music being forced on to you. Now she has a family live this has toned down considerably. But it gave me enough time to listen to Céline Dion and the more I heard, the more I disliked her. Not just because of the circumstances mind. I think many people here are not familiar with her "rock phase" that happened after her stardom faded somewhat. Or with the seemingly endless barrage of covers of classic songs that she all turned onto the same shouts of her voice. The more I heard, the more it became clear that even her hits in her "peak" period were basically the same vocal trick and not based on anything resembling emotional attachment to the singing (and I noticed the same patterns in Whitney Houston, who I will probably always see as something of a stylistic doppelganger of Dion). When I heard that she play-backed in her extremely expensive Las Vegas shows and other concerts, she lost every shred of credibility for me.

This is a personal reaction. People who voted for Céline Dion have another attachment to her work. I just don't see how stating you don't like an artist is an attack on someone's taste and why there is a taboo here on disliking something (though admittedly this is a celebratory topic).

Nassim wrote:So the (I think) only woman credited on 3 AM top 100 songs is not even in the top 250...
After going back and forth through the top 100 many times I still don't know who you mean. Is it a producer, band member, session musician or something like that?
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Rob wrote:
After going back and forth through the top 100 many times I still don't know who you mean. Is it a producer, band member, session musician or something like that?
Must be Ellie Greenwich, who wrote "Be My Baby," "River Deep Mountain High" and maybe one other song in the top 100.
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I messaged Nassim about it, he said:
"Carol Kaye, she played bass in God Only Know, Good Vibrations, River Deep Mountain High and quite a few other songs ranked fairly high in AM (I'm a Believer, Wichita Lineman, These Boots are Made for Walking...) and also played guitar in at least one (Then He Kissed Me)."
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Rob wrote:
To be honest, I have gone back and forth between posting a reaction on Céline Dion's placement or not. Mostly because I know skittish this forum can be at times about negative commentary on artists or their works. I hoped that the exaggeration in words and style were enough to make clear that it is a personal reaction by me and is not directed at any member here. "Personal taste" also means not liking some things. I'm also very open to any writing on why Céline Dion is great.
I don't like most of the acts on these lists, and I especially don't like this Bjork person that most of you seem to worship.
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I can't wait to see what comes next.
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I love the fact that some black women artists that couldn't being vindicated in the previous lists now they're doing it.
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BleuPanda wrote:I messaged Nassim about it, he said:
"Carol Kaye, she played bass in God Only Know, Good Vibrations, River Deep Mountain High and quite a few other songs ranked fairly high in AM (I'm a Believer, Wichita Lineman, These Boots are Made for Walking...) and also played guitar in at least one (Then He Kissed Me)."
I admit: I didn't know this and never heard of her name before. Session musicianship remains an overlooked field.
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It's hard to believe that Sister Rosetta Tharpe already sounded rock 'n' roll in 1945 with "Strange Things Happening Every Day".
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175. Rose Elinor Dougall and The Pipettes
Score: 171.44 (Votes: 3)
Known for: The Pipettes, solo (Rose Elinor Dougall)
Ranked Albums: We Are the Pipettes (#155)
Ranked Songs: Pull Shapes (#172), We Are the Pipettes (#704)

Biggest Fan(s):
Nassim (#16)

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174. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
Score: 171.47 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: La Mystere des Voix Bulgares (#48)
Ranked Songs: Pritouritze Planinata (#197)

Biggest Fan(s):
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173. Alison Moyet
Score: 172.53 (Votes: 4)
Known for: Yazoo, solo
Ranked Albums: Upstairs at Eric's (#183)
Ranked Songs: Only You (#263), Don't Go (#427)

Biggest Fan(s):
Red Ant (#27)

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172. Kathleen Hanna
Score: 172.65 (Votes: 4)
Known for: Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Julie Ruin
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Deceptacon (#322), Rebel Girl (#435)

Biggest Fan(s):
BleuPanda (#18)

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171. Susanne Sundfør
Score: 172.81 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Undercover (#683), Kamikaze (#715)

Biggest Fan(s):
Jackson (#22)
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170. Poly Styrene
Score: 173.41 (Votes: 4)
Known for: X-Ray Spex
Ranked Albums: Germfree Adolescents (#209)
Ranked Songs: Oh Bondage Up Yours! (#169)

Biggest Fan(s):
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169. Hayley Williams
Score: 178.04 (Votes: 4)
Known for: Paramore
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Still Into You (#369), The Only Exception (#637), Misery Business (#921)

Biggest Fan(s):
bonnielaurel (#34)

