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Which artist will have this year's Song of the Summer? In our opinion, the title belongs to a female pop star. These 15 tracks are so good.
Top Artists – Female Ranking is based on an artist's chart performance on the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200 and Boxscore touring revenue. see charts legends
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- Adele. British-born singer-songwriter Adele has managed to become one of the world’s bestselling artists. Her jazzy voice elevates her pop songs from basic to timeless, earning her fans from all generations, and lending weight to her authentic persona.
- Adrianne Lenker. Best known as the vocalist and lead guitarist for the band Big Thief, Adrianne Lenker has found success as both a part of this folk band and as a solo artist.
- Alabama Shakes. Southern rock band Alabama Shakes, led by vocalist Brittany Howard, met in high school in the late ‘00s. Unique both in their sound and in the fact they are a true rock ‘n’ roll band helmed by a woman (a rarity), the group was wildly successful in their early days, earning nine Grammy nominations over the course of five years.
- Alicia Keys. In 2009, Billboard named Alicia Keys as one of the top artists of the ‘00s decade. It was a well-earned honor for one of the most decorated female musicians of all time.
Oct 9, 2017 · This year I’ve found solace and comfort in these unique takes on the human perspective. Serendipitously, 2017 also happens to be an incredible year for women in music. From vibrant radio bops to hazy bedroom indie, we’ve seen an absolute barrage of impeccable releases this year from female artists.
- Bicep
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Brockhampton
- Charly Bliss
- Tyler Childers
- CID Rim
- Nadah El Shazly
- Natalie Hemby
- Iglooghost
- Japanese Breakfast
Photo courtesy of artist Even the Belfast born duo Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson that make up Bicepcould not have expected their debut album to explode the way it has. A top 20 chart placing in the UK and a triumphant cover from esteemed club magazine MixMag has cemented their place as one of the most exciting electronic artists of 2017. Over the ...
Photo: Frank Ockenfels (Dead Oceans) Phoebe Bridgers’ 7″ release of “Killer” created enough of a buzz to make her latest album one of the most anticipated debuts of 2017. The three tracks on “Killer” conveyed a weariness that bring to mind mid-career highlights of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, even though Bridgers had just emerged from her teens. H...
Affectionately called “the internet’s first boy band”, BROCKHAMPTON formed in 2015 through an online network of likeminded young hip-hop heads—indeed, via the message boards of a certain KanyeToThe.com. These boys have clearly done their homework, and in their collective consciousness float schemata of K-Dot, Yeezy, and the extended Odd Future fam....
Photo: Shervin Lainez (Barsuk Records) Charly Bliss frontwoman Eva Hendricks became instantly recognizable and lovable with her helium-infused, bubbly vocals and a personality perfect for the most energetic of cartoon characters. Meanwhile, guitarist Spencer Fox literally was a cartoon character, providing the voice of Dash from The Incredibles ove...
Photo: David McClister (Courtesy of artist) Eastern Kentucky native Tyler Childers made it hard to escape Sturgill Simpson comparisons in 2017, given that his confident, category-defying effort Purgatory was co-produced by the alternative-country iconoclast. And sure, several of the songs are spiritual cousins of cuts off the towering 2014 Simpson ...
Photo courtesy of Toast Press No one knows who Clemens Bacher is, or cares that he’s a Vienna-based free jazz drummer who decided to pick up elaborate studio synth work under his name Cid Rim. Almost no one knows about his debut album Material, and it is a damn shame too because this boy knows what the hell he’s doing, creating elaborate, visceral ...
Publicity photo via Bandcamp In just her first release Nadah El Shazly presents a work of deep experimental scope. Starting out her musical endeavors singing in Misfits cover bands and producing her own electronic music in the Cairo underground scene, it seems like she came a long way to produce a record such as Ahwar. This task was performed throu...
Photo: Kate York Like Chris Stapleton and Brandy Clark, Natalie Hemby hit pay dirt as a behind-the-scenes songwriter before breaking out on her own. Now, on the understated Puxico, named after her tiny Missouri hometown, Hemby brushes her debut in muted colors and earth tones, rendering these songs as gentler harvests compared to what Miranda Lambe...
Photo: Tim Twiss Iglooghost has been around for a few years now, actually, though his first full-length came out this year. Born Seamus Malliagh, the Irish electronic musician puts everything he has into his work; for debut album Neō Wax Bloom, he intentionally eschewed loops, opting instead to meticulously assemble every bar of the album, somethin...
Photo: Ebru Yildiz This year marked the release of Michelle Zauner’s second LP under the moniker of Japanese Breakfast. The former Little Big League frontwoman is no stranger to critical acclaim, but 2017 may represent something of a tipping point for her solo project, as an artist who was once an underground indie darling takes her first steps tow...
Dec 19, 2017 · With rising artists like SZA, Sabrina Claudio, and H.E.R. lending a new perspective to R&B, and legends like Mary J. Blige, Lalah Hathaway, and Goapele keeping us grounded with their mature points of view, the genre has without a doubt been thriving at its highest potential all throughout 2017.
Jun 27, 2017 · Four of the five most popular new artists are women or fronted by women and all of them are based out of New York. (In last year's poll, listeners picked all women for the entire top ten). The ...
