The Zora Canon: 100 Iconic Albums by African American Women (2020)

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Ella Fitzgerald Ella Sings Gershwin (1951)
Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan (1955)
Billie Holiday Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe Gospel Train (1956)
Lena Horne Stormy Weather (1957)
Mahalia Jackson Newport 1958 (1958)
Abbey Lincoln Abbey Is Blue (1959)
Etta James At Last! (1960)
Leontyne Price Leontyne Price (2004)
Marian Anderson He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (1962)
Dinah Washington Drinking Again (1962)
Odetta One Grain of Sand (1963)
Dionne Warwick Anyone Who Had a Heart (1964)
The Supremes Where Did Our Love Go (1964)
Nina Simone I Put a Spell on You (1965)
Martha and The Vandellas Dance Party (1965)
Ella Jenkins You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song (1966)
Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell You're All I Need (1968)
Big Mama Thornton Stronger Than Dirt (1969)
Roberta Flack First Take (1969)
Linda Martell Color Me Country (1970)
Aretha Franklin Amazing Grace (1972)
The Staple Singers Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)
Gladys Knight & The Pips Imagination (1973)
Minnie Riperton Perfect Angel (1974)
Labelle Nightbirds (1974)
Betty Davis They Say I'm Different (1974)
Mary Lou Williams Zoning (1974)
Natalie Cole Natalie (1976)
Alice Coltrane Transfiguration (1978)
Koko Taylor The Earthshaker (1978)
Diana Ross The Boss (1979)
Albertina Walker With James Cleveland Please Be Patient With Me (1979)
Sister Sledge We Are Family (1979)
Donna Summer Bad Girls (1979)
Diana Ross Diana (1980)
The Clark Sisters You Brought the Sunshine (1981)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Kurt Masur / Jessye Norman Vier letzte Lieder; 6 Orchesterlieder (1982)
The Pointer Sisters Break Out (1983)
Patti LaBelle I'm in Love Again (1983)
Tina Turner Private Dancer (1984)
Whitney Houston Whitney Houston (1985)
Janet Jackson Control (1986)
Anita Baker Rapture (1986)
Salt 'n' Pepa Hot, Cool, Vicious (1986)
Whitney Houston Whitney (1987)
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (1988)
Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
Queen Latifah All Hail the Queen (1989)
Mary J. Blige What's the 411? (1992)
Betty Carter It's Not About the Melody (1992)
SWV It's About Time (1992)
En Vogue Funky Divas (1992)
Miki Howard Femme Fatale (1992)
Sweet Honey in the Rock Still on the Journey (1993)
Ma Rainey The Complete 1928 Sessions in Chronological Order (1993) [Compilation]
Mary J. Blige My Life (1994)
Mariah Carey Merry Christmas (1994)
TLC CrazySexyCool (1994)
Zhané Pronounced Jah-Nay (1994)
Various Artists Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Cassandra Wilson New Moon Daughter (1996)
Lil' Kim Hard Core (1996)
Chaka Khan Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan - Volume One (1996) [Compilation]
Toni Braxton Secrets (1996)
Aaliyah One in a Million (1996)
Janet The Velvet Rope (1997)
Erykah Badu Live (1997)
Missy Misdemeanor Elliott Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
Bessie Smith The Essential Bessie Smith (1997) [Compilation]
Mariah Carey #1's (1998) [Compilation]
Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Monica The Boy Is Mine (1998)
Brandy Never Say Never (1998)
Destiny's Child The Writing's on the Wall (1999)
Yolanda Adams Mountain High... Valley Low (1999)
Kelis Kaleidoscope (1999)
Mary Mary Thankful (2000)
Erykah Badu Mama's Gun (2000)
Jill Scott Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000)
Missy Elliott Miss E ...So Addictive (2001)
Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor (2001)
India.Arie Acoustic Soul (2001)
Angie Stone Mahogany Soul (2001)
Ashanti Ashanti (2002)
Lalah Hathaway Outrun the Sky (2004)
Santogold Santogold (2008)
Esperanza Spalding Esperanza (2008)
Janelle Monáe The ArchAndroid (2010)
Valerie June Pushin' Against a Stone (2013)
Beyoncé BEYONCÉ (2013)
The Internet Ego Death (2015)
Beyoncé Lemonade (2016)
Jamila Woods HEAVN (2016)
Solange A Seat at the Table (2016)
Cécile McLorin Salvant Dreams and Daggers (2017)
Cardi B Invasion of Privacy (2018)
Rapsody Eve (2019)
Brittany Howard Jaime (2019)
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Great find!!
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The Leontyne Price album is Arias from Verdi and Puccini (1961).
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