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168. LaVern Baker
Score: 178.96 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Jim Dandy (#506)

Biggest Fan(s):
Hymie (#10), Bruno (#16)

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167. Carla Bley
Score: 181.38 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: Escalator Over the Hill (#243)
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
sonofsamiam (#25), DocBrown (#25)

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166. Dido
Score: 186.6 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: White Flag (#417)

Biggest Fan(s):
jamieW (#8)
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"He's a Rebel" ought to be recognized as a ranked song of Darlene Love .
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165. Jenny Lewis
Score: 188.53 (Votes: 4)
Known for: Rilo Kiley, solo
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Portions for Foxes (#708), Just One of the Guys (#763)

Biggest Fan(s):
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164. The Bangles
Score: 190.15 (Votes: 5)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Walk Like an Egyptian (#158), Manic Monday (#694)

Biggest Fan(s):
DocBrown (#48)

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163. Shania Twain
Score: 191.58 (Votes: 5)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: You're Still the One (#705)

Biggest Fan(s):
Henry (#55), Neil (#55)

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162. Chaka Khan
Score: 192.74 (Votes: 4)
Known for: solo, with Rufus
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Ain't Nobody (#719), I Feel for You (#929), I'm Every Woman (#996)

Biggest Fan(s):
Dexter (#31)

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161. Pink
Score: 194.01 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
Henry (#39)
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160. Gloria Estefan
Score: 194.44 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Can't Stay Away from You (#823)

Biggest Fan(s):
Red Ant (#22)

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159. Minnie Riperton
Score: 196.01 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: Come to My Garden (#191)
Ranked Songs: Les fleurs (#221), Lovin' You (#365)

Biggest Fan(s):
Henrik (#30)

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158. Shakira
Score: 197.63 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Hips Don't Lie (#758), Underneath Your Clothes (#848), Whenever, Wherever (#967)

Biggest Fan(s):
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157. The Staple Singers
Score: 199.78 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (#212)
Ranked Songs: I'll Take You There (#177)

Biggest Fan(s):
Hymie (#38), Dexter (#38)

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156. The Crystals
Score: 200.91 (Votes: 5)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Then He Kissed Me (#139), Da Doo Ron Ron (#195), He's a Rebel (#312)

Biggest Fan(s):
Hymie (#44)
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155. Victoria Legrand
Score: 205.34 (Votes: 4)
Known for: Beach House
Ranked Albums: Teen Dream (#64)
Ranked Songs: Myth (#153), Zebra (#489)

Biggest Fan(s):
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154. Alice Coltrane
Score: 206.36 (Votes: 3)
Ranked Albums: Journey in Satchidananda (#96)
Ranked Songs: Journey in Satchidananda (#384)

Biggest Fan(s):
sonofsamiam (#9), Jackson (#9)

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153. TLC
Score: 206.85 (Votes: 5)
Ranked Albums: CrazySexyCool (#98)
Ranked Songs: Waterfalls (#88), Creep (#515), No Scrubs (#909)

Biggest Fan(s):
Bruno (#24)

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152. Kelly Clarkson
Score: 207.9 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Since U Been Gone (#257)

Biggest Fan(s):
Neil (#19)

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151. Gal Costa
Score: 208.04 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: Gal Costa (#193)
Ranked Songs: Baby (#578)

Biggest Fan(s):
sonofsamiam (#14)
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Rob wrote:I just don't see how stating you don't like an artist is an attack on someone's taste and why there is a taboo here on disliking something (though admittedly this is a celebratory topic).
I was one of the voices that claimed about positivity vs. negativity but of course you (and everyone) are absolutely allowed to express your dislike about any artist, song or album. Moreover when your opinion is so solidly based on a deep knowledge of the artist (much to your regret in this case). I just have to admit that I never ventured myself into Céline Dion' work voluntarily, my only exposure to her was unintentional.

Excellent selection of pictures, BleuPanda! Except maybe for Gal Costa (poor Gal). Since you're selecting pictures with 480.313 of width, why not using pictures of the period when she was on her creative prime, like this one or this other one? You'll only need to put [imgsize 480x342] in the beginning of the first picture and [/imgsize] in the end. If you choose the second picture you should put [imgsize 480x330] before. It's not necessary to change it, of course, if you don't want.
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I'm not sure if I'll get to anything today. Due to recent events, I've been inspired to try my hand again at making videos. I'm now working on starting a series where I discuss my favorite obscure films, exploring what makes them so intriguing, and I'd like to use as much of today as I can to work on it. And, like always, my Saturday evenings are already planned.
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Take your time, Bleu! There's no hurry. Thank you for your effort in these women's polls.
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150. Sandy Denny
Score: 208.15 (Votes: 5)
Known for: Fairport Convention
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Who Knows Where the Time Goes (#453), Matty Groves (#541)

