lasky Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 13: MADONNA The woman born Madonna Louise Ciccone is the biggest selling female artist ever, with 300 million records sold worldwide. From her beginnings as a rock drummer in The Breakfast Club in the late Seventies, through chart stardom with songs such as Into the Groove and Like a Prayer in the Eighties, up to her experimentation with dance and hip hop since the millennium, Madonna has tried most contemporary pop styles, mastering many. A current sold out world tour shows the ground-breaking 57-year-old is as popular as ever. Credit: Gareth Cattermole/Getty http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/the-60-greatest-female-singer-songwriters-of-all-time/madonna/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gang bang Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 MOOriah rejected lol , .for sure she is considered one of the best singers ..so her credibility as songwriter is NOTHING .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gang bang Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Madonna should be above Adele for sure Bjork on top 5 Cindy above Caca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrolla Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Surprised she's even mentioned (most singer songwriters typically write their own material and not with co-writers, right?) That being said, sucks to see Gaga and Swift right behind her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imgonnacarryon Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 She shouldnt care about these lists/awards anymore, even if the feedback is positive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imgonnacarryon Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I mean "we" shouldnt care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glindathegood Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 It's a good list. I'm glad they didn't forget Tori Amos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Good list Surprised to see m and kate bush there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesshot Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Great list. She should be higher but she is among great company. I feel artists who weren't around for a long time should not be so high on these lists. I think you need to have proven yourself for many years to be placed in this rarified company. I am looking at you Amy W, Adele, Goober (what a joke). There is something to say for longevity and creating great work over decades. That is so rare and extremely difficult to achieve. Dying young, before you had the chance to burn out, really elevates many people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebastard Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I agree let's see Adele or the artists who died young if they will/would be making great music even 2 decades later. Longevity is the key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudet Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Great list. She should be higher but she is among great company. I feel artists who weren't around for a long time should not be so high on these lists. I think you need to have proven yourself for many years to be placed in this rarified company. I am looking at you Amy W, Adele, Goober (what a joke). There is something to say for longevity and creating great work over decades. That is so rare and extremely difficult to achieve. Dying young, before you had the chance to burn out, really elevates many people. I agree let's see Adele or the artists who died young if they will/would be making great music even 2 decades later. Longevity is the key. Okay. How many artists have been inspired by Janis Joplin over the last 40+ years since her death at the age of 27? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madgefan Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Great to see Madonna there between the greatest, ain't that what matters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXL Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Looks like the usual unbalanced list we are used to seeing around these days, even from once respectable publications such as RS etc. Some of the acts in the top 10 are so overrated. What pisses off some people is that Madonna is the only woman and one of the few acts period, male or female, to have both a huge commercial side to her career and at the same time authentic creative input and control and to have enjoyed that for much longer a period of time than anybody else on that list You cannot lock someone of her countlessly proven songwriting talent out of the Top 10 and have her shortly followed by manufactured crap like Gargamella and Taylor Broomstick. But yes Joni Mitchell is more refined, dignified and a better lyricist than Madonna I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanracin Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Taking into consideration "songwriting as well as singing"... For me Top 10 should have been: 1 Kate Bush 2 Joni Mitchell 3 Bjork 4 Siouxsie 5 Madonna 6 Tori Amos 7 PJ Harvey 8 Sinead O'Connor 9 Nina Simone 10 Stevie Nicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rocco Papa Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 My new favorite gif! How does she get her eyes to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tycole6 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 It's an alright list but it doesn't really seem to be focused on songwriting like Janis Joplin is one of the greatest singers ever, but she hardly wrote any of her own songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertogerard Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Glad Madonna is on the list BUT, Lady Gaga & Taylor Swift above people like Aimee Mann & Emmylou Harris? WTF. As someone else pointed out, totally unbalanced. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pud Whacker Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 i knew that toad joni would be number one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudet Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 "that toad joni" :dead: oh I so agree with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glindathegood Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Why? Joni Mitchell is brilliant. Madonna is a big fan. She said one of her favorite albums is Court and Spark. I don't agree with the things she's said about Madonna and yes, she's old and bitter now but it doesn't change the brilliance of her older work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXL Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Why? Joni Mitchell is brilliant. Madonna is a big fan. She said one of her favorite albums is Court and Spark. I don't agree with the things she's said about Madonna and yes, she's old and bitter now but it doesn't change the brilliance of her older work. I agree with you that Joni is a brilliant lyricist But so is Madonna as attested so many times by industry people and we know that as fans I just don't understand why she's at #1 and Madonna is at #13 being closely followed by acts like Germanotta and Swift That's the element of unbalancedness in this list It doesn't make any sense at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXL Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 My new favorite gif! How does she get her eyes to do that? She does that in movies as well sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples388 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Good list and great to see Madonna at such a high position. Notable omissions : Liz Phair, Heather Nova, Marina and the Diamonds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples388 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I won't bother addressing the needless cattiness in this thread.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Good list and great to see Madonna at such a high position. Notable omissions : Liz Phair, Heather Nova, Marina and the Diamonds. So glad someone else knows the work of Heather Nova. Oyster, Siren, 300 Days at Sea: all divine. I think this list is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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