great female singers

Lately I've been listening to a lot of music with great female singers, mostly easy listening type stuff, and I'm looking for some more names to check out. I really like Eva Cassidy, Sade, Fiona Apple, Norah Jones and Annie Lennox and I'm looking for similar sounding stuff.
 
My most favorites are:

Blondie
Bow Wow Wow
B52s

then
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Paula Abdul
Ace of Base
Heart
Bananarama
Lisa Lisa & the Cult Jam

These are great also
Missing Persons
Abba
TLC
The Carpenters
Carole King
Madonna
Juice Newton
Eurythmics
Diana Ross
Janis Joplin
Fleetwood Mac

Lisa Lisa "Let the beat hit 'em"
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Le Tigre
Garbage
Joss Stone
Tsunami Bomb

Those are the female-led groups I listen to the most. The problem I commonly find is the same high-pitched voice over and over. Very few female singers have the soul of generations past.
 
I really could've sworn I replied to this thread, I really need to cut down on multiple things.

Regina Spektor (> this thread)
Fiona Apple
Anneke Van Giersbergen
Karen Peris
Keren Ann
Tori Amos
Pauline Croze
PJ Harvey
Corin Tucker
Poe
Emily Loizeau
Geike Arnaert
Beth Gibbons
Sia
Diana Krall
Leslie Feist
Floor Jansen
Simone Simons
Juanita Stein
 
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