@Bella
Aye, she is super. Great stage presence, too.

@fitheach Yep. And every time I hear her in an interview I am overwhelmed by how kind and humble she is. She is the reason why I came to love Nightwish (and well, Marko maybe too 😉).
This makes me so very happy: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=47e_961OQWE

@Bella
I've never heard Floor give an interview.

Nightwish have a lot of great songs. However, possibly my favourite is "The Islander", which is very much Marko's song.

I wonder what Marko is doing now.

https://mstdn.io/@fitheach/108022459793372719

@fitheach Have you ever seen/heard this version of The Islander?
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Zo8ncK_5kzc

Okay, I have to stop fangirling about these two 😊

@Bella
Oh, yes. 😃

@ledeuns
Just outside my "Top Ten". There are just so many great female Metal vocalists.

Everyone's top ten will be different. 😃

@fitheach Yep, Marko is a 1+ 👍

@Bella
Is that you fangirling again?

@fitheach Maybe a little 😇

@fitheach May I add Jarkko Ahola? His range is amazing: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=EPgHfaoI99s

@Bella
Ah yes, I've come across him in Northern Kings.

Feel free to compose your own Top Ten. 😃

@fitheach
Here are some of my favourite male singers (in no particular order) whose voices make my heart beat faster:
Marko Hietala 😉
George Michael
Devin Townsend
Damian Wilson
Dani Filth
Danger Dan
Joe
Avi Kaplan
Darren Percival
Dave Gahan
Marc Lavoine.

#Top10ish

@fitheach And an honorary mention goes out to the singer from Sleep Token.

@Bella @fitheach I'd never make it to 10 let alone 11.

I didn't keep up with metal so it would still be Klaus Meine and Rob Halford for me; and maybe Udo Dirkschneider.

For female singers in general, in no particular order:

- Teresa Salgueiro (Madredeus)
- Debbie Harry (Blondie)
- Yuu (Chirinuruwowaka)
- Björk

@Bella @fitheach
I also always liked Annie Lennox's voice, and right now I'd also add Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast

@wim_v12e Most of mine aren't metal 😉 To me it is all about voices, not genres.

As for the ladies:
Floor Jansen 😉
Mary J. Blige
Brandy
Barbra Streisand
Lisa Stansfield
Lauren Hill
Sarah Connor
Courtney LaPlante

(of which two are 'Metal').

And yes, Annie Lennox' voice is awesome!
@fitheach

@Bella
Separating vocalists by genre allows me to have expanded lists. This way I can have 11 Classical singers, plus 11 Folk singers, plus 11 Metal singers etc.

@wim_v12e

@fitheach Yep, that makes sense. I just don't have that many favourite singers 😁
@wim_v12e

@Bella @fitheach
I was surprised how few I could name. For a lot of the music I listen to, I think objectively the singers are not all that special.

@wim_v12e But do the singers have to be special?
I named singers whose voices I adore. They could sing an entire phone book to me (to the youngsters: There once was a thick book that all of us had at home. Next to our landline telephone. Said book contained telephone numbers and addresses of those who lived in our town. Yes, just our town.) and I would listen to them with such delight. There is something in their voices that touches me. They're special to me.
@fitheach

@Bella @fitheach

What I meant is that for a lot of the music I listen to, the voice is just one component. I don't listen to it for the voices, I listen for the overall sound. For example, I can't say that I adore the voice of Ronan Harris, but I love many of VNV Nation's songs. I do love the emotion with which he sings. But it is the combination of the sound, the song structure, the lyrics that appeals to me.
Whereas for the ones I listed, the voice is really special to me.