Female/female-fronted acts

music with female vocalists

* = also endorsed by me
() = number of recs
[] = recommend starting point

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Cat Power (x4)
Janelle Monae* (x4) [Archandroid]
PJ Harvey (x4)
Alabama Shakes* (x3)
AURORA (x2)
Bjork (x2)
Carly Rae Jepsen* (x2)
CHVRCHES* (x2)
Dessa* (x2) [A Badly Broken Code]
The Donnas (x2)
First Aid Kit (x2)
FKA Twigs (x2)
Florence and the Machine* (x2)
Girlpool (x2)
Julien Baker (x2)
L7 (x2)
Laura Marling (x2)
Marian Call (x2)
Peaches (x2)
Santigold (x2)
Sleater-Kinney (x3)
Syd (x2)
Tegan and Sara* (x2)
Tori Amos (x2)
Waxahatchee (x3) [Ivy Tripp]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (x2)
Agnes Obel
Althea & Donna
Alvvays
Ana Tijoux*
Angie Hart
Ani DiFranco
Anna Nalick
Aquadolls
Aretha Franklin
Bajka
Basia Bulat
Big Mama Thornton
The Bird and the Bee
The Blow
Brittany Howard
Chairlift
Chaos Chaos
Charlotte Cardin [Big Boy, Like it Doesn't Hurt]
Cherry Glazerr
Christine and the Queens
Cibelle
Client
Colour Me Wednesday
Corin Tucker
Courtney Barratt
Cross Record
Damone
The Ditty Bops
Dixie Chicks
Dragonette
Dressy Bessy
Duffy
Eliot Sumner/I Blame Coco
Elisabeth Rose
Elisapie Isaac
Erykah Badu 
Faded Paper Figures
Fiona Apple [Extraordinary Machine]
Grace Jones
Grimes
Grouper [Alien Observer]
HoneyHoney
Hundred Waters
Indigo Girls
Jane Doe [The Introduction]
JayMay
Jean Grae* [The Wall]
Jennifer Rostock
Jilianna Barwick
Jill Barber
Julie Byrne
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Kamiyah
Kimbra
Kodie Shane
Kool Aid Man
Krewella
La Roux
Land of Talk [Inner Lover]
Laurie Spiegel
Lauren Mayberry
Lauryn Hill*
Lenka*
Liz Phair
Lizzo
Lorde*
Lower Dens [Escape from Evil]
Lush
Lykke Li*
Maggie Rogers
Marina and the DIamonds
Martha Wainwright
Mary McDonald
Melania Fiona
Metric*
MIA
Mirah
Misía
Mitski*
Negative Gemini
Nice as Fuck
No Ditching
Noname
Oh Land
Of Monsters and Men
PS Eliot
Rebecca Shearing
Robyn*
sad13
Sandy Denny
Sara Bareilles*
Saun & Starr
Sharon Jones
Sia*
Sophie
St. Vincent
Summer Camp
Sylvan Esso*
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
Thunderbitch
Tkay Maidza
The Tuts
Veruca Salt
Warpaint
White Flag
White Lung
Xenia Rubinos
Zee Avi
ZZ Ward