Their voices never cease to amaze and intoxicate us. Within the 5 octaves that make up the vocal range limit for female voices, we find so many magical performances that it is a very difficult task to list only eleven of them.

Therefore, it is evident that several names that possibly also deserve to be on the list had to be left out. Names such as Shirley Manson, Lzzy Hale, Simone Simmons, Annie Lennox, Angela Gossow, Gwen Stefani, Floor Jansen, Hayley Williams, Sharon Den Adel, Wendy O. Williams, Maria Brink, or the Brazilians Natacha Cersosimo, Pitty, Dani Nolden, among many others.

Watch videos of the best female vocal performances according to Wikimetal's Top 11 and listen to the songs on the playlist at the end of this post (sync it to your mobile device to listen wherever you want). And most importantly:

Leave a comment below with other songs that should be on this Top 11 list.

11. Hostage To The Light (Lacuna Coil) with Cristina Scabbia

10. Thank You, Pain (The Agonist) with Alissa White-Gluz

09. What You Want (Evanescence) with Amy Lee

08. Hell Is For Children (Pat Benatar)

07. Acid Queen (Tina Turner)

06. Brutal And Effective (Doro) with Doro Pesch

05. Kiss Me Deadly (Lita Ford)

04. Crazy On You (Heart) with Ann Wilson

03. Piece Of My Heart (Janis Joplin)

02. Passion And The Opera (Nightwish) with Tarja Turunen

01. I Hate Myself For Loving You (Joan Jett And The Blackhearts) with Joan Jett

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