Here are some of my favorite female R&B singers.

1 Aretha Franklin

2 Etta James

3 Dinah Washington

4 Mary Wells

5 Natalie Cole

6 Donna Summer

7 Chaka Khan

8 Minnie Riperton

9 Deniece Williams

10 Gloria Gaynor

11 Esther Phillips

12 Ruth Brown

13 Whitney Houston

14 Anita Baker

15 Janet Jackson

16 Alicia Myers

17 Diana Ross

18 Stephanie Mills

19 Phyllis Hyman

20 Karyn White