Top 10 Best Female Singers in Concert
I used to laugh at stories of 19th-century concert-goers who had to "take to the bed" because they were so overwrought. I no longer laugh - not since one November night in 2004 when I was electrified by the beauty and magic of Sarah Brightman and her art. Her concerts are an initiation into an enchanted realm of beauty and wonder.
A one-in-a-billion voice. Unlike the so-called divas like Spears and others who gyrate around on the stage like demented monkeys to hide their mediocre voices, this woman can sing. She can perform pop, opera, classical, folk, and all in the same song! If you've never heard her, treat yourself and look her up on YouTube.
She sings wonderfully, purely, and genteelly, with full emotion in her live performances. Her concerts, such as PBS Great Performances' Dream With Me In Concert and Music of the Movies, are unforgettable and have had many listeners. The Dream With Me In Concert event raised record amounts of money for PBS stations.
Not only are common visitors moved, but her angelic voice also brings feelings to soldiers who have been around her. I hope she preserves this great gift. She has shown us that she is serious about becoming a huge star in the classical crossover music scene, and she already is a real star.
I agree with all the comments made about Ann Wilson. I've watched many of her live performances, and they never cease to instill great emotion. She has a simplistic concert setting because it is her voice people go to experience.
During the '70s, Heart was one of the top bands on the planet, and their lead singer was Ann Wilson. No one on this list comes close to giving the live performance that Heart/Ann Wilson gave during that period.
The most amazing female rocker vocals - Ann Wilson has been my favorite musician for a long time. I saw her and her sister Nancy in concert on their Baby Le Strange tour! That's when I decided I wanted to sing, play guitar, and be a rocker.
The best female artist ever, in my opinion, has helped 500,000 kids worldwide by going from Spanish to English and even singing for the President! Nothing screams success like buying your own private island. Shakira donated 45 million dollars to rebuild a destroyed school in Haiti.
She's so down-to-earth, raw, and talented. Her voice is even better live than that of any other artist I've ever seen perform. She doesn't just take the spotlight. She shares it with her band and her dancers.
Watch her live in Paris and Singapore F1. She's the complete performer. She must be in the top ten. You get belly dance, samba, flamenco, songs in French, Spanish, English, guitar, harmonica - men cry watching her on stage. She's the ultimate pocket dynamite.
She revolutionized pop concerts! All of her performances are a unique piece of performance art. Every song has a deep theme that is presented through a combination of amazing live music, awe-inspiring dancing, the latest in visual effects, and fantastic videos. The production is out of this world.
Saw her for the first time on HBO during an overseas world tour. She danced and sang for 90 minutes, only briefly stopping to change outfits. I will always give her her just props and prayers. That concert on HBO was back in the '90s.
She's really a concert performer. She can sing all genres. She's a good dancer too - a truly versatile performer I have ever heard. Whenever she performs on the center stage, she becomes something we never expected from her. She's truly a one-of-a-kind performer and entertainer I have witnessed in my entire life.
Well, this title goes to the record-breaker herself and the new concert queen as well. Sarah Geronimo is the only one! Bravo!
Sold-out concerts in so many jam-packed venues.
Idolized by many.
Ms. Pops Fernandez even said in one of her recent interviews that she could only foresee one person who could follow in her footsteps.
And that is Sarah Geronimo.
By the way, Pops Fernandez is the concert queen here in the Philippines.
Patti LaBelle belted five octaves using her chest!
Whitney never ever sings a song the same way twice. She is 10 billion times better live than in the studio, where she is perfect anyway.
The best thing that happened to the music industry. Her live performances often eclipse her studio versions.
She can sing her face off in multiple genres!
Why? I have never seen any other live act with as much to offer as Pink. I mean, the girl gets stuck in cages and flies around the audience. She can even sing upside down. Who else can do that? Certainly not Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, and many more who are ranked above her! I just think this is ridiculous, to be honest.
Never have any other performers achieved what Pink does in live concerts. From costumes to acrobatics, and most of all, vocals. Pink's vocals are always on point and, in my opinion, even better live. She actually sounds just like she does on record, just stretching her notes out and rocking it. Pink brings it every time.
Mariah is an amazing touring artist. She interacts with her fans, flaunts her beautiful voice, and gives everything she has.
On the start of her career, she performed at an event called the Lollapalooza Festival during 2007 whereby a record label company Interscope found her due to her performance... read more
Dance hard, sing harder. She is one of the female artists with the best live vocal performance. You can check out her Super Bowl halftime show, for your information. I went to see her concert, The Born This Way Ball, once and she sounded not like the studio version, but far better and fascinating.
The way she uses her art to entertain the audience is really amazing. You suddenly fall into her world without knowing it, from the start to the end of the show. She has been in the music industry for a decade, but she's already a legend. From winning VMAs to an Oscar, that's not normal. Her winning speech at the Oscars really moved me, and I cry every time I watch it because it touches me so deeply.
To everyone who says that Katy can't sing live, she is perfectly fine live. Yes, during Teenage Dream and One of the Boys, she wasn't that good (besides ballads) live. That's because she didn't have enough experience yet. She honestly has a fantastic voice live, and she gets so much flack for making mistakes.
The phrase best female singer in concert and Katy Perry do not belong in the same sentence. She is awful live. Like many modern-day singers, and I use the term loosely, she surrounds herself with dancers who distract the audience from the fact that she cannot sing.
Female singers don't come any better than Cher!
She is the best female singer in concert and should be first. People like Madonna, Britney Spears, Shakira, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, and Hayley Williams do not belong on this list, because this is about the best female singers in concert, not the worst.
I've never seen anyone who can sing live like her. She sings with such emotion. I absolutely love her.
Kelly is amazing at concerts, with the wind blowing in her hair as she just sings her heart out.
Celine Dion's Taking Chances Tour is the second highest-earning tour by a solo artist of all time, behind Madonna, and tenth overall. And yet, you people place her 36th. Please, show some more respect to this fine lady. She is a nice person and a wonderful singer, but she is never cited on any top compilation lists. I just wonder why.
Whoever agrees with me, please vote for her, because she rarely appears in the top ten good lists and can often be found in lists of overrated singers. Fix your brains, people. Please.
I was at the Taking Chances Tour in 2007, and I still think about that day and get chills. We were there early in the morning, and we even caught a glimpse of her warming up. This was the most memorable moment of my entire life.
Everyone just ran to get in and was so excited to see her and hear her. Her voice literally soared through the night air. We were standing, rocking, and dancing the whole night. It was such an unexpected show. It definitely made a mark. I love her.
Beautiful musical voice. Perfect diction, effortless presentation, and good-looking as well - the world is badly divided!
Another unique voice. Warm and mellow, it gives the listener something to hold onto in the emotion which pours out of her poignant songs.
Few artists, past or present, are able to just walk up to the microphone and start to sing, and then you hear the 'oohs and awes' from the crowd. Bassey's body, arm, and hand movements are at one with her powerful voice, and after all these years, she is still able to mesmerize the audience.
This woman is the greatest performer I've seen in concerts. She's so energetic and electrifying. The best! Lady Gaga copies Gwen.
This woman is amazing in concert, a bit weird but still amazing. Lady Gaga stole many ideas from Gwen.
The best performer in history! Always sings live, and her concerts are the best! She should win this.