Female Singer-Songwriter of the Week

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Any genre, any style, from a group or a solo artist but must be female. Pick 5 per week and the artist with the most votes each week wins. Simples

WELCOME TO FEMALE SINGER/SONGWRITER OF THE WEEK
Each week you can pick up to 5 of your favourite FEMALE Singer Songwriters and nominate them for the HALL OF FAME.
The artists can be solo artists or part of a group. No restrictions on time period, genre or style. However, the artists nominated must be considered to be songwriters and not just singers. Bring them all on and let's see who comes up trumps.

The winning artist will be revealed each Sunday.

HALL OF FAME
Week 97 Winner (90s Week) - Natalie Imbruglia

By mixing Lisa Loeb/Alanis Morissette-like singing with music that sounds similar to a more mainstream Portishead at times, Natalie Imbruglia became one of the biggest pop sensations in Europe. Born in Sydney, Australia, on February 4, 1975, Imbruglia was one of four sisters and grew up in a tiny beach town. After becoming a teen actress and landing a spot on the Australian soap opera Neighbours, Imbruglia decided that she would rather be a singer, and moved to London in 1996 to try her luck. It was a wise move, as she was soon signed to the RCA U.K. label. Deciding to release a single before her full-length debut, the track "Torn" was issued in 1997, and no one could have predicted its wild success. Produced by former Cure member Phil Thornalley and written by Ednaswap, the single spent a total of 14 weeks at number one, sold over a million copies, and broke the record for most airplay in U.K. history. Her debut album, Left of the Middle, was a major hit in Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. upon its release in early 1998. Follow-up singles "Smoke" and the album's title track did moderately well, but never achieved massive success like "Torn." After whirlwind praise, Imbruglia disappeared for the rest of the '90s. She found herself battling writer's block while trying to compose material for a sophomore effort, but finally succeeded and, in 2001, released White Lilies Island in the U.K. The album's debut single, "That Day," was a favorite among radio play. A nearly four-year wait preceded the release of Counting Down the Days. Alongside Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" and James Blunt's "You're Beautiful," Imbruglia's song "Shiver" was nominated for the Ivor Novello Award in the PRS most-performed work category in 2006.

Official Website: www.natalieimbruglia.com

PREVIOUS WINNERS
Joan Jett - Stevie Nicks - Joan Baez - Jill Scott

Auf Der Maur - Tegan And Sara - St. Vincent - Taylor Swift

Lisa Gerrard - Kate Nash - Imani Coppola - k.d. lang

Emilie Autumn - Fredrika Stahl - Amanda Palmer - Joan Osborne

Emilie Simon - Avril Lavigne - Gillian Welch - Thea Gilmore

Melody Gardot - Anna Ternheim - Miranda Lambert - Bif Naked

Soap&Skin - Janis Ian - Poe - Sophie Zelmani

Lisa Germano - Madonna - Diana Krall - Laura Nyro

Cyndi Lauper - Tristan Prettyman - Charlotte Martin - Rachael Yamagata

Doro - Dolly Parton - Anna Nalick - Shawn Colvin

Nina Simone - Shirley Manson - Amy Winehouse - Vienna Teng

Aimee Mann - Ellie Goulding - Sinéad O'Connor - Suzanne Vega

Fiona Apple - Allison Crowe - Cat Power - Portishead (Beth Gibbons)

Schuyler Fisk - Imogen Heap - Feist - P!nk

Dixie Chicks - Enya - Nico - Ingrid Michaelson

Brandi Carlile - Missy Higgins - Sara Bareilles - KT Tunstall

Annie Lennox - Patti Smith - Adele - Siouxsie and the Banshees

Norah Jones - Ani Difranco - Liz Phair - No Doubt

Lisa Loeb - Janis Joplin - Patty Griffin - Fever Ray

Sarah McLachlan - Tracy Chapman - Bat for Lashes - Jewel

Laura Pausini - Regina Spektor - PJ Harvey - Florence + the Machine

Björk - Sia - Dido (UK artists week) - Kate Bush

Alanis Morissette - Sarah McLachlan - Melissa Etheridge - Joni Mitchell

Carole King - Tori Amos - Sheryl Crow - Heather Nova

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  • Jonafunnn

    I like these decade themed weeks. I keep finding new artists to listen to! :)

    letzten Monat

  • PartySanCTG

    TBH, I don't see the point of voting for, say, Kate Bush again if she's already won previously. Seems like a wasted vote.

    letzten Monat

  • Biscuit1978

    I toyed with the idea of allowing previous winners but that idea did not go down well previously so decided against it!

    letzten Monat

  • Sparkrin

    I think for the year-themed weeks it should be aloud to nominate all singers again. How can you otherwise come to the best singer of the decades? It's just my opinion, but i guess already to late since 60's has already passed.... I have to say Joan Baez is not a bad choice :D

    letzten Monat

  • kali_ram

    thanks for the theme weeks! Having fun finding female talent!

    letzten Monat

  • Biscuit1978

    Finally the delightful Ms Scott enters the Hall of Fame.

    letzten Monat

  • SoulJazzsterInc

    Jill Scott won this week? Great!

    letzten Monat

  • jadedingenue

    Ah, okay. Gonna have to look for that. Thanks. :)

    April 2012

  • Biscuit1978

    @jadedingenue. There is already a thread somewhere in the discussions forum. I will have a look for it and bump it so you can post any videos that you want to share with the group in there. :-)

    April 2012

  • jadedingenue

    I just wanted to share a song by an amazing singer-songwriter who has only 400 listeners on here and isn't even scrobble-able, if that's okay. Biscuit and everyone else, do you think it's a good idea to start a thread for such artists, to give them a chance for the Hall of Fame or just more to discover in general? Anyway, here's April McLean "Almost Free" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ08kK_bcbg

    April 2012

  • Biscuit1978

    @false_smiles. Thanks for the suggestion. We had a discussion thread not so long ago about this and the main thrust seemed to be that we simply carry on, as the connections limit is 200 and there are plenty of talented artists still to be nominated.

    März 2012

  • false_smiles

    Just a thought on what to do when we reach 100, My idea was each week put 5 or 10 artists that have won against eachother and each person votes and the one with the highest amount of votes goes in to a 2nd heat until we end up with one person who would become the groups female singer-songwriter winner. Just an idea

    März 2012

  • Randwer

    Hooray for Lisa :D

    März 2012

  • Biscuit1978

    She's been nominated every week from almost Week 1 and she's finally made it into the Hall of Fame. Congratulations to Lisa Gerrard.

    März 2012

  • hooligan86

    Hurray for Kate *does little dance*

    März 2012

  • jadedingenue

    Yay, Imani! <3

    März 2012

  • SoulJazzsterInc

    Imani Coppola, surprisingly great!

    März 2012

  • starxnoxstar

    Hooray for Emilie Autumn finally making it into the Hall of fame!!

    Februar 2012

  • Biscuit1978

    Welcome to the group.

    Februar 2012

  • Dunnemin

    I just joined. Looks like a fun group. I love female singer/songwriters.

    Februar 2012
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