Biggest Fan(s):
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149. Dinah Washington
Score: 208.44 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Mad About the Boy (#412), What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (#834)

Biggest Fan(s):
Hymie (#9)

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148. The Shirelles
Score: 210.34 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Will You Love Me Tomorrow (#73)

Biggest Fan(s):
Bruno (#21)

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147. Christina Aguilera
Score: 211.1 (Votes: 5)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Beautiful (#266), Genie in a Bottle (#498)

Biggest Fan(s):
bonnielaurel (#9)

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146. Lætitia Sadier
Score: 212.52 (Votes: 4)
Known for: Stereolab, solo
Ranked Albums: Emperor Tomato Ketchup (#88)
Ranked Songs: French Disko (#370), Cybele's Reverie (#458), Metronomic Underground (#526), Jenny Ondioline (#618), The Noise of Carpet (#646)

Biggest Fan(s):
Jackson (#6)
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In this batch is our first #1 to drop within the results (a single #1 vote did not make the top 250 due to only receiving a single vote).


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145. Celia Cruz
Score: 212.79 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Quimbara (#568), Burundanga (#627)

Biggest Fan(s):
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144. Joan Armatrading
Score: 213.61 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: Joan Armatrading (#114)
Ranked Songs: Love and Affection (#717)

Biggest Fan(s):
DocBrown (#4)

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143. Gillian Gilbert
Score: 214.86 (Votes: 4)
Known for: New Order
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
jamieW (#6)

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142. Miriam Makeba
Score: 215.56 (Votes: 5)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Pata Pata (#230), The Click Song (#976), Ntjilo Ntjilo (#994)

Biggest Fan(s):
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141. Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Martie Maguire
Score: 216.1 (Votes: 5)
Known for: Dixie Chicks
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Not Ready to Make Nice (#478)

Biggest Fan(s):
Red Ant (#34)
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140. Rickie Lee Jones
Score: 218.83 (Votes: 5)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: none

Biggest Fan(s):
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139. Pat Benatar
Score: 220.03 (Votes: 5)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Love is a Battlefield (#372), Hit Me With Your Best Shot (#570), Fire and Ice (#914)

Biggest Fan(s):
Henry (#24)

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138. Alison Goldfrapp
Score: 220.25 (Votes: 5)
Ranked Albums: Felt Mountain (#168)
Ranked Songs: Ooh La La (#508), Lovely Head (#957)

Biggest Fan(s):
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137. Britney Spears
Score: 225.68 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Toxic (#40), Baby One More Time (#233)

Biggest Fan(s):
Neil (#7), Bruno (#22)

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136. Ruth Brown
Score: 229.74 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean (#595)

Biggest Fan(s):
Hymie (#3), Bruno (#15)
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BleuPanda wrote:
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137. Britney Spears
Score: 225.68 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Toxic (#40), Baby One More Time (#233)

Biggest Fan(s):
Neil (#7), Bruno (#22)
I'm sorry, but I find it beyond offensive that this hack is ranked higher than an all time great like Dinah Washington!

What's wrong with you people :-)
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Hymie wrote:
BleuPanda wrote: 137. Britney Spears
Score: 225.68 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Toxic (#40), Baby One More Time (#233)

Biggest Fan(s):
Neil (#7), Bruno (#22)
I'm sorry, but I find it beyond offensive that this hack is ranked higher than an all time great like Dinah Washington!

What's wrong with you people :-)
Many of the users here were youngsters when Britney was at her most popular, and it's hard to dismiss the sounds of your youth no matter how obviously manufactured it is. Generally, though, it seems like most of the love for her here is thrown behind just those two songs. Her 2007 album Blackout is rated a quarter-star higher than any of her other albums by RYM, but I rarely hear people talk about "Piece of Me" or "Gimme More" individually...
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Hymie wrote:
BleuPanda wrote:
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137. Britney Spears
Score: 225.68 (Votes: 4)
Ranked Albums: none
Ranked Songs: Toxic (#40), Baby One More Time (#233)

Biggest Fan(s):
Neil (#7), Bruno (#22)
I'm sorry, but I find it beyond offensive that this hack is ranked higher than an all time great like Dinah Washington!

What's wrong with you people :-)
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Hmm, if Hymie's going to react that poorly to his #9 falling so low, I'd hate to see what he thinks about being the only person to have their #1 receive no other votes...
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